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Registration number: 07287820

Prepared for the registrar
Automated Building & Energy Controls (Group) Ltd.
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Automated Building & Energy Controls (Group) Ltd.

Contents

Company Information | 1
Balance Sheet | 2
Notes to the Financial Statements | 3 to 7

Automated Building & Energy Controls (Group) Ltd.

Company Information

Directors | M Morrall M Litten A Shaw

Registered office | 7 Miller Court Severn Drive Tewkesbury Business Park Tewkesbury GL20 8DN

Auditors | Hazlewoods LLP Staverton Court Staverton Cheltenham GL51 0UX

Automated Building & Energy Controls (Group) Ltd.

(Registration number: 07287820)
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

| Note | 2025 £ | 2024 £
Fixed assets |  |  |
Investments | 4 | 2 | 2
Current assets |  |  |
Debtors | 5 | 220,001 | 149,417
Cash at bank and in hand |  | 29,347 | 89,101
|  | 249,348 | 238,518
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year | 6 | (249,032) | (238,130)
Net current assets |  | 316 | 388
Net assets |  | 318 | 390
Capital and reserves |  |  |
Called up share capital |  | 4 | 4
Profit and loss account |  | 314 | 386
Total equity |  | 318 | 390

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

These financial statements have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime and the option not to file the Profit and Loss Account has been taken.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 27 October 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

A Shaw Chief Financial Officer |  |

Automated Building & Energy Controls (Group) Ltd.

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

| 1 | General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
7 Miller Court
Severn Drive
Tewkesbury Business Park
Tewkesbury
GL20 8DN

| 2 | Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except for, where disclosed in these accounting policies, certain items that are shown at fair value.

The presentational currency of the financial statements is Pounds Sterling, being the functional currency of the primary economic environment in which the company operates. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest Pound.

Name of parent of group

These financial statements are consolidated in the financial statements of Automated Building & Energy Controls (Holdings) Ltd.

The financial statements of Automated Building & Energy Controls (Holdings) Ltd may be obtained from 7 Miller Court Severn Drive, Tewkesbury Business Park, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 8DN.

Group accounts not prepared

The company has taken advantage of the exemption in section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirement to prepare consolidated financial statements, on the grounds that it is included in the group accounts of a larger group.

Going concern

After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.

Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts 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.

Automated Building & Energy Controls (Group) Ltd.

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

No judgements or key sources of estimation uncertainty have been identified by management in preparing these financial statements other than those detailed in these accounting policies.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current tax. Tax is recognised in the profit and loss account, except that a charge attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current 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 taxable income.

Business combinations

Business combinations are accounted for using the purchase method. The consideration for each acquisition is measured at the aggregate of the fair values at acquisition date of assets given, liabilities incurred or assumed, and equity instruments issued by the group in exchange for control of the acquired, plus any costs directly attributable to the business combination. When a business combination agreement provides for an adjustment to the cost of the combination contingent on future events, the group includes the estimated amount of that adjustment in the cost of the combination at the acquisition date if the adjustment is probable and can be measured reliably.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Investments

Investments in equity shares which are publicly traded or where the fair value can be measured reliably are initially measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. Investments in equity shares which are not publicly traded and where fair value cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.
Interest income on debt securities, where applicable, is recognised in income using the effective interest method. Dividends on equity securities are recognised in income when receivable.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.
Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. All trade debtors are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted cost of cash expected to be received. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the debtors.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.
Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and all are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted amount of cash expected to be paid.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

Dividends

Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.

Financial instruments

Automated Building & Energy Controls (Group) Ltd.

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Classification
Financial instruments are classified and accounted for according to the substance of the contractual arrangement, as financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities. Where shares are issued, any component that creates a financial liability of the company is presented as a liability on the balance sheet. The corresponding dividends relating to the liability component are charged as interest expenses in the profit and loss account.

Recognition and measurement
All financial assets and liabilities are initially measured at transaction price (including transaction costs), except for those financial assets classified as at fair value through profit or loss, which are initially measured at fair value (which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs), unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction. If an arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, the financial asset or financial liability is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

Impairment
Assets, other than those measured at fair value, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each balance sheet date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss as described below.
A non financial asset is impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after initial recognition, the estimated recoverable value of the asset has been reduced. The recoverable amount of an asset is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use.
The recoverable amount of goodwill is derived from measurement of the present value of the future cash flows of the cash-generating units (CGUs) of which the goodwill is a part. Any impairment loss in respect of a CGU is allocated first to the goodwill attached to that CGU, and then to other assets within that CGU on a pro-rata basis.
Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised. Where a reversal of impairment occurs in respect of a CGU, the reversal is applied first to the assets (other than goodwill) of the CGU on a pro-rata basis and then to any goodwill allocated to that CGU.
For financial assets carried at amortised cost, the amount of an impairment is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate.
For financial assets carried at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the best estimate of the amount that would be received for the asset if it were to be sold at the reporting date.
Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired financial asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised.

| 3 | Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 0 (2024 - 0).

| 4 | Investments

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Investments in subsidiaries | 2 | 2

Automated Building & Energy Controls (Group) Ltd.

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Subsidiaries | £
Cost
At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2024 | 2
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025 | 2
At 31 March 2024 | 2

Details of undertakings

Details of the investments (including principal place of business of unincorporated entities) in which the company holds 20% or more of the nominal value of any class of share capital are as follows:

Undertaking | Registered office | Holding | Proportion of voting rights and shares held
|  |  | 2025 | 2024

Subsidiary undertakings
Automated Building & Energy Controls Ltd | 7 Miller Court Severn Drive Tewkesbury Business Park Tewkesbury Gloucestershire GL20 8DN | Ordinary | 100% | 100%
| United Kingdom |  |  |

Subsidiary undertakings
Automated Building & Energy Controls Ltd The principal activity of Automated Building & Energy Controls Ltd is the service and maintenance of building management systems and automatic controls.

| 5 | Debtors

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Amounts owed by group undertakings | 200,188 | -
Amounts owed by related parties | 19,809 | 149,413
Called up share capital not paid | 4 | 4
| 220,001 | 149,417

| 6 | Creditors

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Due within one year |  |
Amounts due to group companies | 249,032 | 238,130

Automated Building & Energy Controls (Group) Ltd.

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

| 7 | Related party transactions

The company has taken advantage of the disclosure exemption with respect to transactions with wholly owned members of the group.

| 8 | Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

Until 5th June 2025, the company's immediate and ultimate parent was Automated Building & Energy Controls (Holdings) Ltd, a company incorporated in England and Wales. This is the most senior parent entity producing publicly available financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2025. These financial statements are available upon request from Companies House.
On 5th June 2025, Acorn Top Co Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, became the ultimate parent company. On this same date, the ultimate controlling party became Acorn Mixer LLP.

| 9 | Non adjusting events after the financial period

Subsequent to the year end, the group received external investment from funds advised by Magnesium Capital LLP. This was primarily in order to fund the future growth of the business. The transaction was facilitated by way of the incorporation of two new entities Acorn Top Co Limited and Acorn Bid Co Limited. Automated Building & Energy Controls (Holdings) Limited, the immediate parent company of Automated Building & Energy Controls (Group) Limited, was acquired by Acorn Bid Co Limited and the transaction completed on 5th June 2025. The ultimate parent company of the group is now considered to be Acorn Top Co Limited.

| 10 | Audit report

The Independent Auditor's Report was unqualified. The name of the Senior Statutory Auditor who signed the audit report on 27 October 2025 was Scott Lawrence, who signed for and on behalf of Hazlewoods LLP.