Crest Lifts Holdings Limited - Limited company accounts 25.1

REGISTERED NUMBER: 07056310 (England and Wales)

CREST LIFTS HOLDINGS LIMITED

STRATEGIC REPORT, REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

Page

Company Information

1

Strategic Report

2

Report of the Directors

3

Report of the Independent Auditors

5

Statement of Comprehensive Income

8

Statement of Financial Position

9

Statement of Changes in Equity

10

Notes to the Financial Statements

11

DIRECTORS:

Mr K Duberley

Mr T Duberley

Mr S Duberley

SECRETARY:

Mr K Duberley

REGISTERED OFFICE:

11 Nimbus

Hercules Way

Farnborough

Hampshire

GU14 6UU

REGISTERED NUMBER:

07056310 (England and Wales)

AUDITORS:

Folkes Worton LLP

Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor

15-17 Church Street

Stourbridge

West Midlands

DY8 1LU

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

The principal activity of the group continues to be the maintenance, repair and assembly/modernisation of lifts in England.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS

The business has refocused its business activities, organisational structure and resources and set clear operational and financial objectives going forward.

The directors are confident that the operational and financial improvements delivered to date and planned for the future will put the business in a great position to continue profitability in 2026.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

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

Demand and execution risk

The key business risk relates to changes in the economy impacting the expenditure plans of institutional and private landlords. The directors manage this risk by closely monitoring the sector and working closely with customers, key suppliers and trade bodies to identify changes and impacts.

Execution risk on major work projects and large repairs is continually appraised by both operational management and the board of directors.

Credit risk

Credit risk is managed by careful review of customers' financial standing and appropriate credit checks on potential customers prior to sale as well as via active management of cash collections and credit limits once onboarded. The company maintains a wide portfolio of customers across a number of sectors.

Price risk

The group is exposed to raw material and labour cost increases. To mitigate this risk all key raw materials have several suppliers and most customer contracts are subject to fixed pricing and annual increase arrangements for predetermined periods of time.

Health and safety

Managing and eliminating risk to our people in the environments in which they work continues to be a major part of our responsibility.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:

Mr K Duberley - Director

15 April 2026

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 December 2025.

DIVIDENDS

No dividends will be distributed for the year ended 31 December 2025.

DIRECTORS

The directors set out in the table below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 January 2025 to the date of this report.

The directors shown below were in office at 31 December 2025 but did not hold any interest in the Ordinary shares of £1 each at 1 January 2025 or 31 December 2025.

Mr K Duberley

Mr T Duberley

Mr S Duberley

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, Folkes Worton LLP, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:

Mr K Duberley - Director

15 April 2026

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Crest Lifts Holdings Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2025 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Changes in Equity and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

-	give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 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:

Identifying and responding to risks of material misstatement due to fraud

The level of risk and ability to detect irregularities due to fraud was considered during the planning stage of the audit. A risk assessment was undertaken, taking into consideration the company's policies, procedures and enquiries with management.

We communicated identified fraud risks throughout the audit team and remained alert to any indications of fraud throughout the audit.

As required by auditing standards and considering our overall knowledge of the control environment, we performed procedures to address the risk of management override of controls and the risk of fraudulent transactions, in particular the risk that management may be in a position to make inappropriate accounting entries.

We performed procedures including:

- Evaluating the business purpose of journal entries and comparing the identified entries to supporting documentation.

- Evaluating the business purpose of significant payments and receipts and comparing these to supporting documentation.

- Walk through and further substantive testing on income and expenditure to identify weaknesses and override of internal controls.

- Using analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected variances.

Identifying and responding to risks of material misstatement due to non-compliance with laws and regulations

The level of risk and ability to detect irregularities due to non-compliance with laws and regulations was considered during the planning stage of the audit. A risk assessment was undertaken, taking into consideration the company's policies, procedures and compliance with laws and regulations.

We communicated identified laws and regulations throughout our team and remained alert to any indications of non-compliance throughout the audit.

The company is subject to laws and regulations that directly affect the financial statements including financial reporting and taxation legislation. We assessed the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our procedures on the related financial statement items.

The company is also subject to many other laws and regulations where the consequences of non-compliance could have a material effect on amounts or disclosures in the financial statements. Auditing standards limit the required audit procedures to identify non-compliance with these laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any. Therefore, if a breach of operational regulations is not disclosed to us or evident from relevant correspondence, an audit will not detect that breach.

Context of the ability of the audit to detect fraud or breaches of law or regulation

Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards. For example, there is a higher risk of non-detection of fraud, as these may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations or the override of internal controls. Our audit procedures are designed to detect material misstatement. We are not responsible for preventing non-compliance or fraud and cannot be expected to detect non-compliance with all laws and regulations.

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

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.

