REGISTERED NUMBER: SC216217 (Scotland)

Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and

Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

for

ROX (UK) Limited

Page

Company Information

1

Strategic Report

2

Report of the Directors

3

Report of the Independent Auditors

4

Statement of Comprehensive Income

7

Balance Sheet

8

Statement of Changes in Equity

9

Cash Flow Statement

10

Notes to the Cash Flow Statement

11

Notes to the Financial Statements

13

DIRECTORS:

K P H Keogh

G L Mitchell

SECRETARY:

K P H Keogh

REGISTERED OFFICE:

42-43 Argyll Arcade

GLASGOW

G2 8BG

REGISTERED NUMBER:

SC216217 (Scotland)

AUDITORS:

McLay McAlister & McGibbon LLP

Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors

145 St Vincent Street

Glasgow

G2 5JF

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

REVIEW OF BUSINESS

Overall turnover in 2024/25 was £10,916,087 representing a decrease of 13% compared to 2023/24. Gross profit for the year increased by 4 percentage points to 46% (2023/24 42%). Operating costs were 12% lower than in the previous year. The company recorded an operating loss in 2024/25 of £324,706.

The financial year ended March 2025 continued to present challenges for the retail sector, shaped by economic uncertainty and political change. These macro-economic factors have influenced consumer confidence, discretionary spending and demand for luxury watches.

Sales of ROX own-label diamond engagement rings and diamond jewellery increased during the year, with improved margins achieved across these categories. Sales of luxury watches declined by 28% in 2024/25 compared to 2023/24, reflecting continued reduced consumer demand of this category. Watch sales accounted for approximately 17% of total sales in 2024/25 (2023/24: 19%; 2022/23 22%; 2021/22 29%).

Following a comprehensive review of the cost structure last year, further reductions in overheads and operating expenses were made during the year. In January 2025, the Directors negotiated an assignment of the lease for the standalone HUBLOT watch boutique in Edinburgh to Dubarry which closed in June 2025. The HUBLOT agency was relocated to the ROX flagship showroom in Edinburgh. The full financial benefit of this lease assignment will be realised in the next financial year.

Sales in the financial year end 31 March 2026 are forecasted to be flat on the year ended 31 March 2025. Operating costs in the financial year end 31 March 2026 are forecasted to be lower on the year ended 31 March 2025. The Directors are confident that the company will return to profitability in the year ended 31 March 2026.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

In line with previous years, the principal risks and uncertainties facing the company arise primarily from an economic downturn affecting consumer confidence, volatility in trade conditions, the availability and pricing of diamonds, gold and platinum, and the ability to maintain strong relationships with key luxury brands. The company continues to focus on delivering an exceptional customer experience , which remains central to its position within the luxury jewellery retail market.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:

K P H Keogh - Director

3 June 2026

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

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY

The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of the retailing of jewellery, watches and related products.

DIVIDENDS

The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 March 2025 will be £nil (2024: £nil).

DIRECTORS

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 April 2024 to the date of this report.

K P H Keogh

G L Mitchell

Other changes in directors holding office are as follows:

H S Mitchell - resigned 20 March 2025

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 ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:

K P H Keogh - Director

3 June 2026

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of ROX (UK) Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, Cash Flow Statement and Notes to the Cash Flow Statement, 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 March 2025 and of its loss for the year then ended;

-	have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

-	have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

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

Other information

The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

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

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

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

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

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

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

-	adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or

-	the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

-	certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or

-	we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of directors

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

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

Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

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

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

In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we considered the following:

- the nature of the industry, sector, control environment and business performance;

- results of our enquiries of management about their own identification and assessment of the risks and irregularities;

- any matters we identified having reviewed the company's internal controls established to mitigate risks of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations;

- the matters discussed among the audit engagement team regarding how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements and any potential indicators of fraud.

We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the company operates in. The key laws and regulations we considered included the UK Companies Act and tax legislation. We assessed the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our procedures on the related financial statement items. In addition we considered provisions of other laws and regulations that do not have a direct effect on the financial statements but compliance with which may be fundamental to the company's ability to operate. These include health and safety, GDPR and employment laws. Auditing standards limit the required audit procedures to identify non-compliance with these laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors, inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any, and review of minutes of meetings. These limited procedures did not identify actual or suspected non-compliance.

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.

