REGISTERED NUMBER: 09209265 (England and Wales)

STRATEGIC REPORT, REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025

FOR

LCBSG LIMITED

Page

Company Information

1

Strategic Report

2

Report of the Directors

3

Report of the Independent Auditors

4

Profit and Loss Account

8

Statement of Comprehensive Income

9

Balance Sheet

10

Statement of Changes in Equity

11

Notes to the Financial Statements

12

DIRECTORS:

A Poxon

D J Booth

A D Cadwallader

S M Lord

B M Whawell

REGISTERED OFFICE:

Riverside House

Irwell Street

Manchester

M3 5EN

REGISTERED NUMBER:

09209265 (England and Wales)

SENIOR STATUTORY AUDITOR:

Frederick Norman

AUDITORS:

Harold Sharp Limited

Statutory Auditors and Chartered Accountants

5 Brooklands Place

Brooklands Road

Sale

Cheshire

M33 3SD

BANKERS:

National Westminster Bank Plc

Spinningfields Square

182 Deansgate

Manchester

M3 3LY

The directors present their strategic report on the company for the year ended 30 April 2024.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS

The Company is part of the group which is headed by Project Hallelujah Bidco Limited (hereafter referred to as "the Group"). LCBSG Limited via its trading subsidiaries provide insolvency services and advice to a wide range of businesses who are struggling financially and who require assistance in these matters.

The company is a 100% subsidiary of Project Hallelujah Bidco Limited and full details of the business undertaken by the group are contained within the financial statements of that company.

As LCBSG Limited is an intermediate holding company within the Project Hallelujah Bidco Limited group it does not individually monitor key performance indicators

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

The management of the business and the nature of the group's strategy are subject to a number of risks. The directors are of the opinion however that current processes and plans in place mitigate such risks significantly. In overview, the key issues subject to ongoing assessment include;

- Keeping and developing key staff

- Constantly developing service lines to meet the needs of the market

- Competitor actions in terms of hiring the best staff, their market approach and related service lines

- Suitable and appropriate financing to allow the group to achieve its long-term goals and the identified growth opportunities.

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The group have recently negotiated a bank facility and due to ongoing generation of cash flow from operating activities the facility is used at a very manageable level, and the group's exposure to interest rate risk on bank borrowing is considered to be low.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

The group continues to seek to grow its market share by way of geographical expansion and by providing new and innovative services to businesses in financial distress.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:

D J Booth - Director

8 January 2026

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 30 April 2025.

DIVIDENDS

The directors recommend that no final dividend be paid on the ordinary £1 shares.

DIRECTORS

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

A Poxon

D J Booth

A D Cadwallader

S M Lord

B M Whawell

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.

AUDITORS

The auditors, Harold Sharp Limited, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:

D J Booth - Director

8 January 2026

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of LCBSG Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 30 April 2025 which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Statement of Comprehensive Income, 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 30 April 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.

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 three, 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.

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

As part of our planning process:

- We enquired of management the systems and controls the company has in place, the areas of the financial statements that are mostly susceptible to the risk of irregularities and fraud, and whether there was any known, suspected or alleged fraud.

- We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks applicable to the company. We determined that the following were most relevant: FRS 102, Companies Act 2006, health and safety, and employment law.

- We considered the incentives and opportunities that exist in the company, including the extent of management bias, which present a potential for irregularities and fraud to be perpetuated, and tailored our risk assessment accordingly.

- Using our knowledge of the company, together with the discussions held with the company at the planning stage, we formed a conclusion on the risk of misstatement due to irregularities including fraud and tailored our procedures according to this risk assessment.

The key procedures we undertook to detect irregularities including fraud during the course of the audit included:

- Identifying and testing journal entries and the overall accounting records, in particular those that were significant and unusual.

- Reviewing the financial statement disclosures and determining whether accounting policies have been appropriately applied.

- Reviewing and challenging the assumptions and judgements used by management in their significant accounting estimates.

- Assessing the extent of compliance, or lack of, with the relevant laws and regulations in particular those that are central to the entities ability to continue in operation.

- Testing key revenue lines, in particular cut-off, for evidence of management bias.

- Obtaining third-party confirmation of material bank balances.

- Documenting and verifying all significant related party and transactions.

