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Group Strategic Report, Report of the Director and

Consolidated Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

for

Hopton Trading Holdings Limited

Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (Registered number: 10594820)






Contents of the Consolidated Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025




Page

Company Information 1

Group Strategic Report 2

Report of the Director 3

Report of the Independent Auditors 5

Consolidated Profit and Loss Account 8

Consolidated Balance Sheet 9

Company Balance Sheet 10

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 11

Company Statement of Changes in Equity 12

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 13

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 14


Hopton Trading Holdings Limited

Company Information
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025







DIRECTOR: M T Hopton





SECRETARY: Mrs D J Hopton





REGISTERED OFFICE: The Mills
Canal Street
Derby
DE1 2RJ





REGISTERED NUMBER: 10594820 (England and Wales)





AUDITORS: Bates Weston Audit Ltd
Statutory Auditors
Chartered Accountants
The Mills
Canal Street
Derby
DE1 2RJ

Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (Registered number: 10594820)

Group Strategic Report
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

The director presents his strategic report of the company and the group for the year ended 31 March 2025.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS
The director is satisfied with the results and year end financial position and is confident that a consistent level of activity and profitability will be maintained during the current year.

In relation to the subsidiaries, turnover for the year has increased by £4,642k (14.0%) and cost of sales have also increased by £634k (2.4%) resulting in a gross profit margin of 27.8% (2024 - 19.6%).

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
The management of the business and the nature of the group's strategy are subject to a number of risks.

There is the risk of diminishing footfall, though this is closely reviewed by way of monitoring the turnover and profit margins in the quarterly management accounts.

ORGANISATION
The director continues to monitor the group's organisation and profitability with the intention of constantly improving them wherever possible.

INVESTMENT
The director continues to invest in opening new stores as the company seeks to maximise profitability.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Performance is largely measured by sales margins, overheads as a proportion of sales, and bank balance. Costs are monitored through the review of the quarterly management accounts.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





M T Hopton - Director


17 December 2025

Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (Registered number: 10594820)

Report of the Director
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

The director presents his report with the financial statements of the company and the group for the year ended 31 March 2025.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY
The principal activity of the group in the year under review was that of the retail of mobile phones and accessories.

DIVIDENDS
An interim dividend of 47.29729p per share was paid on the Ordinary £1.00 shares on 1 October 2024. No dividends were paid on the A Ordinary £1.00 shares.

The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 March 2025 will be £ 1,050,000 .

DIRECTOR
M T Hopton held office during the whole of the period from 1 April 2024 to the date of this report.

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The group's financial assets and liabilities consist of trade debtors and creditors, cash balances and amounts owed to group undertakings.

The directors manage the group's exposure to financial risk by researching the credit worthiness of end customers and by seeking advice from the company's franchise provider and its other external financial advisers.

The group does not trade in foreign currencies.

The group does not trade speculatively in derivatives or similar instruments.

STATEMENT OF DIRECTOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES
The director is responsible for preparing the Group Strategic Report, the Report of the Director and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the director to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the director has 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 director must not approve the financial statements unless he is 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 director is 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 director is 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 him to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. He is 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.

Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (Registered number: 10594820)

Report of the Director
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025


STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
So far as the director is 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 he has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the group's auditors are aware of that information.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





M T Hopton - Director


17 December 2025

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Hopton Trading Holdings Limited

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the Consolidated Profit and Loss Account, Consolidated Balance Sheet, Company Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Company Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 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 March 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 director's 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 director with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information
The director is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Director, 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 Director 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 Director have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Hopton Trading Holdings Limited


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 Director.

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 director's remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of director
As explained more fully in the Statement of Director's Responsibilities set out on page three, the director is 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 director determines 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 director is 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 director either intends to liquidate the group or the parent company or to cease operations, or has 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.

Based on our understanding of the group and industry in which it operates, we identified that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to the retail sale industry and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements such as the Companies Act 2006. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:

- Enquiry of management around actual and potential litigation and claims;
- 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 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 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 is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.

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.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Hopton Trading Holdings Limited


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.