Paul Martin (Senior Statutory Auditor)

for and on behalf of McLay McAlister & McGibbon LLP

Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors

145 St Vincent Street

Glasgow

G2 5JF

3 June 2026

TURNOVER

10,916,087

12,600,543

Cost of sales

(5,845,311

)

(7,364,643

)

GROSS PROFIT

5,070,776

5,235,900

Administrative expenses

(5,555,801

)

(6,283,381

)

(485,025

)

(1,047,481

)

Other operating income

160,319

168,935

OPERATING LOSS

4

(324,706

)

(878,546

)

Interest payable and similar expenses

5

(146,739

)

(185,533

)

LOSS BEFORE TAXATION

(471,445

)

(1,064,079

)

Tax on loss

6

-

204,153

LOSS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR

(471,445

)

(859,926

)

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

-

-

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE LOSS FOR THE YEAR

(471,445

)

(859,926

)

FIXED ASSETS

Intangible assets

7

489,176

592,723

Tangible assets

8

1,282,504

1,600,126

1,771,680

2,192,849

CURRENT ASSETS

Stocks

9

3,662,164

4,926,697

Debtors

10

378,223

548,885

Cash at bank and in hand

8,062

75,147

4,048,449

5,550,729

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

11

(4,542,737

)

(5,593,450

)

NET CURRENT LIABILITIES

(494,288

)

(42,721

)

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

1,277,392

2,150,128

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due after more than one year

12

(706,586

)

(1,107,877

)

NET ASSETS

570,806

1,042,251

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Called up share capital

16

200,000

200,000

Capital redemption reserve

1,200,000

1,200,000

Retained earnings

(829,194

)

(357,749

)

SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS

570,806

1,042,251

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 3 June 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:

K P H Keogh - Director

Called up

Capital

share

Retained

redemption

Total

capital

earnings

reserve

equity

£

£

£

£

Balance at 1 April 2023

200,000

502,177

1,200,000

1,902,177

Changes in equity

Deficit for the year

-

(859,926

)

-

(859,926

)

Total comprehensive loss

-

(859,926

)

-

(859,926

)

Balance at 31 March 2024

200,000

(357,749

)

1,200,000

1,042,251

Changes in equity

Deficit for the year

-

(471,445

)

-

(471,445

)

Total comprehensive loss

-

(471,445

)

-

(471,445

)

Balance at 31 March 2025

200,000

(829,194

)

1,200,000

570,806

Cash flows from operating activities

Cash generated from operations

1

610,639

855,571

Interest paid

(146,739

)

(185,533

)

Net cash from operating activities

463,900

670,038

Cash flows from investing activities

Purchase of intangible fixed assets

(2,400

)

(5,175

)

Purchase of tangible fixed assets

(41,944

)

(80,333

)

Net cash from investing activities

(44,344

)

(85,508

)

Cash flows from financing activities

Loan repayments in year

(356,683

)

(418,943

)

Capital repayments in year

(60,183

)

(55,861

)

Net cash from financing activities

(416,866

)

(474,804

)

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

2,690

109,726

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

2

(1,323,097

)

(1,432,823

)

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

2

(1,320,407

)

(1,323,097

)

1.	RECONCILIATION OF LOSS BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS

31.3.25

31.3.24

£

£

Loss before taxation

(471,445

)

(1,064,079

)

Depreciation charges

465,512

511,504

Finance costs

146,739

185,533

140,806

(367,042

)

Decrease in stocks

1,264,533

1,390,925

Decrease in trade and other debtors

170,662

57,682

Decrease in trade and other creditors

(965,362

)

(225,994

)

Cash generated from operations

610,639

855,571

2.	CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

The amounts disclosed on the Cash Flow Statement in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Balance Sheet amounts:

Year ended 31 March 2025

31.3.25

1.4.24

£

£

Cash and cash equivalents

8,062

75,147

Bank overdrafts

(1,328,469

)

(1,398,244

)

(1,320,407

)

(1,323,097

)

Year ended 31 March 2024

31.3.24

1.4.23

£

£

Cash and cash equivalents

75,147

11,870

Bank overdrafts

(1,398,244

)

(1,444,693

)

(1,323,097

)

(1,432,823

)

3.	ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET DEBT

At 1.4.24

Cash flow

At 31.3.25

£

£

£

Net cash

Cash at bank and in hand

75,147

(67,085

)

8,062

Bank overdrafts

(1,398,244

)

69,775

(1,328,469

)

(1,323,097

)

2,690

(1,320,407

)

Debt

Finance leases

(102,874

)

60,183

(42,691

)

Debts falling due within 1 year

(344,330

)

90,342

(253,988

)

Debts falling due after 1 year

(395,675

)

266,341

(129,334

)

(842,879

)

416,866

(426,013

)

Total

(2,165,976

)

419,556

(1,746,420

)

1.	STATUTORY INFORMATION

ROX (UK) 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.

