| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Stablewood Limited |
| Strategic Report, |
| Report of the Directors and |
| Audited Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Stablewood Limited |
| Strategic Report, |
| Report of the Directors and |
| Audited Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 |
| Stablewood Limited (Registered number: 03365137) |
| Contents of the Financial Statements |
| for the year ended 31 March 2025 |
| Page |
| Company Information | 1 |
| Strategic Report | 2 |
| Report of the Directors | 4 |
| Report of the Independent Auditors | 6 |
| Income Statement | 10 |
| Other Comprehensive Income | 11 |
| Statement of Financial Position | 12 |
| Statement of Changes in Equity | 14 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 15 |
| Stablewood Limited |
| Company Information |
| for the year ended 31 March 2025 |
| DIRECTORS: |
| SECRETARY: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| AUDITORS: |
| Chartered Accountants |
| & Statutory Auditors |
| 239-241 Kennington Lane |
| London |
| SE11 5QU |
| Stablewood Limited (Registered number: 03365137) |
| Strategic Report |
| for the year ended 31 March 2025 |
| The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2025. |
| REVIEW OF BUSINESS |
| Turnover for the company has decreased compared to last year however profit for the year increased over that of last year. The director expects the company to remain resilient in the face of competition from other players in the industry. The director is optimistic that strategies put in place to enhance performance will enable the company's performance to improve in the coming years. The main threat to the company is its competitors. The company's main strategy is to provide a complete service to customers thereby increasing their customer base and the resulting impact on the overall performance of the company. The company's aim is to focus on specific markets (and customers) to ensure that a clear strategy to win and maintain customers is implemented and sustained. |
| The directors recognised the importance of the staff employed and would like to thank them for all their hard work and efforts throughout the year. |
| The results for the year and the financial position of the company are shown in the annexed financial statements. |
| PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES |
| The company's ability to get an insurance cover is key to their ability to acquire inputs on consignment. Most of the purchases are on consignment and the consignors require an insurance cover to be in place to continue supplying on consignment. The level of cover depends on the financial health of the company. This is managed by keeping a close watch on monthly results and dealing with poor performing lines on a timely basis. Furthermore, the stock levels are generally very low due to the perishable nature of the products. The company, therefore, depends on the reliability of the suppliers to meet their orders at short notice to prevent stock out leading to loss of customers and reputation degradation. |
| To manage this risk for each product, the company maintains more than one supplier to fulfil the required orders to ensure that the failure of one supplier will not affect their ability to meet anticipated demand and maintain customer satisfaction. |
| KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS: |
| The main performance indicators are the turnover and the profit margins. Generally, products are sold at an agreed margin thereby leading to a positive correlation between the turnover and profit. All other costs apart from cost of sales are fairly fixed. The director monitors all costs on a monthly basis to ensure that poor performers are picked up on time and dealt with accordingly. Also, it is ensured that overheads are kept within their limits as their effect on the ability to remain in operational existence and profitability is critical. |
| The key performance indicator over the last two years are as follows: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Turnover | 50,966,924 | 53,765,432 |
| Gross profit | 4,430,136 | 4,456,313 |
| Net profit before tax & exceptional items |
2,072,175 |
1,982,606 |
| The director believes that other variables of performance indicators are marginal and not the best indicators of the overall performance, development and position of the company. |
| Stablewood Limited (Registered number: 03365137) |
| Strategic Report |
| for the year ended 31 March 2025 |
| FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS |
| The director expects the growth in sales to continue as the company explores new products and customers. |
| POLICY ON EMPLOYEES |
| The company is committed to achieving a working environment which provides equality of opportunity and freedom from unlawful discrimination on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability or age, pregnancy or maternity, trade union membership or the fact that they are part-time workers. The company's Equality and Diversity policy aims to remove unfair and discriminatory practices within the company and to encourage full contribution from its diverse community. The company is committed to actively opposing all forms of discrimination. The company also aims to provide a service that does not discriminate against its clients in the means by which they can access the services supplied by the company. The company believes that the director, employees and customers are entitled to be treated with respect and dignity. The company's employment policy is to provide equal opportunity to all current and prospective employees without any discrimination. They endeavour to provide a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. |
| SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENT AND ETHICAL MATTERS |
| The company believes that by operating in an ethical and social aware manner they will help preserve the environment; that being an integral part of efficient and profitable business management. The director recognises that success in these areas depends on the involvement and commitment of everyone in the organisation. |
| ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
| Stablewood Limited (Registered number: 03365137) |
| Report of the Directors |
| for the year ended 31 March 2025 |
| The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 March 2025. |
| PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY |
| The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of wholesale of fruits and vegetables. |
| DIVIDENDS |
| Interim dividends per share were paid as follows: |
| Ordinary £1 shares | £ |
- 8 April 2024 |
| 'A' Ordinary £1 shares | £ |
- 8 April 2024 |
| The directors recommend that no final dividends be paid. |
| The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 March 2025 will be £ |
| DIRECTORS |
| The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 April 2024 to the date of this report. |
| POLITICAL DONATIONS AND EXPENDITURE |
| Donations made during the financial year were non-political. |
| STREAMLINED ENERGY AND CARBON REPORTING |
| We report in line with the SECR regulations which are provided below: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Total Scope 1 emissions: Consumption of gas and transport fuel (tCO2e) | 84,934 | 89,592 |
| Total Scope 2 emissions: Consumption of electricity (tCO2e) | 48,494 | 49,057 |
| Total energy use (kWh equivalent of gas, transport fuel and electricity) | 570,013 | 591,153 |
| Carbon intensity ratio (tCO2e/£'000 revenue) | 2.62 | 2.58 |
| The footprint has been calculated in accordance with the government guidance on streamline reporting using factors found on the government website. |
| Measures taken to improve energy efficiency |
| In a bid to reduce the company's carbon footprint, the company actively monitors its energy consumption. It proactively ensures that all newly acquired assets are energy efficient and has replaced lights and equipments with LED and more efficient models. Management have also made employees aware of their strategy to maximise energy efficiency in the company to ensure they are all working towards the same unified goal. |
| Stablewood Limited (Registered number: 03365137) |
| Report of the Directors |
| for the year ended 31 March 2025 |
| STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES |
| The directors are responsible for preparing the 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), 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; |
| - | 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 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. |
| AUDITORS |
| The auditors, Alton & Co, 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 |
| Stablewood Limited |
| Opinion |
| We have audited the financial statements of Stablewood Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the Income Statement, Other Comprehensive Income, Statement of Financial Position, 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 March 2025 and of its profit for the year then ended; |
| - | have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and |
| - | have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. |
| Basis for opinion |
| We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. |
| Conclusions relating to going concern |
| In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. |
| Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. |
| Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report. |
| Other information |
| The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic Report and the 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. |
| Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
| Stablewood Limited |
| Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 |
| In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit: |
| - | the information given in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
| - | the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have 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 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, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or |
| - | the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or |
| - | certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or |
| - | we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit. |
| Responsibilities of directors |
| As explained more fully in the 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 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. |
| Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
| Stablewood Limited |
| 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: |
| We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that are applicable to the company and determined that the most significant are the food standards regulation, money laundering and anti bribery regulations. We understand how the company is complying with those regulations by making enquiries of management and key personel; we also reviewed correspondence files. We identified areas of laws and regulations that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the financial statements using our general commercial and sector experience, through discussion with the directors and other management (as required by auditing standards) and from inspection of the company's regulatory and legal correspondence. We discussed with the directors and other management the policies and procedures regarding compliance with laws and regulations. We communicated those identified laws and regulations throughout our team and remained alert to any indications of non-compliance throughout the audit. |
