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REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008 (England and Wales)


















GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT,

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

FOR

ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD

ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)






CONTENTS OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025




Page


Company Information 1

Group Strategic Report 2

Report of the Directors 4

Report of the Independent Auditors 6

Consolidated Income Statement 10

Consolidated Other Comprehensive Income 11

Consolidated Balance Sheet 12

Company Balance Sheet 13

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 14

Company Statement of Changes in Equity 15

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 16

Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 17

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 18


ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD

COMPANY INFORMATION
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025







DIRECTORS: S Critchley





REGISTERED OFFICE: Ground Floor Vista
St Davids Park
Ewloe
Deeside
CH5 3DT





REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008 (England and Wales)





AUDITORS: Fairhurst Audit Services Ltd
Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants
Douglas Bank House
Wigan Lane
Wigan
Lancashire
WN1 2TB

ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

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

REVIEW OF BUSINESS
During the course of the year the Group continued to work closely with its customer base, operating a robust and compliant business model, with a definitive focus on ensuring competitiveness within service provider sector, whilst maintaining our reputation for compliance and also world class customer service.

We are continuing to review our product offering and utilize technology to improve efficiencies, drive growth and be more transparent with out compliance functions. To this end the Group will continue to invest in technology platforms to achieve these goals.

The Group has continued to improve focus and achieve efficiencies. Costs have unfortunately substantially increased. Turnover has increased from £252.4m to £253.6m. Profitability has remained consistent at £0.7m.



The Group's key financial information is as follows:

2025 2024
£ £
Turnover 253,637,319 252,427,723
Profit before Tax 734,729 739,776
Profit after Tax 492,800 527,823

Change of Ownership to an Employment Ownership Trust ("EOT")

On 5 April 2022 the Group changed ownership. It is now an EOT (think John Lewis!). This change of ownership allows the business to continue to evolve and deliver world class solutions in a progressive and ethical manner.

The benefits of a business being an EOT are well documented, and this should enable the Group to continue its growth in the future.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
Regulatory risk - The Company engages the finest industry specific legal and technical support and continues to invest in its head office staff to help mitigate risks associated with an ever changing regulatory landscape.

Operating risk - The Group continues to invest heavily in infrastructure and staff training/development to ensure safeguards and efficiencies are in place/up to date. Increased resources have been spent moving the IT systems into the Cloud together with appropriate best in class cyber security being put in place.

Credit and liquidity risk - This is monitored closely and is not deemed a significant risk to the Group.


ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

SECTION 172(1) STATEMENT
This report sets out the how the Directors comply with the requirements of Section 172 of the Companies Act 2006 and how these requirements have impacted the Directors activities and decision making during the financial period ended 31 March 2025.

The Directors consider that they have acted in good faith to promote the success of the group on behalf of the stakeholders, in relation to matters set out in s172 of the Act. The stakeholders of the business include the employees, clients, suppliers and shareholders of the business.

Decision making
The Directors monitor and review strategic objectives against business plans on a regular basis. The
Management Team support the Directors with the planning and execution of long-term plans and are experienced in the successful implementation of strategic business decisions.

Employee interests
The Directors recognise the vital importance of the group's employees and the key role they play in the ongoing success of the business. Engagement with operational employees is high and is maintained through regular company briefings and discussions. Employees are supported with training and development including through professional qualifications where needed. As stated above, the subsequent move to be employee owned - EOT - can give no greater demonstration of this.

Business relationships
The Directors and Management Team regularly review how they maintain positive relationships with all its stakeholders suppliers, customers and others and continue to build a reputation on high levels of customer service.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





S Critchley - Director


23 December 2025

ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

The directors present their 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 company and group continued to be that of the provision of staff on a contract basis and accountancy services.

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

DIRECTORS
S Critchley has held office during the whole of the period from 1 April 2024 to the date of this report.

Other changes in directors holding office are as follows:

A Dodd - resigned 31 March 2025

CHARITABLE DONATIONS AND EXPENDITURE
During the year the group made charitable donations of £2,266.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
Despite the challenges posed by an ever changing political and economic landscape, the Group continues to invest in the future by developing new income streams and investment in IT, cyber security and improved efficiencies.

