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REGISTERED NUMBER: 07622021 (England and Wales)

| Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and |

| Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 |

| for |

| Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd |

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd (Registered number: 07622021)

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

| Page |

Company information | 1 |

Strategic report | 2 |  | to |  | 3

Report of the directors | 4 |  | to |  | 5

Report of the independent auditors | 6 |  | to |  | 9

Income statement | 10 |

Other comprehensive income | 11 |

Statement of financial position | 12 |

Statement of changes in equity | 13 |

Notes to the financial statements | 14 |  | to |  | 22

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd

Company Information

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

| Directors: | G Sayers

| B Ward

| Registered office: | Lodge Farm

| Knights End Road

| March

| Cambs

| PE15 0YN

| Registered number: | 07622021 (England and Wales)

| Auditors: | Moore Thompson

| Bank House

| Broad Street

| Spalding

| Lincolnshire

| PE11 1TB

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd (Registered number: 07622021)

Strategic Report

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2025.

We aim to present a balanced review of the Company's performance and development during the year that is consistent with the size and nature of our business and that also covers the principal risks and uncertainties faced by the Company.

Review of business

During the financial year, the Company operated within highly competitive and volatile global metals markets, with pricing subject to erratic fluctuations driven by international supply and demand dynamics. These market conditions were consistent with those experienced across the wider Group.

Despite this volatility, the Company delivered an improved performance, with turnover increasing by £4.26m million in 2025 compared to 2024. This growth reflects continued trading activity, disciplined commercial decision-making, and alignment with Group trading and procurement strategies. Direct costs increased by 14.7%, largely as a result of global price movements, increased competition, and inflationary pressures affecting the wider metals and logistics markets. Cost control and margin performance were closely monitored throughout the period, in line with Group financial governance.

Outlook and Strategic Positioning

Following the year end, the introduction of tariffs by the United States has impacted global pricing structures and trading flows within the metals sector. These developments have affected the wider Group; however, the Company continues to adapt its trading approach in line with Group strategy.

The Company remains aligned with the Group's focus on investment in operational efficiency, supply chain resilience, and trading capability. The Directors believe that this consistent, measured approach will support continued growth, stability, and long-term prosperity for both the Company and the Group.

Principal risks and uncertainties

The management of the business and the execution of the company's strategy are subject to a number of risks.

The key business risks affecting the company are considered to relate to maintaining the customer base, matching product supply to demand throughout the year in an ever changing market place. The supply demand of material has been somewhat restricted shipping constraints, imminent cost increases with the ban of use of rebated fuels and increasing regulatory burden.

The company uses various financial instruments including loans/overdrafts, cash and management of working capital in order to finance its operations. The directors review and agree policies to manage the key risks envisaged in respect of each instrument, these policies remain unchanged from previous years.

Liquidity Risk - The company manages it's liquidity risk by maintaining adequate reserves and bank facilities, including stock loans with its bankers HSBC, by monitoring cash flows and its working capital requirements.

Credit Risk - The company's main financial assets are trade receivables and cash and bank balances. Those assets represent the company's main exposure to credit risk, which is that a counterparty will fail to discharge its obligations, resulting in financial loss to the company. The directors believe that credit risk is both limited and mitigated as a result of a significant proportion of credit sales being paid prior to stock being released.

Foreign Currency Risk - The company does conduct a growing level of trade outside the UK, the company would undertake hedging/forward currency contracts where appropriate to minimise the exchange rate exposure.

Interest Rate Risk - The company funds its operations through a combination of retained profits, internally generated cash, asset-backed finance arrangements and banking facilities. Interest rate swap instruments would be utilised to mitigate this risk where appropriate.

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd (Registered number: 07622021)

Strategic Report

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Financial key performance indicators

KPI's for the business are measured on daily cash flow forecasts and monthly management information, monthly meetings take place by both management and Directors to assess the KPI. The company is also assessed regularly by the Environment Agency and FORS to ensure compliance of the highest level.

Other key performance indicators

Where appropriate the directors set indicators to measure its non-financial performance in a number of ways in line with other companies similar in size and nature to Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd.

On behalf of the board:

B Ward - Director

5 January 2026

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd (Registered number: 07622021)

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.

Dividends

No interim dividend was paid during the year. The directors recommend a final dividend of £5,000.00 per share.

The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 March 2025 will be £ 500,000 .

Directors

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 April 2024 to the date of this report.

G Sayers

B Ward

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;

- | 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.

