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Registration number: 04623760

Polaris Software Solutions Limited
(Formerly StarTraq Limited)
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 June 2025

Polaris Software Solutions Limited
(formerly StarTraq Limited)

Contents

Company Information | 1
Directors' Report | 2
Statement of Directors' Responsibilities | 3
Independent Auditor's Report | 4 to 6
Profit and Loss Account | 7
Balance Sheet | 8
Statement of Changes in Equity | 9
Notes to the Financial Statements | 10 to 16

Polaris Software Solutions Limited
(formerly StarTraq Limited)

Company Information

Directors | K J McCallum R Gorringe T Underhill

Registered office | Unit 2C Banbury Office Village Noral Way Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 2SB

Auditors | Hazlewoods LLP Staverton Court Staverton Cheltenham GL51 0UX

Polaris Software Solutions Limited
(formerly StarTraq Limited)

Directors' Report for the Year Ended 30 June 2025

The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2025.

Change of company name

The company changed its name from StarTraq Limited to Polaris Software Solutions Limited effective from 29 January 2026.

Directors of the company

The directors who held office during the year were as follows:

K J McCallum

R Bradley (resigned 7 November 2025)

R Gorringe

The following director was appointed after the year end:

T Underhill (appointed 7 November 2025)

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company is the provision of computer software.

Disclosure of information to the auditors

Each director has taken steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. The directors confirm that there is no relevant information that they know of and of which they know the auditors are unaware.

Reappointment of auditors

Hazlewoods LLP have expressed their willingness to continue in office.

Small companies provision statement

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

Approved and authorised by the Board on 27 March 2026 and signed on its behalf by:

K J McCallum Director

Polaris Software Solutions Limited
(formerly StarTraq Limited)

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and 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 apply them consistently;

• | make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

• | state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and

• | 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.

Polaris Software Solutions Limited
(formerly StarTraq Limited)

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Polaris Software Solutions Limited

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Polaris Software Solutions Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 30 June 2025, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, 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 FRS 102 Section 1A '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 June 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 auditor 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 original financial statements were 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 included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report 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 there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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.

Opinion on other matter 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 Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

• | the Directors' Report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of our knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Directors' Report.

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:

Polaris Software Solutions Limited
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Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Polaris Software Solutions Limited (continued)

• | adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
• | the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
• | certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
• | we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
• | the directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies’ exemptions in preparing the directors’ report and from the requirement to prepare a strategic report.

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page 3, 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 is 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.

Auditor’s 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 an auditor’s report 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.

Extent to which the audit was capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
We considered the nature of the company’s industry and its control environment and reviewed the company’s documentation of their policies and procedures relating to fraud and compliance with laws and regulations. We also enquired of management about their own identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities.
We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the company operates in and identified the key laws and regulations that had a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, including the UK Companies Act and tax legislation, and, those that do not have a direct effect on the financial statements but compliance with which may be fundamental to the company’s ability to operate or to avoid a material penalty.
We discussed among the audit engagement team regarding the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the organisation for fraud and how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements.

In common with all audits conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK), we are also required to perform specific procedures to respond to the risk of management override of controls. In addressing the risk of fraud through management override of controls, we tested the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments; assessed whether the judgements made in accounting estimates are indicative of a potential bias; and evaluated the business rationale of any significant transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business.
In addition to the above, our procedures to respond to the risks identified included the following:

• | reviewing financial statement disclosures by testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with provisions of relevant laws and regulations described as having a direct effect on the financial statements;

• | performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships that may indicate risks of material misstatements due to fraud;

• | enquiring of management concerning actual and potential litigation and claims and instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations; and

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Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Polaris Software Solutions Limited (continued)

• | reading minutes of meetings of those charged with governance.

Our audit procedures were designed to respond to risks of material misstatement in the financial statements, recognising that the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery, misrepresentations or through collusion. There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures performed and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we are to become aware of it.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

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 an auditor’s report 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.

Paul Fussell (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Hazlewoods LLP, Statutory Auditor
Staverton Court
Staverton
Cheltenham
GL51 0UX

27 March 2026

Polaris Software Solutions Limited
(formerly StarTraq Limited)

Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 30 June 2025

| Note | 2025 £ | 2024 £
Turnover |  | 7,764,595 | 7,259,921
Cost of sales |  | (3,511,100) | (3,306,807)
Gross profit |  | 4,253,495 | 3,953,114
Administrative expenses |  | (2,650,022) | (2,187,118)
Other operating income |  | 56,900 | -
Operating profit |  | 1,660,373 | 1,765,996
Other interest receivable and similar income |  | 6,269 | 12,169
Profit before tax |  | 1,666,642 | 1,778,165
Taxation | 4 | (431,948) | (454,132)
Profit for the financial year |  | 1,234,694 | 1,324,033

The above results were derived from continuing operations.

