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Registered number: 11635714










OUTCO BIDCO LIMITED










ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

 
OUTCO BIDCO LIMITED
 

COMPANY INFORMATION


Directors
J Petsch 
R Smeaton 
A Petsch (resigned 18 July 2025)




Registered number
11635714



Registered office
3rd Floor
Apex

Forbury Road

Reading

Berkshire

RG1 1AX




Independent auditors
James Cowper Kreston Audit

3rd Floor

Apex

Forbury Road

Reading

Berkshire

RG1 1AX





 
OUTCO BIDCO LIMITED
 

CONTENTS



Page
Strategic report
 
1 - 2
Directors' report
 
3 - 4
Independent auditors' report
 
5 - 8
Statement of comprehensive income
 
9
Balance sheet
 
10
Statement of changes in equity
 
11
Notes to the financial statements
 
12 - 22


 
OUTCO BIDCO LIMITED
 

STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

Introduction
 
The Directors present their Strategic Report for the year ended 30 September 2025.

Principal activity

The Company is an intermediate parent company whose primary objective is to provide finance to fellow subsidiaries within the Group formerly headed by OUTCO Holdings Limited, since 18 July 2025 headed by Cedrus Topco Limited. The principal activities of its subsidiary undertakings are the provision of technology enabled outdoor estate maintenance, including specialist compliance, winter maintenance, grounds and other asset maintenance services to commercial properties throughout the UK.

Business review
 
The Company is part of a wider Group whose ultimate parent company is Cedrus Topco Limited. A full commentary on the Group's activities and financial performance for the full year ending 30 September 2025 is provided in the Annual Report for OUTCO Holdings Limited.

Financial performance

The Company does not trade in its own right, instead its income and expenses are derived from its loans, dividends and Director Service Agreements which relate to the wider Group. The results for the company for the year are contained in the accompanying statement of comprehensive income which shows a profit after tax of £5,993,666 (2024: £5,547,225). The Company primarily bears financing costs in relation to the whole Group formerly headed by OUTCO Holdings Limited, now ultimately headed by Cedrus Topco Limited.. 

Key performance indicators

The Directors refer to the Company's financial performance for the year ended 30 September 2025 and financial position as at 30 September 2025 in evaluating the Company's performance, which are set out on pages 9 and 10.

The full performance of the Group and Group key performance indicators are covered in the Strategic Report of the parent company OUTCO Holdings Limited.

Going concern

In considering the appropriate basis on which to prepare the financial statements, the Directors are required to consider whether the Company can continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

The Company is part of the OUTCO Holdings Limited group, and from 18th July 2025 the Cedrus Topco Limited group, and the going concern assessment is based on the going concern review of the Group. The Group as a whole operates a stable business with a good spread of customers and suppliers across the entire UK and has considerable financial resources.

The Group has a senior debt facility provided by Apera Asset Management LLP. The financial covenants comprise a net leverage ratio, cash cover test and capital expenditure test. The net leverage and cash cover tests are quarterly. The capital expenditure test is an annual test. The Group is fully compliant with these covenants with significant headroom. In addition we also have access to a £5m facility provided by Oakworth Bank Plc (undrawn during the financial year and to the date of signing these financial statements).

The Directors have made an assessment and satisfied themselves of the Group and Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The key elements of this assessment were the Group and Company's cash flow forecasts and projections, in addition to the Group's considerable cash balance and available bank facilities. These forecasts and projections, based on reasonably possible changes in trading performance, show the Group and Company have significant resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of this report.

The Directors, therefore, continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial
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OUTCO BIDCO LIMITED
 

STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

statements.

Principal risks and uncertainties
 
The Company is a subsidiary of the OUTCO Holdings Limited Group and the key risks below are all managed on a Group wide basis. The Group faces the normal technological, competitive, and economic challenges.

a)Interest Rate Risk. The Group's interest rate risk is limited due to the fixed rates on its finance leases, shareholder loans and external loans so this risk is therefore primarily associated with its ability to make interest payments. The Group mitigates this risk by preparing cash flow forecasts on a regular basis. The Group does not use any financial instruments to mitigate the risk but monitors this area closely on an ongoing basis and has low overall levels of leverage relative to the Group's potential debt capacity and debt service capability.