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd (Registered number: 07622021)

Report of the Directors

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Auditors

The auditors, Moore Thompson, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

On behalf of the board:

B Ward - Director

5 January 2026

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd (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 loss 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.

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.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd

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 four, 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

Gold Star Metal Traders 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:

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:

- |  | 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 identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the client company's sector. |

- |  | we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company. |

- |  | we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and |

- |  | identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit. |

We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:

- |  | making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; |

- |  | considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations. |

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:

- |  | performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships; |

- |  | tested journals entries to identify unusual transactions; |

- |  | investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions. |

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:

- |  | agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation; |

- |  | reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance; |

- |  | enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; |

- |  | reviewing correspondence with HMRC and the company's legal advisors. |

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

Material misstatement that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our 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.

Mark Hildred (Senior Statutory Auditor)

for and on behalf of Moore Thompson

Bank House

Broad Street

Spalding

Lincolnshire

PE11 1TB

5 January 2026

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd (Registered number: 07622021)

Income Statement

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

| 2025 |  | 2024

| Notes | £ | £ |

Turnover | 4 | 41,906,947 |  | 37,642,161 |  |

Cost of sales | 37,422,239 |  | 32,615,348 |  |

Gross profit | 4,484,708 |  | 5,026,813 |  |

Administrative expenses | 4,803,105 |  | 3,549,389 |  |

(318,397 | ) | 1,477,424 |  |

Other operating income | 18,496 |  | 250,077 |  |

Operating (loss)/profit | 7 | (299,901 | ) | 1,727,501 |  |

Interest payable and similar expenses | 9 | 532,157 |  | 299,580 |  |

(Loss)/profit before taxation | (832,058 | ) | 1,427,921 |  |

Tax on (loss)/profit | 10 | (480,278 | ) | 117,354 |  |

(Loss)/profit for the financial year | (351,780 | ) | 1,310,567 |  |

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd (Registered number: 07622021)

Other Comprehensive Income

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

| 2025 |  | 2024

| Notes | £ | £ |

(Loss)/profit for the year | (351,780 | ) | 1,310,567 |  |

Other comprehensive income | - |  | - |  |

Total comprehensive income for the year | (351,780 | ) | 1,310,567 |  |

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd (Registered number: 07622021)

Statement of Financial Position

31 March 2025

| 2025 | 2024 |

| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |

Fixed assets

Tangible assets | 12 | 6,903,284 |  | 7,763,062 |  |

Investments | 13 | 846,455 |  | 846,455 |  |

7,749,739 |  | 8,609,517 |  |

Current assets

Stocks | 14 | 1,705,323 |  | 2,034,622 |  |

Debtors | 15 | 6,213,958 |  | 5,283,748 |  |

Cash at bank | 817,117 |  | 2,024,030 |  |

8,736,398 |  | 9,342,400 |  |

Creditors

Amounts falling due within one year | 16 | 7,084,993 |  | 6,820,226 |  |

Net current assets | 1,651,405 |  | 2,522,174 |  |

Total assets less current liabilities | 9,401,144 |  | 11,131,691 |  |

Creditors

Amounts falling due after more than one year | 17 | (1,292,541 | ) | (2,008,481 | ) |

Provisions for liabilities | 21 | (1,316,572 | ) | (1,479,399 | ) |

Net assets | 6,792,031 |  | 7,643,811 |  |

Capital and reserves

Called up share capital | 22 | 100 |  | 100 |  |

Retained earnings | 23 | 6,791,931 |  | 7,643,711 |  |

Shareholders' funds | 6,792,031 |  | 7,643,811 |  |

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 5 January 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:

B Ward - Director

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd (Registered number: 07622021)

Statement of Changes in Equity

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

| Called up |

| share |  | Retained |  | Total

| capital |  | earnings |  | equity

£ | £ | £ |

Balance at 1 April 2023 | 100 |  | 6,583,144 |  | 6,583,244 |  |

Changes in equity

Total comprehensive income | - |  | 1,310,567 |  | 1,310,567 |  |

Dividends | - |  | (250,000 | ) | (250,000 | ) |

Balance at 31 March 2024 | 100 |  | 7,643,711 |  | 7,643,811 |  |

Changes in equity

Total comprehensive income | - |  | (351,780 | ) | (351,780 | ) |

Dividends | - |  | (500,000 | ) | (500,000 | ) |

Balance at 31 March 2025 | 100 |  | 6,791,931 |  | 6,792,031 |  |

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd (Registered number: 07622021)

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

1. | Statutory information

| Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

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

2. | Statement of compliance

| These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006.