The company has no other comprehensive income for the year.

Polaris Software Solutions Limited
(formerly StarTraq Limited)

(Registration number: 04623760)
Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2025

| Note | 2025 £ | 2024 £
Fixed assets |  |  |
Tangible assets | 5 | 79,244 | 35,104
Current assets |  |  |
Debtors | 6 | 9,136,908 | 6,124,203
Cash at bank and in hand |  | 1,326,397 | 1,474,654
|  | 10,463,305 | 7,598,857
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year | 7 | (7,204,272) | (5,530,378)
Net current assets |  | 3,259,033 | 2,068,479
Net assets |  | 3,338,277 | 2,103,583
Capital and reserves |  |  |
Called up share capital |  | 100 | 100
Profit and loss account |  | 3,338,177 | 2,103,483
Total equity |  | 3,338,277 | 2,103,583

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 27 March 2026 and signed on its behalf by:

K J McCallum Director

Polaris Software Solutions Limited
(formerly StarTraq Limited)

Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 30 June 2025

| Share capital £ | Profit and loss account £ | Total £
At 1 July 2024 | 100 | 2,103,483 | 2,103,583
Profit for the year | - | 1,234,694 | 1,234,694
At 30 June 2025 | 100 | 3,338,177 | 3,338,277

| Share capital £ | Profit and loss account £ | Total £
At 1 July 2023 | 100 | 779,450 | 779,550
Profit for the year | - | 1,324,033 | 1,324,033
At 30 June 2024 | 100 | 2,103,483 | 2,103,583

Polaris Software Solutions Limited
(formerly StarTraq Limited)

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2025

| 1 | General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.

The company was formerly known as StarTraq Limited.

The address of its registered office is:
Unit 2C Banbury Office Village
Noral Way
Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX16 2SB

| 2 | Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except for, where disclosed in these accounting policies, certain items that are shown at fair value.

The presentational currency of the financial statements is Pounds Sterling, being the functional currency of the primary economic environment in which the company operates. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest Pound.

Going concern

After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
The company is part of a wider group headed up by Click Finco Limited which is funded by bank debt which is party to financial guarantees, as detailed in note 8. The directors have reviewed the group's forecasts and projections, covering a period of at least 12 months from the approval of these financial statements, and taking into account plausible downside scenarios, the company and the group should continue to be able to repay its debts as they become due and payable. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.

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 amounts 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 if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

Polaris Software Solutions Limited
(formerly StarTraq Limited)

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2025 (continued)

| 2 | Accounting policies (continued)

Judgements

No significant judgements have been made by management in preparing these financial statements.

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

No key sources of estimation uncertainty have been identified by management in preparing these financial statements other than those detailed in these accounting policies.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of value added tax, rebates and discounts.The company recognises revenue when the amount of revenue can be reliably measured, it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.
Amounts invoiced in the year relating to services to be provided beyond the reporting date are carried forward as deferred income and released to the profit and loss account as the right to the consideration is earned.

Foreign currency transactions and balances

Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded at the functional currency rate prevailing at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated into the respective functional currency of the entity at the rates prevailing on the reporting period date. Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the initial transaction dates.
Non-monetary items measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the profit and loss account, except that a charge attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

Deferred tax is recognised on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements and on unused tax losses or tax credits in the company. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.
The carrying amounts of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and a valuation allowance is set up against deferred tax assets so that the net carrying amount equals the highest amount that is more likely than not to be recovered based on current or future taxable profit.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.
The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class | Depreciation method and rate
Furniture, fittings and equipment | Straight-line over 3 years
Leasehold improvements | Straight-line over the length of the lease

Polaris Software Solutions Limited
(formerly StarTraq Limited)

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2025 (continued)

| 2 | Accounting policies (continued)

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for services performed in the ordinary course of business.
Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. All trade debtors are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted cost of cash expected to be received. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the debtors.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.
Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and all are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted amount of cash expected to be paid.

Financial instruments

Classification
Financial instruments are classified and accounted for according to the substance of the contractual arrangement, as financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities. Where shares are issued, any component that creates a financial liability of the company is presented as a liability on the balance sheet. The corresponding dividends relating to the liability component are charged as interest expenses in the profit and loss account.

