| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| STRATEGIC REPORT, REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND |
| FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| FOR |
| VERKADA LIMITED |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| STRATEGIC REPORT, REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND |
| FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| FOR |
| VERKADA LIMITED |
| VERKADA LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11985928) |
| CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| Page |
| Company Information | 1 |
| Strategic Report | 2 |
| Report of the Directors | 4 |
| Report of the Independent Auditors | 5 |
| Income Statement | 7 |
| Other Comprehensive Income | 8 |
| Balance Sheet | 9 |
| Statement of Changes in Equity | 10 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 11 |
| VERKADA LIMITED |
| COMPANY INFORMATION |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| DIRECTORS: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| AUDITORS: |
| Statutory Auditors |
| Freshford House |
| Redcliffe Way |
| Bristol |
| BS1 6NL |
| VERKADA LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11985928) |
| STRATEGIC REPORT |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 January 2025. |
| Principal activities |
| Verkada Limited presents its financial statements for the year ending 31st January 2025. It is to be noted that the financial statements are inclusive of its overseas branch in Taiwan. The principal activity of the company is to provide sales services to the parent company, Verkada Inc. Verkada Limited employees are primarily engaged in sales, marketing and other administrative functions. |
| The parent company, Verkada Inc, is a United States based modern enterprise security solutions company which runs on a software-as-service platform. The parent company's mission statement is "to protect people and places in a privacy-sensitive way". Its primary revenue drivers are sales of security devices and associated software to businesses. |
| Business review |
| Verkada Limited grew significantly during the fiscal year. As it operates as a cost-plus entity providing sales services to the parent company, revenues and expenses grew proportionally with an approximate 56% increase to both in FY2025 compared to in FY2024. Revenues were £29.0M in FY2024 compared to £18.6M in FY2024. Operating Expenses were £27.2M in 2025 compared to £17.2M in 2024. |
| Verkada Limited anticipates further growth in the next fiscal year as the parent company focuses on sales outside of the United States. Verkada Limited is expected to provide sales services for the parent company in new European countries, driving increases in headcount and revenue. The Company foresees no operating risk in the next fiscal year as the parent company is predicted to have sufficient cash to fund operations for Verkada Limited. |
| Principal risks/uncertainties |
| Liquidity risk for Verkada Limited is almost entirely dependent on that of its parent company. Based on the parent company's cash flow projections for FY26, Verkada Limited should have sufficient funding to meet its financial obligations for the next fiscal year. Additionally, cash is monitored daily to ensure that upcoming payments can be made. |
| For Verkada Limited, general risk and uncertainties exist in economic conditions, market competition, as well as employee management. The Company has strategies in place to mitigate risks wherever possible. |
| Subsequent events |
| As of the reporting date, Verkada Limited is not aware of any events or likely developments subsequent to the financial statement date of January 31, 2025, which would cause material impact to the financial statements. |
| Key Performance Indicators |
| The below metrics are for Verkada Limited and come from our issued report: |
| Year ended Jan 31 2025 | Year Ended Jan 31 2024 |
| Revenue | £28,965,702 | £18,582,654 |
| Gross Profit | £28,385,622 | £18,061,119 |
| Expense | £27,165,931 | £17,162,627 |
| Commissions Paid | £3,490,071 | £2,435,151 |
| Headcount (Average) | 141 employees | 106 employees |
| FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS |
| The company will continue to operate as a cost-plus service entity supporting group operations. No significant changes in the nature of the business or its principal activities are anticipated in the forthcoming financial year. |
| VERKADA LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11985928) |
| STRATEGIC REPORT |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| BRANCHES OUTSIDE THE UK |
| The company has one branch operating outside the United Kingdom, located in Taiwan. The results of which are included within the financial statements for Verkada Limited. |
| ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
| VERKADA LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11985928) |
| REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 January 2025. |
| DIVIDENDS |
| No dividends will be distributed for the year ended 31 January 2025. |
| DIRECTORS |
| The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 February 2024 to the date of this report. |
| Other changes in directors holding office are as follows: |
| STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES |
| The directors are responsible for preparing the Report of the Directors and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. |
| Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006. Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to: |
| - select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; |
| - make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; |
| - prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business. |
| The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. |
| STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS |
| So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. |
| AUDITORS |
| The auditors, ML Audit LLP, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. |
| ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
| REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
| VERKADA LIMITED |
| Opinion |
| We have audited the financial statements of Verkada Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 January 2025 which comprise the Income Statement, Other Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). |
| In our opinion the financial statements: |
| - | give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 January 2025 and of its profit for the year then ended; |
| - | have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and |