ENGAGEMENT WITH EMPLOYEES
Disabled persons
Applications for employment by disabled persons are always fully considered, bearing in mind the aptitudes of the applicant concerned. In the event of members of staff becoming disabled, every effort is made to ensure that their employment within the group continues and that the appropriate training is arranged. It is the policy of the group that the training, career development and promotion of disabled persons should, as far as possible, be identical to that of other employees.

Employee involvement
The group's policy is to consult and discuss with employees, through unions, staff councils and at meetings, matters likely to affect employees' interests.

Information about matters of concern to employees is given through information bulletins and reports which seek to achieve a common awareness on the part of all employees of the financial and economic factors affecting the group's performance.

As stated above, the business became an EOT in April 2022 as a means of further encouraging the involvement of employees in the company's performance.

SUPPLIER PAYMENT POLICY
The group's current policy concerning the payment of trade creditors is to follow the CBI's Prompt Payers Code (copies are available from the CBI, Centre Point, 103 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1DU).

The group's current policy concerning the payment of trade creditors is to:
- settle the terms of payment with suppliers when agreeing the terms of each transaction;
- ensure that suppliers are made aware of the terms of payment by inclusion of the relevant terms in contracts; and
- pay in accordance with the group's contractual and other legal obligations.

STREAMLINED ENERGY AND CARBON REPORTING
Our Head Office uses state of the art low impact efficient electricity devices and usage is monitored to ensure appropriate usage. Consumption is below the 40,000 kWH of energy threshold as defined within the guidelines and SECR disclosures are not required.


ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES
The directors are responsible for preparing the Group Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and the group and of the profit or loss of the group for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and
explained in the financial statements;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's and the group's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and the group and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and the group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the group's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he 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.

AUDITORS
The auditors, Fairhurst Audit Services Ltd, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





S Critchley - Director


23 December 2025

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Advance Group Holdings Ltd (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the Consolidated Income Statement, Consolidated Other Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Balance Sheet, Company Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Company Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated Cash Flow Statement and Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement, 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 directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the information given in the Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD


Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and the parent company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Group Strategic Report or the Report of the Directors.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept by the parent company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the parent company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page five, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the group or the parent company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD


Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities including fraud
Irregularities are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. The objectives of our audit are to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding compliance with laws and regulations that have a direct effect in the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statement, to perform audit procedures to help identify instances of non-compliance with other laws and regulations that may have a material effect on the financial statements, and to respond appropriately to identified or suspected non-compliance with laws and regulations identified during the audit.

In relation to fraud, the objectives of our audit are to identify and assess the risk of material misstatements of the financial statements due to fraud, to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the assessed risks of material misstatement due to fraud through designing and implementing appropriate responses and to respond appropriately to fraud or suspected fraud identified during the audit.

However, it is the primary responsibility of management, with the oversight of those charged with governance, to ensure that the entity's operations are conducted in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations and for the prevention and detection of fraud.

In identifying and addressing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, our procedures included the following:

- 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 obtained an understanding of laws and regulations that affect the company, focusing on those that had a direct effect on the financial statements or that had a fundamental effect on its operations. As a result of these procedures we consider that the most significant laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the financial statements are FRS 102 and the Companies Act 2006.
- We assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management, reviewing minutes of meetings and inspecting legal correspondence.

In assessing the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining and understanding of how fraud might occur;
- We gained an understanding of the controls that management have in place to prevent and detect fraud.
- We enquired of management about any instances of fraud that had taken place during the year.

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls;
- We performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
- We tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions; and
- We assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias.

Due to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards. For example, as with any audit, there remained a higher risk of non-detection of irregularities, as these may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of
internal controls. We are not responsible for preventing fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations and cannot be expected to detect all fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.

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
ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD


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.




