The directors present the strategic report for the period ended 30 May 2025.

UK crops got off to a bad start with the cold wet Spring at the beginning of last year. This set the tone for yet another generally short-supply, high-price year. But that never overly concerns us as we are so strong on procurement, not just here in the UK but globally.

The end result is another record year with turnover up from £186.3m to £204.03m – a 9.5% increase. We broke the £200m barrier for the first time ever – a milestone! My dad would have been very proud of that, he liked milestones. Pre-tax profit came in at £4.236m up 19.6% on last year. He would have been proud of that too.

Our onion packing business is running well, we’ve just pumped £6m into extensions, refurbishment and robotics for the Long Sutton site. We also bought a lump of land next to the site to future-proof our investment.

We’ve invested heavily in staff and equipment for our onion farming operation in East Anglia. We’re increasing our acreage again next year to 930 acres which will make us one of the largest onion growers in the UK.

Our business at Evesham continues to grow and increase market share. No huge extensions or new depots to report this year as we’re sweating the assets. However, yet again, we’re reaching capacity so looking at options. Not a bad problem to have.

Our other major investment this year has been in our lorry fleet and our Burscough transport hub in Lancashire. Our fleet is expanding rapidly, they’re not cheap to buy, not cheap to run and laden with compliance regulations. That said, there’s no doubt they’ve massively improved our service levels to our customers and growers which in turn, leads to more business so we continue to invest in our fleet.

To help guide and support our continued growth, we’ve welcomed three exceptional new Directors to the Board recently – Emma Wendon, Rebecca Fox & Mark Roberts. They each bring unique perspectives, creative flair and innovation – exactly what we need to keep accelerating our growth and strengthening our culture.

So, we continue to remain confident about the future and we continue to invest.

Best wishes,

Tim.

The likely consequences of any decision in the long term

A large investment in an extension of the offices at our main depot in Evesham to cater for the ever-increasing number of commercial staff, investment in more lorries to strengthen our fleet and investment in an extension & machinery/robotics at our Long Sutton packhouse are all examples of the long-term decision making the Board has made this year. The Board took account of a number of stakeholder factors in reaching the decision. Not least the large increase in the number of full-time staff we employ which is now around 200. Also, the positive impact on customer service and the investment benefits to the local community. The Board also took account of the financial returns of these projects and considered it was in the best interests of the Company to approve the expenditure.

The interests of the company's employees

Our employees are our key asset. This year we achieved Great Place to Work certification. This prestigious award is based on an extensive and anonymous survey completed by our employees.

The need to foster the company's business relationships with suppliers, customers and others

We have never made an acquisition in our 50-year history – our strategy has always been to prioritise organic growth. To achieve this, we need to develop and maintain strong relationships with customers and suppliers. We value all our customers and suppliers and have long-term contracts with many of them. We’ve also dealt with many of them literally on a daily basis for decades.

The impact of the company's operations on the community and the environment

We operate within the agricultural sector so fully understand that it is important for the long-term future of our business that we protect and enhance the environment. Our warehouses in Lincolnshire and Evesham draw a large portion of their energy requirement from the solar panels on their roofs. We have also installed another huge array of solar panels on the roof of the new extension at Evesham. The rest of the electricity we use in the UK is from ENGIE – a company which specialises in the supply of Green Electricity to business. Therefore, 100% of the energy we use in the UK is from renewable sources. On our own farms we use water sparingly – we use drip irrigation which uses far less water in a targeted way than the traditional method of irrigation. We encourage our growers to do the same. We have too many examples to mention of reducing the use of plastic in our packaging – this is an ongoing project. Any surplus or left-over food from our depots is donated to FareShare for meal redistribution – we are certified as a “Leading Food Partner” to FareShare. Also, any food that is unfit for human consumption is packed off to a local anaerobic digestion plant where it is transformed into fertiliser and renewable energy. As a family business we’ve always believed in engaging heavily with the local community. Our charitable donations are testament to that – most are to community projects.

The desirability of the company maintaining a reputation for high standards of business conduct

We believe that our values and standards underpin how we create and sustain value over the long term and are key elements of how we maintain a reputation for high standards of conduct within our industry.

The need to act fairly as between members of the company

The company has one class of ordinary shares, which have the same rights as regards voting, distributions and on liquidation. The executive Directors of the company hold 100% of the shares. Therefore, the goals of the executive Directors are fully aligned with the shareholders.

On behalf of the board

The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the period ended 30 May 2025.

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of growers, distributors, importers and exporters of fresh produce.

The results for the period are set out in the financial statements.

Dividends of £nil (2024 - £250,000) were paid during the period.

