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REGISTERED NUMBER: 14104212 (England and Wales)

Group Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and

Consolidated Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

for

Chester Wool Holdings Ltd

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Contents of the Consolidated Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

Page |

| Company Information | 1 |

| Group Strategic Report | 2 |

| Report of the Directors | 4 |

| Report of the Independent Auditors | 6 |

| Consolidated Income Statement | 11 |

| Consolidated Other Comprehensive Income | 12 |

| Consolidated Statement of Financial Position | 13 |

| Company Statement of Financial Position | 14 |

| Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity | 15 |

| Company Statement of Changes in Equity | 16 |

| Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows | 17 |

| Notes to the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows | 18 |

| Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements | 20 |

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd |

Company Information

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

| Directors: | A J Robinson

| J S Hewlett

| D W J Robinson

| Registered office: | 114-120 Northgate Street

| Chester

| CH1 2HT

| Registered number: | 14104212 (England and Wales)

| Auditors: | Ellis & Co (Accountants & Business Advisers) Ltd

| Chartered Accountants

| and Statutory Auditors

| 114-120 Northgate Street

| Chester

| CH1 2HT

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Group Strategic Report

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

The directors present their strategic report of the company and the group for the year ended 30 September 2025.

Chester Wool Holdings Ltd is a private limited company which is family owned. The group owns trading subsidiaries in the UK, USA and in Europe.

Review of business

The directors are pleased to report that they are happy with the performance of the group during the year, resulting in a strong set of results.

The directors last year decided to stop supplying the machine knit market. The decision was made so that the directors could focus all their efforts on the hand knitting side of the business. This has had a negative impact on turnover. The introduction of tariffs in America has had a negative impact on margins as the directors took the decision not to pass this fee onto their customers.

This decision was reached so that the business can offer as much support as possible to our customers in this tumultuous period. It is also hoped that the orange blob won't be around for ever so the tariffs will be reversed at some point. The directors remain focussed on driving growth through the expansion of the range of stock on offer to customers via continued investment.

Principal risks and uncertainties

The key business risks and uncertainties affecting the group are considered to be the volatile price of yarn and foreign currencies. The wool yarn price is managed and controlled through the year by stockholding together with forward purchase contracts of tops. The foreign currencies are managed by the bulk of purchases and sales being US $ based leaving only a small amount of $ to buy each year.

Challenges presented by Brexit in the past have been mitigated by the setup of overseas subsidiaries, however, this does add a further complexity of foreign currency risk.

Financial key performance indicators

The key performance indicators used by the directors to measure the performance of the company are turnover and net profit margin. These are monitored on a monthly basis and management accounts are produced each month to ensure that targets and budgets are met. These are obtained from accounting software which produces Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet reports.

Turnover and profit margins can be seen in the income statement.

The strength of our business is built on the hard work and dedication of all our employees and the benefits of having a committed workforce is recognised. This is achieved through regular meetings at all levels in the workforce and feedback to the directors.

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Group Strategic Report

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

Financial risk management and funding

The group has no borrowing in the form of an overdraft or asset finance.

Cashflow and cash reserves are strong due to strong customer sales and monitoring of business expenses.

To assess the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern, the directors have reviewed the group's and the parent company's trading performance for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these consolidated financial statements. The directors are satisfied that the group and the parent company have the orders and resources going forward and that the group and the parent company are a going concern.

On behalf of the board:

A J Robinson - Director

27 March 2026

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Report of the Directors

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

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

Principal activity

The principal activity of the group in the year under review was that of wool brokers

Dividends

The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 30 September 2025 was £4,000,000.

Directors

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

A J Robinson

J S Hewlett

D W J Robinson

Disclosure in the strategic report

The directors have disclosed in the Group Strategic Report information regarding the principal risks and uncertainties affecting the group.

Directors' responsibilities statement

The directors are responsible for preparing the Group 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). 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 the group and of the profit or loss of the group 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 and the group's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and the group 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 the group 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 group's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself or herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the group's auditors are aware of that information.

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Report of the Directors

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

Auditors

The auditors, Ellis & Co (Accountants & Business Advisers) Ltd, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

On behalf of the board:

A J Robinson - Director

27 March 2026

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of

Chester Wool Holdings Ltd

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 30 September 2025 which comprise the Consolidated Income Statement, Consolidated Other Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, Company Statement of Financial Position, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Company Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows and Notes to the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, 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 group's and of the parent company affairs as at 30 September 2025 and of the group's 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 group 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 group's and the parent 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.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of

Chester Wool Holdings Ltd

Other information

The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Group 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 Group 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 Group 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 group and the parent company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Group 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 by the parent company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or

- | the parent company 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.

