REGISTERED NUMBER: 03188886 (England and Wales)

Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and

Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

for

Middledale Foods Limited

Page

Company Information

1

Strategic Report

2

Report of the Directors

5

Report of the Independent Auditors

6

Statement of Comprehensive Income

9

Balance Sheet

10

Statement of Changes in Equity

11

Notes to the Financial Statements

12

DIRECTORS:

S A Summers

P J Jackson

REGISTERED OFFICE:

The Old Post Office

41-43 Market Place

Chippenham

Wiltshire

SN15 3HR

REGISTERED NUMBER:

03188886 (England and Wales)

AUDITORS:

Mander Duffill

Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor

The Old Post Office

41-43 Market Place

Chippenham

Wiltshire

SN15 3HR

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

REVIEW OF BUSINESS

Privately owned, Middledale Foods Ltd has in the last 30 years, established itself to be one of the UK's largest independent specialised ingredient suppliers to the food industry. Working closely with its supply partners, the company offers a broad base of dairy and egg-based products with an increasing range of organic and plant-based options. In recent years, developing innovative solutions for customers has been a key driver of growth. Throughout the year the company has increased its digital presence to broaden awareness of Middledale Foods, its product range and ability to meet customers' changing needs.

Turnover increased 28% to £31.2M with underlying volumes accounting for 12% of this with the rest a combination of increased prices, reflecting higher commodity costs, and higher value products.

PBT increased by £0.45M to £1.06M, driven by an increase of £0.6M in Gross Profit less £0.15M of additional resources, mainly commercial and technical, to deliver the growth and retain control.

Effective working capital and cash management delivered an increase of £0.6M in Net Assets to £2.6M underpinned by £0.7M increase in retained cash to £3.4M. Despite the significant increase in turnover, movements in Stock, Debtors and Creditors over the year remained broadly neutral. Trade receipts and payments were collected and paid to terms during the year. The company remains free of any third-party loans or borrowings.

In the last 12 months, the company has again invested significantly in employee engagement, development and well-being as measured through an annual staff engagement survey.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

Fluctuations in commodity prices and supply, and their impact on margins, remain the key risk for the company. Effective management of cost movements is centred on "back to back" purchasing at the point sales are contracted, supported by forward currency contracts where required. Supply Agreements and Terms of sale, including pricing mechanics and collaborative planning, protect both the company and its customers.

Occasional short term supply issues are handled directly with supply partners with stock and alternative supply routes used to mitigate any problems.

Cash collection is managed well with minimal overdue balances and backed by credit insurance which mitigates any material risk. The company policy intends to maintain a very strong cash position as a further hedge to trading risks.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

Financially the company focusses on cash generation by developing gross margin and controlling overhead costs. Margin performance at customer and product levels is reviewed monthly against prior year, budget and forecast, focusing on sustainable cash margins. Staff and overhead costs are reviewed monthly by the board as part of the Management Accounts review of EBITDA and PBT performance.

Quarterly, bottom up, forecasts are prepared producing phased Income, Balance Sheet and Cashflow for the rest of the year to track performance, reflecting any impacts on trading. Corrective action is identified and agreed as required to achieve the company's objectives for the year. Cash is tracked and reported weekly against the latest forecast, with a collective cross functional review to resolve any cash collection issues. Finance is charged with ensuring supply partners are paid to terms.

The management team reviews supply chain and customer service metrics monthly to track performance and initiate action on any recurring issues as well as opportunities for improvement.

From a food safety and quality perspective, the business continues to operate robust and effective quality management systems. These systems were subject to external audit in the period , resulting in the successful renewal of our key certifications (BRCGS Agent & Broker and Organic Food Federation) with zero non-conformances. This outcome reflects not only the strength of the company's systems and controls, but also a positive and well-embedded food safety and quality culture across the organisation, with strong engagement and accountability at all levels.

The company undertook its second annual Customer Satisfaction survey, generating another year at the 90% mark level.

DEVELOPMENT

2026 will see a continuation of working with existing and new supply partners and customers to drive growth in existing product ranges as well as new categories. Establishing long-term supply agreements both with supply partners and customers, to underpin recent growth and new developments, will continue to be a key feature. Commercial and technical resource will support the development of "joint" business plans with strategic partners.

