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REGISTERED NUMBER: 00912101 (England and Wales)

| Unaudited Financial Statements |

| for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 |

| for |

| Dando's Motor Services Limited |

| Dando's Motor Services Limited (Registered number: 00912101) |

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Page |

| Company Information | 1 |

| Balance Sheet | 2 |

| Notes to the Financial Statements | 4 |

| Dando's Motor Services Limited |

Company Information

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

| DIRECTORS: | Mrs Z T Boulton

| D C I Powell

| REGISTERED OFFICE: | Avon House

| Hatters Lane

| Chipping Sodbury

| South Gloucestershire

| BS37 6AA

| REGISTERED NUMBER: | 00912101 (England and Wales)

| ACCOUNTANTS: | Underwood Lamb Professional Services Ltd

| Ground Floor, The Old Barn

| Lady Farm

| Chelwood

| Bristol

| BS39 4NN

| Dando's Motor Services Limited (Registered number: 00912101) |

Balance Sheet

31 March 2025

| 31.3.25 | 31.3.24 |

| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |

FIXED ASSETS

Tangible assets | 4 | 119,838 |  | 140,477 |  |

CURRENT ASSETS

Stocks | 5 | 930,518 |  | 810,562 |  |

Debtors | 6 | 214,022 |  | 143,421 |  |

Cash at bank and in hand | 665,633 |  | 916,764 |  |

1,810,173 |  | 1,870,747 |  |

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year | 7 | 564,766 |  | 611,081 |  |

NET CURRENT ASSETS | 1,245,407 |  | 1,259,666 |  |

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES | 1,365,245 |  | 1,400,143 |  |

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due after more than one year | 8 | (3,071 | ) | (13,248 | ) |

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | (2,426 | ) | (1,649 | ) |

NET ASSETS | 1,359,748 |  | 1,385,246 |  |

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Called up share capital | 39,500 |  | 39,500 |  |

Retained earnings | 9 | 1,320,248 |  | 1,345,746 |  |

SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS | 1,359,748 |  | 1,385,246 |  |

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2025.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for:

(a) | ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and

(b) | preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its profit or loss for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.

| Dando's Motor Services Limited (Registered number: 00912101) |

Balance Sheet - continued

31 March 2025

The financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement has not been delivered.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 3 December 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:

D C I Powell - Director

| Dando's Motor Services Limited (Registered number: 00912101) |

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION

| Dando's Motor Services Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES

| Basis of preparing the financial statements

| These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" including the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

| Turnover

| Turnover represents amounts receivable from the actual sale of vehicles or the provision of services.

| Bonuses are received quarterly in accordance with the company achieving targets set by the franchises and these bonuses are recognised on an accruals basis once the company is entitled to them.

| The company operates a number of departmental cost centres for internal accounting and management reporting purposes. For value added tax and annual accounting purposes, inter-departmental transactions are ignored and turnover and cost of sales are quoted net of any such internal transactions.

| Tangible fixed assets

| Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

| Improvements to property | - | 10% on cost

| Plant and machinery | - | 25% on cost and 10% on cost

| Fixtures and fittings | - | 25% on cost and 10% on cost

| Motor vehicles | - | 25% on cost

| Computer equipment | - | 25% on cost

| Stocks

| Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items.

| New vehicles are held on consignment. These have been accounted for as assets of the company and the corresponding liabilities are included within trade creditors.

| Taxation

| Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

| Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

| Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

| Dando's Motor Services Limited (Registered number: 00912101) |

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

| 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.

| Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

| The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

| Going concern

| These accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis as the directors believe that the company has sufficient funds for the foreseeable future, being 12 months from the date of signature of the financial statements, to meet its liabilities as and when they fall due.

| Financial instruments

| Financial liabilities and equity investments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity investment is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the entity after deducting all of its financial liabilities.

3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

| The average number of employees during the year was 37 (2024 - 29 ) .

4. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

| Improvements |  | Fixtures

| to |  | Plant and |  | and

| property |  | machinery |  | fittings

£ | £ | £ |

| COST

| At 1 April 2024 | 301,389 |  | 152,284 |  | 136,384 |  |

| Additions | - |  | 4,987 |  | 7,235 |  |

| Disposals | - |  | - |  | - |  |

| At 31 March 2025 | 301,389 |  | 157,271 |  | 143,619 |  |

| DEPRECIATION

| At 1 April 2024 | 226,019 |  | 128,895 |  | 119,167 |  |

| Charge for year | 30,139 |  | 6,594 |  | 3,336 |  |

| Eliminated on disposal | - |  | - |  | - |  |

| At 31 March 2025 | 256,158 |  | 135,489 |  | 122,503 |  |

| NET BOOK VALUE

| At 31 March 2025 | 45,231 |  | 21,782 |  | 21,116 |  |

| At 31 March 2024 | 75,370 |  | 23,389 |  | 17,217 |  |

| Dando's Motor Services Limited (Registered number: 00912101) |

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

4. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued

| Motor |  | Computer |

| vehicles |  | equipment |  | Totals

£ | £ | £ |

| COST

| At 1 April 2024 | 37,790 |  | 69,836 |  | 697,683 |  |

| Additions | 30,983 |  | 1,935 |  | 45,140 |  |

| Disposals | (30,418 | ) | - |  | (30,418 | ) |

| At 31 March 2025 | 38,355 |  | 71,771 |  | 712,405 |  |

| DEPRECIATION

| At 1 April 2024 | 16,372 |  | 66,753 |  | 557,206 |  |

| Charge for year | 7,032 |  | 2,060 |  | 49,161 |  |

| Eliminated on disposal | (13,800 | ) | - |  | (13,800 | ) |

| At 31 March 2025 | 9,604 |  | 68,813 |  | 592,567 |  |

| NET BOOK VALUE

| At 31 March 2025 | 28,751 |  | 2,958 |  | 119,838 |  |

| At 31 March 2024 | 21,418 |  | 3,083 |  | 140,477 |  |

5. | STOCKS

| 31.3.25 |  | 31.3.24

£ | £ |

| Stock - Cars | 907,617 |  | 792,181 |  |

| Stock - Parts | 22,901 |  | 18,381 |  |

930,518 |  | 810,562 |  |

| New vehicles are held on consignment. These have been accounted for as assets of the company and the corresponding liabilities are included with trade creditors.

6. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |

| 31.3.25 |  | 31.3.24

£ | £ |

| Trade debtors | 126,371 |  | 83,227 |  |

| Other debtors | 87,651 |  | 60,194 |  |

214,022 |  | 143,421 |  |

7. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |

| 31.3.25 |  | 31.3.24

£ | £ |

| Bank loans and overdrafts | 10,000 |  | 10,000 |  |

| Trade creditors | 395,632 |  | 360,049 |  |

| Amounts owed to group undertakings | 24,000 |  | 24,000 |  |

| Taxation and social security | 84,732 |  | 134,469 |  |

| Other creditors | 50,402 |  | 82,563 |  |

564,766 |  | 611,081 |  |

| Dando's Motor Services Limited (Registered number: 00912101) |

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

8. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |

| 31.3.25 |  | 31.3.24

£ | £ |

| Bank loans | 3,071 |  | 13,248 |  |

9. | RESERVES

| Retained

| earnings

£ |

| At 1 April 2024 | 1,345,746 |  |

| Deficit for the year | (25,498 | ) |

| At 31 March 2025 | 1,320,248 |  |

10. | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION

| The Company was under the control of the directors, Z T Boulton and D C I Powell throughout the current and previous year.

| During the year Alden Motor Holdings Limited, the parent company made management charges of £24,000 (2024 - £24,000). At the year end £24,000 was owed to Alden Motor Holdings Limited.

| During the year the company was charged management fees of £12,000 (2024 - £12,000) by Laddenbrook Car Sales Ltd, a company in which D Powell, a director of Dandos Motor Services Ltd, is also a director. The charges were deemed by both parties to be at a market rate for the services provided.

| During the year the company received management fees of £12,339 (2024 - £7,455) from Sabena Properties Ltd, a company in which Z T Boulton, a director of Dandos Motor Services Ltd, is also a director. The charges were deemed by both parties to be at a market rate for the services provided.