We do note that the strategic report is insufficient in meeting all of the requirement of s414(C) Companies Act 2006, specifically in regards to key performance indicators. These have been deemed by the company to be commercially sensitive.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of

Chester Wool Holdings Ltd

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the Directors' Responsibilities Statement 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 group's and the parent 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 group or the parent company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of

Chester Wool Holdings 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:

We identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the Financial Statements, whether due to fraud or error, and then design and perform audit procedures in response to those risks, including obtaining audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we considered the following:

- |  | the nature of the industry and sector, control environment and business performance including the design of remuneration policies, key drivers for Directors' remuneration, bonus levels and performance targets |

- |  | results of our enquiries of management about their own identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities |

- |  | any matters we identified having obtained and reviewed documentation of policies and procedures relating to: |

| - |  | identifying, evaluating and complying with laws and regulations and whether management were aware of any instances of non-compliance |

| - |  | detecting and responding to the risks of fraud and whether management have knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud |

| - |  | the internal controls established to mitigate risks of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations |

- |  | the matters discussed among the audit engagement team regarding how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements and any potential indicators of fraud |

- |  | the need for journals to be tested throughout the whole year and post year end |

- |  | the potential for revenue to be misstated |

- |  | the potential for management to override any controls in place |

- |  | the use of component auditors and our reliance on their work |

As a result of these procedures, we considered the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the organisation for fraud and identified the greatest potential for fraud in the completeness of revenue. In common with all audits under ISA (UK), we are also required to perform specific procedures to respond to the risk of management override.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of

Chester Wool Holdings 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.

James Ellis ACA (Senior Statutory Auditor)

for and on behalf of Ellis & Co (Accountants & Business Advisers) Ltd

Chartered Accountants

and Statutory Auditors

114-120 Northgate Street

Chester

CH1 2HT

27 March 2026

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Consolidated

Income Statement

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

| 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24

| Notes | £ | £ |

Turnover | 4 | 19,418,577 |  | 21,415,227 |  |

Cost of sales | 11,382,447 |  | 13,182,684 |  |

Gross profit | 8,036,130 |  | 8,232,543 |  |

Administrative expenses | 1,956,114 |  | 2,222,817 |  |

6,080,016 |  | 6,009,726 |  |

Other operating income | 30,388 |  | 29,904 |  |

Operating profit | 6 | 6,110,404 |  | 6,039,630 |  |

Interest receivable and similar income | 456,039 |  | 609,968 |  |

6,566,443 |  | 6,649,598 |  |

Interest payable and similar expenses | 7 | 2,278 |  | 6,261 |  |

Profit before taxation | 6,564,165 |  | 6,643,337 |  |

Tax on profit | 8 | 1,681,265 |  | 1,650,852 |  |

Profit for the financial year | 4,882,900 |  | 4,992,485 |  |

Profit attributable to:

Owners of the parent | 4,882,900 |  | 4,992,485 |  |

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Consolidated

Other Comprehensive Income

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

| 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24

| Notes | £ | £ |

Profit for the year | 4,882,900 |  | 4,992,485 |  |

Other comprehensive income |

Foreign exchange differences | 120,737 |  | (209,678 | ) |

Income tax relating to other comprehensive income | - |  | - |  |

Other comprehensive income for the year, net of income tax | 120,737 |  | (209,678 | ) |

Total comprehensive income for the year | 5,003,637 |  | 4,782,807 |  |

Total comprehensive income attributable to:

