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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Group Strategic Report
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 August 2025.
The Directors are pleased to present the consolidated financial statements for Scorpion Group Holdings Limited.
The Group Companies are: Scorpion Automotive Limited, Trackerteam Limited, AutoKontrol Limited, Scorpion Track Srl (Canada), Scorpion Auto SRL (Italy) and Scorpion Automotive Asia Limited (India). During the year the Group acquired 100% of the share capital of Trackerteam Limited, an e-retailer of vehicle telematics. The acquisition contributed £3.7M revenue and £546k of pre tax profit to the Group's results for the year and boosted overall group tracking revenue reported in Scorpion Automotive Limited. Underlying performance in telematics and tracking was strong and continues to be the area of growth for the Group. Gross margin % has also increased as the focus of revenue generation switched from subcontract manufacturing to the provision of tracking as a service. Post year end a further strategic acquisition has been completed and the Group continues to explore and pursue other acquisition opportunities to accelerate growth, increase market share and acquire new technologies and talent.
The directors have considered the exposure of the Group to financial risks. The Group is funded through its profits and certain borrowings . The directors regularly monitor cash flow projections of the Group in order to ensure that it has sufficient available funds for its continuing operations.
The key risks and uncertainties affecting the Group are considered to be the rapid growth of the Group but this has been mitigated by the implementation of the SAP system in the prior years.
2025 2024
Turnover £24,089,702 £17,487,027 EBITDA £3,629,435 (£1,757,907) Gross profit percentage 54.4% 42.2%
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Directors' Report
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025.
The directors who served during the year were:
The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £1,707,012 (2024 - loss £1,533,382).
Dividends were paid to shareholders in the year of £792,000 (2024: £Nil). The directors do not recommend payment of a further dividend.
The directors are responsible for preparing the Group Strategic Report, the Directors' Report and the consolidated financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Group's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments 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 Group 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 the Group and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and the Group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Directors' Report (continued)
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
The Group intends to continue its growth trajectory through a combination of organic expansion and selective acquisitions within the UK vehicle tracking and telematics market. The directors have identified a strong pipeline of acquisition opportunities to broaden the Group's product offering, expand its customer base and consolidate a fragmented market. Alongside this, the Group will invest in building out its national installation network, growing its recurring subscription revenue base, and developing next-generation connected car and telematics solutions. The directors are confident that the Group's vertically integrated platform and established market position provide a strong foundation to deliver significant growth in the years ahead.
After the reporting date, Scorpion Automotive Limited, a subsidiary of the Group, completed the acquisitions of the entire issued share capital of Trackershop Limited in December 2025 and Intellitec Limited in May 2026.
The consideration payable for the acquisitions, and the external debt raised to fund them, have not been disclosed on the basis that the directors consider the terms to be commercially sensitive. The transactions have been treated as non-adjusting events after the reporting period and, accordingly, no adjustment has been made to the amounts recognised in these financial statements.
The auditors, Hurst Accountants Limited were appointed after the year end, and will be proposed for reappointment in
accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
We have audited the financial statements of Scorpion Group Holdings Limited (the 'parent Company') and its subsidiaries (the 'Group') for the year ended 31 August 2025, which comprise the Consolidated Statement of Income and Retained Earnings, the Consolidated Balance Sheet, the Company Balance Sheet, the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, the Company Statement of Changes in Equity and the related notes, 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).
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council'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.
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of Scorpion Group Holdings Limited (continued)
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' Report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. 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. 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 course of 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.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Group Strategic Report and the Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Group Strategic Report and the Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Group and the parent Company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Group Strategic Report or the Directors' Report.
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of Scorpion Group Holdings Limited (continued)
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 Auditors' 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 Group financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
We identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and then design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, including obtaining audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. Identifying and assessing potential risks related to irregularities
In identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and noncompliance with laws and regulations, we considered the following:
∙The nature of the industry and sector in which the company operates; the control environment and business performance including key drivers for directors' remuneration, bonus levels and performance targets.
∙The outcome of enquiries of local management and parent company management, including whether management was aware of any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations, and whether management had knowledge of any actual, suspected, or alleged fraud.
