Company Registration No. 12143477 (England and Wales)
Fry Holdings Limited
Unaudited financial statements
for the year ended 31 March 2025
Pages for filing with the registrar
Fry Holdings Limited
Contents
Page
Statement of financial position
1 - 2
Statement of changes in equity
3
Notes to the financial statements
4 - 8
Fry Holdings Limited
Statement of financial position
As at 31 March 2025
1
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investments
3
18,745,210
14,683,496
Current assets
Debtors
4
2,147,747
2,227,324
Cash at bank and in hand
101,541
2,781,098
2,249,288
5,008,422
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
5
(21,426)
(236,865)
Net current assets
2,227,862
4,771,557
Total assets less current liabilities
20,973,072
19,455,053
Provisions for liabilities
(228,836)
(234,525)
Net assets
20,744,236
19,220,528
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
2
2
Other reserves
686,508
703,574
Profit and loss reserves
20,057,726
18,516,952
Total equity
20,744,236
19,220,528
The director of the company has elected not to include a copy of the income statement within the financial statements.true
For the financial year ended 31 March 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The director acknowledges his responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.
These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
Fry Holdings Limited
Statement of financial position (continued)
As at 31 March 2025
2
The financial statements were approved and signed by the director and authorised for issue on 15 December 2025.
David Fry
Director
Company Registration No. 12143477
Fry Holdings Limited
Statement of changes in equity
For the year ended 31 March 2025
3
Share capital
Other reserves
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
£
Balance at 1 April 2023
2
147,739
3,946,339
4,094,080
Year ended 31 March 2024:
Profit
-
-
15,128,448
15,128,448
Other comprehensive income:
Tax relating to other comprehensive income
-
-
185,278
185,278
Total comprehensive income
-
-
15,313,726
15,313,726
Dividends
-
-
(2,000)
(2,000)
Transfers
-
741,113
(741,113)
-
Other movements
-
(185,278)
-
(185,278)
Balance at 31 March 2024
2
703,574
18,516,952
19,220,528
Year ended 31 March 2025:
Profit
-
-
1,524,708
1,524,708
Other comprehensive income:
Tax relating to other comprehensive income
-
-
(5,689)
(5,689)
Total comprehensive income
-
-
1,519,019
1,519,019
Dividends
-
-
(1,000)
(1,000)
Transfers
-
(22,755)
22,755
-
Other movements
-
5,689
-
5,689
Balance at 31 March 2025
2
686,508
20,057,726
20,744,236
Fry Holdings Limited
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 March 2025
4
1
Accounting policies
Company information
Fry Holdings Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Midland House, 2 Poole Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH2 5QY.
1.1
Accounting convention
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 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.
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 other than other investments which are held at fair value.The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
1.2
Fixed asset investments
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.
Unlisted investments relate to shares held in private Limited Company's and are initially recognised at cost which includes the share purchase cost and any directly attributable expenditure and are measured for impairment at the end of each accounting period and not recognised at fair value.
Listed investments, which are stocks and shares held for capital appreciation with the intention to hold long-term and receive revenue in the form of dividends, are initially recognised at cost, which includes the share purchase cost and any directly attributable expenditure.
Subsequently it is measured at fair value at the reporting end date. Each shareholding is seen as its own asset, and reviewed for impairment individually. For each asset, increases or decreases in fair value above the historical cost value are recognised directly through the income statement. To the extent there is a net revaluation increase, this amount is transferred to an other reserve.
1.3
Cash and cash equivalents
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.
Fry Holdings Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 March 2025
1
Accounting policies (continued)
5
1.4
Financial instruments
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 statement of financial position 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
Basic financial assets, which include debtors, 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.
Classification of financial liabilities
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
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.
1.5
Equity instruments
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.
1.6
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the income statement 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.
Fry Holdings Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 March 2025
1
Accounting policies (continued)
6
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 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.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it 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. Where items recognised in other comprehensive income or equity are chargeable to or deductible for tax purposes, the resulting current or deferred tax expense or income is presented in the same component of comprehensive income or equity as the transaction or other event that resulted in the tax expense or income. 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 taxes levied by the same tax authority.
1.7
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.
1.8
Foreign exchange
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.
2
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2025
2024
Number
Number
Total
1
1
Fry Holdings Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 March 2025
7
3
Fixed asset investments
2025
2024
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
2,930,169
Other investments other than loans
15,815,041
14,683,496
18,745,210
14,683,496
Fixed asset investments revalued
Included in other investments are both listed and unlisted investments. Listed investments are held in an investment portfolio in which the fair values are calculated by the investment portfolio manager using publicly available market data. Unlisted investments are held in private Limited Company's and held at cost.
Movements in fixed asset investments
Shares in subsidiaries
Other investments
Total
£
£
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 April 2024
-
14,683,496
14,683,496
Additions
2,930,169
4,647,047
7,577,216
Valuation changes
-
166,477
166,477
Foreign exchange movement
-
(94,451)
(94,451)
Equalisations
-
22,259
22,259
Disposals
-
(3,609,787)
(3,609,787)
At 31 March 2025
2,930,169
15,815,041
18,745,210
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025
2,930,169
15,815,041
18,745,210
At 31 March 2024
-
14,683,496
14,683,496
4
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Corporation tax recoverable
205,278
201,046
Other debtors
1,942,469
2,026,278
2,147,747
2,227,324
Fry Holdings Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 March 2025
8
5
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£
£
Trade creditors
12,214
Amounts owed to group undertakings
180
180
Corporation tax
4,232
231,885
Other creditors
4,800
4,800
21,426
236,865
6
Related party transactions
The Company has taken advantage of the exemption available in section 33.1A of FRS 102 from the requirement to disclose transactions with group companies where they are wholly owned.
7
Directors' transactions
Unsecured advances or credits have been granted by the company to its directors as follows:
Description
% Rate
Opening balance
Interest charged
Amounts repaid
Closing balance
£
£
£
£
Director loan
2.25
595,693
13,538
(1,000)
608,231
595,693
13,538
(1,000)
608,231