Owners of the parent | 5,003,637 |  | 4,782,807 |  |

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

30 September 2025

| 30/9/25 | 30/9/24 |

| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |

Fixed assets

Intangible assets | 12 | - |  | - |  |

Tangible assets | 13 | 3,097,806 |  | 2,532,342 |  |

Investments | 14 | - |  | - |  |

3,097,806 |  | 2,532,342 |  |

Current assets

Stocks | 15 | 6,643,349 |  | 6,814,013 |  |

Debtors | 16 | 1,793,287 |  | 1,944,302 |  |

Cash at bank and in hand | 14,490,449 |  | 13,609,267 |  |

22,927,085 |  | 22,367,582 |  |

Creditors

Amounts falling due within one year | 17 | 2,491,980 |  | 2,335,527 |  |

Net current assets | 20,435,105 |  | 20,032,055 |  |

Total assets less current liabilities | 23,532,911 |  | 22,564,397 |  |

Creditors

Amounts falling due after more than one year | 18 | - |  | 35,123 |  |

Net assets | 23,532,911 |  | 22,529,274 |  |

Capital and reserves

Called up share capital | 21 | 1,000 |  | 1,000 |  |

Retained earnings | 22 | 23,531,911 |  | 22,528,274 |  |

Shareholders' funds | 23,532,911 |  | 22,529,274 |  |

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 27 March 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:

A J Robinson - Director

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Company Statement of Financial Position

30 September 2025

| 30/9/25 | 30/9/24 |

| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |

Fixed assets

Intangible assets | 12 | - |  | - |  |

Tangible assets | 13 | - |  | - |  |

Investments | 14 | 1,001 |  | 1,001 |  |

1,001 |  | 1,001 |  |

Current assets

Debtors | 16 | 48,999 |  | 18,999 |  |

Cash at bank | 4,682 |  | 25,866 |  |

53,681 |  | 44,865 |  |

Creditors

Amounts falling due within one year | 17 | 39,721 |  | 40,511 |  |

Net current assets | 13,960 |  | 4,354 |  |

Total assets less current liabilities | 14,961 |  | 5,355 |  |

Capital and reserves

Called up share capital | 21 | 1,000 |  | 1,000 |  |

Retained earnings | 22 | 13,961 |  | 4,355 |  |

Shareholders' funds | 14,961 |  | 5,355 |  |

Company's profit for the financial year | 4,009,606 |  | 3,000,131 |  |

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 27 March 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:

A J Robinson - Director

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

| Called up |

| share |  | Retained |  | Total

| capital |  | earnings |  | equity

£ | £ | £ |

Balance at 1 October 2023 | 1,000 |  | 20,745,467 |  | 20,746,467 |  |

Changes in equity

Profit for the year | - |  | 4,992,485 |  | 4,992,485 |  |

Other comprehensive income | - |  | (209,678 | ) | (209,678 | ) |

Total comprehensive income | - |  | 4,782,807 |  | 4,782,807 |  |

Dividends | - |  | (3,000,000 | ) | (3,000,000 | ) |

Balance at 30 September 2024 | 1,000 |  | 22,528,274 |  | 22,529,274 |  |

Changes in equity

Profit for the year | - |  | 4,882,900 |  | 4,882,900 |  |

Other comprehensive income | - |  | 120,737 |  | 120,737 |  |

Total comprehensive income | - |  | 5,003,637 |  | 5,003,637 |  |

Dividends | - |  | (4,000,000 | ) | (4,000,000 | ) |

Balance at 30 September 2025 | 1,000 |  | 23,531,911 |  | 23,532,911 |  |

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Company Statement of Changes in Equity

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

| Called up |

| share |  | Retained |  | Total

| capital |  | earnings |  | equity

£ | £ | £ |

Balance at 1 October 2023 | 1,000 |  | 4,224 |  | 5,224 |  |

Changes in equity

Dividends | - |  | (3,000,000 | ) | (3,000,000 | ) |

Total comprehensive income | - |  | 3,000,131 |  | 3,000,131 |  |

Balance at 30 September 2024 | 1,000 |  | 4,355 |  | 5,355 |  |

Changes in equity

Dividends | - |  | (4,000,000 | ) | (4,000,000 | ) |

Total comprehensive income | - |  | 4,009,606 |  | 4,009,606 |  |

Balance at 30 September 2025 | 1,000 |  | 13,961 |  | 14,961 |  |

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

| 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24

| Notes | £ | £ |

Cash flows from operating activities

Cash generated from operations | 1 | 6,757,268 |  | 5,033,341 |  |

Interest paid | (2,278 | ) | (6,261 | ) |

Tax paid | (1,614,069 | ) | (2,743,239 | ) |

Net cash from operating activities | 5,140,921 |  | 2,283,841 |  |

Cash flows from investing activities

Purchase of tangible fixed assets | (681,871 | ) | (8,485 | ) |

Interest received | 456,039 |  | 609,968 |  |

Net cash from investing activities | (225,832 | ) | 601,483 |  |

Cash flows from financing activities

Loan repayments in year | (33,907 | ) | (41,976 | ) |

Equity dividends paid | (4,000,000 | ) | (3,000,000 | ) |

Net cash from financing activities | (4,033,907 | ) | (3,041,976 | ) |

Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 881,182 |  | (156,652 | ) |