- Reviewing documentation such as the company board minutes, correspondence with solicitors, for discussions of irregularities including fraud.

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. The primary responsibility for the prevention and detection of irregularities and fraud rests with the directors and management.

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.

Frederick Norman (Senior Statutory Auditor)

for and on behalf of Harold Sharp Limited

Statutory Auditors and Chartered Accountants

5 Brooklands Place

Brooklands Road

Sale

Cheshire

M33 3SD

8 January 2026

TURNOVER

-

-

Administrative expenses

(94,167

)

(48

)

OPERATING LOSS

5

(94,167

)

(48

)

Income from fixed asset investments

595,997

-

501,830

(48

)

Interest payable and similar expenses

6

(47,584

)

-

PROFIT/(LOSS) BEFORE TAXATION

454,246

(48

)

Tax on profit/(loss)

7

-

-

PROFIT/(LOSS) FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR

454,246

(48

)

PROFIT/(LOSS) FOR THE YEAR

454,246

(48

)

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

-

-

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR

454,246

(48

)

FIXED ASSETS

Investments

8

17,218,230

9,712,098

CURRENT ASSETS

Debtors

9

11,810

37,977

Cash at bank

4,222

-

16,032

37,977

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

10

(5,431,810

)

-

NET CURRENT (LIABILITIES)/ASSETS

(5,415,778

)

37,977

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

11,802,452

9,750,075

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due after more than one year

11

(1,598,131

)

-

NET ASSETS

10,204,321

9,750,075

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Called up share capital

12

79,705

79,705

Share premium

13

113,944

113,944

Capital redemption reserve

13

75,328

75,328

Merger reserve

13

6,396,917

6,396,917

Retained earnings

13

3,538,427

3,084,181

SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS

10,204,321

9,750,075

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 8 January 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:

D J Booth - Director

Called up

share

Retained

Share

capital

earnings

premium

£

£

£

Balance at 1 May 2023

79,705

3,084,229

113,944

Changes in equity

Total comprehensive income

-

(48

)

-

Balance at 30 April 2024

79,705

3,084,181

113,944

Changes in equity

Total comprehensive income

-

454,246

-

Balance at 30 April 2025

79,705

3,538,427

113,944

Capital

redemption

Merger

Total

reserve

reserve

equity

£

£

£

Balance at 1 May 2023

75,328

6,396,917

9,750,123

Changes in equity

Total comprehensive income

-

-

(48

)

Balance at 30 April 2024

75,328

6,396,917

9,750,075

Changes in equity

Total comprehensive income

-

-

454,246

Balance at 30 April 2025

75,328

6,396,917

10,204,321

1.	STATUTORY INFORMATION

LCBSG Limited is a private company limited by shares, incorporated in England and Wales. The company's registered number is 09209265 and registered office is Riverside House, Irwell Street, Manchester, M3 5EN.

2.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

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

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis and the functional currency is £ sterling.

Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions

The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions 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;

•

the requirements of paragraphs 11.42, 11.44, 11.45, 11.47, 11.48(a)(iii), 11.48(a)(iv), 11.48(b) and 11.48(c);

•

the requirements of paragraphs 12.26, 12.27, 12.29(a), 12.29(b) and 12.29A;

•

the requirement of paragraph 33.7.

Preparation of consolidated financial statements

The financial statements contain information about LCBSG Limited as an individual company and do not contain consolidated financial information as the parent of a group. The company is exempt under Section 401 of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirements to prepare consolidated financial statements as it and its subsidiary undertakings are included by full consolidation in the consolidated financial statements of its parent, Project Hallelujah Bidco Limited, Riverside House, Irwell Street, Manchester , M3 5EN..

Financial instruments

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 'Basic Financial Instruments' of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets, which include trade debtors, other debtors, unbilled revenue, amounts due from group undertakings and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities, including trade creditors, other creditors and amounts owed to group undertakings, that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest.

Financial liabilities are derecognised when, and only when, the company's contractual obligations are discharged, cancelled, or they expire.

Taxation

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

Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

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

Deferred tax

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date.

Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

Fixed asset investments

Fixed asset investments are stated at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.

Where shares are issued as part of the consideration for an acquisition and the conditions for merger relief are satisfied, the cost of the shares issued are stated at the fair value of the net assets acquired.