Louise Webster BSc BFP ACA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Fairhurst Audit Services Ltd
Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants
Douglas Bank House
Wigan Lane
Wigan
Lancashire
WN1 2TB

23 December 2025

ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

CONSOLIDATED
INCOME STATEMENT
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

2025 2024
as restated
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 3 253,637,319 252,427,723

Cost of sales 250,388,158 249,300,494
GROSS PROFIT 3,249,161 3,127,229

Administrative expenses 2,492,540 2,399,641
OPERATING PROFIT 5 756,621 727,588

Interest receivable and similar income 96,111 70,423
852,732 798,011

Interest payable and similar expenses 6 118,003 58,235
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 734,729 739,776

Tax on profit 7 241,929 211,953
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 492,800 527,823
Profit attributable to:
Owners of the parent 492,800 527,823

ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

CONSOLIDATED
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

2025 2024
as restated
Notes £    £   

PROFIT FOR THE YEAR 492,800 527,823


OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Payment to Employee Ownership Trust (800,000 ) (450,000 )
Income tax relating to other comprehensive
income

-

-
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR, NET OF INCOME TAX

(800,000

)

(450,000

)
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR

(307,200

)

77,823
Note
Prior year adjustment 9 975,893
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
SINCE LAST ANNUAL REPORT

668,693

Total comprehensive income attributable to:
Owners of the parent 668,693 77,823

ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
31 March 2025

2025 2024
as restated
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 10 198,904 302,032
Tangible assets 11 197,890 88,701
Investments 12 - -
396,794 390,733

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 13 19,399 21,427
Debtors 14 21,917,759 23,198,742
Cash at bank 135,674 1,314,804
22,072,832 24,534,973
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 15 20,856,308 23,005,188
NET CURRENT ASSETS 1,216,524 1,529,785
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

1,613,318

1,920,518

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 18 3,236 3,236
Capital redemption reserve 19 3,151 3,151
Retained earnings 19 1,606,931 1,914,131
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 1,613,318 1,920,518

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 23 December 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:





S Critchley - Director


ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

COMPANY BALANCE SHEET
31 March 2025

2025 2024
as restated
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 10 - -
Tangible assets 11 - 80,869
Investments 12 6,302 6,302
6,302 87,171

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 14 9,323,721 9,294,630
Cash at bank - 3,867
9,323,721 9,298,497
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 15 7,828,560 8,531,834
NET CURRENT ASSETS 1,495,161 766,663
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

1,501,463

853,834

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 17 - 20,218
NET ASSETS 1,501,463 833,616

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 18 3,236 3,236
Capital redemption reserve 19 3,151 3,151
Retained earnings 19 1,495,076 827,229
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 1,501,463 833,616

Company's profit for the financial year 1,467,847 524,470

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 23 December 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:





S Critchley - Director


ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Called up Capital
share Retained redemption Total
capital earnings reserve equity
£    £    £    £   
Balance at 1 April 2023 3,236 1,836,308 3,151 1,842,695

Changes in equity
Total comprehensive income - (898,070 ) - (898,070 )
Balance at 31 March 2024 3,236 938,238 3,151 944,625
Prior year adjustment - 975,893 - 975,893
As restated 3,236 1,914,131 3,151 1,920,518

Changes in equity
Total comprehensive income - (307,200 ) - (307,200 )
Balance at 31 March 2025 3,236 1,606,931 3,151 1,613,318

ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

COMPANY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Called up Capital
share Retained redemption Total
capital earnings reserve equity
£    £    £    £   
Balance at 1 April 2023 3,236 752,759 3,151 759,146

Changes in equity
Total comprehensive income - 74,470 - 74,470
Balance at 31 March 2024 3,236 827,229 3,151 833,616

Changes in equity
Total comprehensive income - 667,847 - 667,847
Balance at 31 March 2025 3,236 1,495,076 3,151 1,501,463

ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

2025 2024
as restated
Notes £    £   
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations 1 583,632 (1,002,708 )
Interest paid (118,003 ) (58,235 )
Tax paid (578,671 ) (2,250,313 )
Net cash from operating activities (113,042 ) (3,311,256 )

Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (227,609 ) -
Sale of tangible fixed assets 60,827 -
Loans advanced (1,007,000 ) (800,000 )
Interest received 96,111 70,423
Net cash from investing activities (1,077,671 ) (729,577 )