Ian Neal FCA CTA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Bates Weston Audit Ltd
Statutory Auditors
Chartered Accountants
The Mills
Canal Street
Derby
DE1 2RJ

17 December 2025

Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (Registered number: 10594820)

Consolidated
Profit and Loss Account
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 3 37,826,511 33,184,987

Cost of sales 27,306,527 26,672,540
GROSS PROFIT 10,519,984 6,512,447

Administrative expenses 3,675,439 6,010,269
6,844,545 502,178

Other operating income 44,428 251,747
OPERATING PROFIT 5 6,888,973 753,925

Interest receivable and similar income 30,408 15,265
6,919,381 769,190

Interest payable and similar expenses 6 466 -
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 6,918,915 769,190

Tax on profit 7 1,834,899 303,440
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 5,084,016 465,750

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR

5,084,016

465,750

Profit attributable to:
Owners of the parent 5,084,016 465,750

Total comprehensive income attributable to:
Owners of the parent 5,084,016 465,750

Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (Registered number: 10594820)

Consolidated Balance Sheet
31 March 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 10 1,684,853 1,995,584
Tangible assets 11 996,983 633,550
Investments 12 - -
Investment property 13 208,550 208,550
2,890,386 2,837,684

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 14 605,063 541,078
Debtors 15 3,354,605 11,387,616
Cash at bank and in hand 4,744,170 670,458
8,703,838 12,599,152
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 16 3,733,406 10,824,158
NET CURRENT ASSETS 4,970,432 1,774,994
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

7,860,818

4,612,678

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 18 7,419 13,295
NET ASSETS 7,853,399 4,599,383

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 19 2,220,000 3,000,000
Merger difference 20 (2,990,000 ) (2,990,000 )
Retained earnings 20 8,623,399 4,589,383
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 7,853,399 4,599,383

The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on 17 December 2025 and were signed by:





M T Hopton - Director


Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (Registered number: 10594820)

Company Balance Sheet
31 March 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 10 - -
Tangible assets 11 964,893 569,342
Investments 12 7,543,436 7,543,436
Investment property 13 208,550 208,550
8,716,879 8,321,328

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 15 1,031,489 1,294,788
Cash at bank 6,830 7,045
1,038,319 1,301,833
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 16 4,219,622 3,362,070
NET CURRENT LIABILITIES (3,181,303 ) (2,060,237 )
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

5,535,576

6,261,091

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 19 2,220,000 3,000,000
Retained earnings 20 3,315,576 3,261,091
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 5,535,576 6,261,091

Company's profit for the financial year 1,104,485 27,114

The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on 17 December 2025 and were signed by:





M T Hopton - Director


Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (Registered number: 10594820)

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Called up
share Retained Merger Total
capital earnings difference equity
£    £    £    £   
Balance at 1 April 2023 3,000,000 4,123,633 (2,990,000 ) 4,133,633

Changes in equity
Total comprehensive income - 465,750 - 465,750
Balance at 31 March 2024 3,000,000 4,589,383 (2,990,000 ) 4,599,383

Changes in equity
Reduction in share capital (780,000 ) - - (780,000 )
Dividends - (1,050,000 ) - (1,050,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 5,084,016 - 5,084,016
Balance at 31 March 2025 2,220,000 8,623,399 (2,990,000 ) 7,853,399

Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (Registered number: 10594820)

Company Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Called up
share Retained Total
capital earnings equity
£    £    £   
Balance at 1 April 2023 3,000,000 3,233,977 6,233,977

Changes in equity
Total comprehensive income - 27,114 27,114
Balance at 31 March 2024 3,000,000 3,261,091 6,261,091

Changes in equity
Reduction in share capital (780,000 ) - (780,000 )
Dividends - (1,050,000 ) (1,050,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 1,104,485 1,104,485
Balance at 31 March 2025 2,220,000 3,315,576 5,535,576

Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (Registered number: 10594820)

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £   
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations 22 7,668,322 (56,784 )
Interest paid (466 ) -
Tax paid (1,204,576 ) (82,848 )
Net cash from operating activities 6,463,280 (139,632 )

Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of intangible fixed assets (206,626 ) (115,674 )
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (417,754 ) (13,505 )
Interest received 30,408 15,265
Net cash from investing activities (593,972 ) (113,914 )

Cash flows from financing activities
Amount introduced by directors 1,050,000 1,648,835
Amount withdrawn by directors (1,015,596 ) (1,648,835 )
Capital reduction (780,000 ) -
Equity dividends paid (1,050,000 ) -
Net cash from financing activities (1,795,596 ) -

Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 4,073,712 (253,546 )
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of year

23

670,458

924,004

Cash and cash equivalents at end of
year

23

4,744,170

670,458

Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (Registered number: 10594820)

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

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Hopton Trading Holdings 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 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.

