| 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 |
| 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: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| AUDITORS: |
| 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: |
| 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 |
| Other changes in directors holding office are as follows: |
| 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: |
| 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. |
| for and on behalf of |
| Statutory Auditor |
| Chartered Accountants |
| Douglas Bank House |
| Wigan Lane |
| Wigan |
| Lancashire |
| WN1 2TB |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Investments | 12 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Debtors | 14 |
| Cash at bank |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 15 |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 17 |
| NET ASSETS |
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
| Called up share capital | 18 |
| Capital redemption reserve | 19 |
| Retained earnings | 19 |
| SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Changes in equity |
| Total comprehensive income | - |
| Balance at 31 March 2024 |
| Changes in equity |
| Total comprehensive income | - |
| Balance at 31 March 2025 |
| 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 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Basis of preparing the financial statements |
| 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: |
| Software | 5-10 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 Improvements | 25% Straight Line |
| Plant and Equipment | 33.3% Straight Line |
| Fixtures and Fittings | 20% 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 |
| 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 |
| Disposals | ( |
) |
| At 31 March 2025 |
| DEPRECIATION |
| At 1 April 2024 |
| Charge for year |
| Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) |
| At 31 March 2025 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 March 2025 |
| At 31 March 2024 |
| 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 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 March 2025 |
| At 31 March 2024 |
| The group or the company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following: |
| Subsidiaries |
| Registered office: Ground Floor Vista St Davids Park, Ewloe, Deeside, Wales, CH5 3DT |
| Nature of business: |
| % |
| Class of shares: | holding |
| Registered office: Ground Floor Vista St Davids Park, Ewloe, Deeside, Wales, CH5 3DT |
| Nature of business: |
| % |
| Class of shares: | holding |
| Registered office: Ground Floor Vista St Davids Park, Ewloe, Deeside, Wales, CH5 3DT |
| Nature of business: |
| % |
| Class of shares: | holding |
| Registered office: Ground Floor Vista St Davids Park, Ewloe, Deeside, Wales, CH5 3DT |
| Nature of business: |
| % |
| Class of shares: | holding |
| 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 |
| Loans to related parties | 1,007,000 | 800,000 | 1,007,000 | 800,000 |
| Directors' current accounts | - | 11,353 | - | - |
| VAT | - | - |
| Deferred tax asset | 74,619 | 276,564 | - | - |
| Prepayments and accrued income | 6,412,498 | 6,848,579 |
| 13,705,237 | 14,885,252 |
| Amounts falling due after more than one | year: |
| Loans to related parties | 6,198,130 | 6,198,130 |
| Tax | 2,014,392 | 2,014,392 |
| Prepayments and accrued income | - | 100,968 |
| 8,212,522 | 8,313,490 |
| Aggregate amounts | 21,917,759 | 23,198,742 |
| 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 |
| Amounts owed to group undertakings | - | - |
| 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 |
| 20,856,308 | 23,005,188 |
| 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 |
| Credit to Income Statement during year | ( |
) |
| Balance at 31 March 2025 |
| 18. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
| Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
| Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2025 | 2024 |
| value: | as restated |
| £ | £ |
| Ordinary A | 71p | 2,273 | 2,273 |
| Ordinary B | 29p | 928 | 928 |
| Ordinary C | 10p | 21 | 21 |
| 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 | 830,380 |
| Profit for the year |
| Payment to Employee Ownership Trust |
(800,000 |
) |
- |
(800,000 |
) |
| At 31 March 2025 | 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. |