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year | 2 | 13,609,267 |  | 13,765,919 |  |

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year | 2 | 14,490,449 |  | 13,609,267 |  |

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Notes to the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

1. | Reconciliation of profit before taxation to cash generated from operations

| 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24

£ | £ |

| Profit before taxation | 6,564,165 |  | 6,643,337 |  |

| Depreciation charges | 116,407 |  | 93,669 |  |

| Foreign exchange differences | 120,737 |  | (209,678 | ) |

| Finance costs | 2,278 |  | 6,261 |  |

| Finance income | (456,039 | ) | (609,968 | ) |

6,347,548 |  | 5,923,621 |  |

| Decrease in stocks | 170,664 |  | 54,208 |  |

| Decrease/(increase) in trade and other debtors | 148,496 |  | (580,503 | ) |

| Increase/(decrease) in trade and other creditors | 90,560 |  | (363,985 | ) |

| Cash generated from operations | 6,757,268 |  | 5,033,341 |  |

2. | Cash and cash equivalents

| The amounts disclosed on the Statement of Cash Flows in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Statement of Financial Position amounts:

| Year ended 30 September 2025

| 30/9/25 |  | 1/10/24

£ | £ |

| Cash and cash equivalents | 14,490,449 |  | 13,609,267 |  |

| Year ended 30 September 2024

| 30/9/24 |  | 1/10/23

£ | £ |

| Cash and cash equivalents | 13,609,267 |  | 13,765,919 |  |

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Notes to the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

3. | Analysis of changes in net funds

| Exchange | Other |

| rate | non-cash |

| At 1/10/24 | Cash flow | movements | changes | At 30/9/25

£ | £ | £ | £ | £ |

| Net cash |

| Cash at bank

| and in hand | 13,609,267 |  | 871,143 |  | 10,039 |  | 14,490,449 |  |

13,609,267 |  | 871,143 |  | 10,039 |  | 14,490,449 |  |

| Debt

| Debts falling due

| within 1 year | (33,749 | ) | 33,905 |  | - |  | (35,123 | ) | (34,967 | ) |

| Debts falling due

| after 1 year | (35,123 | ) | - |  | - |  | 35,123 |  | - |  |

(68,872 | ) | 33,905 |  | - |  | - |  | (34,967 | ) |

| Total | 13,54 0,395 |  | 905,048 |  | 10,039 |  | - |  | 14,455,482 |  |

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

1. | Statutory information

| Chester Wool Holdings 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 General Information page.

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.

| Basis of consolidation

| The Group consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries undertakings. A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the Group. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of an entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities. Where a subsidiary has different accounting policies to the Group, adjustments are made to those subsidiary financial statements to apply the Group's accounting policies when preparing the consolidated financial statements. All intra-Group transactions, balances, income and expenses are eliminated on consolidation.

| Business combinations are accounted for by applying either the purchase method or merger accounting. Under the purchase method, the cost of a business combination is the fair value of the consideration given and liabilities incurred or assumed plus the costs directly attributable to the business combination. On acquisition of a business, fair values are attributed to the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities.

| Merger accounting is used where a group reconstruction has taken place and there has been no change in ultimate ownership. Under merger accounting, book values are applied rather than fair values. These consolidated financial statements have been prepared in the name of the legal parent, showing its share capital, with the overarching principle that the resulting financial statements show the results of the new group as if it had always been in place.

| Turnover

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

| Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership have transferred to the buyer, usually on despatch of the goods; the amount of revenue can be measured reliably; it is probable that the associated economic benefits will flow to the entity and the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transactions can be measured reliably.

| Intangible assets

| Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses. This related to the acquisition of a business in 2014.