Recognition and measurement
All financial assets and liabilities are initially measured at transaction price (including transaction costs), except for those financial assets classified as at fair value through profit or loss, which are initially measured at fair value (which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs), unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction. If an arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, the financial asset or financial liability is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

Polaris Software Solutions Limited
(formerly StarTraq Limited)

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2025 (continued)

| 2 | Accounting policies (continued)

Impairment
Assets, other than those measured at fair value, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each balance sheet date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss as described below.
A non financial asset is impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after initial recognition, the estimated recoverable value of the asset has been reduced. The recoverable amount of an asset is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use.
Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised.
For financial assets carried at amortised cost, the amount of an impairment is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate.
For financial assets carried at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the best estimate of the amount that would be received for the asset if it were to be sold at the reporting date.
Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired financial asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised.

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.
Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

| 3 | Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 41 (2024 - 25).

Polaris Software Solutions Limited
(formerly StarTraq Limited)

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2025 (continued)

| 4 | Taxation

Tax charged/(credited) in the profit and loss account

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Current taxation |  |
UK corporation tax | 412,409 | 439,949
UK corporation tax adjustment to prior periods | 2,969 | 15,601
| 415,378 | 455,550
Foreign tax | - | 3,399
Total current income tax | 415,378 | 458,949
Deferred taxation |  |
Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences | 16,570 | (4,817)
Tax expense in the profit and loss account | 431,948 | 454,132

Deferred tax

Deferred tax assets and liabilities

2025 | Liability £
Fixed asset timing differences | 8,243

2024 | Asset £
Fixed asset timing differences | 8,327

Polaris Software Solutions Limited
(formerly StarTraq Limited)

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2025 (continued)

| 5 | Tangible assets

| Leasehold improvements £ | Furniture, fittings and equipment £ | Total £
Cost
At 1 July 2024 | - | 147,478 | 147,478
Additions | 20,912 | 52,849 | 73,761
Transfers | (4,930) | 4,930 | -
At 30 June 2025 | 15,982 | 205,257 | 221,239
Depreciation
At 1 July 2024 | - | 112,374 | 112,374
Charge for the year | 6,424 | 23,197 | 29,621
Transfers | (205) | 205 | -
At 30 June 2025 | 6,219 | 135,776 | 141,995
Carrying amount
At 30 June 2025 | 9,763 | 69,481 | 79,244
At 30 June 2024 | - | 35,104 | 35,104

| 6 | Debtors

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Trade debtors | 1,016,048 | 546,516
Amounts due to group undertakings | 7,776,928 | 5,217,532
Other debtors | 2,397 | -
Prepayments | 103,991 | 158,138
Accrued income | 237,544 | 88,193
Deferred tax assets | - | 8,327
Corporation tax asset | - | 105,497
| 9,136,908 | 6,124,203

Amounts due from group undertakings of £7,776,928 (2024 - £5,217,532) are unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.

Polaris Software Solutions Limited
(formerly StarTraq Limited)

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 June 2025 (continued)

| 7 | Creditors

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Due within one year |  |
Trade creditors | 54,018 | 124,093
Amounts due to group undertakings | 3,403,303 | 1,833,004
Social security and other taxes | 192,375 | 333,319
Outstanding defined contribution pension costs | 24,914 | -
Accrued expenses | 176,320 | 168,563
Deferred income | 3,345,099 | 3,071,399
Deferred tax liability | 8,243 | -
| 7,204,272 | 5,530,378

Amounts due to group undertakings of £3,403,303 (2024 - £1,833,004) are unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.

| 8 | Financial commitments, guarantees and contingencies

Amounts not provided for in the balance sheet

At 30 June 2025, a fixed and floating charge is secured over the company's assets in favour of Investec Bank Plc as security for term loans in the names of the company's intermediate parent companies, Click Finco Limited (as parent) and Polaris Software Limited (as the borrowing company). At 30 June 2025, the amount outstanding and the maximum exposure to the company is £43,500,000 (2024 - £34.500.000).

| 9 | Obligations under leases

Operating leases

The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:

| 2025 £ | 2024 £
Not later than one year | 96,575 | 91,069
Later than one year and not later than five years | 275,246 | 288,188
Later than five years | 172,083 | 221,250
| 543,904 | 600,507

The amount of non-cancellable operating lease payments recognised as an expense during the year was £96,155 (2024 - £69,415).

| 10 | Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The company's immediate parent is Polaris Software Limited, incorporated in England & Wales.
The ultimate parent is Click Topco Limited, incorporated in England & Wales.
The most senior parent entity producing publicly available financial statements is Click Topco Limited. These financial statements are available from Companies House.
The ultimate controlling parties are AEP V Co-Invest I General Partner LLP and AEP V Investment General Partner LLP, partnerships registered in England & Wales, which are considered to have no single controlling party. The registered offices are 10 The Floral 27b Floral Street London, WC2E 9DP.