After recently strengthening Commercial, Technical and Finance teams in 2025 the focus in 2026 will be on training and personal development. Action plans are in place to further enhance employee engagement and fulfillment, boosting well-being, improved performance and staff retention levels.

The business continues to invest in its systems infrastructure to further improve business process efficiency, business controls and cyber security.

YEAR END POSITION

Following a period of price stability, at record highs, rising global milk production is now driving price deflation although recent events with US tariffs, war in the middle east and the ongoing conflict in the Ukraine bringing uncertainty. The business has also seen further consolidation within the food sector; the company's strategic commercial planning should enable us to maintain sales growth against this background and the pipeline of developments and opportunities remains strong. On balance, 2026 is expected to see modest growth and a year of consolidating previous gains with trading and profitability along the lines of 2025.

The company has no third-party borrowing and with significant cash reserves, at £3.4M, is well placed to navigate challenging conditions.

The business has started the new trading year in line with director expectations.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:

S A Summers - Director

5 May 2026

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

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY

The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of agents involved in the sale of food ingredients.

DIVIDENDS

The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 December 2025 will be £ 148,854 .

DIRECTORS

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

S A Summers

P J Jackson

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). 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 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 company's auditors are aware of that information.

AUDITORS

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

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:

S A Summers - Director

5 May 2026

Opinion

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

In our opinion the financial statements:

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

In planning and designing our audit tests, we identify and assess the risks of material mis-statements, whether due to fraud or error. Our risk assessment procedures included:

- Enquiries of management about the entities policies and procedures on compliance with laws and regulations and whether they were aware of any instances of noncompliance together with the internal controls established to mitigate risks of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations.

- Enquiries of management about the entities policies and procedures on fraud risks, including any actual, suspected or alleged fraud.

- Considered the nature of the industry and sector, control environment and business performance including the key drivers for directors' remuneration, bonus levels and performance targets.

- Reading minutes of meetings of those charged with governance.

We communicated relevant identified laws and regulations and potential fraud risks to all engagement team members and remained alert to any indications of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations throughout the audit.

We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks that the entity operates in, through discussions with the director, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the sector in which the company operates, to enable us to identify the key laws and regulations applicable to the company. We focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statement or the operations of the company, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation, data protection, anti-bribery, employment, environmental and health and safety legislation.

As a result of these procedures, we considered the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the organisation for fraud. In common with all audits under ISAs (UK), we are also required to perform specific procedures to respond to the risk of management override of controls including the following:

- Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

- Enquiry of management concerning actual and potential litigation and claims.

- Reviewing correspondence with HMRC, and the company's legal advisors.

- Addressing the risk of fraud through management override of controls, testing the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments, assessing whether judgements made in making accounting estimates are indicative of a potential bias, and evaluating the business rationale of any significant transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business.

Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance.

In addition, as with any audit, there remained 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.

Julian Duffill FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)

for and on behalf of Mander Duffill

Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor

The Old Post Office

41-43 Market Place

Chippenham

Wiltshire

SN15 3HR

12 May 2026

TURNOVER

3

31,232,062

24,395,830

Cost of sales

29,044,102

22,815,724

GROSS PROFIT

2,187,960

1,580,106

Administrative expenses

1,178,024

1,009,159

OPERATING PROFIT

5

1,009,936

570,947

Interest receivable and similar income

54,630

41,576

PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION

1,064,566

612,523

Tax on profit

7

266,142

153,115

PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR

798,424

459,408

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

-

-

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR

798,424

459,408

FIXED ASSETS

Tangible assets

9

11,045

28,540

CURRENT ASSETS

Stocks

10

176,817

79,948

Debtors

11

3,236,415

2,983,075

Cash at bank

3,372,147

2,683,154

6,785,379

5,746,177

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

12

4,126,149

3,746,877

NET CURRENT ASSETS

2,659,230

1,999,300

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

2,670,275

2,027,840

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES

15

-

7,135

NET ASSETS

2,670,275

2,020,705

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Called up share capital

16

114

114

Share premium

17

34,751

34,751

Retained earnings

17

2,635,410

1,985,840

SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS

2,670,275

2,020,705

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

S A Summers - Director

P J Jackson - Director

Called up

share

Retained

Share

Total

capital

earnings

premium

equity

£

£

£

£

Balance at 1 January 2024

114

1,602,152

34,751

1,637,017

Changes in equity

Dividends

-

(75,720

)