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

2. | Accounting policies - continued

| Tangible fixed assets

| Tangible fixed assets are initially recorded at cost then subsequently at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

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

| Freehold property |  | - |  | 2% on cost |

| Plant and machinery |  | - |  | 25% on cost |

| Fixtures, fittings and equipment |  | - |  | 25% on cost |

| Motor vehicles |  | - |  | 25% on cost |  |

| Stocks

| Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items.

| Cost is determined on the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method. Cost includes the purchase price, including taxes and duties and transport and handling directly attributable to bringing stock to its present location and position.

| Financial instruments

| A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

| Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where it is recognised at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

| Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost.

| For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets are either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics.

| Any reversals of impairment are recognised in profit or loss immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.

| Taxation

| Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Consolidated 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.

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

2. | 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

| Transactions and Balances

| 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.

| Translation

| The trading results of Group undertakings are translated into sterling at the average exchange rates for the year. The assets and liabilities of overseas undertakings, including goodwill and fair value adjustments arising on acquisition, are translated at the exchange rates ruling at the year-end. Exchange adjustments arising from the retranslation of opening net investments and from the translation of the profits or losses at average rates are recognised in 'Other comprehensive income'

| Operating leases

| 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 group makes contributions to employees' stakeholder pension schemes plans and similar schemes overseas and the personal pension plans of certain senior employees. The pension charge represents the contributions payable to the schemes or plans in the year.

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

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.

| In the opinion of the directors, there are no critical judgements other than those involving estimates.

| The directors make estimates and assumptions concerning the future. The resulting accounting estimates will, by definition, seldom equal the related actual results. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are addressed below:

| i. Stock provision

| The directors have identified multiple slow moving stock lines and have written these stock lines down to £0.01 per unit. If these stock lines were not written down to £0.01 this could lead to an overvaluation of the stock figure in the financial statements.

4. | Turnover

| An analysis of the company's turnover has not been disclosed as it is deemed to be commercially sensitive.

5. | Employees and directors

| 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24

£ | £ |

| Wages and salaries | 728,274 |  | 685,470 |  |

| Social security costs | 82,927 |  | 77,303 |  |

| Other pension costs | 143,466 |  | 142,440 |  |

954,667 |  | 905,213 |  |

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

| 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24

| Directors | 3 |  | 3 |  |

| Employees | 12 |  | 11 |  |

15 |  | 14 |  |

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

5. | Employees and directors - continued

| 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24

£ | £ |

| Directors' remuneration | 407,748 |  | 378,596 |  |

| Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes | 130,000 |  | 130,000 |  |

| The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows:

| Money purchase schemes | 3 |  | 3 |  |

| Information regarding the highest paid director is as follows:

| 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24

£ | £ |

| Emoluments etc | 200,000 |  | 200,000 |  |

| Pension contributions to money purchase schemes | 60,000 |  | 60,000 |  |

6. | Operating profit

| The operating profit is stated after charging:

| 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24

£ | £ |

| Other operating leases | 76,268 |  | 76,764 |  |

| Depreciation - owned assets | 116,407 |  | 93,669 |  |

| Auditors' remuneration | 35,625 |  | 33,250 |  |

| Foreign exchange differences | 3,050 |  | 337,857 |  |

7. | Interest payable and similar expenses |

| 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24

£ | £ |

| Bank interest | 147 |  | 562 |  |

| Loan interest | 2,131 |  | 4,617 |  |

| Interest on overdue taxation | - |  | 1,082 |  |

2,278 |  | 6,261 |  |

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

8. | Taxation

| Analysis of the tax charge

| The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:

| 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24

£ | £ |

| Current tax:

| UK corporation tax | 1,405,261 |  | 1,488,661 |  |

| Overseas corporation tax | 249,162 |  | 187,005 |  |

| Adjustment in respect of prior period | 7,024 |  | (6,468 | ) |

| Total current tax | 1,661,447 |  | 1,669,198 |  |

| Deferred tax | 19,818 |  | (18,346 | ) |

| Tax on profit | 1,681,265 |  | 1,650,852 |  |

| UK corporation tax has been charged at 25 % (2024 - 25 %).

| Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss

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

| 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24

£ | £ |

| Profit before tax | 6,564,165 |  | 6,643,337 |  |

| Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25 % (2024 - 25 %) | 1,641,041 |  | 1,660,834 |  |

| Effects of:

| Expenses not deductible for tax purposes | 7,818 |  | 6,925 |  |

| Adjustments to tax charge in respect of previous periods | 7,024 |  | (6,468 | ) |

| Higher rates applying overseas | 6,207 |  | 6,530 |  |

| Lower rates applying overseas | (2,023 | ) | (7,972 | ) |

| Enhanced deductions | (7,245 | ) | (8,973 | ) |

| Profits taxed at Small Companies rate | (350 | ) | (24 | ) |

| Foreign exchange differences not subject to tax | 28,793 |  | - |  |

| Total tax charge | 1,681,265 |  | 1,650,852 |  |

| Tax effects relating to effects of other comprehensive | income |

| 30/9/25 |

| Gross |  | Tax |  | Net |

£ | £ | £ |

| Foreign exchange differences | 120,737 |  | - |  | 120,737 |  |

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

8. | Taxation - continued

| 30/9/24 |

| Gross |  | Tax |  | Net |

£ | £ | £ |

| Foreign exchange differences | (209,678 | ) | - |  | (209,678 | ) |

9. | Individual income statement

| As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement of the parent company is not presented as part of these financial statements.

10. | Dividends

| 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24

£ | £ |

| Ordinary shares of £1 each

| Interim | 4,000,000 |  | 3,000,000 |  |

11. | Reduced disclosure in the financial statements

| The group has taken advantage of the reduced disclosure framework under FRS 102 not to include the parent company statement of cashflow.

12. | Intangible fixed assets

| Group

| Goodwill

£ |

| Cost

| At 1 October 2024

| and 30 September 2025 | 2,171,500 |  |

| Amortisation

| At 1 October 2024

| and 30 September 2025 | 2,171,500 |  |

| Net book value

| At 30 September 2025 | - |  |

| At 30 September 2024 | - |  |

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

13. | Tangible fixed assets

| Group

| Fixtures, |

| fittings |

| Freehold |  | Plant and |  | and |  | Motor |

| property |  | machinery |  | equipment |  | vehicles |  | Totals

£ | £ | £ | £ | £ |

| Cost

| At 1 October 2024 | 2,555,190 |  | 47,121 |  | 40,932 |  | 141,142 |  | 2,784,385 |  |

| Additions | 582,118 |  | - |  | - |  | 99,753 |  | 681,871 |  |

| At 30 September 2025 | 3,137,308 |  | 47,121 |  | 40,932 |  | 240,895 |  | 3,466,256 |  |

| Depreciation

| At 1 October 2024 | 110,662 |  | 37,428 |  | 33,381 |  | 70,572 |  | 252,043 |  |

| Charge for year | 46,163 |  | 7,091 |  | 2,929 |  | 60,224 |  | 116,407 |  |

| At 30 September 2025 | 156,825 |  | 44,519 |  | 36,310 |  | 130,796 |  | 368,450 |  |

| Net book value

| At 30 September 2025 | 2,980,483 |  | 2,602 |  | 4,622 |  | 110,099 |  | 3,097,806 |  |

| At 30 September 2024 | 2,444,528 |  | 9,693 |  | 7,551 |  | 70,570 |  | 2,532,342 |  |

14. | Fixed asset investments

| Company

| Shares in

| group

| undertakings

£ |

| Cost

| At 1 October 2024

| and 30 September 2025 | 1,001 |  |

| Net book value

| At 30 September 2025 | 1,001 |  |

| At 30 September 2024 | 1,001 |  |

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

14. | Fixed asset investments - continued

| The group's investments at 30 September 2025 in subsidiary undertakings comprise holdings of 100% of the share capital or capital stock, as appropriate, of the following companies. All subsidiaries are included in the consolidation.

| Name |  | Address of the registered office | Country of incorporation |  | Nature of business |

| Chester Wool Company Ltd |  | 114-120 NorthgateStreet, Chester, CH1 2HT | UK |  | Wool broker |

| Wool2Dye4, Inc. |  | 1401 Hopeman PKWY, Waynesboro, VA | Virginia, USA |  | Wool broker |

| Chester Wool Europe BV |  | Columbusweg 12, 4462 HB, Goes | The Netherlands |  | Wool broker |

| Chester Wool Properties BV |  | Columbusweg 12, 4462 HB, Goes | The Netherlands |  | Property company |

| Wool2Dye4 Holdings, Inc. |  | 1401 Hopeman PKWY, Waynesboro, VA | Virginia, USA |  | Holding company |

| Wool2Dye4 Properties LLC |  | 1401 Hopeman PKWY, Waynesboro, VA | Virginia, USA |  | Property company |

| The company’s investments in Chester Wool Company Ltd and Chester Wool Europe BV are direct ownership. All other investments are indirect ownership.