b)Competition from new entrants. The Group recognises that as its core markets grow this is likely to attract new entrants to the market. To mitigate this risk the Group continues to invest in research and development and its technology to retain its market share. The barriers to entry to the core markets are significant and offer protection to the Group given the demanding nature of service compliance, highly unpredictable influencing variables (weather) and requirement of scale.

c)People. The success of the Group is dependent on the efforts, abilities, experience, and expertise of its people and on recruiting, retaining, motivating and communicating effectively with its employees at all levels of the organisation. Policies and targets are supported by a Board approved governance structure and employees are engaged through staff surveys and regular communications with senior management, together with proactive efforts to engender ownership, responsibility decision making participation.

d)Inflation. The Group recognises the general increase in prices of raw materials arising from the prevailing increasing rate of inflation, within the UK economy. The Group actively seeks to minimise the impact on its results from strong negotiations within its supply chain and discussions with its customers to increase the rates it is able to charge for the services it provides.



This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.





R Smeaton
Director

Date: 27 February 2026

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OUTCO BIDCO LIMITED
 

 
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

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

Directors

The directors who served during the year were:

J Petsch 
R Smeaton 
A Petsch (resigned 18 July 2025)

Directors' responsibilities statement

The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic report, the Directors' 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 applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. 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 for the Company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;

make judgments 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;

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 to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006They 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.

Results and dividends

The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £5,993,666 (2024: £5,547,225). The directors do not recommend a dividend be paid.

The profit in the year has arisen from dividends received from subsidiary undertakings net of Group financing costs. The prior year profit arose in the year has arisen from one off non-cash intercompany balance write offs as part of the Group simplification exercise to dispense with superfluous non trading entities via solvent strike off. The net effect of that exercise at consolidated level was £nil.

Greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption and energy efficiency action

OUTCO Bidco Limited has not presented its own energy and carbon information as it is a subsidiary undertaking that is included in the Group energy and carbon report for OUTCO Holdings Limited.





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OUTCO BIDCO LIMITED
 

 
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025


Matters covered in the Strategic Report

The directors have chosen, in accordance with section 414C(11) of the Companies Act 2006, to set out in the strategic report information related to the future developments, financial instrument risks and financial risk management.

Disclosure of information to auditors

Each of the persons who are directors at the time when this Directors' report is approved has confirmed that:

so far as the director is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Company's auditors are unaware, and

the director has taken all the steps that ought to have been taken as a director in order to be aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Company's auditors are aware of that information.

Auditors

The auditorsJames Cowper Kreston Auditwill 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.
 





R Smeaton
Director

Date: 27 February 2026

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OUTCO BIDCO LIMITED
 

 
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF OUTCO BIDCO LIMITED
 

Opinion


We have audited the financial statements of Outco Bidco Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 30 September 2025, which comprise the Statement of comprehensive income, the Balance sheet, the Statement of changes in equity and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policiesThe 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 30 September 2025 and of its profit for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.


Basis for opinion


We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the 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.


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 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 ReportOur 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.


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OUTCO BIDCO LIMITED
 

 
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF OUTCO BIDCO LIMITED (CONTINUED)


Opinion 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 Directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the Strategic report and the 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 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 Directors' report.


We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which 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 Directors' responsibilities statement set out on page 3, 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.


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OUTCO BIDCO LIMITED
 

 
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF OUTCO BIDCO LIMITED (CONTINUED)


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 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 financial statements.

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance.

The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation. 

The specific procedures for this engagement that we designed and performed to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud, were as follows:

Enquiry of management and those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and claims;
Enquiry of management and those charged with governance to identify any material instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations;
Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
Performing audit work to address the risk of irregularities due to management override of controls, including testing of journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business and reviewing accounting estimates for evidence of bias.


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.


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OUTCO BIDCO LIMITED
 

 
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF OUTCO BIDCO LIMITED (CONTINUED)


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 2006Our 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.



Alan Poole BA(Hons) FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
  
for and on behalf of
James Cowper Kreston Audit
 
3rd Floor
Apex
Forbury Road
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 1AX

27 February 2026
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OUTCO BIDCO LIMITED
 

STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

2025
2024
Note
£
£

Administrative expenses
  
(592,872)
(495,519)

Other operating income
 4 
647,239
10,545,876

Operating profit
  
54,367
10,050,357

Dividend income
  
10,588,931
-

Interest payable and similar expenses
 9 
(4,649,632)
(4,503,132)

Profit before tax
  
5,993,666
5,547,225

Profit for the financial year
  
5,993,666
5,547,225

There was no other comprehensive income for 2025 (2024:£NIL).