-

(75,720

)

Total comprehensive income

-

459,408

-

459,408

Balance at 31 December 2024

114

1,985,840

34,751

2,020,705

Changes in equity

Dividends

-

(148,854

)

-

(148,854

)

Total comprehensive income

-

798,424

-

798,424

Balance at 31 December 2025

114

2,635,410

34,751

2,670,275

1.	STATUTORY INFORMATION

Middledale Foods 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.

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

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.

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.

Significant judgements and estimates

In the application of the company's accounting policies, management is required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying 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 that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

The key sources of estimation uncertainty that have a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements are described below:

Trade and other receivables - The allowance for doubtful debts involves significant management judgement and review of individual receivables based on individual customer creditworthiness, current economic trends and analysis of historical bad debts.

Turnover

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

Tangible fixed assets

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

Plant and machinery

-

20% on reducing balance

Furniture, fixtures and fittings

-

33% on cost and 20% on cost

Stocks

Stock has been valued at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to sell. In respect of work in progress, cost includes a relevant proportion of overheads according to the stage of manufacture or completion.

Financial instruments

The company has chosen to adopt the requirements of sections 11 and 12 of FRS 102 in respect of the measurement and disclosure of financial instruments.

Trade and other debtors

Trade and other debtors are initially recognised at fair value and thereafter at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts except where the effect of discounting would be immaterial. In such cases, the receivables are stated at cost less impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand, demand deposits with banks and other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less and bank overdrafts. In the statements of financial position, bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings or current liabilities.

Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets, are assessed for indicators of impairment at the end of each reporting period. Financial assets are considered to be impaired when there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows of the investment have been affected.

For all financial assets, objective evidence of impairment could include:

- significant financial difficulty of the issuer or counterparty;

- breach of contract, such as a default or delinquency in interest or principal payments;

- it becoming probable that the borrower will enter bankruptcy or financial re-organisation; or

- the disappearance of an active market for that financial asset because of financial difficulties.

For certain categories of financial asset, such as trade debtors, assets that are assessed not to be impaired individually are, in addition, assessed for impairment on a collective basis. Objective evidence of impairment for a portfolio of trade debtors could include the company's past experience of collecting payments, an increase in the number of delayed payments in the portfolio past the average credit period, as well as observable changes in national or local economic conditions that correlate with default of trade debts.

For financial assets carried at amortised cost, the amount of the impairment loss recognised is the difference between the assets carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial assets original effective interest rate.

For financial assets carried at cost, the amount of the impairment loss is measured as the difference between the asset's carrying amount and the present value of the estimated future cash flows discounted at the current market rate of return for a similar financial asset. Such impairment loss will not be reversed in subsequent periods.

For financial assets measured at amortised cost, if, in a subsequent period, the amount of the impairment loss decreases and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occuring after the impairment was recognised, the previously recognised impairment loss is reversed through profit or loss to the extent that the carrying amount at the date the impairment is reversed does not exceed the amortised cost had the impairment not been recognised.

Trade and other creditors

Trade and other creditors are initially recognised at fair value and thereafter stated at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the effect of discounting would be immaterial, in which case they are stated at cost.

Derivatives

Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial instruments.

Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date the derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised as profit or loss in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless they are included in a hedging arrangement.

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 balance sheet date.

Deferred tax

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

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

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

Foreign currencies

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet 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.

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.

3.

TURNOVER

The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the company.