3. | Accounting policies

| Basis of preparing the financial statements

| The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

| Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions

| The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemption in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":

| • | the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows.

| Turnover

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

| Tangible fixed assets

| Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

| Freehold property | - | 2% on a straight line basis

| Long leasehold | - | 15% - 33% on reducing balance

| Plant and machinery | - | 20% on reducing balance

| Fixtures and fittings | - | 33% on cost

| Motor vehicles | - | 25% on reducing balance

| Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Cost includes costs directly attributable to making the asset capable of operating as intended.

| 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 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.

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd (Registered number: 07622021)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

3. | Accounting policies - continued

| 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.

4. | Turnover

| The turnover and loss (2024 - profit) before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the company.

| An analysis of turnover by geographical market is given below:

| 2025 |  | 2024

£ | £ |

| United Kingdom | 20,660,125 |  | 16,746,813 |  |

| Europe | 15,254,129 |  | 13,027,362 |  |

| Rest of the world | 5,992,693 |  | 7,867,986 |  |

41,906,947 |  | 37,642,161 |  |

5. | Employees and directors

| 2025 |  | 2024

£ | £ |

| Wages and salaries | 2,042,584 |  | 2,086,811 |  |

| Social security costs | 211,223 |  | 204,891 |  |

| Other pension costs | 39,270 |  | 44,120 |  |

2,293,077 |  | 2,335,822 |  |

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd (Registered number: 07622021)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

5. | Employees and directors - continued

| The average number of employees during the year was as follows:

| 2025 |  | 2024

| Production and drivers | 38 |  | 46 |  |

| Administrative | 7 |  | 8 |  |

| Management | 2 |  | 9 |  |

47 |  | 63 |  |

6. | Directors' emoluments

| During the year retirement benefits were accruing to 2 directors (2024 - 5) in respect of defined contribution pension schemes.

7. | Operating (loss)/profit

| The operating loss (2024 - operating profit) is stated after charging/(crediting):

| 2025 |  | 2024

£ | £ |

| Hire of plant and machinery | (164,122 | ) | (251,735 | ) |

| Depreciation - owned assets | 1,576,506 |  | 1,642,684 |  |

| Profit on disposal of fixed assets | - |  | (669,481 | ) |

| Auditors' remuneration | 26,112 |  | 23,500 |  |

| Foreign exchange differences | (345,488 | ) | (124,722 | ) |

8. | Exceptional items

| 2025 |  | 2024

£ | £ |

| Exceptional items | (660,000 | ) | - |  |

| Exceptional items relate to VAT disallowed.

9. | Interest payable and similar expenses |

| 2025 |  | 2024

£ | £ |

| Bank loan interest | 147,757 |  | 144,314 |  |

| Other interest payable | 251,391 |  | 1,789 |  |

| Interest on research and

| development claim | - |  | 17,298 |  |

| Hire purchase interest | 133,009 |  | 136,179 |  |

532,157 |  | 299,580 |  |

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd (Registered number: 07622021)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

10. | Taxation

| Analysis of the tax (credit)/charge

| The tax (credit)/charge on the loss for the year was as follows:

| 2025 |  | 2024

£ | £ |

| Current tax:

| Tax effect on losses group relieved | (9,934 | ) | 30,444 |  |

| Over provision | (307,517 | ) | (295,483 | ) |

| Total current tax | (317,451 | ) | (265,039 | ) |

| Deferred tax | (162,827 | ) | 382,393 |  |

| Tax on (loss)/profit | (480,278 | ) | 117,354 |  |

| UK corporation tax has been charged at 25% .

| Reconciliation of total tax (credit)/charge included in profit and loss

| The tax assessed for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below:

| 2025 |  | 2024

£ | £ |

| (Loss)/profit before tax | (832,058 | ) | 1,427,921 |  |

| (Loss)/profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25% (2024 - 25%) | (208,015 | ) | 356,980 |  |

| Effects of:

| Expenses not deductible for tax purposes | 751 |  | 21,354 |  |

| Capital allowances in excess of depreciation | - |  | (347,890 | ) |

| Depreciation in excess of capital allowances | 197,330 |  | - |  |

| Utilisation of tax losses | 9,934 |  | - |  |

| Adjustments to tax charge in respect of previous periods | (307,517 | ) | (295,483 | ) |

| Deferred Tax | (172,761 | ) | 382,393 |  |

| Total tax (credit)/charge | (480,278 | ) | 117,354 |  |

| Deferred tax consists of accelerated capital allowances of £1,316,572 (2024: £1,479,399)

| Deferred Tax is calculated at 25%.

| There is no expiry date on timing differences or unused tax losses.

