REGISTERED NUMBER: 14107915 (England and Wales)

Group Strategic Report,

Report of the Directors and

Consolidated Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 May 2025

for

Slingsby Securities Ltd

Page

Company Information

1

Group Strategic Report

2

Report of the Directors

3

Report of the Independent Auditors

5

Consolidated Income Statement

9

Consolidated Other Comprehensive Income

10

Consolidated Balance Sheet

11

Company Balance Sheet

12

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

13

Company Statement of Changes in Equity

14

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

15

DIRECTORS:

W P Slingsby

Mrs K R Slingsby

W B Slingsby

C P Slingsby

REGISTERED OFFICE:

Forest Park

Cleobury Mortimer

Kidderminster

Worcestershire

DY14 9BD

REGISTERED NUMBER:

14107915 (England and Wales)

AUDITORS:

Thorne Widgery Accountancy Ltd

Chartered Accountants

Statutory Auditors

2 Wyevale Business Park

Kings Acre

Hereford

Herefordshire

HR4 7BS

The directors present their strategic report of the company and the group for the year ended 31 May 2025.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS

The strategic targets for the management to strengthen our financial position, maintain and increase our customer base, and remain profitable were all achieved.

The parent company's operating profit for the year was £3,047,519.

In regards to the Group, the 100% owned trading subsidiary Amodil Supplies Ltd's operating profit for the year to 31 May 2025 was £2,055,855 (2024:£1,281,991). The directors consider this to be another satisfactory result given the market conditions.The financial position of the group remains strong and is in a position to capitalise on any upward price movement as it happens.

Key achievements of the period included:

- Improving stock mix, costs and cash flow;

- Increasing market share;

- Maintaining an experienced and conscientious workforce.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

The directors are prepared for the ongoing financial uncertainty and have taken steps to ensure the long-term viability of the company.

The underlying risks remain the typical risks of the steelstockholding industry, in which prices are subject to upward and downward movement dependant on various global factors completely out of our control such as raw material cost fluctuations and extended production lead times.

Development and performance

The position of the company at the year end is disclosed on the balance sheet.

Key performance indicators of the Parent company

Income from investments for the period ending 31 May 2025 was £2,732,168. Which has been eliminated on consolidation.

Gross profit for the period ending 31 May 2025 was 14% of sales.

Operating profit for the period ending 31 May 2025 was £2,055,855.

The profit before tax for the period ending 31 May 2025 was £2,215,803.

Key performance indicators of the Group

The group was formed on 15 December 2022. The below are relating to the performance from the formation of the group.

Turnover for the period ending 31 May 2025 was 30,250,171.

Gross profit margin for the period ending 31 May 2025 was 14%.

Operating profit for the period ending 31 May 2025 was £3,047,519.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:

W P Slingsby - Director

5 December 2025

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company and the group for the year ended 31 May 2025.

DIVIDENDS

No dividends will be distributed for the year ended 31 May 2025.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

The directors aim to continue the management policies which have resulted in maintaining our market share over the last few years and expect to continue to do the same next year.

DIRECTORS

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 June 2024 to the date of this report.

W P Slingsby

Mrs K R Slingsby

W B Slingsby

C P Slingsby

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES

The directors are responsible for preparing the Group Strategic Report, 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 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 the group and of the profit or loss of the group 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 and the group's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and the group 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 the group 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 group's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself or herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the group's auditors are aware of that information.

AUDITORS

The auditors, Thorne Widgery Accountancy Ltd, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:

W P Slingsby - Director

5 December 2025

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Slingsby Securities Ltd (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 31 May 2025 which comprise the Consolidated Income Statement, Consolidated Other Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Balance Sheet, Company Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Company 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 group's and of the parent company affairs as at 31 May 2025 and of the group's 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 group 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 group's and the parent 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 Group 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 Group 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 Group 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 group and the parent company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Group 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 by the parent company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or

-	the parent company 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.

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page three, 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 group's and the parent 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 group or the parent 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:

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 obtained 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, designing 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;

-

Reviewing minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;

-

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, evaluation 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. The 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.

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.

