REGISTERED NUMBER: 11303293 (England and Wales)

Report of the Directors and

Audited Financial Statements

for the Period

1 August 2023 to 31 December 2024

for

East Pennine Holdings Limited

Page

Company Information

1

Report of the Directors

2

Report of the Independent Auditors

3

Income Statement

7

Balance Sheet

8

Statement of Changes in Equity

9

Notes to the Financial Statements

10

DIRECTORS:

D G Allori

S J Brooke

A R Tailor ACA

S S Walton

REGISTERED OFFICE:

Old Printers Yard

156 South Street

Dorking

Surrey

RH4 2HF

BUSINESS ADDRESS:

10th Floor

2 Minster Court

London

EC3R 7BB

REGISTERED NUMBER:

11303293 (England and Wales)

AUDITORS:

Bullimores LLP

Chartered Accountants

& Registered Auditor

Old Printers Yard

156 South Street

Dorking

Surrey

RH4 2HF

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period 1 August 2023 to 31 December 2024.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY

The principal activity of the company in the period under review was that of holding company for its subsidiary.

DIRECTORS

The directors who have held office during the period from 1 August 2023 to the date of this report are as follows:

D G Allori - appointed 14 June 2024

A R Tailor ACA - appointed 14 June 2024

S G White - resigned 14 September 2023

DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT

The directors are responsible for preparing 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), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

-	select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

-	make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

-	prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

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

STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS

So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:

A R Tailor ACA - Director

15 December 2025

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of East Pennine Holdings Limited (the 'company') for the period ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

-	give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2024 and of its profit for the period then ended;

-	have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

-	have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

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

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

Other matters

In the previous accounting period the directors of the company took advantage of the audit exemption under CA 2006, s. 477. Therefore, the prior period financial statements were not subject to audit but are presented for comparative purposes.

Other information

The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in 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 Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

-	the Report of the Directors has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the 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, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or

-	the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

-	certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or

-	we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or

-	the directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemption from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report or in preparing the Report of the Directors.

Responsibilities of directors

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

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

Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue 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.

We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks that are applicable to the Company and determined that the most significant which are directly relevant to specific assertions in the financial statements are those related to the reporting frameworks (FRS102, the Companies Act 2006 and the relevant tax compliance regulations in the UK).

We understood how the company is complying with those legal and regulatory frameworks by making enquiries of

management.

We did not identify any matters relating to non-compliance with laws and regulations or relating to fraud.

We assessed the susceptibility of the Company's financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur by discussions with the directors to understand areas where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud. We also considered pressures on the directors to meet any external pressures in reporting the financial results of the company.

Audit procedures performed by the engagement team on the areas where fraud might occur included:

-

evaluation of management's internal processes designed to prevent and detect irregularities.

-

journals entries testing, with a focus on manual entries and entries determined to be large or relating to unusual transactions.

-

review of revenue data to detect unusual transactions.

Assessment of the appropriateness of the collective competence and capabilities of the engagement team included consideration of the engagement team's:

-

understanding of, and practical experience with audit engagements of a similar nature and complexity through the appropriate training and participation.

-

knowledge of the industry in which the company operates.

-

understanding of the legal and regulatory requirements specific to the company.

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.

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.

Nicholas Warren Boot FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)

for and on behalf of Bullimores LLP

Chartered Accountants

& Registered Auditor

Old Printers Yard

156 South Street

Dorking

Surrey

RH4 2HF

23 December 2025

TURNOVER

-

-

OPERATING PROFIT

-

-

Income from shares in group undertakings

519,497

479,957

PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION

519,497

479,957

Tax on profit

-

-

PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL PERIOD

519,497

479,957

FIXED ASSETS

Investments

4

1,507,311

1,507,311

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

5

-

397,000

NET CURRENT LIABILITIES

-

(397,000

)

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

1,507,311

1,110,311

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Called up share capital

5,132

5,132

Share premium

1,103,022

1,103,022

Capital redemption reserve

2,157

2,157

Retained earnings

397,000

-

1,507,311

1,110,311

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 15 December 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:

A R Tailor ACA - Director

Called up

Capital

share

Retained

Share

redemption

Total

capital

earnings

premium

reserve

equity

£

£

£

£

£

Balance at 1 August 2022

6,508

-

1,103,022

781

1,110,311

Changes in equity

Redemption of shares

(1,376

)

(316,442

)

-

1,376

(316,442

)

Dividends

-

(163,515

)

-

-

(163,515

)

Total comprehensive income

-

479,957

-

-

479,957

Balance at 31 July 2023

5,132

-

1,103,022

2,157

1,110,311

Changes in equity

Dividends

-

(122,497

)

-

-

(122,497

)

Total comprehensive income

-

519,497

-

-

519,497

Balance at 31 December 2024

5,132

397,000

1,103,022

2,157

1,507,311

1.	STATUTORY INFORMATION

East Pennine Holdings Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£).

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" including the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Preparation of consolidated financial statements

The financial statements contain information about East Pennine Holdings Limited as an individual company and do not contain consolidated financial information as the parent of a group. The company is exempt under Section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirements to prepare consolidated financial statements as it and its subsidiary undertaking are included by full consolidation in the consolidated financial statements of its parent, Seventeen Group Limited, Old printers Yard, 156 South Street, Dorking, Surrey RH4 2HF.

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.

Investments in subsidiaries

Fixed asset investments are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated impairment losses.

Impairment of fixed assets

A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date.

For the purposes of impairment testing, when it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that are largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets.

Taxation

Taxation for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the 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 period 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.

3.	EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the period was NIL (2023 - NIL).

4.	FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS

Shares in

group

undertakings

£

COST

At 1 August 2023

and 31 December 2024

1,507,311

NET BOOK VALUE

At 31 December 2024

1,507,311

At 31 July 2023

1,507,311

5.

CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

31.12.24

31.7.23

£

£

Other creditors

-

397,000

6.	ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY

The immediate parent company is Seventeen Group Limited, registered in the UK company number 01593917. Copies of consolidated financial statements can be obtained from the registered office;

Old Printers Yard, 156 South Street

Dorking

Surrey

RH4 2HF

At 31 December 2024 the ultimate parent undertaking was Seventeen Holdings Ltd, a company registered in the UK with the company number 12261344.

Subsequent to the year end the ultimate parent company is Roman New Topco Limited, registered in the UK company number 16286617. No financial statements are yet due for this company.

7.	SECURED DEBTS

The company is a party to cross company guarantees in favour of bank and loan creditors to secure the liabilities of the Group headed by its parent company.