| Auditing standards limit the required audit procedures to identify non-compliance with these laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any. Through these procedures, we did not become aware of actual or suspected non-compliance. |
| Owing 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, the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations (irregularities) is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely the inherently limited procedures required by auditing standards would identify it. In addition, 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 non-compliance and cannot be expected to detect non-compliance with all 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 |
| Stablewood Limited |
| 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 |
| Chartered Accountants |
| & Statutory Auditors |
| 239-241 Kennington Lane |
| London |
| SE11 5QU |
| Stablewood Limited (Registered number: 03365137) |
| Income Statement |
| for the year ended 31 March 2025 |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| REVENUE |
| Cost of sales |
| GROSS PROFIT |
| Administrative expenses |
| 2,088,586 | 1,989,972 |
| Other operating income |
| OPERATING PROFIT | 5 |
| Interest receivable and similar income |
| 2,091,471 | 9,549,426 |
| Interest payable and similar expenses | 6 |
| PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION |
| Tax on profit | 7 |
| PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
| Stablewood Limited (Registered number: 03365137) |
| Other Comprehensive Income |
| for the year ended 31 March 2025 |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| PROFIT FOR THE YEAR |
| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | - | - |
| TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
| Stablewood Limited (Registered number: 03365137) |
| Statement of Financial Position |
| 31 March 2025 |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Intangible assets | 9 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 10 |
| Investments | 11 |
| Investment property | 12 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Inventories | 13 |
| Debtors | 14 |
| Cash at bank and in hand |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 15 |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year |
16 |
( |
) |
( |
) |
| PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 18 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| NET ASSETS |
| Stablewood Limited (Registered number: 03365137) |
| Statement of Financial Position - continued |
| 31 March 2025 |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
| Called up share capital | 19 |
| Fair value reserve | 20 |
| Retained earnings | 20 |
| SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
| The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on |
| Stablewood Limited (Registered number: 03365137) |
| Statement of Changes in Equity |
| for the year ended 31 March 2025 |
| Called up | Fair |
| share | Retained | value | Total |
| capital | earnings | reserve | equity |
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Balance at 1 April 2023 |
| Changes in equity |
| Dividends | - | ( |
) | - | ( |
) |
| Total comprehensive income | - |
| Balance at 31 March 2024 |
| Changes in equity |
| Dividends | - | ( |
) | - | ( |
) |
| Total comprehensive income | - |
| Balance at 31 March 2025 |
| Stablewood Limited (Registered number: 03365137) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements |
| for the year ended 31 March 2025 |
| 1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
| Stablewood Limited is a |
| The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Basis of preparing the financial statements |
| Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions |
| The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemption in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland": |
| • | the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows. |
| 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. |
| Significant judgements and estimates |
| Preparation of the financial statements requires management to make significant judgements and estimates. In determining the carrying amounts of certain assets and liabilities, the Company makes assumptions of the effects of uncertain future events on those assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date. The Company’s estimates and assumptions are based on historical experience and expectation of future events and are reviewed periodically. Further information about key assumptions concerning the future, and other key sources of estimation uncertainty, are set out in the notes. |
| Fair value measurements are estimates of the amounts for which assets or liabilities could be transferred at the measurement date, based on the assumption that such transfers take place between participants in principal markets and, where applicable, taking highest and best use into account. Where available, fair value measurements are derived from prices quoted in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. In the absence of such information, other observable inputs are used to estimate fair value. Inputs derived from external sources are corroborated or otherwise verified, as appropriate. In the absence of publicly available information, fair value is determined using estimation techniques that take into account market perspectives relevant to the asset or liability, in as far as they can reasonably be ascertained, based on predominantly unobservable inputs. |