Cash flows from financing activities
Amount introduced by directors 11,583 -
Amount withdrawn by directors - (11,353 )
Net cash from financing activities 11,583 (11,353 )

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents (1,179,130 ) (4,052,186 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of
year

2

1,314,804

5,366,990

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 2 135,674 1,314,804

ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

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

2025 2024
as restated
£    £   
Profit before taxation 734,729 739,776
Depreciation charges 146,360 157,970
Loss on disposal of fixed assets 14,361 -
Finance costs 118,003 58,235
Finance income (96,111 ) (70,423 )
917,342 885,558
Decrease/(increase) in stocks 2,028 (1,024 )
Decrease/(increase) in trade and other debtors 1,274,685 (3,594,840 )
(Decrease)/increase in trade and other creditors (1,610,423 ) 1,707,598
Cash generated from operations 583,632 (1,002,708 )

2. 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 135,674 1,314,804
Year ended 31 March 2024
31/3/24 1/4/23
as restated
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 1,314,804 5,366,990


3. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS

At 1/4/24 Cash flow At 31/3/25
£    £    £   
Net cash
Cash at bank 1,314,804 (1,179,130 ) 135,674
1,314,804 (1,179,130 ) 135,674
Total 1,314,804 (1,179,130 ) 135,674

ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Advance Group Holdings Ltd is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the General Information page.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Going concern
After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and meet its debts for the foreseeable future not limited to a period of 12 months from the signing of these accounts. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.

Related party exemption
The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.

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

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

Goodwill
Goodwill, being the amount paid in connection with the acquisition of a business is being written off straight line over a period of 77 months.

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 or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Software5-10 Years Straight Line

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:

Leasehold Improvements25% Straight Line
Plant and Equipment33.3% Straight Line
Fixtures and Fittings20% Straight Line

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying va

ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

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

Taxation
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Consolidated Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

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.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The group operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the group's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

3. TURNOVER

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

An analysis of turnover by geographical market is given below:

2025 2024
as restated
£    £   
United Kingdom 253,637,319 252,427,723
253,637,319 252,427,723

ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

4. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
2025 2024
as restated
£    £   
Wages and salaries 137,994,668 144,537,812
Social security costs 16,653,116 17,360,432
Other pension costs 11,437,374 10,485,618
166,085,158 172,383,862

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

Contractors 1,780 1,952
Administrators 34 35
1,814 1,987

2025 2024
as restated
£    £   
Directors' remuneration 145,849 140,031
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes 209,118 214,031

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

Defined benefit schemes 1 1

During the year the company released £174,360 (2024 £176,140) of contribution made in advance to a defined benefit Small Self-administered Scheme (SSAS) which due to the nature of the scheme is treated as if defined contribution. At the balance sheet date there remained £102,748 (2024 £176,140) in prepayments due in one year and £nil (2024 £100,968) in prepayments due after one year.

5. OPERATING PROFIT

The operating profit is stated after charging:

2025 2024
as restated
£    £   
Other operating leases 92,414 92,414
Depreciation - owned assets 43,232 25,487
Loss on disposal of fixed assets 14,361 -
Goodwill amortisation 60,932 60,931
Computer software amortisation 42,196 71,553
Auditors' remuneration 3,300 3,350
The auditing of accounts of any associate of the company 18,750 17,825
Taxation compliance services 6,150 5,825
Other non- audit services 12,327 10,950

ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

6. INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES
2025 2024
as restated
£    £   
Bank interest 118,003 52,105
Interest payable - 6,130
118,003 58,235

7. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
2025 2024
as restated
£    £   
Current tax:
UK corporation tax 34,849 555,404
Prior year under provision 5,135 9,385
Total current tax 39,984 564,789

Deferred tax 201,945 (352,836 )
Tax on profit 241,929 211,953

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
as restated
£    £   
Profit before tax 734,729 739,776
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25 %
(2024 - 25 %)

