| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| GBA Technologies Limited |
| Strategic Report, Directors' Report and |
| Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st March 2025 |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| GBA Technologies Limited |
| Strategic Report, Directors' Report and |
| Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st March 2025 |
| GBA Technologies Limited (Registered number: 07430139) |
| Contents of the Financial Statements |
| for the year ended 31st March 2025 |
| Page |
| Company Information | 1 |
| Strategic Report | 2 |
| Directors' Report | 3 |
| Independent Auditors' Report | 5 |
| Statement of Comprehensive Income | 8 |
| Balance Sheet | 9 |
| Statement of Changes in Equity | 10 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 11 |
| GBA Technologies Limited |
| Company Information |
| for the year ended 31st March 2025 |
| DIRECTORS: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| AUDITORS: |
| Chartered Accountants |
| Statutory Auditor |
| Regent's Court |
| Princess Street |
| Hull |
| East Yorkshire |
| HU2 8BA |
| GBA Technologies Limited (Registered number: 07430139) |
| Strategic Report |
| for the year ended 31st March 2025 |
| The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31st March 2025. |
| REVIEW OF BUSINESS |
| The company is engaged in research, development and deployment of technologically advanced hardware, software and business process outsourcing solutions primarily to the benefit of the automotive and shipping industries.The company has continued to make impressive advancements in the development of its in-house technology platform - most notably with the deployment of its industry leading GBA OneView and GBA TMS products which serve, amongst other features, to digitally integrate optimised new and used vehicle logistics and refurbishment activity. |
| PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES |
| The company is continually seeking new opportunities within the automotive logistics and technology sector as well as providing value added services to its customers, in order to maintain steady and sustainable growth. The company believes one of its main strengths is its customer relationships and the service level it offers to them. |
| The company's credit risk is primarily attributable to its trade debtors. Credit risk is managed by running credit checks on new customers and by monitoring payments against contractual terms. The company currently has no secured loans or credit finance so its exposure to debt risk and interest rate risk is limited. |
| The company monitors cash flow as part of its day to day control procedures. The Board considers cash flow projections on a monthly basis and ensures the funds are available to be drawn upon as necessary to manage liquidity risk. |
| The Board works closely with its management team to anticipate and monitor all financial risks, as detailed above, in order to plan and react accordingly to ensure there is minimal effect on the financial performance of the company. |
| The company's approach to risk is reviewed regularly; the Board continues to adjust and adapt said approach to individual risks accordingly as market conditions evolve. |
| KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS |
| The profit and loss account is set out on page 8 and shows a profit for the year after tax of £1,949,594 (2024 - £1,316,778). |
| ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
| GBA Technologies Limited (Registered number: 07430139) |
| Directors' Report |
| for the year ended 31st March 2025 |
| The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31st March 2025. |
| PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY |
| The principal activity of the company continued to be that of research, development and deployment of technologically advanced hardware, software and business process outsourcing solutions primarily to the benefit of the automotive and shipping industries. |
| DIVIDENDS |
| No dividends will be distributed for the year ended 31st March 2025. |
| DIRECTORS |
| The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1st April 2024 to the date of this report. |
| Qualifying third party indemnities |
| The company has made qualifying third party indemnity provisions for the benefit of its directors during the year. These provisions remain in force at the reporting date. |
| DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT |
| The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Directors' 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; |
| - | 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. |
| STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS |
| So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself or herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. |
| GBA Technologies Limited (Registered number: 07430139) |
| Directors' Report |
| for the year ended 31st March 2025 |
| AUDITORS |
| The auditors, Smailes Goldie, will be proposed for re-appointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006. |
| Going concern |
| The directors have prepared the 31 March 2025 financial statements on a going concern basis. In recent years, the company's activities have increased on the backdrop of further recovery and stabilisation of vehicle supply. In light of relatively volatile inflationary and regulatory costs, the company has been increasingly selective in respect to those services and contracts with which it engages, ensuring long term economic sustainability. |
| The directors are of the opinion that the company has sufficient resources to continue as a going concern after considering the above issues. The directors have taken appropriate steps to mitigate the impacts of changing macro-economic conditions on the company's trading activity and cash flow. They therefore believe that the company has adequate resources available to meet its liabilities as they fall due allowing the company to continue in operational existence for a period of at least twelve months from the date of the approval of these financial statements. |
| Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. |
| Strategic report |
| The company has chosen in accordance with Companies Act 2006, s. 414C(11) to set out in the company's |
| strategic report information required by Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, Sch. 7 to be contained in the directors' report. It has done so in respect of future developments and financial risk management. |
| ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
| Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of |
| GBA Technologies Limited |
| Opinion |
| We have audited the financial statements of GBA Technologies Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31st March 2025 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). |
| In our opinion the financial statements: |
| - | give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31st 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. |
| 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 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. |
| Other information |
| The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report, but does not include the financial statements and our Auditors' Report 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 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. |
| Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of |
| GBA Technologies Limited |
| 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 where 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 set out on page three, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. |
| In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the 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. |
| 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 an Auditors' 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. |
| 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 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 United Kingdom Accounting Standards FRS 102, the Companies Act 2006 and tax legislation. We also considered those laws and regulations that may have an indirect material effect on the financial statements including data protection, anti-bribery, employment, environmental and health and safety legislation. An understanding of these laws and regulations and the extent of compliance was obtained through discussion with management and inspecting legal and regulatory correspondence. |
| 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 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 journal entries 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. |
| Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of |
| GBA Technologies Limited |
| 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; |
| - | enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and |
| - | reviewing correspondence with relevant regulators and the company's legal advisors. |
| Due to 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. 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. |
| 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 Auditors' Report. |
| 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 an Auditors' 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. |
| for and on behalf of |
| Chartered Accountants |
| Statutory Auditor |
| Regent's Court |
| Princess Street |
| Hull |
| East Yorkshire |
| HU2 8BA |
| GBA Technologies Limited (Registered number: 07430139) |
| Statement of Comprehensive Income |
| for the year ended 31st March 2025 |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| TURNOVER | 2 |
| Cost of sales |
| GROSS PROFIT |
| Administrative expenses |
| OPERATING PROFIT | 5 |
| Interest receivable and similar income |
| PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION |
| Tax on profit | 6 |
| PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
| GBA Technologies Limited (Registered number: 07430139) |
| Balance Sheet |
| 31st March 2025 |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Intangible assets | 7 |
| Tangible assets | 8 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Debtors | 9 |
| Cash at bank |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 10 |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 11 |
| NET ASSETS |
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
| Called up share capital | 12 |
| Retained earnings | 13 |
| SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
| The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
| GBA Technologies Limited (Registered number: 07430139) |
| Statement of Changes in Equity |
| for the year ended 31st March 2025 |
| Called up |
| share | Retained | Total |
| capital | earnings | equity |
| £ | £ | £ |
| Balance at 1st April 2023 |
| Changes in equity |
| Issue of share capital | - |
| Total comprehensive income | - |
| Balance at 31st March 2024 |
| Changes in equity |
| Total comprehensive income | - |
| Balance at 31st March 2025 |
| GBA Technologies Limited (Registered number: 07430139) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements |
| for the year ended 31st March 2025 |
| 1. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Company information |
| GBA Technologies Limited is a private company limited by shares and is registered and incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Meridian House, Alexandra Dock North, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 3UA. |
| 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, including the provisions of the Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. |
| 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. |
| The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of Ensco 1330 Limited. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, Meridian House, Alexandra Dock North, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 3UA. |
| Going concern |
| The directors have prepared the 31 March 2025 financial statements on a going concern basis. In recent years, the company's activities have increased on the backdrop of further recovery and stabilisation of vehicle supply. In light of relatively volatile inflationary and regulatory costs, the company has been increasingly selective in respect to those services and contracts with which it engages, ensuring long term economic sustainability. |
| The directors are of the opinion that the company has sufficient resources to continue as a going concern after considering the above issues. The directors have taken appropriate steps to mitigate the impacts of changing macro-economic conditions on the company's trading activity and cash flow. They therefore believe that the company has adequate resources available to meet its liabilities as they fall due allowing the company to continue in operational existence for a period of at least twelve months from the date of the approval of these financial statements. |
| Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. |
| Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions |
| The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemption in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland": |
| • | the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows. |
| Turnover |
| Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for services provided in the normal course of business, and is shown net of VAT and other sales related taxes. The fair value of consideration takes into account trade discounts, settlement discounts and volume rebates. |
| Revenue is recognised at the point of the delivery of goods or over the holding period of delivered goods. |
| GBA Technologies Limited (Registered number: 07430139) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the year ended 31st March 2025 |
| Goodwill |
| Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of acquisition of unincorporated businesses over the fair value of net assets acquired. It is initially recognised as an asset at cost and is subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is considered to have a finite useful life and is amortised on a systematic basis over its expected life, which is 10 years. |
| Intangible assets |
| Intangible assets acquired separately from a business are recognised at cost and are subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. |
| Amortisation is recognised so as to write off the cost of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases: |
| Computer software | 3 - 5 years on cost |
| Tangible fixed assets |
| Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost, net of depreciation and any impairment losses. |
| Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases: |
| Plant and equipment | 20% reducing balance |
| Fixtures and fittings | 15% reducing balance |
| Computer equipment | 20% on cost |
| The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss. |
| Impairment of fixed assets |
| At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible 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. |
| GBA Technologies Limited (Registered number: 07430139) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the year ended 31st March 2025 |
| 1. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Financial instruments |
| The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments. |
| Financial instruments are recognised 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 trade and other debtors, amounts owed by group undertakings 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 financial asset is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. |
| 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. |
| Basic financial liabilities |
| Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other creditors and amounts owed to group undertakings, 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. |
| Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method. |
| Derecognition of financial liabilities |
| Financial liabilities are derecognised when, and only when, the company’s contractual obligations are discharged, cancelled, or they expire. |
| Equity instruments |
| Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the fair value of 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. |
| GBA Technologies Limited (Registered number: 07430139) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the year ended 31st March 2025 |
| 1. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Taxation |
| The tax expense represents the sum of the current tax expense and deferred tax expense. Current tax assets are recognised when tax paid exceeds the tax payable. Current and deferred tax is charged or credited to profit or loss. |
| Current tax assets and current tax liabilities and deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are offset, if and only if, there is a legally enforceable right to set off the amounts and the entity intends either to settle on the net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. |
| Current tax is based on taxable profit for the year. Current tax assets and liabilities are measured using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date. |
| Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply to the period when the asset is realised or the liability is settled based on tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date. |
| Deferred tax liabilities are recognised in respect of all timing differences that exist at the reporting date. Timing differences are differences between taxable profits and total comprehensive income that arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in different periods from their recognition in the financial statements. Deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered by the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. |
| Deferred tax |
| Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date. |
| Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference. |
| Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. |
| Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
| The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense. |
| Retirement benefits |
| For defined contribution schemes the amount charged to profit or loss is the contributions payable in the year. Differences between contributions payable in the year and contributions actually paid are shown as either accruals or prepayments. |
| 2. | TURNOVER |
| The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the company. |
| An analysis of turnover by geographical market is given below: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| United Kingdom |
| Europe |
| GBA Technologies Limited (Registered number: 07430139) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the year ended 31st March 2025 |
| 3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Wages and salaries |
| Social security costs |
| Other pension costs |
| The average number of employees during the year was as follows: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Operational |
| 4. | DIRECTORS' EMOLUMENTS |
| Directors' remuneration during the year was £nil (2024: £nil). |
| 5. | OPERATING PROFIT |
| The operating profit is stated after charging: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Depreciation - owned assets |
| Goodwill amortisation |
| Computer software amortisation |
| Auditors' remuneration |
| Auditors' remuneration for non audit work |
| Foreign exchange differences |
| 6. | 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 |
| Tax under/over provision PY | 15,182 | - |
| Total current tax |
| Deferred tax |
| Tax on profit |
| GBA Technologies Limited (Registered number: 07430139) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the year ended 31st March 2025 |
| 6. | 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 |
| Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of |
| Effects of: |
| Expenses not deductible for tax purposes |
| Adjustments to tax charge in respect of previous periods | ( |
) |
| Fixed asset differences | 74 | 73 |
| Adjustment to tax charge in respect of previous periods - deferred tax | (30,281 |
) |
16,719 |
| Total tax charge | 670,206 | 443,765 |
| 7. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Computer |
| Goodwill | software | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ |
| COST |
| At 1st April 2024 |
| Additions |
| At 31st March 2025 |
| AMORTISATION |
| At 1st April 2024 |
| Amortisation for year |
| At 31st March 2025 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31st March 2025 |
| At 31st March 2024 |
| GBA Technologies Limited (Registered number: 07430139) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the year ended 31st March 2025 |
| 8. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Plant and |
| machinery |
| £ |
| COST |
| At 1st April 2024 |
| Additions |
| At 31st March 2025 |
| DEPRECIATION |
| At 1st April 2024 |
| Charge for year |
| At 31st March 2025 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31st March 2025 |
| At 31st March 2024 |
| 9. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Trade debtors |
| Amounts owed by group undertakings |
| Other debtors |
| 10. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Trade creditors |
| Amounts owed to group undertakings |
| Tax |
| Social security and other taxes |
| Other creditors |
| 11. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Deferred tax | 156,376 | 106,107 |
| GBA Technologies Limited (Registered number: 07430139) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the year ended 31st March 2025 |
| 11. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES - continued |
| Deferred |
| tax |
| £ |
| Balance at 1st April 2024 |
| Provided during year |
| Under provision prior year | (30,281 | ) |
| Balance at 31st March 2025 |
| 12. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
| Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
| Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2025 | 2024 |
| value: | £ | £ |
| Ordinary share capital | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 13. | RESERVES |
| Retained |
| earnings |
| £ |
| At 1st April 2024 |
| Profit for the year |
| At 31st March 2025 |
| 14. | PENSION COMMITMENTS |
| The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The charge to the profit or loss for the year ended 31 March 2025 was £9,361 (2024: £8,500). |
| Pension contributions still payable at the year end are committed by and disclosed within G.B. Terminals Limited. |
| 15. | FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS, GUARANTEES AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES |
| The company is party to a cross guarantee with other group companies on loans taken out by Ensco 1331 Limited. The total amount guaranteed is £4,003,750. |
| 16. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
| The Directors consider the controlling party to be C Judah, a director of the company. |
| The directors regard Ensco 1331 Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales, as the company's immediate parent undertaking. |
| The directors consider the ultimate parent undertaking to be Enstco 22 Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. |
| The smallest group in which the company's results are consolidated is that of Ensco 1330 Limited. Ensco 1330 Limited financial statements are available from it's registered office, Meridian House, Alexandra Dock North, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 3UA. |