A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

Equity instruments

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

Going concern

At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

3.	CRITICAL ACCOUNTING JUDGEMENTS AND KEY SOURCES OF ESTIMATION UNCERTAINTY

In the application of the company's accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

Critical judgements

The following judgements (apart from those involving estimates) have had the most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements.

Impairment of investment in subsidiaries

Management consider whether investments in subsidiaries are impaired on an annual basis. Where an indication of impairment is identified the estimation of recoverable value requires estimation of the recoverable value of the cash-generating units (CGUs). This requires estimation of the future cash flows from the CGUs.

4.	EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

There were no staff costs for the year ended 30 April 2025 nor for the year ended 30 April 2024.

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

2025

2024

Directors

3

6

2025

2024

£

£

Directors' remuneration

-

-

5.	OPERATING LOSS

Operating profit is stated after charging the following

Auditors Renumeration £2,500 (2024:£2,500)

6.

INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES

2025

2024

£

£

Finance cost

47,584

-

7.

TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge

No liability to UK corporation tax arose for the year ended 30 April 2025 nor for the year ended 30 April 2024.

8.	FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS

Shares in

group

undertakings

£

COST

At 1 May 2024

9,712,098

Additions

7,506,132

At 30 April 2025

17,218,230

NET BOOK VALUE

At 30 April 2025

17,218,230

At 30 April 2024

9,712,098

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

Leonard Curtis UK Limited

Registered office: Riverside House, Irwell Street, Manchester M3 5EN.

Nature of business: Insolvency Practitioners

%

Class of shares:

holding

Ordinary

100.00

The company owns the entire share capital of Leonard Curtis UK Limited which in turn holds the shares in LC Debt Solutions Limited, Leonard Curtis Sheffield Limited, Leonard Curtis South Coast Limited, Leonard Curtis Offshore Limited,LC Risk Management, Corporate Strategies

Leonard Curtis Funding Limited

Registered office: Riverside House, Irwell Street, Manchester M3 5EN.

Nature of business:

%

Class of shares:

holding

Ordinary

100.00

Leonard Curtis Legal Limited

Registered office: Riverside House, Irwell Street, Manchester M3 5EN.

Nature of business: Legal Services

%

Class of shares:

holding

Ordinary

100.00

Virtualnonexecs Limited

Registered office:

Nature of business:

%

Class of shares:

holding

9.

DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

2025

2024

£

£

Amounts owed by group undertakings

-

37,977

Other debtors

11,810

-

11,810

37,977

10.

CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

2025

2024

£

£

Amounts owed to group undertakings

4,576,640

-

Other creditors

825,170

-

Accruals and deferred income

30,000

-

5,431,810

-

11.

CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR

2025

2024

£

£

Other creditors

1,598,131

-

12.	CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:

Number:

Class:

Nominal

2025

2024

value:

£

£

79,705

Ordinary

£1

79,705

79,705

13.

RESERVES

Capital

Retained

Share

redemption

Merger

earnings

premium

reserve

reserve

Totals

£

£

£

£

£

At 1 May 2024

3,084,181

113,944

75,328

6,396,917

9,670,370

Profit for the year

454,246

-

-

-

454,246

At 30 April 2025

3,538,427

113,944

75,328

6,396,917

10,124,616

14.	CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

The company has entered into a cross guarantee with Leonard Offshore Limited, Leonard Curtis UK Limited, Reach Commercial Finance Limited, Leonard Curtis Legal Limited, Leonard Curtis C.I. Limited,Leonard Curtis Jersey Limited, Leonard Curtis Funding Limited, Virtualnonexecs Limited and LC Debt Solutions Limited in respect of bank borrowings. At 30 April 2025 an amount of £4,127,215l was owed by group companies to the bank (2024: £412,474,).

15.	RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

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.

16.	ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The smallest and largest group of which LCBSG Limited is a member and for which consolidated financial statements are prepared is Project Hallelujah Bidco Limited. Copies of the consolidated accounts can be obtained from Companies House, Cardiff.

At the reporting date, the directors are of the opinion that there is no ultimate controlling party of Project Hallelujah Bidco Limited.

On 19 August 2025 as a result of new equity investment, the ultimate parent company changed to Maximus Topco Limited whose registered office is Riverside House, Irwell Street, Manchester , M3 5EN.