183,682

184,944

Effects of:
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes 23,670 2,294
Depreciation in excess of capital allowances 16,754 15,233
Adjustments to tax charge in respect of previous periods 5,135 9,385
Group losses not utilised - 97
Deferred tax relating to prior year 12,688 -
Total tax charge 241,929 211,953

Tax effects relating to effects of other comprehensive income

2025
Gross Tax Net
£    £    £   
Payment to Employee Ownership Trust (800,000 ) - (800,000 )


ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

7. TAXATION - continued
2024
Gross Tax Net
£    £    £   
Payment to Employee Ownership Trust (450,000 ) - (450,000 )

8. INDIVIDUAL INCOME STATEMENT

As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement of the parent company is not presented as part of these financial statements.


9. PRIOR YEAR ADJUSTMENT

The prior year adjustment relates to historic differences in accruals that after detailed review by the directors were found no longer to be required. There is no corporation tax impact of this adjustment.
This has resulted in an increase to retained earnings of £975,893 and a reduction in the Company's liabilities of the same amount.

10. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Group
Computer
Goodwill software Totals
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 April 2024
and 31 March 2025 609,312 569,520 1,178,832
AMORTISATION
At 1 April 2024 492,527 384,273 876,800
Amortisation for year 60,932 42,196 103,128
At 31 March 2025 553,459 426,469 979,928
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2025 55,853 143,051 198,904
At 31 March 2024 116,785 185,247 302,032

ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

11. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Group
Fixtures
Long Plant and and Motor
leasehold machinery fittings vehicles Totals
£    £    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 April 2024 8,758 41,889 21,418 175,280 247,345
Additions - 6,246 - 221,363 227,609
Disposals - - - (175,280 ) (175,280 )
At 31 March 2025 8,758 48,135 21,418 221,363 299,674
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2024 8,758 41,324 14,151 94,411 158,644
Charge for year - 1,733 3,890 37,609 43,232
Eliminated on disposal - - - (100,092 ) (100,092 )
At 31 March 2025 8,758 43,057 18,041 31,928 101,784
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2025 - 5,078 3,377 189,435 197,890
At 31 March 2024 - 565 7,267 80,869 88,701

Company
Motor
vehicles
£   
COST
At 1 April 2024 175,280
Disposals (175,280 )
At 31 March 2025 -
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2024 94,411
Charge for year 5,681
Eliminated on disposal (100,092 )
At 31 March 2025 -
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2025 -
At 31 March 2024 80,869

ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

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 6,302
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2025 6,302
At 31 March 2024 6,302

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

Subsidiaries

Advance Accounting Solutions Ltd
Registered office: Ground Floor Vista St Davids Park, Ewloe, Deeside, Wales, CH5 3DT
Nature of business: Accountancy services
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00

Advance Contracting Solutions Limited
Registered office: Ground Floor Vista St Davids Park, Ewloe, Deeside, Wales, CH5 3DT
Nature of business: Contractor services
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00

Advance Returns Limited
Registered office: Ground Floor Vista St Davids Park, Ewloe, Deeside, Wales, CH5 3DT
Nature of business: Taxation compliance services
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00

Advance IR35 Limited
Registered office: Ground Floor Vista St Davids Park, Ewloe, Deeside, Wales, CH5 3DT
Nature of business: Licence holding company
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00


13. STOCKS

Group
2025 2024
as restated
£    £   
Stocks 19,399 21,427

ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

14. DEBTORS

Group Company
2025 2024 2025 2024
as restated as restated
£    £    £    £   
Amounts falling due within one year:
Trade debtors 6,172,132 6,917,886 - -
Other debtors 38,988 30,870 - 5,000
Loans to related parties 1,007,000 800,000 1,007,000 800,000
Directors' current accounts - 11,353 - -
VAT - - 1,450 -
Deferred tax asset 74,619 276,564 - -
Prepayments and accrued income 6,412,498 6,848,579 102,749 176,140
13,705,237 14,885,252 1,111,199 981,140

Amounts falling due after more than one year:
Loans to related parties 6,198,130 6,198,130 6,198,130 6,198,130
Tax 2,014,392 2,014,392 2,014,392 2,014,392
Prepayments and accrued income - 100,968 - 100,968
8,212,522 8,313,490 8,212,522 8,313,490