Mr Daniel Crowther FCA FCCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)

for and on behalf of Thorne Widgery Accountancy Ltd

Chartered Accountants

Statutory Auditors

2 Wyevale Business Park

Kings Acre

Hereford

Herefordshire

HR4 7BS

12 December 2025

TURNOVER

3

46,696,915

49,676,593

Cost of sales

(39,470,775

)

(42,124,180

)

GROSS PROFIT

7,226,140

7,552,413

Distribution costs

(434,915

)

(430,381

)

Administrative expenses

(4,887,380

)

(6,279,762

)

1,903,845

842,270

Other operating income

1,143,674

1,140,944

OPERATING PROFIT

5

3,047,519

1,983,214

Profit/loss on sale of operatn

6

350,050

-

3,397,569

1,983,214

Interest receivable and similar income

40,785

182,622

3,438,354

2,165,836

Interest payable and similar expenses

7

(196,934

)

(106,698

)

PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION

3,241,420

2,059,138

Tax on profit

8

(699,865

)

(28,278

)

PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR

2,541,555

2,030,860

Profit attributable to:

Owners of the parent

2,541,555

2,030,860

PROFIT FOR THE YEAR

2,541,555

2,030,860

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Movement in the year

(533,279

)

(1,698,385

)

Surplus on revaluation

262,538

-

Income tax relating to components of other comprehensive income

-

-

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR, NET OF INCOME TAX

(270,741

)

(1,698,385

)

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR

2,270,814

Prior year adjustment

(436,270

)

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME SINCE LAST ANNUAL REPORT

(103,795

)

Total comprehensive income attributable to:

Owners of the parent

2,242,808

(111,433

)

Non-controlling interests

28,006

7,638

2,270,814

(103,795

)

FIXED ASSETS

Tangible assets

11

4,534,647

972,944

Investments

12

-

-

4,534,647

972,944

CURRENT ASSETS

Stocks

13

18,872,219

17,235,009

Debtors

14

11,306,097

14,736,561

Cash at bank

1,179,372

5,375,666

31,357,688

37,347,236

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

15

(16,408,476

)

(22,708,261

)

NET CURRENT ASSETS

14,949,212

14,638,975

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

19,483,859

15,611,919

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due after more than one year

16

(1,592,400

)

-

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES

18

(106,356

)

(33,639

)

NET ASSETS

17,785,103

15,578,280

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Called up share capital

19

100

100

Revaluation reserve

20

262,538

-

Consolidation reserve

20

(14,676,865

)

(14,676,865

)

Retained earnings

20

29,443,197

27,434,921

SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS

15,028,970

12,758,156

NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS

21

2,756,133

2,820,124

TOTAL EQUITY

17,785,103

15,578,280

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 5 December 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:

W P Slingsby - Director

FIXED ASSETS

Tangible assets

11

-

-

Investments

12

14,600,000

14,600,000

14,600,000

14,600,000

CURRENT ASSETS

Debtors

14

1,424,561

1,360,190

Cash at bank

128,928

1,740,532

1,553,489

3,100,722

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

15

(7,925,182

)

(11,102,337

)

NET CURRENT LIABILITIES

(6,371,693

)

(8,001,615

)

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

8,228,307

6,598,385

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Called up share capital

19

100

100

Retained earnings

20

8,228,207

6,598,285

SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS

8,228,307

6,598,385

Company's profit for the financial year

1,629,922

1,654,440

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 5 December 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:

W P Slingsby - Director

Called up

share

Retained

Revaluation

capital

earnings

reserve

£

£

£

Balance at 1 June 2023

100

26,939,316

-

Prior year adjustment

-

(436,270

)

-

As restated

100

26,503,046

-

Changes in equity

Total comprehensive income

-

931,875

-

Balance at 31 May 2024

100

27,434,921

-

Changes in equity

Total comprehensive income

-

2,008,276

262,538

Balance at 31 May 2025

100

29,443,197

262,538

Consolidation

Non-controlling

Total

reserve

Total

interests

equity

£

£

£

£

Balance at 1 June 2023

(14,077,465

)

12,861,951

3,127,965

15,989,916

Prior year adjustment

-

(436,270

)

-

(436,270

)

As restated

(14,077,465

)

12,425,681

3,127,965

15,553,646

Changes in equity

Dividends

-

-

(315,479

)

(315,479

)

Total comprehensive income

(599,400

)

332,475

7,638

340,113

Balance at 31 May 2024

(14,676,865

)

12,758,156

2,820,124

15,578,280

Changes in equity

Dividends

-

-

(330,000

)

(330,000

)

Total comprehensive income

-

2,270,814

28,006

2,298,820

Balance at 31 May 2025

(14,676,865

)

15,028,970

2,518,130

17,547,100

Called up

share

Retained

Total

capital

earnings

equity

£

£

£

Balance at 1 June 2023

100

4,943,845

4,943,945

Changes in equity

Total comprehensive income

-

1,654,440

1,654,440

Balance at 31 May 2024

100

6,598,285

6,598,385

Changes in equity

Total comprehensive income

-

1,629,922

1,629,922

Balance at 31 May 2025

100

8,228,207

8,228,307

1.	STATUTORY INFORMATION

Slingsby Securities Ltd 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 General 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" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation of certain assets.