11. | Dividends

| 2025 |  | 2024

£ | £ |

| Ordinary shares of 1 each

| Final | 500,000 |  | 250,000 |  |

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd (Registered number: 07622021)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

12. | Tangible fixed assets

| Freehold |  | Long |  | Plant and

| property |  | leasehold |  | machinery

£ | £ | £ |

| Cost

| At 1 April 2024 | 1,441,132 |  | 545,948 |  | 8,040,756 |  |

| Additions | - |  | - |  | 284,525 |  |

| At 31 March 2025 | 1,441,132 |  | 545,948 |  | 8,325,281 |  |

| Depreciation

| At 1 April 2024 | 231,409 |  | 301,628 |  | 3,505,076 |  |

| Charge for year | 28,823 |  | 109,190 |  | 939,398 |  |

| At 31 March 2025 | 260,232 |  | 410,818 |  | 4,444,474 |  |

| Net book value

| At 31 March 2025 | 1,180,900 |  | 135,130 |  | 3,880,807 |  |

| At 31 March 2024 | 1,209,723 |  | 244,320 |  | 4,535,680 |  |

| Fixtures |  | Other |

| and |  | Motor |  | fixed |

| fittings |  | vehicles |  | assets |  | Totals

£ | £ | £ | £ |

| Cost

| At 1 April 2024 | 54,909 |  | 1,529,659 |  | 922,291 |  | 12,534,695 |  |

| Additions | 3,973 |  | 428,230 |  | - |  | 716,728 |  |

| At 31 March 2025 | 58,882 |  | 1,957,889 |  | 922,291 |  | 13,251,423 |  |

| Depreciation

| At 1 April 2024 | 53,531 |  | 618,503 |  | 61,486 |  | 4,771,633 |  |

| Charge for year | 1,296 |  | 325,638 |  | 172,161 |  | 1,576,506 |  |

| At 31 March 2025 | 54,827 |  | 944,141 |  | 233,647 |  | 6,348,139 |  |

| Net book value

| At 31 March 2025 | 4,055 |  | 1,013,748 |  | 688,644 |  | 6,903,284 |  |

| At 31 March 2024 | 1,378 |  | 911,156 |  | 860,805 |  | 7,763,062 |  |

13. | Fixed asset investments

| Investments (neither listed nor unlisted) were as follows:

2025 | 2024 |

£ | £ |

| Fixed asset investments | 846,455 |  | 846,455 |  |

14. | Stocks

2025 | 2024 |

£ | £ |

| Stocks | 1,705,323 |  | 2,034,622 |  |

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd (Registered number: 07622021)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

15. | Debtors: amounts falling due within one year |

2025 | 2024 |

£ | £ |

| Trade debtors | 2,539,171 |  | 1,574,599 |  |

| Amounts owed by group undertakings | 1,734,721 |  | 2,723,853 |  |

| Other debtors | 18,807 |  | 61,599 |  |

| VAT | 322,184 |  | 74,688 |  |

| Prepayments and accrued income | 1,599,075 |  | 849,009 |  |

6,213,958 |  | 5,283,748 |  |

16. | Creditors: amounts falling due within one year |

2025 | 2024 |

£ | £ |

| Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 18) | 2,553,269 |  | 2,323,542 |  |

| Hire purchase contracts (see note 19) | 866,223 |  | 1,037,114 |  |

| Trade creditors | 1,279,350 |  | 1,229,018 |  |

| Amounts owed to associates | 317,407 |  | 395,768 |  |

| Corporation tax | 97,650 |  | 527,959 |  |

| Social security and other taxes | 61,193 |  | 57,845 |  |

| Other creditors | 169,936 |  | 286,875 |  |

| Directors' loan accounts | - |  | 501,426 |  |

| Accruals and deferred income | 1,739,965 |  | 460,679 |  |

7,084,993 |  | 6,820,226 |  |

| Obligations under hire purchase contracts of £866,223 (2024: £1,037,114) are secured on the assets to which they relate.

| The bank loans of £2,553,269 (2024: £2,323,542) are secured by a charge over the company's land and buildings and by fixed and floating charges over all other assets which are held by the company.

| An Unlimited Multilateral Guarantee dated the 27th May 2020 has been given to the company's bankers by the company in respect of all loans and facilities within the group.

17. | Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year |

2025 | 2024 |

£ | £ |

| Bank loans (see note 18) | 1,701 |  | 12,569 |  |

| Hire purchase contracts (see note 19) | 1,220,340 |  | 1,907,412 |  |

| Deferred government grants | 70,500 |  | 88,500 |  |

1,292,541 |  | 2,008,481 |  |

| Obligations under hire purchase contracts of £1,220,340 (2024: £1,907,412) are secured by the assets to which they relate.

| The bank loans of £1,701 (2024: £12,569) are secured by a charge on the company's land and buildings and by fixed and floating charges over all other assets which are held by the company.

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd (Registered number: 07622021)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

18. | Loans

| An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:

2025 | 2024 |

£ | £ |

| Amounts falling due within one year or on demand:

| Bank overdrafts | 124,851 |  | - |  |

| Bank loans | 2,428,418 |  | 2,323,542 |  |

2,553,269 |  | 2,323,542 |  |

| Amounts falling due between one and two years:

| Bank loans - 1-2 years | 1,701 |  | 10,821 |  |

| Amounts falling due between two and five years:

| Bank loans - 2-5 years | - |  | 1,748 |  |

19. | Leasing agreements

| Minimum lease payments fall due as follows:

| Hire purchase |

| contracts |

2025 | 2024 |

£ | £ |

| Net obligations repayable:

| Within one year | 866,223 |  | 1,037,114 |  |

| Between one and five years | 1,220,340 |  | 1,907,412 |  |

2,086,563 |  | 2,944,526 |  |

| Non-cancellable |

| operating leases |

2025 | 2024 |

£ | £ |

| Within one year | 97,907 |  | 130,543 |  |

| Between one and five years | - |  | 97,907 |  |

97,907 |  | 228,450 |  |

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd (Registered number: 07622021)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

20. | Financial instruments

| Financial assets measured at fair value through profit and loss comprise cash at bank and in hand.

| The company entered into foreign currency forward contracts to mitigate the exchange rate risk for certain foreign currency transactions.

| As at 31 March 2025, the company had various contracts in place with an option to purchase as follows:

| €2,500,000 at a rate of 1.19900

| €1,500,000 at a rate of 1.18600

| €2,000,000 at a rate of 1.19850

| €2,000,000 at a rate of 1.19180

| £800,000 at a rate of 4.57710

21. | Provisions for liabilities

2025 | 2024 |

£ | £ |

| Deferred tax | 1,316,572 |  | 1,479,399 |  |

| Deferred |

| tax |

£ |

| Balance at 1 April 2024 | 1,479,399 |  |

| Provided during year | (162,827 | ) |

| Balance at 31 March 2025 | 1,316,572 |  |

22. | Called up share capital

| Allotted, issued and fully paid:

| Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2025 | 2024 |

| value: | £ | £ |

| 100 | Ordinary | 1 | 100 |  | 100 |  |

23. | Reserves

| Retained

| earnings

£ |

| At 1 April 2024 | 7,643,711 |  |

| Deficit for the year | (351,780 | ) |

| Dividends | (500,000 | ) |

| At 31 March 2025 | 6,791,931 |  |

24. | Pension commitments

| The company operates a defined contribution pension plan for its employees. The amount recognised as an expense in the period was £39,270 (2024: £44,120).

Gold Star Metal Traders Ltd (Registered number: 07622021)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

25. | Related party disclosures

| As at the balance sheet date £1,136,868 remains due from GSMT Holdings Ltd (2024 - £1,727,399).

| As at the balance sheet date £560,855 (2024 - £721,048) was due from GSMT Ltd.

| As at the balance sheet date £2,250 (2024 - £2,250) was due from GSMT Services Ltd.

| As at the balance sheet date £34,748 (2024 - £273,156) was due from Port Sutton Bridge Ltd

| As at the balance sheet date £317,407 (2024 - £395,768) remains due to Daytona Contracting Ltd.

| During the year the company made purchases from GSMT Ltd of £754,298 (2024: £3,059,853). Sales to GSMT Ltd totalled £8,706,262 (2024: £4,883,226). All transactions are completed under normal commercial terms.

26. | Ultimate controlling party

| GSMT Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent company.

| GSMT Holdings Limited prepare group financial statements and copies can be obtained from Lodge Farm, Knights End Road, Floods Ferry, March, PE15 0YN.

| The ultimate controlling party is Ben Ward & Neil Bowers.