∙Supporting documentation relating to the Company's policies and procedures for:
°Identifying, evaluating, and complying with laws and regulations
°Detecting and responding to the risks of fraud
∙The internal controls established to mitigate risks related to fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations.
∙The outcome of discussions amongst the engagement team regarding how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements and any potential indicators of fraud.
∙The legal and regulatory framework in which the Company operates, particularly those laws and regulations which have a direct effect on the financial statements, such as the Companies Act 2006, pensions and tax legislation, or which had a fundamental effect on the operations of the Company, including General Data Protection requirements, and Antibribery and Corruption.
Audit response to risks identified
Our procedures to respond to the risks identified included the following:
∙Reviewing the financial statements disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with the provisions of those relevant laws and regulations which have a direct effect on the financial statements.
∙Discussions with management, including consideration of known or suspected instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud.
∙Evaluation of the operating effectiveness of management’s controls designed to prevent and detect irregularities.
∙Enquiring of management about any actual and potential litigation and claims.
∙Performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships which may indicate risks of material misstatement due to fraud.
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Independent Auditors' Report to the Members of Scorpion Group Holdings Limited (continued)
We have also considered the risk of fraud through management override of controls by:
∙Testing the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments. We have used data analytics software to identify accounting transactions which may pose a heightened risk of material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
∙Challenging assumptions made by management in their significant accounting estimates, and assessing whether the 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.
We also 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. There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above, and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations are from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of them. 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 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 Auditors' 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 Auditors' 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.
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Chartered Accountants
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Consolidated Statement of Income and Retained Earnings
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Registered number: 14678502
Consolidated Balance Sheet
As at
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on 26 May 2026.
The notes on pages 16 to 36 form part of these financial statements.
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Registered number: 14678502
Company Balance Sheet
As at
The Company has taken advantage of the exemption allowed under section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 and has not
presented its own Statement of Comprehensive Income in these financial statements. The profit for the parent company for the period was £1,145,615 (2024 - loss - £217,233). The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on 26 May 2026.
The notes on pages 16 to 36 form part of these financial statements.
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Company Statement of Changes in Equity
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (continued)
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Consolidated Analysis of Net Debt
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
Scorpion Group Holdings Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The
registered office is Fourth Floor, Unit 5b The Parklands, Bolton, United Kingdom, BL6 4SD The principal activity of the Company is that of a holding company. The principal activity of the group is the manufacture and supply of electrical wiring and connector systems, automotive electronics and accessories.
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires Group management to exercise judgment in applying the Group's accounting policies (see note 3).
The Company has taken advantage of the exemption allowed under section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 and has not presented its own Statement of Income and Retained Earnings in these financial statements.
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The consolidated financial statements present the results of the Company and its own subsidiaries ("the Group") as if they form a single entity. Intercompany transactions and balances between group companies are therefore eliminated in full.
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the results of business combinations using the purchase method. In the Balance Sheet, the acquiree's identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities are initially recognised at their fair values at the acquisition date. The results of acquired operations are included in the Consolidated Statement of Income and Retained Earnings from the date on which control is obtained. They are deconsolidated from the date control ceases.
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Functional and presentation currency
Transactions and balances
Revenue is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership have transferred to the customer, the amount of revenue can be measured reliably, it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Group, and the costs incurred or to be incurred can be measured reliably. Sale of goods Electrical wiring and connector systems Revenue from the sale of good is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have passed to the buyer (usually on delivery to the customer), the amount of revenue can be measured reliably, it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity and the cost incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably. Tracking devices and accessories Revenue from the sale of tracking devices and related hardware is recognised when the goods are delivered to the customer (or installed where installation is integral to delivery) and the significant risks and rewards of ownership have transferred, which is generally the point at which the customer has accepted the goods and the Company has no ongoing managerial involvement to the degree usually associated with ownership. Tracking service Revenue from tracking services is recognised over time, generally on a straight-line basis over the subscription period, as the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits of access to the platform throughout the contract term.
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
If it is not possible to distinguish between the research phase and the development phase of an internal project, the expenditure is treated as if it were all incurred in the research phase only.
