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REGISTERED NUMBER: SC186755 (Scotland)















Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2025

for

Sports Labs Limited

Sports Labs Limited (Registered number: SC186755)






Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 August 2025




Page

Company Information 1

Statement of Financial Position 2

Notes to the Financial Statements 4


Sports Labs Limited

Company Information
for the Year Ended 31 August 2025







DIRECTORS: Mr R K Nixon
Mr E J O'Donnell





SECRETARY: S A O'Donnell





REGISTERED OFFICE: 1 Adam Square
Brucefield Industry Park
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 9DE





REGISTERED NUMBER: SC186755 (Scotland)





ACCOUNTANTS: One Accounting Ltd
Chartered Management Accountants
4a Glenfinlas Street
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH3 6AQ

Sports Labs Limited (Registered number: SC186755)

Statement of Financial Position
31 August 2025

31.8.25 31.8.24
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 4 421,313 305,835
Investments 5 242,773 242,773
664,086 548,608

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 6 18,138 13,708
Debtors 7 1,916,235 1,750,778
Cash at bank and in hand 778,936 756,089
2,713,309 2,520,575
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 8 1,192,536 663,302
NET CURRENT ASSETS 1,520,773 1,857,273
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

2,184,859

2,405,881

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one year 9 (38,567 ) (32,970 )

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 11 (538,372 ) (1,416,534 )
NET ASSETS 1,607,920 956,377

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 5 5
Retained earnings 1,607,915 956,372
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 1,607,920 956,377

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 August 2025.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for:
(a)ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
(b)preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its profit or loss for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.

Sports Labs Limited (Registered number: SC186755)

Statement of Financial Position - continued
31 August 2025


The financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

In accordance with Section 444 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement has not been delivered.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 29 May 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:




Mr R K Nixon - Director



Mr E J O'Donnell - Director


Sports Labs Limited (Registered number: SC186755)

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 August 2025

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Sports Labs Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in Scotland. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" including the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Preparation of consolidated financial statements
The financial statements contain information about Sports Labs Limited as an individual company and do not contain consolidated financial information as the parent of a group. The company is exempt under Section 399(2A) of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirements to prepare consolidated financial statements.

Significant judgements and estimates
The company operates a branch in Norway. The branch accounts for Norway are prepared on a calendar year basis and are not co-terminus with the company's accounting year. The profit of the branch for year ending 31st December 2025 has been allocated on a pro-rata basis for inclusion in the company's accounts.

As at the company's balance sheet date, income generated by the branch has been included in accrued income and costs have been included in accruals.

Income and costs have been translated from Norwegian Kroner based on an average exchange rate for 2025. No exchange difference has been recognised for re-translation of the Kroner amounts as at the company's balance sheet date, as the difference was immaterial.

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.
Land and Building - 15% on cost
Plant and machinery - 25% on reducing balance
Motor vehicles - 25% on reducing balance
Software & Website Development - 25% on cost

Investments in subsidiaries
Investments in subsidiaries are recognised at cost less any assessment for impairment.

Stocks
Work in progress is valued at the cost of labour incurred in getting it to its current state of completion.

Financial instruments
The Company only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial
assets and liabilities like trade and other accounts receivable and payable, loans from banks and other third parties.

Debt instruments, including loans and other accounts receivable and payable are initially measured at transaction price adjusted for transaction costs. They are subsequently recognised at amortised costs using the effective interest method.

Creditors payable within one year, typically trade payables, are measured initially and subsequently at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid.

Debtors payable within one year, typically trade receivables, are measured initially and subsequently at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be received.


Sports Labs Limited (Registered number: SC186755)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 August 2025

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

Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

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

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

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

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

Research and development
Research and Development costs totalling £95,186 (2024 - £187,698) have been incurred during the year and recognised as an expense.

Foreign currencies
The company's functional and presentational currency is GBP.

The results of the company include those of a branch in Norway whose functional currency is Norwegian Kroner. The profit and loss of the branch is translated to GBP at an average exchange rate for the year.

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the statement of financial position date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating result.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments
Leases are assessed based on the substance of the transaction and are categorised as finance leases or operating leases accordingly.

Finance Leases

Where substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership are borne by the lessee, the lease is categorised as a finance lease. It is initially recognised in the statement of financial position as an asset with a corresponding liability.

The subsequent allocation of payments between the finance charge and the reduction of the outstanding liability are calculated using the effective interest method, so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

Operating Leases

Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 45 (2024 - 42 ) .

Sports Labs Limited (Registered number: SC186755)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 August 2025

4. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Software
Land and Plant and Motor & Website
Building machinery vehicles Development Totals
£    £    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 September 2024 53,472 890,339 216,431 18,720 1,178,962
Additions - 23,405 66,914 112,320 202,639
Disposals - - (7,356 ) - (7,356 )
At 31 August 2025 53,472 913,744 275,989 131,040 1,374,245
DEPRECIATION
At 1 September 2024 49,081 698,355 125,691 - 873,127
Charge for year 1,513 49,333 32,767 2,730 86,343
Eliminated on disposal - - (6,538 ) - (6,538 )
At 31 August 2025 50,594 747,688 151,920 2,730 952,932
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 August 2025 2,878 166,056 124,069 128,310 421,313
At 31 August 2024 4,391 191,984 90,740 18,720 305,835

Assets included in Motor Vehicles and Plant & Machinery have been purchased on hire purchase. These have a combined net book value at the year end of £90,982. The depreciation charged on these assets in the year is £21,465.

5. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS
Shares in
group
undertakings
£   
COST
At 1 September 2024
and 31 August 2025 242,773
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 August 2025 242,773
At 31 August 2024 242,773

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

Propitch Ltd
Registered office: 3rd Floor, 207 Regent Street, London, W1B 3HH
Nature of business: Specialist testing for sports surfaces.
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00
31.8.25 31.8.24
£    £   
Aggregate capital and reserves 221,729 182,721
Profit for the year 39,008 56,131

Sports Labs Limited (Registered number: SC186755)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 August 2025

5. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS - continued

Sports Labs SAS
Registered office: 1904 Chemin de Labrugade, 46800 Montcuq-en-Quercy-Blanc
Nature of business: Testing and certifying sports surfaces.
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 75.00
31.8.25 31.8.24
£    £   
Aggregate capital and reserves 50,923 35,213
Profit for the year 14,579 14,237

6. STOCKS
31.8.25 31.8.24
£    £   
Work In Progress 18,138 13,708

7. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.8.25 31.8.24
£    £   
Trade debtors 1,092,276 1,028,880
Amounts owed by group undertakings 158,035 211,775
Other debtors 409,888 340,775
Directors' current accounts 102,765 99,870
Accrued income 77,133 -
Prepayments and accrued income 76,138 69,478
1,916,235 1,750,778

8. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.8.25 31.8.24
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts (see note 10) 41,629 27,212
Trade creditors 349,267 180,148
Amounts owed to group undertakings 318,667 243,219
Corp. tax 225,997 752
Social security and other taxes 50,680 45,104
VAT 119,797 100,883
Other creditors 10,266 2,401
RBS Business Master Card 41,634 23,996
Pensions fund 10,041 9,189
AMEX Business Card 9,043 17,936
Accrued expenses 15,515 12,462
1,192,536 663,302

9. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR
31.8.25 31.8.24
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts (see note 10) 38,567 32,970

Sports Labs Limited (Registered number: SC186755)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 August 2025

10. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments fall due as follows:

Hire purchase
contracts
31.8.25 31.8.24
£    £   
Net obligations repayable:
Within one year 41,629 27,212
Between one and five years 38,567 32,970
80,196 60,182

Non-cancellable
operating leases
31.8.25 31.8.24
£    £   
Within one year 87,978 88,379
Between one and five years 80,282 167,862
168,260 256,241

11. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
31.8.25 31.8.24
£    £   
Deferred tax 103,335 73,789
Compromise agreement 435,037 1,342,745
538,372 1,416,534

Deferred Other
tax provisions
£    £   
Balance at 1 September 2024 73,789 435,037
Capital allowances timing 29,546 -
Balance at 31 August 2025 103,335 435,037

Other provisions are held against a compromise agreement entered into by the company. Due to the confidentiality terms within the final agreement, full details are not being disclosed.

12. DIRECTORS' ADVANCES, CREDITS AND GUARANTEES

As at the balance sheet date the directors owed the company amounts totalling £102,765 (2024 - £99,869). During the year, the directors withdrew nil (2024 - nil) and repaid nil (2024- nil). Interest of £2,896 (2024 - £2,228) was added to the amounts owed by the directors.

Interest was charged on balances over £10,000 owed to the company at 2.25 % up to 5th April 2025 and 3.75% thereafter.

The sums owed were unsecured and repayable upon demand.

13. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

During the year, total dividends of £192,000 (2024 - £192,000) were paid to the directors .

Sports Labs Limited (Registered number: SC186755)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 August 2025

13. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES - continued


From time to time the company enters into transactions with other Companies under common control or in which significant influence is held by the directors. Where these transactions have been made under normal market conditions specific details are not provided.

Balances owed to or from other group companies

2025 2025 2024 2024
Receivable Payable Receivable Payable
£    £    £    £   

Loan Balances with other Group Companies 158,035 318,667 211,775 243,122

2025 2025 2024 2024
Receivable Payable Receivable Payable
£    £    £    £   

Trade receivables / payables with Group Companies 12,759 4,462



The above loans are repayable upon demand and are interest free.


Balances owed to or from companies outside the group in which the directors exert influence

2025 2025 2024 2024
Receivable Payable Receivable Payable
£    £    £    £   

Trade receivables / payables 24,684 27,647 17,175 5,009

The above balances are held within trade debtors and trade creditors and are owed by or to companies in which the directors are able to exert influence via their shareholdings. These are companies which are outwith the group. Extended trading terms are granted or received due to the influence of the directors.

Loan Balances owed to or from companies outside the group in which the directors exert influence

2025 2024
Receivable Receivable
£    £   

Loan balances due 333,824 285,586

The loans provided to the companies are repayable upon demand and are interest free. They are included within other debtors. The recipients of the loans are companies in which the directors are able to exert influence via their shareholding. These are companies which are outwith the group..

14. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The controlling party is Sports Labs Holdings Ltd.

The Director, Eric O'Donnell is the ultimate controlling party by virtue of his majority shareholding in the parent
Company, Sports Labs Holdings Ltd.