Company registration number 01136114 (England and Wales)
MIXBROW LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
MIXBROW LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr Stuart Leech
Mr John Prentice
Mr Douglas Jaye
Mrs Ann Prentice
Mr Daren Webb
Mr Adrian Rush
Secretary
Mr Stuart Leech
Company number
01136114
Registered office
Unit 3 Plot 11 Maitland Road
Lion Barn Industrial Estate
Needham Market
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP6 8NZ
Auditor
Mapus-Smith & Lemmon LLP
48 King Street
King's Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 1HE
MIXBROW LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Strategic report
1 - 2
Directors' report
3
Directors' responsibilities statement
4
Independent auditor's report
5 - 7
Profit and loss account
8
Statement of comprehensive income
9
Balance sheet
10
Statement of changes in equity
11
Statement of cash flows
12
Notes to the financial statements
13 - 23
MIXBROW LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Review of the business
The board strives for continual improvement in all operational aspects.
Our strategy, to increase turnover within our minor works division, by diversifying our client base and targeting public sector repair and adaption projects, continues to be successful.
The workload within our major works division remains consistent.
We have continued to target an increase in construction sector diversity and spread of both public sector and private sector clients, reducing the proportion of private sector residential projects, which we have identified as being less attractive. This strategy is being successfully executed.
Principal risks and uncertainties
The board continues to effectively identify, evaluate and minimise material business risks and uncertainties. Project risks are mitigated through the implementation of our Business Management System.
Financial Risk
To aid in strategic decision making and effectively manage fluctuations in market conditions, including the significant effects of political policy changes, the board produces monthly management accounts and maintains daily cashflow forecasts, enabling us to adapt quickly to changing market trends and significant events.
We continue to improve our project management processes, to minimise the occurrence of avoidable contract disputes and latent defects.
We continue to invest time and resources into the professional development of key staff, to ensure that their knowledge and skills are retained by the company.
We continue to review and improve our internal processes, to minimise inefficiencies and increase integration in our management processes.
We continue to face significant risks from cyber criminals. We continually review our IT security arrangements and providing relevant information to our staff, making them aware of likely threats and the correct procedures to deal with them effectively.
Environmental Risk
The production of carbon emissions and the resultant negative environmental impact is being minimised through the development of our Carbon reduction Plan.
The uncontrolled discharge of environmentally hazardous substances through construction related processes remains a moderate risk. We continue to raise awareness within our staff, site operatives and subcontractors.
Health and Safety Risk
Construction site processes inherently produce significant hazards and consequential risks to the health and safety of our operatives, subcontractors and, in some circumstances, the general public. Site accidents and near misses are closely monitored, reported and analysed, to feed back into the continual improvement of our control measures and mitigation strategies.
MIXBROW LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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Development and performance
Aims
Increase our tender success rate, with particular focus on public sector projects.
Further reduce the negative environmental impact of our operations.
Differentiate ourselves from our competitors and continue to develop long term partnerships with clients and our supply chain.
Introduce significant improvements to our business management system, thereby further enhancing the service we deliver for our clients.
Increase the integration and automation of administration processes, through the development of AI solutions, to improve information distribution and reduce the administrative time burden on staff.
Strategy
Develop our social value offering through the use of the Social Value Portal and other mechanisms.
Develop and implement a Carbon Reduction Plan, including an increase in the use of renewable energy sources.
Improve the effectiveness of internal communication through the continued roll out of company News, Health, Safety and Environmental bulletins, alongside strategic consultations.
Our staff training process for construction skills is mature and effective. We continue concentrate on developing our staff further by providing more soft skills and awareness training.
Optimise workflow and maximise coordination, through the integration of artificial intelligence into management processes. This strategy has the potential to significantly reduce the amount of time staff spend performing repetitive tasks, providing them with more time to focus on high value activities.
Seek further customer feedback and testimonials through the increased implementation of our QR code feedback and comment system.
Key performance indicators
Turnover
Turnover for the financial year was £15,450,466, representing an increase of £1,430,686 (10.2%) on the previous financial year.
Profit
Profit after tax for the financial year was £50,495, representing a decrease of £9,942 (16.5%) on the previous financial year.
Mr John Prentice
Director
22 December 2025
MIXBROW LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Principal activities
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of civil engineering and construction.
Results and dividends
The results for the year are set out on page 8.
No ordinary dividends were paid. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
Mr Stuart Leech
Mr John Prentice
Mr Douglas Jaye
Mrs Ann Prentice
Mr Daren Webb
Mr Adrian Rush
Auditor
Mapus-Smith & Lemmon LLP were appointed as auditor to the company and in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution proposing that they be re-appointed will be put at a General Meeting.
Statement of disclosure to auditor
So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.
Medium-sized companies exemption
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.
On behalf of the board
Mr John Prentice
Director
22 December 2025
MIXBROW LIMITED
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report 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 of the profit or loss of the company 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; and
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 transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company 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 hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
MIXBROW LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF MIXBROW LIMITED
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Mixbrow Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the profit and loss account, the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity, the statement of cash flows and notes to the financial statements, including 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 company's affairs as at 31 March 2025 and of its 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.
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 Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company 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 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.
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. 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. 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 course of 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 our audit:
the information given in the strategic report and the directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the strategic report and the directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
MIXBROW LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF MIXBROW LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the directors' report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
the 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 directors' responsibilities statement, 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 is 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 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 company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor's 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 an auditor's report 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.
There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any, material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.
Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:
the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management;
we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation, and employment legislation;
we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and
identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.
MIXBROW LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF MIXBROW LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and
considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
tested journals to identify unusual transactions;
assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias; and
investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;
reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance; and
enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
Other matters which we are required to address
The comparatives have not been audited.
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 an auditor's report 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.
Sharon Edwards (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Mapus-Smith & Lemmon LLP, Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants
48 King Street
King's Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 1HE
23 December 2025
MIXBROW LIMITED
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
15,450,466
14,019,780
Cost of sales
(13,172,863)
(12,024,269)
Gross profit
2,277,603
1,995,511
Administrative expenses
(2,221,908)
(1,923,668)
Other operating income
12,478
12,478
Profit before taxation
68,173
84,321
Tax on profit
7
(17,678)
(23,884)
Profit for the financial year
50,495
60,437
The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
MIXBROW LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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2025
2024
£
£
Profit for the year
50,495
60,437
Other comprehensive income
-
-
Total comprehensive income for the year
50,495
60,437
MIXBROW LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 MARCH 2025
31 March 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
8
68,138
60,942
Current assets
Debtors
10
4,287,522
3,707,226
Cash at bank and in hand
1,609,373
1,721,325
5,896,895
5,428,551
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
11
(4,387,066)
(3,963,862)
Net current assets
1,509,829
1,464,689
Total assets less current liabilities
1,577,967
1,525,631
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
12
16,843
15,002
(16,843)
(15,002)
Net assets
1,561,124
1,510,629
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
14
1,386
1,386
Capital redemption reserve
714
714
Profit and loss reserves
1,559,024
1,508,529
Total equity
1,561,124
1,510,629
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions relating to medium-sized companies.
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 22 December 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr John Prentice
Director
Company registration number 01136114 (England and Wales)
MIXBROW LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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Share capital
Capital redemption reserve
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£
£
£
£
Balance at 1 April 2023
1,386
714
1,448,092
1,450,192
Year ended 31 March 2024:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
-
60,437
60,437
Balance at 31 March 2024
1,386
714
1,508,529
1,510,629
Year ended 31 March 2025:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
-
50,495
50,495
Balance at 31 March 2025
1,386
714
1,559,024
1,561,124
MIXBROW LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash (absorbed by)/generated from operations
18
(62,343)
542,245
Income taxes paid
(21,870)
(17,069)
Net cash (outflow)/inflow from operating activities
(84,213)
525,176
Investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
(27,739)
(6,719)
Net cash used in investing activities
(27,739)
(6,719)
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents
(111,952)
518,457
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
1,721,325
1,202,868
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
1,609,373
1,721,325
MIXBROW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Mixbrow Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Unit 3 Plot 11 Maitland Road, Lion Barn Industrial Estate, Needham Market, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 8NZ.
1.1
Basis of preparation
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.
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. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
1.2
Going concern
Atruet 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.
1.3
Revenue
Revenue comprises sales of goods or services provided to customers net of value added tax and other sales taxes, less an appropriate deduction for actual and expected returns and discounts. Revenue is recognised when performance obligations are satisfied and the control of goods or services is transferred to the buyer. Where the performance obligation is satisfied over time, revenue is recognised in accordance with its progress towards complete satisfaction of that performance obligation.
When cash inflows are deferred and represent a financing arrangement, the promised consideration is adjusted for the effects of the time value of money, which is recognised as interest income.
The nature, timing of satisfaction of performance obligations and significant payment terms of the company's major sources of revenue are as follows:
Revenue from contracts for the provision of professional services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion when the stage of completion, costs incurred and costs to complete can be estimated reliably. The stage of completion is calculated by comparing costs incurred, mainly in relation to contractual hourly staff rates and materials, as a proportion of total costs. Where the outcome cannot be estimated reliably, revenue is recognised only to the extent of the expenses recognised that are recoverable.
1.4
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
12.5% straight line
Office Equipment
12.5% - 25% straight line
Motor vehicles
25% reducing balance
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.
MIXBROW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.5
Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such 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 is the higher of 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.
1.6
Construction contracts
Where the outcome of a construction contract can be estimated reliably, revenue and costs are recognised by reference to the stage of completion of the contract activity at the reporting end date. Variations in contract work, claims and incentive payments are included to the extent that the amount can be measured reliably and its receipt is considered probable.
When it is probable that total contract costs will exceed total contract turnover, the expected loss is recognised as an expense immediately.
Where the outcome of a construction contract cannot be estimated reliably, contract revenue is recognised to the extent of contract costs incurred where it is probable that they will be recoverable. Contract costs are recognised as expenses in the period in which they are incurred. When costs incurred in securing a contract are recognised as an expense in the period in which they are incurred, they are not included in contract costs if the contract is obtained in a subsequent period.
The “percentage of completion method” is used to determine the appropriate amount to recognise in a given period. The stage of completion is measured by the proportion of contract costs incurred for work performed to date compared to the estimated total contract costs. Costs incurred in the year in connection with future activity on a contract are excluded from contract costs in determining the stage of completion. These costs are presented as stocks, prepayments or other assets depending on their nature, and provided it is probable they will be recovered. Bank interest accruing on capital borrowed to fund the production of long term contracts is carried forward within long term contract balances.
1.7
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.
MIXBROW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.8
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 balance sheet 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 and cash and bank balances, 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.
Other financial assets
Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.
Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.
If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.
Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.
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.
MIXBROW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.
Other financial liabilities
Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial instruments. Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised in profit or loss in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless hedge accounting is applied and the hedge is a cash flow hedge.
Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss. Debt instruments may be designated as being measured at fair value through profit or loss to eliminate or reduce an accounting mismatch or if the instruments are measured and their performance evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
1.9
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.
1.10
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 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 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.
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.
MIXBROW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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. 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 taxes levied by the same tax authority.
1.11
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.
1.12
Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
1.13
Leases
As lessee
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.
MIXBROW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
- 18 -
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying 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.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors have made the following judgements:
Determine whether there are indicators of impairment of the company's tangible assets. Factors taken into consideration in reaching such a decision include the economic viability and expected future financial performance of the asset and where it is a component of a larger cash-generating unit, the viability and expected future performance of that unit.
Other key sources of estimation uncertainty:
Tangible fixed assets are depreciated over their useful lives taking into account 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 asset lives, factors such as technological innovation, product life cycles and maintenance programmes are taken into account. Residual value assessments consider issues such as future market conditions, the remaining life of the asset and projected disposal values.
The company applies its policies on turnover and contracts when recognising revenue and profit on partially completed contracts. The application of these policies requires judgements to be made in respect of the total expected costs to complete and the profit margin achievable on each contract. The company has in place established internal control processes to ensure that the evaluation of costs and revenues is based upon appropriate estimates.
3
Turnover
2025
2024
£
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
15,450,466
14,019,780
All turnover has derived from the UK.
4
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2025
2024
Number
Number
77
68
MIXBROW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
4
Employees
(Continued)
- 19 -
Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
2025
2024
£
£
Wages and salaries
2,944,812
2,564,149
Social security costs
290,717
222,765
Pension costs
118,711
76,478
3,354,240
2,863,392
5
Operating profit
2025
2024
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging:
£
£
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
8,000
7,500
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
20,543
21,617
Operating lease charges
32,000
32,000
6
Directors' remuneration
2025
2024
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
285,416
269,846
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
79,371
-
364,787
269,846
The number of directors for whom retirement benefits are accruing under defined contribution schemes amounted to 4 (2024 - 4).
Remuneration disclosed above include the following amounts paid to the highest paid director:
2025
2024
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
85,792
67,072
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
17,500
-
7
Taxation
2025
2024
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
15,837
21,870
MIXBROW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
7
Taxation
2025
2024
£
£
(Continued)
- 20 -
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
1,841
2,014
Total tax charge
17,678
23,884
The actual charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:
2025
2024
£
£
Profit before taxation
68,173
84,321
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2024: 25.00%)
17,043
21,080
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
758
2,117
Adjustments in respect of prior years
687
Marginal Relief
(123)
Taxation charge for the year
17,678
23,884
8
Tangible fixed assets
Plant and equipment
Office Equipment
Motor vehicles
Total
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 April 2024
69,568
115,931
1,900
187,399
Additions
2,963
24,776
27,739
Disposals
(45,121)
(45,121)
At 31 March 2025
72,531
95,586
1,900
170,017
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 April 2024
47,178
77,379
1,900
126,457
Depreciation charged in the year
5,245
15,298
20,543
Eliminated in respect of disposals
(45,121)
(45,121)
At 31 March 2025
52,423
47,556
1,900
101,879
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025
20,108
48,030
68,138
At 31 March 2024
22,390
38,552
60,942
MIXBROW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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9
Financial instruments
2025
2024
£
£
Carrying amount of financial assets
Debt instruments measured at amortised cost
1,463,495
2,466,600
Carrying amount of financial liabilities
Measured at amortised cost
4,120,465
3,280,954
10
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
1,416,495
2,408,163
Gross amounts owed by contract customers
2,806,862
1,224,726
Corporation tax recoverable
806
806
Other debtors
47,000
58,437
Prepayments and accrued income
16,359
15,094
4,287,522
3,707,226
11
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£
£
Payments received on account
1,716,519
906,357
Trade creditors
1,805,605
1,962,070
Corporation tax
15,837
21,870
Other taxation and social security
250,764
661,038
Other creditors
271,807
259,477
Accruals and deferred income
326,534
153,050
4,387,066
3,963,862
12
Deferred taxation
The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:
Liabilities
Liabilities
2025
2024
Balances:
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
16,843
15,002
MIXBROW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
12
Deferred taxation
(Continued)
- 22 -
2025
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 April 2024
15,002
Charge to profit or loss
1,841
Liability at 31 March 2025
16,843
13
Retirement benefit schemes
2025
2024
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
118,711
76,478
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund. Contributions totalling £7,466 (2024 £7,017) were payable to the fund at the year end and are included within other creditors.
14
Share capital
2025
2024
2025
2024
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary of £1 each
1,386
1,386
1,386
1,386
15
Operating lease commitments
As lessee
At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:
2025
2024
£
£
Within 1 year
196,625
206,925
Years 2-5
304,778
334,981
501,403
541,906
16
Related party transactions
Remuneration of key management personnel
The key management personnel and directors are the same and thus the entity is exempt from the requirement of FRS 102 33.7. Please refer to note 6 for Directors' remuneration.
MIXBROW LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
16
Related party transactions
(Continued)
- 23 -
Other information
Included within Debtors is £47,000 (2024 - £47,000) owed from a company with common directors. Sales of £60,337 (2024 - £12,864) were made to this company during the year. Purchases of £2,000 (2024 - £2,000) were made from this company during the year. In addition, management charges of £1,680 (2024 - £1,680) were received from this company during the year.
Included within other creditors is a loan for £250,000 (2024 - £250,000) owed to a company with common directors. The loan is repayable on demand and is interest free. In addition, management charges of £672 (2024 - £672) were received from this company during the year.
Purchases of £34,060 (2024 - £28,865) were made from a pension scheme with members who are also directors of the company. Sales of £37,144 (2024 - £24,009) were made to this pension scheme. In addition, management charges of £9,320 (2024 - £9,320) were received from this pension scheme.
Management charges of £806 (2024 - £806) were received from a pension scheme with members who are also directors of the company. Sales of £2,382 (2024 - £2,837) were made to this pension scheme.
17
Analysis of changes in net funds
1 April 2024
Cash flows
31 March 2025
£
£
£
Cash at bank and in hand
1,721,325
(111,952)
1,609,373
18
Cash (absorbed by)/generated from operations
2025
2024
£
£
Profit for the year after tax
50,495
60,437
Adjustments for:
Taxation charged
17,678
23,884
Depreciation and impairment of tangible fixed assets
20,543
21,616
Movements in working capital:
(Increase)/decrease in debtors
(580,296)
607,985
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
429,237
(171,677)
Cash (absorbed by)/generated from operations
(62,343)
542,245
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