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.

Related party exemption

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

Turnover

Turnover represents amounts chargeable, net of value added tax, in respect of the sale of goods and services to customers.

Goodwill

Goodwill, being the amount paid in connection with the acquisition of a business in 2011, is being amortised evenly over its estimated useful life of twenty years.

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off the cost less estimated residual value of each asset over its estimated useful life or, if held under a finance lease, over the lease term, whichever is the shorter.

Short leasehold - in accordance with the property

Shop fitting - 10% on cost

Plant and machinery - 33% on cost and 25% on reducing balance

Fixtures and fittings - 10% - 20% on cost

Website development - 20% on cost

The company's policy is to review the remaining useful lives and residual value of all tangible fixed assets on an on-going basis and to adjust the depreciation charge to reflect the remaining useful economic life and residual value.

Stocks

Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items.

Financial instruments

Debtors

Trade debtors and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due with appropriate allowances for any irrecoverable amounts when there is objective evidence the asset is impaired.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents in the balance sheet comprise cash in hand and bank overdrafts.

Creditors

Trade creditors and other creditors are recognised where the company has a present obligation resulting from a past event and are recognised at the settlement amount due after allowing for any trade discounts due.

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.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments

Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the balance sheet. Those held under hire purchase contracts are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Those held under finance leases are depreciated over their estimated useful lives or the lease term, whichever is the shorter.

The interest element of these obligations is charged to profit or loss over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability.

Rentals payable under operating leases are charged to the profit and loss account on a straight line basis over the lease term.

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.

Grants

Capital contributions received in respect of capital expenditure are credited to a deferred income account and are released to profit by equal annual instalments over the lease term or the period until the first rent review, whichever is shorter.

3.	EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

31.3.25

31.3.24

£

£

Wages and salaries

1,619,050

2,110,499

Social security costs

145,976

190,286

Other pension costs

43,635

53,140

1,808,661

2,353,925

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

31.3.25

31.3.24

Administration and support

9

12

Sales

45

59

Marketing

4

5

58

76

31.3.25

31.3.24

£

£

Directors' remuneration

131,200

310,000

Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes

13,600

13,600

The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows:

Money purchase schemes

2

2

4.	OPERATING LOSS

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

31.3.25

31.3.24

£

£

Depreciation - owned assets

307,542

353,688

Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts

52,024

52,024

Goodwill amortisation

84,000

84,000

Development costs amortisation

21,947

21,792

Auditors' remuneration

21,050

18,000

Auditors' remuneration for non audit work

3,750

3,750

Foreign exchange differences

4,844

(3,872

)

5.

INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES

31.3.25

31.3.24

£

£

Bank interest

88,205

92,328

Bank loan interest

58,534

93,205

146,739

185,533

6.

TAXATION

Analysis of the tax credit

The tax credit on the loss for the year was as follows:

31.3.25

31.3.24

£

£

Deferred tax

-

(204,153

)

Tax on loss

-

(204,153

)

Reconciliation of total tax credit included in profit and loss

The tax assessed for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below:

31.3.25

31.3.24

£

£

Loss before tax

(471,445

)

(1,064,079

)

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

(117,861

)

(266,020

)

Effects of:

Expenses not deductible for tax purposes

11,565

13,127

Income not taxable for tax purposes

(23,066

)

(23,066

)

Depreciation in excess of capital allowances

76,421

83,004

Tax losses carried forward

52,941

192,955

Deferred tax

-

(204,153

)

Total tax credit

-

(204,153

)

7.	INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Development

Computer

Goodwill

costs

software

Totals

£

£

£

£

COST

At 1 April 2024

1,830,000

109,781

10,000

1,949,781

Additions

-

2,400

-

2,400

At 31 March 2025

1,830,000

112,181

10,000

1,952,181

AMORTISATION

At 1 April 2024

1,284,000

63,058

10,000

1,357,058

Amortisation for year

84,000

21,947

-

105,947

At 31 March 2025

1,368,000

85,005

10,000

1,463,005

NET BOOK VALUE

At 31 March 2025

462,000

27,176

-

489,176

At 31 March 2024

546,000

46,723

-

592,723