| The items in the financial statements where significant judgements have been made include the following:- |
| Investment properties: their valuations are based on their estimated market values. |
| Stablewood Limited (Registered number: 03365137) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the year ended 31 March 2025 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Turnover |
| Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. |
| Turnover is recognised when the goods are physically delivered to or collected by the customer and is generated from the ordinary activities of the business. All turnover are derived from sales in the UK. |
| Rent is recognised at the end of the period when the company obtains the right to the consideration. |
| The accrual model is used in recognition of grants, where grants are matched against the expenditure it is compensating for. |
| Goodwill |
| Intangible assets |
| Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses. |
| Tangible fixed assets |
| Short leasehold | - |
| Plant and machinery | - |
| Fixtures and fittings | - |
| Motor vehicles | - |
| Investments in associates |
| Investments in associate undertakings are recongnised at cost. |
| Investment property |
| Investment property is shown at most recent valuation. Any aggregate surplus or deficit arising from changes in fair value is recognised in profit or loss. |
| Stocks |
| Inventories are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. |
| Cost of stocks is valued using the first in first out stock valuation method. Net realisable value is the estimated selling price less cost to sell. |
| Stablewood Limited (Registered number: 03365137) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the year ended 31 March 2025 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Taxation |
| Taxation for the year 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 statement of financial position date. |
| Deferred tax |
| Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the statement of financial position 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. |
| Foreign currencies |
| Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the statement of financial position date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result. |
| 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 company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
| Consignment stock |
| Goods acquired on consignment are not recognised as the company's purchases until the title of the goods changes to the company when the goods are sold. |
| 3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Wages and salaries |
| Social security costs |
| Other pension costs |
| Stablewood Limited (Registered number: 03365137) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the year ended 31 March 2025 |
| 3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS - continued |
| The average number of employees during the year was as follows: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Director | 2 | 2 |
| Accounts and management | 17 | 17 |
| Operations | 32 | 35 |
| 4. | DIRECTORS' EMOLUMENTS |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Directors' remuneration |
| 5. | OPERATING PROFIT |
| The operating profit is stated after charging: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Hire of plant and machinery |
| Other operating leases |
| Depreciation - owned assets |
| Loss on disposal of fixed assets |
| Auditors' remuneration |
| Taxation compliance services |
| Other non- audit services |
| 6. | INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Interest and penalties |
| Hire purchase |
| Stablewood Limited (Registered number: 03365137) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the year ended 31 March 2025 |
| 7. | TAXATION |
| Analysis of the tax charge |
| The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Current tax: |
| UK corporation tax |
| Deferred tax |
| Tax on profit |
| Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss |
| The tax assessed for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Profit before tax |
| Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of |
| Effects of: |
| Expenses not deductible for tax purposes |
| Depreciation in excess of capital allowances |
| Fair value gain | - | (1,887,500 | ) |
| Group relief | (2,409 | ) | (2,903 | ) |
| Total tax charge | 599,332 | 2,506,845 |
| 8. | DIVIDENDS |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Ordinary shares of £1 each |
| Interim |
| 'A' Ordinary shares of £1 each |
| Interim |
| Stablewood Limited (Registered number: 03365137) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the year ended 31 March 2025 |
| 9. | INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Goodwill |
| £ |
| COST |
| At 1 April 2024 |
| and 31 March 2025 |
| AMORTISATION |
| At 1 April 2024 |
| and 31 March 2025 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 March 2025 |
| At 31 March 2024 |
| 10. | PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT |
| Fixtures |
| Short | Plant and | and | Motor |
| leasehold | machinery | fittings | vehicles | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| COST |
| At 1 April 2024 |
| Additions |
| 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 |
| Stablewood Limited (Registered number: 03365137) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the year ended 31 March 2025 |