15. | Stocks

| Group |

| 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24 |

£ | £ |

| Finished goods | 6,643,349 |  | 6,814,013 |  |

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

| Group |  | Company |

| 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24 |  | 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24 |

£ | £ | £ | £ |

| Trade debtors | 151,536 |  | 345,817 |  | - |  | - |  |

| Amounts owed by group undertakings | - |  | - |  | 48,999 |  | 18,999 |  |

| Other debtors | 1,125,839 |  | 1,072,126 |  | - |  | - |  |

| Tax | 308,753 |  | 291,454 |  | - |  | - |  |

| Deferred tax asset | 200,335 |  | 220,153 |  | - |  | - |  |

| Prepayments and accrued income | 6,824 |  | 14,752 |  | - |  | - |  |

1,793,287 |  | 1,944,302 |  | 48,999 |  | 18,999 |  |

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

16. | Debtors: amounts falling due within one year - continued

| Deferred tax asset

| Group |  | Company |

| 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24 |  | 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24 |

£ | £ | £ | £ |

| Accelerated capital allowances | (28,692 | ) | (19,541 | ) | - |  | - |  |

| Other timing differences | 229,027 |  | 239,694 |  | - |  | - |  |

200,335 |  | 220,153 |  | - |  | - |  |

| Other timing differences arise from consolidation adjustments relating to stock. These will reverse on the sale of the underlying stock.

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

| Group |  | Company |

| 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24 |  | 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24 |

£ | £ | £ | £ |

| Other loans (see note 19) | 34,967 |  | 33,749 |  | - |  | - |  |

| Trade creditors | 1,913,740 |  | 1,763,356 |  | - |  | - |  |

| Tax | 214,592 |  | 149,915 |  | 2,746 |  | 267 |  |

| Social security and other taxes | 24,882 |  | 24,541 |  | - |  | - |  |

| VAT | 185,305 |  | 201,066 |  | - |  | 4,943 |  |

| Other creditors | 20,646 |  | 65,411 |  | - |  | - |  |

| Accruals and deferred income | 97,848 |  | 97,489 |  | 36,975 |  | 35,301 |  |

2,491,980 |  | 2,335,527 |  | 39,721 |  | 40,511 |  |

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

| Group |

| 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24 |

£ | £ |

| Other loans (see note 19) | - |  | 35,123 |  |

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

19. | Loans

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

| Group |

| 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24 |

£ | £ |

| Amounts falling due within one year | or on demand: |

| Other loans | 34,967 |  | 33,749 |  |

| Amounts falling due between one | and two years: |

| Other loans - 1-2 years | - |  | 35,123 |  |

20. | Leasing agreements

| Minimum lease payments fall due as follows:

| Group

| Non-cancellable |

| operating leases |

| 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24

£ | £ |

| Within one year | 65,000 |  | 65,000 |  |

| Between one and five years | - |  | 65,000 |  |

65,000 |  | 130,000 |  |

21. | Called up share capital

| Allotted, issued and fully paid:

| Number: | Class: | Nominal | 30/9/25 |  | 30/9/24

| value: | £ | £ |

| 1,000 | Ordinary | £1 | 1,000 |  | 1,000 |  |

| There is a single class of Ordinary shares. There are no restrictions on the distribution of dividends and the repayment of capital.

| Chester Wool Holdings Ltd (Registered number: 14104212) |

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

22. | Reserves

| Group

| Retained

| earnings

£ |

| At 1 October 2024 | 22,528,274 |  |

| Profit for the year | 4,882,900 |  |

| Dividends | (4,000,000 | ) |

| Foreign exchange differences | 120,737 |  |

| At 30 September 2025 | 23,531,911 |  |

| Company

| Retained

| earnings

£ |

| At 1 October 2024 | 4,355 |  |

| Profit for the year | 4,009,606 |  |

| Dividends | (4,000,000 | ) |

| At 30 September 2025 | 13,961 |  |

23. | Related party disclosures

| Chester Wool Company Limited has provided loans to Rose Farmhouse Properties Ltd, a company under common control. At 30 September 2025 the balance on these loans was £857,254 (2024: £720,254). These loans are interest free, unsecured and repayable on demand.