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Goodwill represents the difference between amounts paid on the cost of a business combination and the
acquirer’s interest in the fair value of the Group's share of its identifiable assets and liabilities of the acquiree at the date of acquisition. Subsequent to initial recognition, goodwill is measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is amortised on a straight line basis to the Consolidated Statement of Income and Retained Earnings over its useful economic life of 10 years. Intangible assets are initially recognised at cost. After recognition, under the cost model, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses. At each reporting date the company assesses whether there is any indication of impairment. If such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is determined which is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use. An impairment loss is recognised where the carrying amount exceeds the recoverable amount.
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method.
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
In the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, cash is shown net of bank overdrafts that are repayable on demand and form an integral part of the Group's cash management. Provisions are measured as the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation, taking into account the related risks and uncertainties.
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The Group has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 “Basic Financial Instruments” of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the Group's Balance Sheet when the Group becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include trade and other debtors, cash and bank balances, are initially measured at their transaction price (adjusted for transaction costs except in the initial measurement of financial assets that are subsequently measured at fair value through profit and loss) and are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any provision for impairment, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.
Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial. The Group's cash and cash equivalents, trade and most other debtors due with the operating cycle fall into this category of financial instruments.
Impairment of financial assets
At the end of each reporting period financial assets measured at amortised cost are assessed for objective evidence of impairment. If an asset is impaired the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.
Financial assets are impaired when events, subsequent to their initial recognition, indicate the estimated future cash flows derived from the financial asset(s) have been adversely impacted. The impairment loss will be the difference between the current carrying amount and the present value of the future cash flows at the asset(s) original effective interest rate.
If there is a favourable change in relation to the events surrounding the impairment loss then the impairment can be reviewed for possible reversal. The reversal will not cause the current carrying amount to exceed the original carrying amount had the impairment not been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in the profit or loss.
Basic financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the Group after the deduction of all its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities, which include trade and other creditors, bank loans, other loans and loans due to fellow group companies are initially measured at their transaction price (adjusting for transaction costs except in the initial measurement of financial liabilities that are subsequently measured at fair value through profit and loss). When this constitutes a financing transaction, whereby the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest, discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods and services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade creditors are classified as current liabilities if the payment is due within one year. If not, they represent non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are initially recognised at their transaction price and subsequently are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.
Other financial instruments
Derivatives, including forward exchange contracts, futures contracts and interest rate swaps, are not classified as basic financial instruments. These are initially recognised at fair value on the date the derivative contract is entered into, with costs being charged to the profit or loss. They are subsequently measured at fair value with changes in the profit or loss.
Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions as set out in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through the profit or loss. This recognition and measurement would also apply to financial instruments where the performance is evaluated on a fair value basis as with a documented risk management or investment strategy.
Derecognition of financial instruments
Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised when their contractual right to future cash flow expire, or are settled, or when the Group transfers the asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another party. If significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained after the transfer to another party, then the Group will continue to recognise the value of the portion of the risks and rewards retained.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the Group's contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
affect amounts recognised for assets and liabilities at the reporting date and the amounts of revenue and expenses incurred during the period. Actual outcomes may differ from these judgements, estimates and assumptions. The directors believe that judgements, estimates and assumptions do not have a significant risk of causing a material difference to the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities within the next financial year.
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Analysis of turnover by country of destination:
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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
11.Taxation (continued)
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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
Included in other loans are amounts totalling £1,00,000 (2024: £1,000,000) consisting of 5% fixed rate secured
loans notes. Interest is repayable on a quarterly basis in arrears The loan notes are redeemable at their principal amount at the earlier of the sale of the Group or July 2028.
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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
Share premium account
Profit and loss account
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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
26.Business combinations (continued)
The Group operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held seperately from those
of the Group in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the Group to the fund and amounted to £155,685 (2024: £162,133). Contributions totalling £25,198 (2024: £27,207) were payable to the fund at balance sheet date.
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Scorpion Group Holdings Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 August 2025
The consideration payable for the acquisitions, and the external debt raised to fund them, have not been disclosed on the basis that the directors consider the terms to be commercially sensitive. The transactions have been treated as non-adjusting events after the reporting period and, accordingly, no adjustment has been made to the amounts recognised in these financial statements.
The ultimate controlling party is Mr C Downing.
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