Aggregate amounts 21,917,759 23,198,742 9,323,721 9,294,630

Deferred tax asset
Group Company
2025 2024 2025 2024
as restated as restated
£    £    £    £   
Deferred tax 74,619 276,564 - -

15. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

Group Company
2025 2024 2025 2024
as restated as restated
£    £    £    £   
Trade creditors 50,536 148,238 1 -
Amounts owed to group undertakings - - 7,820,159 8,526,434
Tax (55,093 ) 483,594 - -
Social security and other taxes 5,918,564 6,687,872 - -
VAT 8,267,803 7,882,179 - -
Other creditors 1,030,791 416,105 - -
wages control 171,005 854,849 - -
Directors' current accounts 230 - - -
Accrued expenses 5,472,472 6,532,351 8,400 5,400
20,856,308 23,005,188 7,828,560 8,531,834

ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

16. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments fall due as follows:

Group
Non-cancellable
operating leases
2025 2024
as restated
£    £   
Within one year 69,782 69,782
Between one and five years 113,296 183,178
183,078 252,960

17. DEFERRED TAX

Company
2025 2024
as restated
£    £   
Deferred tax - 20,218

Group
£   
Balance at 1 April 2024 (276,564 )
Charge to Income Statement during year 201,945
Balance at 31 March 2025 (74,619 )

Company
£   
Balance at 1 April 2024 20,218
Credit to Income Statement during year (20,218 )
Balance at 31 March 2025 -

18. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2025 2024
value: as restated
£    £   
3,201 Ordinary A 71p 2,273 2,273
3,201 Ordinary B 29p 928 928
214 Ordinary C 10p 21 21
143 Ordinary D 10p 14 14
3,236 3,236

ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

19. RESERVES

Group
Capital
Retained redemption
earnings reserve Totals
£    £    £   

At 1 April 2024 938,238 3,151 941,389
Prior year adjustment 975,893 975,893
1,914,131 1,917,282
Profit for the year 492,800 492,800
Payment to Employee Ownership
Trust

(800,000

)

-

(800,000

)

At 31 March 2025 1,606,931 3,151 1,610,082

Company
Capital
Retained redemption
earnings reserve Totals
£    £    £   

At 1 April 2024 827,229 3,151 830,380
Profit for the year 1,467,847 1,467,847
Payment to Employee Ownership
Trust

(800,000

)

-

(800,000

)

At 31 March 2025 1,495,076 3,151 1,498,227

The payment to Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) is a capital contribution to the EOT.

20. PENSION COMMITMENTS

A defined contribution pension scheme is operated for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those in the group in an independently administered fund.

The group also operates defined benefit Small Self-administered Scheme (SSAS) for one of the directors, which due to the nature of the scheme is treated as if defined contribution. At the balance sheet date contributions in advance were £102,748 (2024 £176,140) in prepayments due in one year and £nil (2024 £100,968) in prepayments due after one year.

ADVANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: 09607008)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

21. DIRECTORS' ADVANCES, CREDITS AND GUARANTEES

The following advances and credits to a director subsisted during the years ended 31 March 2025 and 31 March 2024:

2025 2024
as restated
£    £   
S Critchley
Balance outstanding at start of year 11,353 -
Amounts advanced 6,769 11,353
Amounts repaid (18,122 ) -
Amounts written off - -
Amounts waived - -
Balance outstanding at end of year 11,353 11,353

22. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

Entities with control, joint control or significant influence over the entity
2025 2024
as restated
£    £   
Loans advanced 1,007,000 800,000
Repayment of loans (800,000 ) (450,000 )
Amount due from related party 7,205,130 6,997,994

Other related parties
2025 2024
as restated
£    £   
Sales 120 -
Purchases (100,205 ) (102,524 )

23. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

On 5 April 2022 the group changed ownership and it is now owned by an Employee Ownership Trust which the directors consider the new controlling party. The corporate trustee registered office is the same as the group.