An analysis of turnover by geographical market is given below:

31.12.25

31.12.24

£

£

United Kingdom

30,417,760

23,473,929

Rest of the world

814,302

921,901

31,232,062

24,395,830

4.	EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

31.12.25

31.12.24

£

£

Wages and salaries

766,240

621,897

Social security costs

6,907

5,135

Other pension costs

86,565

93,734

859,712

720,766

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

31.12.25

31.12.24

Directors

2

2

Employees

15

15

17

17

31.12.25

31.12.24

£

£

Directors' remuneration

56,870

59,543

Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes

46,000

46,500

5.	OPERATING PROFIT

The operating profit is stated after charging/(crediting):

31.12.25

31.12.24

£

£

Depreciation - owned assets

24,834

7,136

Foreign exchange differences

(3,958

)

48,641

6.	AUDITORS' REMUNERATION

31.12.25

31.12.24

£

£

Fees payable to the company's auditors for the audit of the company's financial statements

9,800

-

7.

TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge

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

31.12.25

31.12.24

£

£

Current tax:

UK corporation tax

282,994

153,923

Prior year tax adjustment

-

(16

)

Total current tax

282,994

153,907

Deferred tax

(16,852

)

(792

)

Tax on profit

266,142

153,115

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 the same as the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK.

31.12.25

31.12.24

£

£

Profit before tax

1,064,566

612,523

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

266,142

153,131

Effects of:

Adjustments to tax charge in respect of previous periods

-

(16

)

Total tax charge

266,142

153,115

8.

DIVIDENDS

31.12.25

31.12.24

£

£

Dividend - paid in the year

148,854

75,720

9.	TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Furniture,

fixtures

Plant and

and

machinery

fittings

Totals

£

£

£

COST

At 1 January 2025

952

60,598

61,550

Additions

-

7,339

7,339

Disposals

-

(9,888

)

(9,888

)

At 31 December 2025

952

58,049

59,001

DEPRECIATION

At 1 January 2025

752

32,258

33,010

Charge for year

40

24,794

24,834

Eliminated on disposal

-

(9,888

)

(9,888

)

At 31 December 2025

792

47,164

47,956

NET BOOK VALUE

At 31 December 2025

160

10,885

11,045

At 31 December 2024

200

28,340

28,540

10.

STOCKS

31.12.25

31.12.24

£

£

Stocks

176,817

79,948

11.

DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

31.12.25

31.12.24

£

£

Trade debtors

3,195,032

2,964,455

VAT

14,765

6,972

Deferred tax asset

9,717

-

Prepayments and accrued income

16,901

11,648

3,236,415

2,983,075

Deferred tax asset

31.12.25

£

Other timing differences

12,479

Accelerated capital allowances

(2,762

)

9,717

12.

CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

31.12.25

31.12.24

£

£

Trade creditors

3,329,779

3,161,034

Amounts owed to group undertakings

240,294

230,721

Corporation tax

282,978

153,907

Social security and other taxes

46,605

28,590

Net wages and pensions

1,984

97

Directors' loan accounts

-

290

Accrued expenses

224,509

172,238

4,126,149

3,746,877

13.	LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows:

31.12.25

31.12.24

£

£

Within one year

19,200

10,080

14.	FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Derivative financial instruments - forward contracts

The company enters into forward foreign currency contracts to mitigate the exchange rate risk for certain foreign currency payables. The company has committed to draw down facilities with its bankers Barclays for euros.

At 31 December 2025, there were EURO forward foreign currency contracts in place which all matured within nine months of the period end amounting to €2,269,479 (At 31 December 2024, there were Euro forward foreign currency contracts in place which all matured within nine months of the year end amounting to €2,485,536).

The forward currency contracts are measured at fair value, which is determined using valuation techniques that utilise observable inputs. The key inputs used in valuing the derivatives are forward exchange rates for GBP:EUR. Management do not consider the fair value of the contracts to be materially different to the amortised cost and therefore no fair value gains or losses have been recognised.

15.	PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES

31.12.24

£

Deferred tax

Accelerated capital allowances

7,135

Deferred

tax

£

Balance at 1 January 2025

7,135

Credit to Statement of Comprehensive Income during year

(16,852

)

Balance at 31 December 2025

(9,717

)