The directors who held office during the period and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:

Financial Instruments

Objectives and policies

The company finances its operations through a mixture of retained profits, and where necessary to fund expansion or capital expenditure programmes through bank borrowings and finance lease and hire purchase contracts. The managements objectives are to:

• retain sufficient liquid funds to enable it to meet its day to day obligations as they fall due whilst maximising returns on surplus funds;

• minimise the company's exposure to fluctuating interest rates when seeking new borrowings; and

• match the repayment schedule of any external borrowings or overdrafts with the expected future cash flows expected to arise from the company's trading activities.

Where appropriate the company's funds are held primarily in short term variable deposit accounts. The directors believe that this gives them the flexibility to release cash resources at short notice and also allows them to take advantage of changing conditions in the finance markets as they arise.

All deposits are with reputable United Kingdom and European banks.

Foreign currency risk

Certain purchases are made in foreign currencies. Foreign exchange differences on the revaluation of foreign currency assets and liabilities are taken to the profit and loss account.

Creditor payment policy

It is the company's normal practice to agree terms of transactions, including payment terms, with its suppliers on an individual basis, and provided the suppliers perform in accordance with the agreed terms, it is the company's policy that payment is made accordingly.

As at 30 May 2025, the average credit period taken for trade purchases was 48 days (2024 - 45 days).

The auditor, Azets Audit Services are deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.

We have followed the 2019 HM Government Environmental Reporting Guidelines. We have also used the GHG Reporting Protocol – Corporate Standard and have used the 2020 UK Government’s Conversion Factors for Company Reporting.

The chosen intensity measurement ratio is total gross emissions in metric tonnes CO2e per £1,000,000 turnover.

Fleet additions

The company actively look to replace any fleet vehicles with Hybrid models to reduce emissions, this year the company purchased 3 fully electric vehicle and will be looking to replace its existing fleet with Hybrid/Electric vehicles in the future where possible.

Company meetings

For the sixth year running the company has encouraged for the majority of company meetings to take place virtually to cut down on travel and emissions. In the past all Board meetings were held in London with Directors having to travel from different parts of the country as well as Spain and Holland, they are now held on Zoom.

Evesham distribution network

The company has continued with its investment in new lorries and have made sure the ones purchased were the most efficient in relation to low emissions.

Burscough – new distribution depot

The company has opened a new distribution depot in the North West and all the new lorries purchased for this venture are the most efficient in relation to low emissions

Renewable Energy

The company continues to purchase electricity from ENGIE, a supplier which specialises in certified renewable energy. Any other electricity used is generated from solar panels across various properties.

The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report 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 United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). 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;

• state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;

• 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.

So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.

We have audited the financial statements of Nationwide Produce Plc (the 'company') for the period ended 30 May 2025 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, including 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 30 May 2025 and of its profit for the period 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 Auditor's 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 other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. 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. 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 course of 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 our audit:

• the information given in the strategic report and the directors' report for the financial period for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

• the strategic report and the directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

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 directors' report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which 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.

As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, 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 is 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.

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 an auditor's report 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.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above and on the Financial Reporting Council’s website, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud.

We obtain and update our understanding of the entity, its activities, its control environment, and likely future developments, including in relation to the legal and regulatory framework applicable and how the entity is complying with that framework.  Based on this understanding, we identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.  This includes consideration of the risk of acts by the entity that were contrary to applicable laws and regulations, including fraud.

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, including fraud, we designed procedures which included:

• Enquiry of management and those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and claims as well as actual, suspected and alleged fraud; 

• Assessing the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations considered to have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company through enquiry and inspection; 

• Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations;

• Performing audit work over the risk of management bias and override of controls, including testing of journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business and reviewing accounting estimates for indicators of potential bias. 

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation.  This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance.  The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

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 an auditor's report 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.

The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

Nationwide Produce Plc is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 164 Lord Street, Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom, PR9 0QA.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:

• Section 4 ‘Statement of Financial Position’ – Reconciliation of the opening and closing number of shares;

• Section 7 ‘Statement of Cash Flows’ – Presentation of a statement of cash flow and related notes and disclosures;

• Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instrument Issues’ – Carrying amounts, interest income/expense and net gains/losses for each category of financial instrument; basis of determining fair values; details of collateral, loan defaults or breaches, details of hedges, hedging fair value changes recognised in profit or loss and in other comprehensive income;

• Section 33 ‘Related Party Disclosures’ – Compensation for key management personnel.

The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.

Nationwide Produce Plc is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide Produce Group Holdings Limited and the results of Nationwide Produce Plc are included in the consolidated financial statements of Nationwide Produce Group Holdings Limited which are available from Companies House, Crown Way, Maindy, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ.

Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

These financial statements cover the period from 1 June 2024 to 30 May 2025. The comparative period was the period from 3 June 2023 to 31 May 2024, which was shorter than the current period. The company changes its period end date each year to end the period on the final Friday closest to the end of May.

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have passed to the buyer (usually on dispatch of the goods), the amount of revenue can be measured reliably, it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity and the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

Separately acquired trademarks and licences are shown at historical cost.

Trademarks, licences (including software) and customer-related intangible assets acquired in a business combination are recognised at fair value at the acquisition date.

Trademarks are valued at cost on acquisition. Trademarks are not amortised, as it is considered that their useful lives are not limited. Their carrying values are reviewed annually by the directors to determine whether there has been any permanent impairment in value and any such reductions in their values are taken to the profit and loss account.

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.

Investment property, which is property held to earn rentals and/or for capital appreciation, is initially recognised at cost, which includes the purchase cost and any directly attributable expenditure. Subsequently it is measured at fair value at the reporting end date. Changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss.

Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.

A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

Entities in which the company has a long term interest and shares control under a contractual arrangement are classified as jointly controlled entities.

Stocks are stated at cost in the financial statements.

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.

Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.

If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.

Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessees. All other leases are classified as operating leases.

Assets held under finance leases are recognised as assets at the lower of the assets fair value at the date of inception and the present value of the minimum lease payments. The related liability is included in the balance sheet as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are treated as consisting of capital and interest elements. The interest is charged to profit or loss so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.

Rental income from operating leases is recognised on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease. Initial direct costs incurred in negotiating and arranging an operating lease are added to the carrying amount of the leased asset and recognised on a straight line basis over the lease term.

Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, 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 where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

The Directors do not consider there to be any key sources of estimation uncertainty.

An analysis of the company's turnover is as follows:

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the period was:

Their aggregate remuneration comprised:

The number of directors for whom retirement benefits are accruing under defined contribution schemes amounted to 5 (2024 - 5).

The actual charge for the period can be reconciled to the expected charge for the period based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:

Included within the cost of Freehold buildings as at 30 May 2025 is an amount of £5,352,385 relating to assets under construction, which have not yet been depreciated.

The net carrying value of tangible fixed assets includes the following in respect of assets held under finance leases or hire purchase contracts.

Land and buildings at Long Sutton were revalued to £945,000 in 2016 by reference to an independent valuation undertaken by Brown & Co. Property and Business Consultants, independent valuers not connected with the company, on the basis of market value. A further valuation was carried out in January 2023 which indicated that the value of the property had not materially changed and hence no further revaluation was reflected in the financial statements. After taking advice from an appropriately qualified professional, the directors are of the opinion that the valuation of the property remains correctly stated as at the balance sheet date.

Subsequent to the initial revaluation of the Long Sutton property, the company has acquired a premises in Evesham which is included within freehold buildings at cost less depreciation.

If revalued assets were stated on a historical cost basis rather than a fair value basis, the total amounts included would have been as follows:

Details of the company's subsidiaries at 30 May 2025 are as follows:

Amounts due from group undertakings are deemed payable on demand.

In February 2023 the company revised its bank borrowings and replaced the previous bank loan with a new loan of £4,000,000. Repayment terms are quarterly instalments of £66,666 over 5 years, with the remaining balance due at the end of the term.

During the period end 30 May 2025, an additional facility of £2,200,000 was agreed, £1,527,152 was drawn down within the period. The loan is due for repayment within 12 months of the period end.

The loan is secured by legal charges over the company's assets. Interest is being charged at 1.75% over base rate.

Amounts included above are secured against the assets to which they relate.

The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.

At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases relating to land and buildings, which fall due as follows:

The company has taken advantage of the exemption from disclosing details of related party transactions with wholly owned group undertakings, as set out in FRS 102 33.1A.

During the period the company leased three properties from The Nationwide Produce Plc Directors Pension Scheme, of which Mr P O'Malley, Mr A O'Malley, Mr T O'Malley and Mr J P Mann are trustees of the scheme.

During the period the company incurred rental charges of £239,000 (2024 - £239,000) from the pension scheme and made pension contributions of £64,581 (2024 - £92,545) to the scheme.

The company's immediate parent is Nationwide Produce Holdings Plc, incorporated in England and Wales. The company's ultimate parent is Nationwide Produce Group Holdings Limited, incorporated in England and Wales. There is no overall controlling party of Nationwide Produce Group Holdings Limited.

The most senior parent entity producing publicly available financial statements is Nationwide Produce Group Holdings Limited. These financial statements are available upon request from Companies House, Crown Way, Maindy, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ.