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Daco Scientific Limited

Annual Report and Consolidated Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

 

Daco Scientific Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Strategic Report

2

Directors' Report

3

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

4

Independent Auditor's Report

5 to 8

Consolidated Profit and Loss Account

9

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

10

Consolidated Balance Sheet

11

Balance Sheet

12

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

13

Statement of Changes in Equity

14

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

15

Notes to the Financial Statements

16 to 25

 

Daco Scientific Limited

Company Information

Directors

R E Engel

C J Veel

J Ridout

C Carlucci

Company secretary

J Ridout

Registered office

Vulcan House
Calleva Industrial Park
Aldermaston
Berks
RG7 8PB

Auditors

UHY Ross Brooke
Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors2 Old Bath Road
Newbury
Berkshire
RG14 1QL

 

Daco Scientific Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 30 September 2025.

Principal activity

The principal activity of the group remains the sale and support of specialist hand controllers.

Fair review of the business

Consolidated turnover improved to £14.59m (prior year 12.78m) reflecting the expected increase in activity as an atypical number of major programs came into / continued in their production phase. Gross profit in turn improved to £4.93m (prior year £3.98m), while administrative expenses rose to a lesser degree to £2.96m (prior year £2.63m), resulting in profit before tax of £2.15m (prior year £1.39m).

The balance sheet remains extremely robust with net assets increasing to £12.07m (prior year £11.05m), all of which is equity attributable to the owners. Of that £12.07m, £11.96m is net current assets.

Principal risks and uncertainties

The principal risks and uncertainties facing the company in the directors’ view are as follows:

Firstly, the continuing uncertainty associated with post-April 2025 US tariffs (notwithstanding the February 2026 Supreme Court IEEPA decision), the ongoing partial US Government shutdowns and the post-year-end events in Iran and the wider Middle East (and their possible adverse impact on some of the other risks mentioned below).

Secondly, while the situation had continued to ameliorate during the year in question, supply chain delivery and price risks may return to the fore in the light of post-year-end developments in Iran and the wider Middle East, risks which the company continues to seek to mitigate as far as possible by working closely with its key vendors.

Thirdly, the company remains primarily a project-based business and accordingly continues to strive to be the preferred source on more specialist hand controller programs around the world.

Fourthly, the Covid-19 (and possible future variants) scenario remains one to monitor closely and its medium-term impact on future defence budgets (perhaps increasingly likely to be offset in the short term by wider geopolitical tensions) in our view may still remain to be seen.

Fifthly, some programs continue to be delineated in a currency other than GBP, a risk the company continues to seek to mitigate where possible through its purchasing activities and the use of its US subsidiary for USD based opportunities.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 19 May 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
R E Engel
Director

 

Daco Scientific Limited

Directors' Report for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

The directors present their report and the for the year ended 30 September 2025.

Directors of the group

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

R E Engel

C J Veel

J Ridout - Company secretary and director

C Carlucci (appointed 1 December 2024)

Disclosure of information to the auditor

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

Approved and authorised by the Board on 19 May 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
R E Engel
Director

 

Daco Scientific Limited

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

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

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

make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

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

prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the group's and the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the group and 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 group and the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

 

Daco Scientific Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Daco Scientific Limited

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Daco Scientific Limited (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 30 September 2025, which comprise the Consolidated Profit and Loss Account, Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Balance Sheet, Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, 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 group's and the parent company's 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 auditor 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 director's 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 ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

 

Daco Scientific Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Daco Scientific Limited

the information given in the Strategic Report and Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

the Strategic Report and Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

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

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

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.

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities [set out on page 4], the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor Responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

 

Daco Scientific Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Daco Scientific Limited

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

Detecting irregularities, including fraud

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. As such, we have considered:

• the nature of the industry and sector, control environment and business performance including the group's remuneration policies, bonus levels, and performance targets;
• the group's own assessment, including assessments made by key management, of the risks that irregularities may occur either as a result of fraud or error;
• any matters we identified having reviewed the company's policies and procedures relating to:

- identifying, evaluating and complying with laws and regulations and whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance;
- detecting and responding to the risks of fraud and whether they have knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud; and
- the internal controls established to mitigate risks of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations;

• the matters discussed amongst the audit engagement team.

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 areas in which management is required to exercise significant judgement, such as the disclosure of adjusting items. In common with all audits under ISAs (UK), we are also required to perform specific procedures to respond to the risk of management override.

We also obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the company operates in, focusing on provisions of those laws and regulations that had a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The key laws and regulations we considered in this context were the Companies Act, tax legislation and regulations concerning importing and exporting to and from the UK.

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

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

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

 

Daco Scientific Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Daco Scientific Limited

......................................
Emily Ness BFP FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of UHY Ross Brooke, Statutory Auditor
 2 Old Bath Road
Newbury
Berkshire
RG14 1QL

19 May 2026

 

Daco Scientific Limited

Consolidated Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Turnover

3

14,590,289

12,782,287

Cost of sales

 

(9,663,560)

(8,801,188)

Gross profit

 

4,926,729

3,981,099

Administrative expenses

 

(2,958,394)

(2,533,628)

Operating profit

4

1,968,335

1,447,471

Other interest receivable and similar income

5

53,963

22,274

Interest payable and similar expenses

6

125,882

(81,385)

   

179,845

(59,111)

Profit before tax

 

2,148,180

1,388,360

Tax on profit

10

(532,602)

(353,042)

Profit for the financial year

 

1,615,578

1,035,318

Profit/(loss) attributable to:

 

Owners of the company

 

1,615,578

1,035,318

The group has no recognised gains or losses for the year other than the results above.

 

Daco Scientific Limited

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

2025
£

2024
£

Profit for the year

1,615,578

1,035,318

Total comprehensive income for the year

1,615,578

1,035,318

Total comprehensive income attributable to:

Owners of the company

1,615,578

1,035,318

 

Daco Scientific Limited

(Registration number: 02151964)
Consolidated Balance Sheet as at 30 September 2025

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

11

131,850

193,231

Current assets

 

Stocks

13

4,145,075

4,617,813

Debtors

14

4,294,443

4,229,704

Cash at bank and in hand

 

6,403,863

4,330,946

 

14,843,381

13,178,463

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

16

(2,879,641)

(2,276,583)

Net current assets

 

11,963,740

10,901,880

Total assets less current liabilities

 

12,095,590

11,095,111

Provisions for liabilities

10

(29,036)

(43,994)

Net assets

 

12,066,554

11,051,117

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

1,034

1,034

Capital redemption reserve

41,966

41,966

Profit and loss account

12,023,554

11,008,117

Equity attributable to owners of the company

 

12,066,554

11,051,117

Total equity

 

12,066,554

11,051,117

Approved and authorised by the Board on 19 May 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
R E Engel
Director

 

Daco Scientific Limited

(Registration number: 02151964)
Balance Sheet as at 30 September 2025

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

11

131,850

193,231

Investments

12

93,750

93,750

 

225,600

286,981

Current assets

 

Stocks

13

4,125,499

4,612,174

Debtors

14

4,052,932

4,026,583

Cash at bank and in hand

 

5,218,258

3,823,405

 

13,396,689

12,462,162

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

16

(3,452,961)

(3,114,678)

Net current assets

 

9,943,728

9,347,484

Total assets less current liabilities

 

10,169,328

9,634,465

Provisions for liabilities

17

(29,036)

(43,994)

Net assets

 

10,140,292

9,590,471

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

1,034

1,034

Capital redemption reserve

41,966

41,966

Retained earnings

10,097,292

9,547,471

Shareholders' funds

 

10,140,292

9,590,471

The company made a profit after tax for the financial year of £1,149,962 (2024 - profit of £601,866).

Approved and authorised by the Board on 19 May 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
R E Engel
Director

 

Daco Scientific Limited

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 30 September 2025
Equity attributable to the parent company

Share capital
£

Capital redemption reserve
£

Profit and loss account
£

Total
£

At 1 October 2024

1,034

41,966

11,008,117

11,051,117

Profit for the year

-

-

1,615,578

1,615,578

Total comprehensive income

-

-

1,615,578

1,615,578

Dividends

-

-

(600,141)

(600,141)

At 30 September 2025

1,034

41,966

12,023,554

12,066,554

Share capital
£

Capital redemption reserve
£

Profit and loss account
£

Total
£

At 1 October 2023

1,034

41,966

10,345,699

10,388,699

Profit for the year

-

-

1,035,318

1,035,318

Total comprehensive income

-

-

1,035,318

1,035,318

Dividends

-

-

(372,900)

(372,900)

At 30 September 2024

1,034

41,966

11,008,117

11,051,117

 

Daco Scientific Limited

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

Share capital
£

Capital redemption reserve
£

Retained earnings
£

Total
£

At 1 October 2024

1,034

41,966

9,547,471

9,590,471

Profit for the year

-

-

1,149,962

1,149,962

Dividends

-

-

(600,141)

(600,141)

At 30 September 2025

1,034

41,966

10,097,292

10,140,292

Share capital
£

Capital redemption reserve
£

Retained earnings
£

Total
£

At 1 October 2023

1,034

41,966

9,318,505

9,361,505

Profit for the year

-

-

601,866

601,866

Dividends

-

-

(372,900)

(372,900)

At 30 September 2024

1,034

41,966

9,547,471

9,590,471

 

Daco Scientific Limited

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended 30 September 2025

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Cash flows from operating activities

Profit for the year

 

1,615,578

1,035,318

Adjustments to cash flows from non-cash items

 

Depreciation and amortisation

4

118,466

112,416

Finance income

5

(53,963)

(22,274)

Income tax expense

10

532,602

353,042

 

2,212,683

1,478,502

Working capital adjustments

 

Decrease in stocks

13

472,738

667,009

Increase in trade debtors

14

(64,739)

(159,931)

Increase in trade creditors

16

352,258

678,316

Cash generated from operations

 

2,972,940

2,663,896

Income taxes paid

10

(296,760)

(117,010)

Net cash flow from operating activities

 

2,676,180

2,546,886

Cash flows from investing activities

 

Interest received

53,963

22,274

Acquisitions of tangible assets

(57,085)

(128,916)

Net cash flows from investing activities

 

(3,122)

(106,642)

Cash flows from financing activities

 

Dividends paid

(600,141)

(372,900)

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

2,072,917

2,067,344

Cash and cash equivalents at 1 October

 

4,330,946

2,263,602

Cash and cash equivalents at 30 September

 

6,403,863

4,330,946

 

Daco Scientific Limited

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

1

General information

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

The address of its registered office is:
Vulcan House
Calleva Industrial Park
Aldermaston
Berks
RG7 8PB
England

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

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

Statement of compliance

These financial statements were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006'.

Basis of preparation

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

Basis of consolidation

The consolidated financial statements consolidate the financial statements of the company and its subsidiary undertakings drawn up to 30 September 2025.

No Profit and Loss Account is presented for the company as permitted by section 408 of the Companies Act 2006.

 

Daco Scientific Limited

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

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

The results of subsidiaries acquired or disposed of during the year are included in the Profit and Loss Account from the effective date of acquisition or up to the effective date of disposal, as appropriate. Where necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring their accounting policies into line with those used by the group.

The purchase method of accounting is used to account for business combinations that result in the acquisition of subsidiaries by the group. The cost of a business combination is measured as the fair value of the assets given, equity instruments issued and liabilities incurred or assumed at the date of exchange, plus costs directly attributable to the business combination. Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially at their fair values at the acquisition date. Any excess of the cost of the business combination over the acquirer’s interest in the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities recognised is recorded as goodwill.

Inter-company transactions, balances and unrealised gains on transactions between the company and its subsidiaries, which are related parties, are eliminated in full.

Intra-group losses are also eliminated but may indicate an impairment that requires recognition in the consolidated financial statements.

Accounting policies of subsidiaries have been changed where necessary to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the group. Non-controlling interests in the net assets of consolidated subsidiaries are identified separately from the group’s equity therein. Non-controlling interests consist of the amount of those interests at the date of the original business combination and the non-controlling shareholder’s share of changes in equity since the date of the combination.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

Foreign currency transactions and balances

Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded at the functional currency rate prevailing at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated into the respective functional currency of the entity at the rates prevailing on the reporting period date. Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rate on the date when the fair value is re-measured.

Non-monetary items measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current tax payable and deferred tax.

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

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between taxable profits and profits reported in the consolidated financial statements.

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

Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

 

Daco Scientific Limited

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

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Motor Vehicle

33% Straight Line Basis

Fixtures & Fittings

33% Straight Line Basis

Office Equipment

33% Straight Line Basis

Plant & Machinery

33% Straight Line Basis

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold in the ordinary course of business.

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers.

Share capital

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

Dividends

Dividend distribution to the group’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.

 

Daco Scientific Limited

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

3

Turnover

The analysis of the group's Turnover for the year from continuing operations is as follows:

2025
£

2024
£

Sale of goods

14,590,289

12,782,287

The analysis of the group's Turnover for the year by market is as follows:

2025
£

2024
£

UK

3,189,200

2,699,322

Europe

2,951,772

493,523

Rest of world

8,449,317

9,589,442

14,590,289

12,782,287

4

Operating profit

Arrived at after charging/(crediting)

2025
£

2024
£

Depreciation expense

118,466

112,416

5

Other interest receivable and similar income

2025
£

2024
£

Interest income on bank deposits

53,963

22,274

6

Interest payable and similar expenses

2025
£

2024
£

Foreign exchange (losses)/gains

(125,882)

81,385

7

Staff costs

The aggregate payroll costs (including directors' remuneration) were as follows:

2025
£

2024
£

Wages and salaries

4,172,328

3,924,640

Other employee expense

8,923

5,589

4,181,251

3,930,229

The average number of persons employed by the group (including directors) during the year, analysed by category was as follows:

 

Daco Scientific Limited

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

2025
No.

2024
No.

Total number of employees

88

78

8

Directors' remuneration

The directors' remuneration for the year was as follows:

2025
£

2024
£

Remuneration

623,900

397,708

9

Auditors' remuneration

2025
£

2024
£

Audit of these financial statements

15,725

8,500


 

10

Taxation

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

2025
£

2024
£

Current taxation

UK corporation tax

503,566

309,048

Deferred taxation

Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences

29,036

43,994

Tax expense in the income statement

532,602

353,042

The tax on profit before tax for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2024 - higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of 25% (2024 - 25%).

The differences are reconciled below:

2025
£

2024
£

Profit before tax

2,148,180

1,388,360

Corporation tax at standard rate

398,012

214,747

Tax increase/(decrease) from effect of capital allowances and depreciation

15,038

(1,618)

Tax increase from other short-term timing differences

29,036

43,994

Tax increase arising from overseas tax suffered/expensed

90,516

95,919

Total tax charge

532,602

353,042

 

Daco Scientific Limited

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

11

Tangible assets

Group

Furniture, fittings and equipment
 £

Motor vehicles
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 October 2024

1,107,200

39,243

1,146,443

Additions

57,085

-

57,085

At 30 September 2025

1,164,285

39,243

1,203,528

Depreciation

At 1 October 2024

922,488

30,724

953,212

Charge for the year

114,534

3,932

118,466

At 30 September 2025

1,037,022

34,656

1,071,678

Carrying amount

At 30 September 2025

127,263

4,587

131,850

At 30 September 2024

184,712

8,519

193,231

Company

Furniture, fittings and equipment
 £

Motor vehicles
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 October 2024

979,368

39,243

1,018,611

Additions

57,085

-

57,085

At 30 September 2025

1,036,453

39,243

1,075,696

Depreciation

At 1 October 2024

794,656

30,724

825,380

Charge for the year

114,534

3,932

118,466

At 30 September 2025

909,190

34,656

943,846

Carrying amount

At 30 September 2025

127,263

4,587

131,850

At 30 September 2024

184,712

8,519

193,231

 

Daco Scientific Limited

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

12

Investments

Company

2025
£

2024
£

Investments in subsidiaries

93,750

93,750

Subsidiaries

£

Cost or valuation

At 1 October 2024

93,750

Provision

Carrying amount

At 30 September 2025

93,750

At 30 September 2024

93,750

Details of undertakings

Details of the investments in which the company holds 20% or more of the nominal value of any class of share capital are as follows:

Undertaking

Registered office

Holding

Proportion of voting rights and shares held

2025

2024

Subsidiary undertakings

Daco Hand Controllers Inc

United States

Common

100%

100%

Subsidiary undertakings

Daco Hand Controllers Inc

The principal activity of Daco Hand Controllers Inc is the sale of specialist hand controllers.

13

Stocks

 

Group

Company

2025
£

2024
£

2025
£

2024
£

Raw materials and consumables

3,254,973

3,485,924

3,235,397

3,480,285

Work in progress

890,102

1,131,889

890,102

1,131,889

4,145,075

4,617,813

4,125,499

4,612,174

 

Daco Scientific Limited

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

14

Debtors

 

Group

Company

Current

2025
£

2024
£

2025
£

2024
£

Trade debtors

2,399,052

3,321,850

2,164,313

3,124,883

Other debtors

1,808,702

809,497

1,808,458

809,497

Prepayments

86,689

98,357

80,161

92,203

 

4,294,443

4,229,704

4,052,932

4,026,583

15

Cash and cash equivalents

 

Group

Company

2025
£

2024
£

2025
£

2024
£

Cash on hand

26

118

-

-

Cash at bank

6,403,837

4,330,828

5,218,258

3,823,405

6,403,863

4,330,946

5,218,258

3,823,405

16

Creditors

   

Group

Company

Note

2025
£

2024
£

2025
£

2024
£

Due within one year

 

Trade creditors

 

495,029

606,278

486,746

596,329

Amounts due to related parties

20

-

-

575,808

875,424

Social security and other taxes

 

72,763

176,226

72,763

176,226

Other payables

 

343,333

272,507

342,520

271,938

Accruals

 

1,542,110

1,001,972

1,542,110

1,001,972

Income tax liability

10

426,406

219,600

433,014

192,789

 

2,879,641

2,276,583

3,452,961

3,114,678

 

Daco Scientific Limited

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

17

Provisions for liabilities

Group

Deferred tax
£

Total
£

At 1 October 2024

43,994

43,994

Increase (decrease) in existing provisions

(14,958)

(14,958)

At 30 September 2025

29,036

29,036

Company

Deferred tax
£

Total
£

At 1 October 2024

43,994

43,994

Increase (decrease) in existing provisions

(14,958)

(14,958)

At 30 September 2025

29,036

29,036

18

Obligations under leases and hire purchase contracts

Group

Operating leases

The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:

2025
£

2024
£

Not later than one year

60,665

65,788

Later than one year and not later than five years

6,077

4,653

66,742

70,441

The amount of non-cancellable operating lease payments recognised as an expense during the year was £177,672 (2024 - £180,645).

Company

Operating leases

The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:

2025
£

2024
£

Not later than one year

43,765

48,888

Later than one year and not later than five years

6,077

4,653

49,842

53,541

The amount of non-cancellable operating lease payments recognised as an expense during the year was £143,583 (2024 - £146,982).

 

Daco Scientific Limited

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

19

Dividends

Interim dividends paid

2025
£

2024
£

Interim dividend of £580.41 (2024 - £360.64) per each ordinary share

600,141

372,900

 

 

20

Related party transactions

Company

Expenditure with and payables to related parties

2025

Key management
£

Amounts payable to related party

978

2024

Loans to related parties

2024

Key management
£

Total
£

At start of period

461,213

461,213

Repaid

(461,213)

(461,213)

At end of period

-

-