Basis of consolidation
The consolidated accounts incorporate the accounts of Hopton Trading Holdings Limited and all of its subsidiary undertakings for the year.

The acquisition method of accounting was adopted for the acquisition of subsidiaries in the 2019 accounting period. Merger accounting was adopted in the 2018 accounting period to include the results of the trading subsidiary acquired as if it had always formed part of the group.

Goodwill arising on the acquisition of a business is the difference between the fair value of the consideration paid and the fair value of the assets and liabilities acquired. Goodwill arising on consolidation has been capitalised and is being written off to the profit and loss account evenly over its useful economic life of 10 years.

In the company's financial statements, investments in subsidiary undertakings are stated at cost less provisions for permanent diminution in valuations. Cost includes attributable expenses associated with the purchase of the investment.

Turnover
Turnover represents commissions and net invoiced sales of goods, excluding value added tax.

Commissions are recognised in the period in which it is earned.

Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when the company has transferred the significant risks and rewards of ownership to the buyer and it is probable that the company will receive the previously agreed upon payment. These criteria are considered to be met when the goods are delivered to the buyer.

Intangible assets
Intangible fixed assets consists of franchise licence fees and are stated at historical cost less accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.

Franchise licence fees are being amortised evenly over their estimated useful life of five years.

The assets' residual values, useful lives and amortisation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.

Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (Registered number: 10594820)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Historical cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to bringing the asset to the location and condition necessary for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management.

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

Freehold property- 2% on cost
Fixtures and fittings- 25% on reducing balance and 20% on cost
Computer equipment- 33% on cost

The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.

Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised within 'administrative expenses' in the profit and loss account.

Investment property
Investment property is shown at most recent valuation. Any aggregate surplus or deficit arising from changes in fair value is recognised in profit or loss.

Stocks
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. Cost is based on purchase invoice price on a first in first out basis and includes all associated direct costs.

At each reporting date, stock is assessed for impairment. If stock is impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete to sell. The impairment loss is recognised immediately in the profit and loss account.

Deferred tax
Deferred tax arises from timing differences that are differences between taxable total profits and total comprehensive income as stated in the financial statements. These timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in the financial statements.

A deferred tax asset is recognised only when it is more likely than not that there will be suitable taxable profits from which the future reversal of underlying timing differences and losses can be deducted.

Provision is made at current rates for taxation deferred in respect of all material timing differences.

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks and other short-term highly liquid investment with original maturities of three months or less.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The company operates a defined contribution plan for its employees and a separate scheme for the director. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the company has no further payment obligations. The contributions are recognised as an expense when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals in the balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the company in independently administered funds.

Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (Registered number: 10594820)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Leasing commitments
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the profit and loss account on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

Share capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of new ordinary shares or options are shown in equity as a deduction, net of tax, from the proceeds.

Judgements in applying accounting policies and key sources of estimation
In the application of the group's accounting policies the directors are required to make judgement estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts of the group's assets and liabilities. These are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered relevant and are reviewed on a regular basis and recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The following are the critical judgements and where relevant the key sources of estimation uncertainty:

Tangible fixed assets are depreciated over their useful economic lives taking into account their residual values where appropriate. The actual lives of the assets and residual values are assessed annually and may vary depending on a number of factors. In re-assessing the asset lives, factors such as technological innovation, product life cycles and maintenance programmes are taken into account. Residual values consider such things as future market conditions, the remaining life of the asset and projected disposal values.

Goodwill arising on consolidation is amortised evenly over its estimated useful economic life having regard to the customer and product profiles. This is assessed annually and reviewed for any indications of impairment.

The recoverability of debtors is assessed on the likelihood and circumstances of the particular cost.

The value of stock is assessed for impairment. In re-assessing the stock value, factors such as slow movement and obsolescence are taken in to account.

3. TURNOVER

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

Commissions made up £37,241,828 (2024 - £32,011,330) of the turnover figure. The balance relates to the sale of goods.

4. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
2025 2024
£    £   
Wages and salaries 4,465,051 4,144,761
Social security costs 429,993 363,817
Other pension costs 91,797 80,456
4,986,841 4,589,034

Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (Registered number: 10594820)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

4. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS - continued

The average number of employees during the year was as follows:
2025 2024

Sales 132 145
Administration 7 8
Directors 1 1
140 154

2025 2024
£    £   
Director's remuneration 75,047 52,179

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

Money purchase schemes 1 1

5. OPERATING PROFIT

The operating profit is stated after charging:

2025 2024
£    £   
Depreciation - owned assets 54,321 71,817
Loss on disposal of fixed assets 1,221 -
Goodwill amortisation 402,000 402,000
Franchise licence fees amortisation 114,136 81,226
Auditors' remuneration 41,500 48,000
Auditors' remuneration for non-audit work 141,892 128,529
Operating lease payments 887,980 995,857

6. INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES
2025 2024
£    £   
Interest on taxation 466 -

7. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
2025 2024
£    £   
Current tax:
UK corporation tax 1,840,000 315,000
Prior year adjustment 775 395
Total current tax 1,840,775 315,395

Deferred tax (5,876 ) (11,955 )
Tax on profit 1,834,899 303,440

Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (Registered number: 10594820)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

7. TAXATION - continued

Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss
The tax assessed for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below:

2025 2024
£    £   
Profit before tax 6,918,915 769,190
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of
25 % (2024 - 25 %)

1,729,729

192,298

Effects of:
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes 104,395 110,747
Prior year adjustment 775 395
Total tax charge 1,834,899 303,440

8. INDIVIDUAL PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT

As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, the Profit and Loss Account of the parent company is not presented as part of these financial statements.


9. DIVIDENDS
2025 2024
£    £   
Ordinary shares of £1.00 each
Interim 1,050,000 -

10. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Group
Franchise
licence
Goodwill fees Totals
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 April 2024 4,019,903 424,873 4,444,776
Additions - 206,626 206,626
Disposals - (24,420 ) (24,420 )
At 31 March 2025 4,019,903 607,079 4,626,982
AMORTISATION
At 1 April 2024 2,280,666 168,526 2,449,192
Amortisation for year 402,000 114,136 516,136
Eliminated on disposal - (23,199 ) (23,199 )
At 31 March 2025 2,682,666 259,463 2,942,129
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2025 1,337,237 347,616 1,684,853
At 31 March 2024 1,739,237 256,347 1,995,584

Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (Registered number: 10594820)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

11. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Group
Fixtures
Freehold and Computer
property fittings equipment Totals
£    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 April 2024 599,307 805,152 6,615 1,411,074
Additions 411,654 6,100 - 417,754
At 31 March 2025 1,010,961 811,252 6,615 1,828,828
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2024 29,965 740,945 6,614 777,524
Charge for year 16,103 38,218 - 54,321
At 31 March 2025 46,068 779,163 6,614 831,845
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2025 964,893 32,089 1 996,983
At 31 March 2024 569,342 64,207 1 633,550

Company
Freehold
property
£   
COST
At 1 April 2024 599,307
Additions 411,654
At 31 March 2025 1,010,961
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2024 29,965
Charge for year 16,103
At 31 March 2025 46,068
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2025 964,893
At 31 March 2024 569,342

Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (Registered number: 10594820)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

12. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS

Company
Shares in
group
undertakings
£   
COST
At 1 April 2024
and 31 March 2025 7,543,436
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2025 7,543,436
At 31 March 2024 7,543,436

The group or the company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following:

Subsidiaries

Ignite (Grantham) Limited
Registered office: The Mills, Canal Street, Derby, DE1 2RJ
Nature of business: Retail of mobile phones and accessories
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00

Ignite (North) Limited
Registered office: The Mills, Canal Street, Derby, DE1 2RJ
Nature of business: Retail of mobile phones and accessories
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00


13. INVESTMENT PROPERTY

Group
Total
£   
FAIR VALUE
At 1 April 2024
and 31 March 2025 208,550
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2025 208,550
At 31 March 2024 208,550

Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (Registered number: 10594820)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

13. INVESTMENT PROPERTY - continued

Company
Total
£   
FAIR VALUE
At 1 April 2024
and 31 March 2025 208,550
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2025 208,550
At 31 March 2024 208,550

Fair value at 31 March 2025 is represented by:
£   
Valuation in 2025 208,550

If investment property had not been revalued it would have been included at the following historical cost:

2025 2024
£    £   
Cost 215,000 215,000
Aggregate depreciation (15,050 ) (10,750 )

Investment property was valued on a fair value basis on 31 March 2025 by the director .

14. STOCKS

Group
2025 2024
£    £   
Goods for resale 605,063 541,078

15. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

Group Company
2025 2024 2025 2024
£    £    £    £   
Trade debtors 1,367,725 1,018,644 3,258 3,258
Amounts owed by group undertakings - - 1,028,231 1,291,530
Other debtors 11,511 9,724 - -
Owed by related parties 1,496,962 10,034,686 - -
Prepayments 478,407 324,562 - -
3,354,605 11,387,616 1,031,489 1,294,788

Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (Registered number: 10594820)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

16. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

Group Company
2025 2024 2025 2024
£    £    £    £   
Trade creditors 2,347,491 1,344,017 89 -
Amounts owed to group undertakings - - 4,157,713 -
Tax 950,971 314,773 23,000 13,000
Social security and other taxes 265,522 748,946 4,416 2,061
Other creditors 9,319 100,137 - -
Owed to related parties - 7,644,914 - 3,347,009
Directors' current accounts 34,404 - 34,404 -
Accrued expenses 125,699 671,371 - -
3,733,406 10,824,158 4,219,622 3,362,070

17. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments fall due as follows:

Group
Non-cancellable
operating leases
2025 2024
£    £   
Within one year 592,303 653,845
Between one and five years 916,390 1,308,345
1,508,693 1,962,190

18. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES

Group
2025 2024
£    £   
Deferred tax
Accelerated capital allowances 7,419 13,295

Group
Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 1 April 2024 13,295
Utilised during year (5,876 )
Balance at 31 March 2025 7,419

Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (Registered number: 10594820)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

19. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2025 2024
value: £    £   
2,220,000 Ordinary £1.00 2,220,000 2,220,000
NIL A Ordinary £1.00 - 780,000
2,220,000 3,000,000

There was a capital reduction during the year and the 780,000 A Ordinary shares were cancelled.

20. RESERVES

Group
Retained Merger
earnings difference Totals
£    £    £   

At 1 April 2024 4,589,383 (2,990,000 ) 1,599,383
Profit for the year 5,084,016 5,084,016
Dividends (1,050,000 ) (1,050,000 )
At 31 March 2025 8,623,399 (2,990,000 ) 5,633,399

Company
Retained
earnings
£   

At 1 April 2024 3,261,091
Profit for the year 1,104,485
Dividends (1,050,000 )
At 31 March 2025 3,315,576


21. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

During the year, the group paid management services amounting to £750,000 (2024: £3,000,000) to a company which is controlled by the director. The group purchased a property from this company for £400,000 during the year. At the balance sheet date the amount owing to this company is shown in the creditors note. The balance is interest free and repayable on demand.

Hopton Trading Holdings Limited (Registered number: 10594820)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

22. RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM
OPERATIONS

2025 2024
£    £   
Profit before taxation 6,918,915 769,190
Depreciation charges 570,456 555,043
Loss on disposal of fixed assets 1,221 -
Finance costs 466 -
Finance income (30,408 ) (15,265 )
7,460,650 1,308,968
(Increase)/decrease in stocks (63,985 ) 98,678
Decrease in trade and other debtors 8,033,011 574,508
Decrease in trade and other creditors (7,761,354 ) (2,038,938 )
Cash generated from operations 7,668,322 (56,784 )

23. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

The amounts disclosed on the Cash Flow Statement in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Balance Sheet amounts:

Year ended 31 March 2025
31.3.25 1.4.24
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 4,744,170 670,458
Year ended 31 March 2024
31.3.24 1.4.23
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 670,458 924,004


24. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS

At 1.4.24 Cash flow At 31.3.25
£    £    £   
Net cash
Cash at bank and in hand 670,458 4,073,712 4,744,170
670,458 4,073,712 4,744,170
Total 670,458 4,073,712 4,744,170

25. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Included in the notes to the financial statements are payments to the defined contribution pension scheme.