| - | have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. |
| Basis for opinion |
| We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. |
| Conclusions relating to going concern |
| In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. |
| Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. |
| Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report. |
| Other information |
| The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon. |
| Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. |
| In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. |
| Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 |
| In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit: |
| - | the information given in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
| - | the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
| Matters on which we are required to report by exception |
| In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Report of the Directors. |
| We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion: |
| - | adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or |
| - | the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or |
| - | certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or |
| - | we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit. |
| REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
| VERKADA LIMITED |
| Responsibilities of directors |
| As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page four, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. |
| In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. |
| Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements |
| Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements. |
| The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below: |
| In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud, the audit engagement team: |
| - obtained an understanding of the nature of the industry and sector, including the legal and regulatory framework that the company operates in and how the company is complying with the legal and regulatory framework; |
| - inquired of management, and those charged with governance, about their own identification and assessment of the risks or irregularities, including known and actual, suspected or alleged instances of fraud; |
| - discussed matters about non-compliance with laws and regulations and how fraud might occur including assessment of how and where the financial statements may be susceptible to fraud. |
| However, it is the primary responsibility of management, with the oversight of those charged with governance, to ensure that the entity's operations are conducted in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations and for the prevention and detection of fraud. |
| A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors. |
| Use of our report |
| This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in a Report of the Auditors and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. |
| for and on behalf of |
| Statutory Auditors |
| Freshford House |
| Redcliffe Way |
| Bristol |
| BS1 6NL |
| VERKADA LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11985928) |
| INCOME STATEMENT |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| TURNOVER | 3 |
| Cost of sales |
| GROSS PROFIT |
| Administrative expenses |
| OPERATING PROFIT | 5 |
| Interest receivable and similar income |
| PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION |
| Tax on profit | 6 |
| PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
| VERKADA LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11985928) |
| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| PROFIT FOR THE YEAR |
| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | - | - |
| TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
| VERKADA LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11985928) |
| BALANCE SHEET |
| 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Tangible assets | 7 |
| Investments | 8 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Debtors: amounts falling due within one year | 9 |
| Debtors: amounts falling due after more than one year |
9 |
| Cash at bank |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 10 |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 13 |
| NET ASSETS |
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
| Called up share capital | 14 |
| Equity settled share based |
| payments |
| Foreign exchange reserve |
| Retained earnings |
| SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
| The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
| VERKADA LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11985928) |
| STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| Equity |
| settled |
| Called up | share | Foreign |
| share | Retained | based | exchange | Total |
| capital | earnings | payments | reserve | equity |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Balance at 1 February 2023 |
| Changes in equity |
| Total comprehensive income | - | 595,454 | 692,637 |
| Balance at 31 January 2024 |
| Changes in equity |
| Total comprehensive income | - | 821,502 | ( |
) | 857,465 |
| Balance at 31 January 2025 |
| VERKADA LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11985928) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| 1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
| Verkada Limited is a |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Basis of preparing the financial statements |
| The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in applying the company's accounting policies. |
| The financial statements for Verkada Ltd for the year ended 31st January 2025 are inclusive of the results of the Taiwan branch which was set up in July 2022. Intercompany transactions and balances between the UK and branch are eliminated in full. |
| All amounts hae been rounded to the nearest £1 pound sterling, unless otherwise indicated. |
| Going Concern |
| The directors have sought and received confirmation from the parent company that financial support will be forthcoming for the next 12 months. On this basis, the directors continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements. |
| Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions |
| The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland": |
| • | the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows; |
| • | the requirements of paragraphs 26.18(b), 26.19 to 26.21 and 26.23; |
| • | the requirement of paragraph 33.7. |