Going Concern

At 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.

In reaching this conclusion the directors have considered the ongoing economic climate.

Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions

The group has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemption 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.

Basis of consolidation

The consolidated group financial statements consist of the financial statements of the parent company Amodil Supplies Ltd together with all entities controlled by the parent company (its subsidiaries) and the group's share of its interests in joint ventures and associates.

These consolidated accounts reflect the combined results of Amodil Supplies Limited and its 50% owned subsidiary Olarra UK Limited. All financial statements are made up to 31 May 2025. Where necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring the accounting policies used into line with those used by other members of the group.

Under the provisions of FRS102 this is not usual practice , however due to the requirements of the jurisdiction in which the entity that owns the remaining 50% is based and their reporting requirements for taxation purposes the directors have concluded it to be appropriate.

Amodil Supplies Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Slingsby Securities Ltd from 15.12.2022, before this date the company was a wholly owned subsidiary of Amodil Holdings Limited. Consolidated accounts for both companies and its subsidiaries are prepared.

All intra-group transactions, balances and unrealised gains on transactions between group companies are eliminated on consolidation. Unrealised losses are also eliminated unless the transaction provides evidence of an impairment of the asset transferred

Subsidiaries are consolidated in the group's financial statements from the date that control commences until the date that control ceases. 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.

Related party exemption

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', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.

Transactions between group entities which have been eliminated on consolidation are not disclosed within the financial statements.

Significant judgements and estimates

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 affects both current and future periods.

Key Sources of estimation uncertainty

The estimations and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities are as follows.

Provision for doubtful debts

The directors make an assessment each year of the estimated value of trade debtors that potentially not recoverable. This estimate includes an element of uncertainty resulting from their customers ability to make payments to the company.

Stock Provision

The directors make an assessment each year of the estimated value of stock that is obsolete and can no longer be actively traded, taking into account the potential scrap value. This estimate includes an element of uncertainty resulting from the demand for stock that has not been sold to order.

Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the group'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.

Turnover

Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes.

Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of the business and is shown net of VAT and other sales related taxes. The fair value of consideration takes into account trade discounts, settlement discounts and volume rebates.

When cash inflows are deferred and represent a financing arrangement, the fair value of the consideration is the present value of the future receipts. The difference between the fair value of the consideration and the nominal amount received is recognised as interest income.

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.

Tangible fixed assets

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:

Plant and Equipment 10% on cost

Fixtures and Fittings 10% on cost

Computers 35% on cost

Motor Vehicles 20% and 25% on cost

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.

Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amount of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If such any indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

Recoverable amount if the higher fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.

If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.

Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.

Stocks

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

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

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition.

Stocks held for distribution at no or nominal consideration are measured at the lower of cost and replacement cost, adjusted where applicable for any loss of service potential.

At each reporting date, an assessment is made for impairment. Any excess of the carrying amount of stocks over its estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell is recognised as an impairment loss in profit or loss. Reversals of impairment losses are also recognised in profit or loss.

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.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

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

Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net 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 and 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

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 well 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 or the accounting profit.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled, or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to the taxes levied by the same authority.

Foreign currencies

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.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments

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.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

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

Employee benefits

The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee's services are received.

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

3.

TURNOVER

The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the group.

An analysis of turnover by class of business is given below:

31.5.25

31.5.24

as restated

£

£

Stainless steel stockholding

46,696,915

49,676,593

46,696,915

49,676,593

4.	EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

2025

2024

£

£

Wages and salaries

2,013,934

3,127,570

Social security costs

219,677

500,549

Other pension costs

73,978

73,152

2,307,589

3,701,251

The average number of employees for the company during the period was nil.

The average number of employees by undertakings that were proportionately consolidated during the period was 45.

31.5.25

31.5.24

as restated

£

£

Directors' remuneration

702,789

1,682,956

Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes

23,313

23,668

The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows:

Money purchase schemes

3

4

Information regarding the highest paid director is as follows:

31.5.25

31.5.24

as restated

£

£

Emoluments etc

272,449

410,056

Pension contributions to money purchase schemes

-

(14,667

)