| 11. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
| Interest |
| in |
| associate |
| £ |
| COST |
| At 1 April 2024 |
| and 31 March 2025 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 March 2025 |
| At 31 March 2024 |
| Investments in associates represent the cost of acquiring 50% interest in the equity of Harman Enterprise Limited and 50% interest in the equity of Umutoni Limited. |
| 12. | INVESTMENT PROPERTY |
| Total |
| £ |
| FAIR VALUE |
| At 1 April 2024 |
| and 31 March 2025 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 March 2025 |
| At 31 March 2024 |
| Fair value at 31 March 2025 is represented by: |
| £ |
| Valuation in 2015 | 1,001,616 |
| Valuation in 2016 | 800,000 |
| Valuation in 2017 | 150,000 |
| Valuation in 2022 | 7,550,000 |
| Cost | 5,841,802 |
| 15,343,418 |
| Stablewood Limited (Registered number: 03365137) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the year ended 31 March 2025 |
| 12. | INVESTMENT PROPERTY - continued |
| If investment property had not been revalued it would have been included at the following historical cost: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Cost | 5,841,802 | 5,841,802 |
| Investment property was valued on open market basis on 5 October 2022 by Richard Kirby BSc. MRICS . |
| The director has assessed the value of the property at 31 March 2025 and considers this to be the appropriate value of the investment property. |
| 13. | INVENTORIES |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Finished goods |
| Stocks are held for resale. |
| 14. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Trade debtors |
| Purchases ledger debit balance | 10,319 | - |
| Rent deposits | 69,651 | 69,651 |
| Amounts owed by group undertakings |
| Amounts owed by associates |
| Directors' current accounts | 571,156 | 1,600,000 |
| Tax refundable under S455 |
| VAT |
| Prepayments |
| Stablewood Limited (Registered number: 03365137) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the year ended 31 March 2025 |
| 15. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Hire purchase contracts (see note 17) |
| Trade creditors |
| Amounts owed to group undertakings |
| Tax |
| Social security and other taxes |
| Pension control account | 4,337 | 4,242 |
| Accrued expenses |
| 16. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Hire purchase contracts (see note 17) |
| 17. | LEASING AGREEMENTS |
| Minimum lease payments fall due as follows: |
| Hire purchase |
| contracts |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Net obligations repayable: |
| Within one year |
| Between one and five years |
| Non-cancellable |
| operating leases |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Within one year |
| Between one and five years |
| Stablewood Limited (Registered number: 03365137) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the year ended 31 March 2025 |
| 17. | LEASING AGREEMENTS - continued |
| Under the lease arrangement with the City of London Corporation for the use of stand 96A, 96B, 97 and 98, the company is paying rent and service charges of £255,125 per year. The lease expired on 12 May 2025 and the company is in the process of renewing the lease.They are guaranteed use of the premises until the lease extension is completed. |
| 18. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Deferred tax |
| Accelerated capital allowances |
| Other timing differences | 2,262,048 | 2,262,048 |
| 2,383,135 | 2,318,794 |
| Deferred |
| tax |
| £ |
| Balance at 1 April 2024 |
| Charge to Income Statement during year |
| Balance at 31 March 2025 |
| 19. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
| Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
| Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2025 | 2024 |
| value: | £ | £ |
| Ordinary | £1 | 93,333 | 93,333 |
| 'A' Ordinary | £1 | 6,667 | 6,667 |
| 100,000 | 100,000 |
| 20. | RESERVES |
| Fair |
| Retained | value |
| earnings | reserve | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ |
| At 1 April 2024 | 20,773,998 |
| Profit for the year |
| Dividends | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| At 31 March 2025 | 21,996,841 |
| Stablewood Limited (Registered number: 03365137) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the year ended 31 March 2025 |
| 21. | PARENT COMPANY |
| CDH Matur Holdings Limited is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company. |
| 22. | CONTINGENT LIABILITIES |
| A guarantee and indemnity in standard form executed in favour of Isbank by the company for the loans taken by H B Properties N17 Ltd. The balance outstanding at 31st March 2025 was £8,765,000 (2024 - £10,261,668). |
| 23. | 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 |
| £ | £ |
| Balance outstanding at start of year | ( |
) |
| Amounts advanced |
| Amounts repaid | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Amounts written off | - | - |
| Amounts waived | - | - |
| Balance outstanding at end of year |
| 24. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
| Investment property is held in trust for Harman Enterprise Ltd. Stablewood has transferred its interest in the property to Harman Enterprise Ltd, the property management company of the group under group restructuring arrangements. |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Sales |
| Purchases |
| Trade debtors | 2,282,113 | 2,057,902 |
| Trade creditors | 42,732 | 329,566 |
| Transfers to related parties | 2,092,729 | 1,072,456 |
| Transfers from related parties | 6,524 | 1,731,263 |
| Amount due from related parties |
| Amount due to related parties |