| These disclosures have been made in the accounts of its parent company, Verkada Inc., these consolidated financial statements can be obtained from 406 E 3rd Ave, San Mateo, California, 944401, United States of America. |
| Significant judgements and estimates |
| In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgments, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates. |
| The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised, if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods. |
| There are no estimates and assumptions which are considered to have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities. |
| Turnover |
| Turnover is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the company and the revenue can be reliably measured. Turnover is measured as the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. |
| The company is contracted by its ultimate parent company Verkada Inc. to deliver sales and marketing services under an intercompany agreement. The company is remunerated by its ultimate parent for these services. |
| VERKADA LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11985928) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Tangible fixed assets |
| Short leasehold - 33.33% |
| Fitting and fixtures - 15% |
| The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date. |
| Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss. |
| Investments in subsidiaries |
| Investments in subsidiary undertakings are recognised at cost. |
| Financial instruments |
| The company only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, loans from banks and other third parties, loans to related parties and investments in ordinary shares. |
| Basic financial assets and liabilities that are payable or receivable within one year, typically trade payables and receivables, are measured, initially and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration, expected to be paid or received. |
| Taxation |
| Tax is recognised in profit or loss except that a charge attributable to an item of income and expense recognised as other comprehensive income or to an item recognised directly in equity is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively. |
| The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates income. |
| Deferred tax |
| Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date. |
| Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference. |
| Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. |
| Foreign currencies |
| The company's functional and presentational currency is GBP. |
| Transactions and balances |
| Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currency using the spot exchange rates at the dates of the transactions. |
| At each period end foreign currency monetary items are translated using the closing rate. Nonmonetary items measured at historical cost are translated using the exchange rate at the date of the transaction and non-monetary items measured at fair value are measured using the exchange rate when fair value was determined. |
| Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of transactions and from the translation at period-end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are recognised in profit or loss except when deferred in other comprehensive income as qualifying cash flow hedges. |
| The results if overseas operations are translated into Sterling at rates approximating to those ruling when the transaction took place. All assets and liabilities of overseas operations are translated at the rate ruling at the reporting date. Exchange differences arising on translating the opening net assets at opening rate and the results of overseas operations at actual rate are recognised in other comprehensive income. |
| VERKADA LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11985928) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Hire purchase and leasing commitments |
| Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease. |
| Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are recognised on a straight line basis over the lease term, unless another systematic basis is representative of the time pattern of the lessee's benefit from the use of the leased asset. |
| Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
| The company operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the company has no further payment obligations. |
| The contributions are recognised as an expense in profit or loss when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals as a liability in the Statement of financial position. The assets of the plan are held separately from the company in independently administered funds. |
| Debtors |
| Short term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. |
| Cash and cash equivalents |
| Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice of not more than 24 hours. |
| Creditors |
| Short terms creditors are measured at the transaction price. |
| Finance income and costs |
| Finance income and costs are recognised using the effective interest method. |
| Share based payments |
| Where share options are awarded to employees, the fair value of the options at the date of grant is charged to profit or loss over the vesting period. Non-market vesting conditions are taken into account by adjusting the number of equity instruments expected to vest at each Statement of financial position date so that, ultimately, the cumulative amount recognised over the vesting period is based on the number of options that eventually vest. Market vesting conditions are factored into the fair value of the options granted. The cumulative expense is not adjusted for failure to achieve a market vesting condition. |
| The fair value of the award also takes into account non-vesting conditions. These are either factors beyond the control of either party (such as a target based on an index) or factors which are within the control of one or other of the parties (such as the company keeping the scheme open or the employee maintaining any contributions required by the scheme). |
| Where the terms and conditions of options are modified before they vest, the increase in the fair value of the options, measured immediately before and after the modification, is also charged to profit or loss over the remaining vesting period. |
| Where equity instruments are granted to persons other than employees, profit or loss is charged with fair value of goods and services received. |
| 3. | TURNOVER |
| The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the company. |
| An analysis of turnover by geographical market is given below: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| United Kingdom |
| Asia |
| VERKADA LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11985928) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| 4. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Wages and salaries |
| Social security costs |
| Other pension costs |
| The average number of employees during the year was as follows: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Sales & marketing | 100 | 77 |
| Product development | 20 | 14 |
| Technical support | 17 | 12 |
| Administration | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Directors' remuneration |
| 5. | OPERATING PROFIT |
| The operating profit is stated after charging: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Other operating leases |
| Depreciation - owned assets |
| Auditors' remuneration |
| Foreign exchange differences |
| 6. | TAXATION |
| Analysis of the tax charge |
| The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Current tax: |
| UK corporation tax |
| Adjustments in respect of |
| prior periods | (11,988 | ) | (423 | ) |
| Total current tax |
| Deferred tax | ( |
) |
| Tax on profit |
| VERKADA LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11985928) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| 6. | TAXATION - continued |
| Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss |
| The tax assessed for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Profit before tax |
| Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of |
| Effects of: |
| Expenses not deductible for tax purposes |
| Capital allowances in excess of depreciation | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Adjustments to tax charge in respect of previous periods | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Deferred tax | 27,842 | (11,192 | ) |
| Total tax charge | 400,616 | 303,251 |
| 7. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Improvements | Fixtures |
| Short | to | and |
| leasehold | property | fittings | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Cost |
| At 1 February 2024 |
| Additions |
| At 31 January 2025 |
| Depreciation |
| At 1 February 2024 |
| Charge for year |
| At 31 January 2025 |
| Net book value |
| At 31 January 2025 |
| At 31 January 2024 |
| 8. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
| Shares in |
| group |
| undertakings |
| £ |
| Cost |
| Additions |
| At 31 January 2025 |
| Net book value |
| At 31 January 2025 |
| VERKADA LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11985928) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| 9. | DEBTORS |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Amounts falling due within one year: |
| Amounts owed by group undertakings |
| Other debtors |
| VAT |
| Prepayments |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year: |
| Other debtors |
| Aggregate amounts |
| 10. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Trade creditors |
| Corporation tax |
| Social security and other taxes |
| Other creditors |
| Accrued expenses |
| 11. | LEASING AGREEMENTS |
| Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Within one year |
| Between one and five years |
| In more than five years |
| The company leases office space in London, United Kingdom and in Taiwan, the lease agreements for the UK have a term of between 10 - 11 years with a 5 year break clause and the lease agreement for Taiwan is for 5 years. |
| 12. | SECURED DEBTS |
| In the financial year ended 31st January 2024, a deposit of £1,153,212 was paid in regards to the lease of office space. In the year ended 31st January 2025, the Company chose to arrange a bank guarantee for the deposit amount in its entirety and once in place, the initial cash deposit was returned to the Company. The bank guarantee has been provided by BNP Paribas for £1,153,212 and it shall expire on the earlier of: |
| 1. The expiration or sooner determination of the term of years granted under the lease; |
| 2. The date the original of this letter has been returned to the guarantor by the lessor for discharge; and |
| 3. The date of assignment of the lease by the lessee to a third party with the lessor's consent; |
| Provided that the latest the bank guarantee will expire shall be on 9th July 2034 (expiry date), after that date the guarantee automatically becomes null and void. |
| 13. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Deferred tax | 47,624 | 19,783 |
| VERKADA LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 11985928) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2025 |
| 13. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES - continued |
| Deferred |
| tax |
| £ |
| Balance at 1 February 2024 |
| Charge to Income Statement during year |
| Balance at 31 January 2025 |
| 14. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
| Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
| Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2025 | 2024 |
| value: | £ | £ |
| Ordinary | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15. | PENSION COMMITMENTS |
| The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the company to the fund and amounted to £815,773 (2024: £401,924). |
| Contributions totalling £49,944 (2024: £30,984) were payable to the fund at the reporting date and are included in creditors. |
| 16. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
| The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', Section 33.1A, not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned members within the group. |
| 17. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
| The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Verkada Inc., a company incorporated in the United States of America. |
| The smallest group in which the results of the company are consolidated is that headed by Verkada Inc., with its registered office at 406 E 3rd Ave, San Mateo, California, 944401, United States of America. |
| 18. | SHARE-BASED PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS |
| The company's ultimate parent company, Verkada Inc. operates a share based payment scheme for all the employees of the company. |
| The stock options in Verkada Inc. are granted to the company's employees at a price equal to the fair value of the shares in Verkada Inc. at the date of the grant and are denominated in US dollars. |
| The stock options have a four year vesting period. If the stock options remain unexercised after a period of ten years from the date of the grant the stock options expire. Stock options are forfeited if the employee leaves the company before the options vest. |
| The company did not enter into any share based payment transactions with parties other than employees during the year. |