Neil Smith BSc FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)

for and on behalf of Folkes Worton LLP

Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor

15-17 Church Street

Stourbridge

West Midlands

DY8 1LU

15 April 2026

TURNOVER

1,200,000

1,000,000

Administrative expenses

537,332

797,018

OPERATING PROFIT

4

662,668

202,982

Income from shares in group undertakings

-

250,000

662,668

452,982

Interest payable and similar expenses

5

531,563

183,023

PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION

131,105

269,959

Tax on profit

6

32,776

9,169

PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR

98,329

260,790

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

-

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR

98,329

260,790

FIXED ASSETS

Investments

8

800,100

CURRENT ASSETS

Debtors

9

4,746,617

4,855,823

Cash at bank

83,556

47,720

4,830,173

4,903,543

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

10

1,814,549

1,198,748

NET CURRENT ASSETS

3,015,624

3,704,795

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

3,815,724

4,504,895

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due after more than one
year

11

3,712,500

4,500,000

NET ASSETS

103,224

4,895

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Called up share capital

13

1,000

Other reserves

14

80,000

Retained earnings

14

22,224

(76,105

)

SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS

103,224

4,895

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 15 April 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:

Mr K Duberley - Director

Called up

share

Retained

Other

Total

capital

earnings

reserves

equity

£

Balance at 1 January 2024

1,000

(61,895

)

80,000

19,105

Changes in equity

Dividends

-

(275,000

)

-

(275,000

)

Total comprehensive income

-

260,790

-

260,790

Balance at 31 December 2024

1,000

(76,105

)

80,000

4,895

Changes in equity

Total comprehensive income

-

98,329

-

98,329

Balance at 31 December 2025

1,000

22,224

80,000

103,224

1.	STATUTORY INFORMATION

Crest Lifts Holdings Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

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.

Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions

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

•

the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows.

This information is included in the consolidated financial statements of Provident Lifts Limited as at 31 December 2025 and these financial statements may be obtained online at Companies House.

Preparation of consolidated financial statements

The financial statements contain information about Crest Lifts Holdings Limited as an individual company and do not contain consolidated financial information as the parent of a group. The company is exempt under Section 400 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, Provident Lifts Limited, 15-17 Church Street, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY8 1LU.

Related party exemption

The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.

Turnover

Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for services provided in the normal course of business and is shown net of value added tax. The fair value of consideration takes into account trade discounts.

Revenue from the supply of services is recognised when:

- the amount of the revenue can be measured reliably;

- it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity; and

- the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

Investments in subsidiaries

Investments in subsidiary undertakings are recognised at cost.

Other investments

Debentures are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, debentures are measured at fair value through the statement of comprehensive income except for those debentures that are not publicly traded and whose fair value cannot otherwise be measured reliably which are recognised at cost less impairment until a reliable measure of fair value becomes available.

Taxation

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

Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

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

Deferred tax

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

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

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

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within the borrowings in current liabilities.

3.	EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

2025

2024

£

Wages and salaries

-

50,143

Social security costs

-

2,662

Other pension costs

45,000

120,000

45,000

172,805

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

2025

2024

Administration

-

2

2025

2024

£

Directors' remuneration

-

38,667

Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes

45,000

100,000

4.	OPERATING PROFIT

The operating profit is stated after charging:

2025

2024

£

Auditors' remuneration

1,090

-

5.

INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES

2025

2024

£

Loan interest

531,563

183,023

6.

TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge

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

2025

2024

£

Current tax:

UK corporation tax

32,776

9,169

Tax on profit

32,776

9,169

Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss

The tax assessed for the year is the same as the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK.

2025

2024

£

Profit before tax

131,105

269,959

Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25%
(2024 - 24.809%)

32,776

66,974

Effects of:

Expenses not deductible for tax purposes

-

4,217

Income from shares in group undertakings

-

(62,022

)

Total tax charge

32,776

9,169

7.

DIVIDENDS

2025

2024

£

Ordinary A shares of £1 each

Interim

-

225,000

Ordinary B shares of £1 each

Interim

-

50,000

-

275,000

8.	FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS

Shares in

group

undertakings

£

COST

At 1 January 2025

and 31 December 2025

800,100

NET BOOK VALUE

At 31 December 2025

800,100

At 31 December 2024

800,100

The company's investments at the Statement of Financial Position date in the share capital of companies include the following:

Crest Lifts Limited

Registered office: 11 Nimbus, Hercules Way, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 6UU

Nature of business: Installation and maintenance of lifts

%

Class of shares:

holding

Ordinary

100.00

Lafone Lifts Limited

Registered office: 11 Nimbus, Hercules Way, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 6UU

Nature of business: Other services

%

Class of shares:

holding

Ordinary

100.00

Temple Lifts Holdings Limited

Registered office: 11 Raven Wharf, 14 Lafone Street, London, SE1 2LR

Nature of business: Other services

%

Class of shares:

holding

Ordinary

100.00

Temple Lifts Limited

Registered office: 11 Raven Wharf, 14 Lafone Street, London, SE1 2LR

Nature of business: Installation and maintenance of lifts

%

Class of shares:

holding

Ordinary

100.00

9.

DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

2025

2024

£

Amounts owed by group undertakings

4,699,900

4,799,900

VAT

46,717

55,923

4,746,617

4,855,823

10.

CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

2025

2024

£

Other loans (see note 12)

787,500

-

Amounts owed to group undertakings

993,497

1,183,539

Tax

32,777

9,168

Social security and other taxes

-

5,266

Accruals

775

1,814,549

1,198,748

11.

CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR

2025

2024

£

Other loans (see note 12)

3,712,500

4,500,000

12.

LOANS

An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:

2025

2024

£

Amounts falling due within one year or on demand:

Other loans

787,500

-

Amounts falling due between one and two years:

Other loans

787,500

Amounts falling due between two and five years:

Other loans

2,925,000

3,712,500

13.	CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:

Number:

Class:

Nominal

2025

2024

value:

£

1,000

Ordinary

£1

1,000

14.

RESERVES

Retained

Other

earnings

reserves

Totals

£

At 1 January 2025

(76,105

)

80,000

3,895

Profit for the year

98,329

At 31 December 2025

22,224

80,000

102,224