The notes on pages 12 to 22 form part of these financial statements.

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OUTCO BIDCO LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 11635714

BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

2025
2024
Note
£
£

Fixed assets
  

Investments
 11 
56,458,036
41,596,103

  
56,458,036
41,596,103

Current assets
  

Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
 12 
393,253
4,521

  
393,253
4,521

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
 13 
(54,626,628)
(24,428,388)

Net current liabilities
  
 
 
(54,233,375)
 
 
(24,423,867)

Total assets less current liabilities
  
2,224,661
17,172,236

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
 14 
(3,516,667)
(24,457,908)

  

Net liabilities
  
(1,292,006)
(7,285,672)


Capital and reserves
  

Called up share capital 
 16 
17,581,000
17,581,000

Profit and loss account
 17 
(18,873,006)
(24,866,672)

  
(1,292,006)
(7,285,672)


The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by: 




R Smeaton
Director

Date: 27 February 2026

The notes on pages 12 to 22 form part of these financial statements.

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OUTCO BIDCO LIMITED
 

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025


Called up share capital
Profit and loss account
Total equity

£
£
£

At 1 October 2024
17,581,000
(24,866,672)
(7,285,672)



Profit for the year
-
5,993,666
5,993,666


At 30 September 2025
17,581,000
(18,873,006)
(1,292,006)



STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024


Called up share capital
Profit and loss account
Total equity

£
£
£

At 1 October 2023
17,581,000
(30,413,897)
(12,832,897)


Comprehensive income for the year

Profit for the year
-
5,547,225
5,547,225


At 30 September 2024
17,581,000
(24,866,672)
(7,285,672)


The notes on pages 12 to 22 form part of these financial statements.

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OUTCO BIDCO 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 and incorporated in England and Wales (registered number 11635714) under the Companies Act. The address of the principal place of business is Thorncroft Manor, Thorncroft Drive, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 8JB.

The principal activity of OUTCO Bidco Limited is activities of a holding company.

2.Accounting policies

 
2.1

Basis of preparation of financial statements

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 financial statements are prepared in Pounds Sterling which is the functional currency of the Company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest pound.

The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in applying the Company's accounting policies (see note 3).

The following principal accounting policies have been applied:

 
2.2

Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions

The Company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by the FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":
the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
the requirements of Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17(d);
the requirements of Section 11 Financial Instruments paragraphs 11.42, 11.44 to 11.45, 11.47, 11.48(a)(iii), 11.48(a)(iv), 11.48(b) and 11.48(c);
the requirements of Section 12 Other Financial Instruments paragraphs 12.26 to 12.27, 12.29(a), 12.29(b) and 12.29A;
the requirements of Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7.

This information is included in the consolidated financial statements of OUTCO Holdings Limited as at 30 September 2025 and these financial statements may be obtained from 3rd Floor, Apex, Forbury Road, Reading, RG1 1AX.

 
2.3

Exemption from preparing consolidated financial statements

The Company is a parent company that is also a subsidiary included in the consolidated financial statements of a larger group by a parent undertaking established under the law of any part of the United Kingdom and is therefore exempt from the requirement to prepare consolidated financial statements under section 400 of the Companies Act 2006.

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OUTCO BIDCO LIMITED
 

 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.4

Going concern

In considering the appropriate basis on which to prepare the financial statements, the Directors are required to consider whether the Company can continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

The Company is part of the OUTCO Holdings Limited group, and from 18th July 2025 the Cedrus Topco Limited group, and the going concern assessment is based on the going concern review of the Group. The Group as a whole operates a stable business with a good spread of customers and suppliers across the entire UK and has considerable financial resources.

The Group has a senior debt facility provided by Apera Asset Management LLP. The financial covenants comprise a net leverage ratio, cash cover test and capital expenditure test. The net leverage and cash cover tests are quarterly. The capital expenditure test is an annual test. The Group is fully compliant with these covenants with significant headroom. In addition we also have access to a £5m facility provided by OakNorth Bank Plc (undrawn during the financial year and to the date of signing these financial statements).

The Directors have made an assessment and satisfied themselves of the Group and Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The key elements of this assessment were the Group and Company's cash flow forecasts and projections, in addition to the Group's considerable cash balance and available bank facilities. These forecasts and projections, based on reasonably possible changes in trading performance, show the Group and Company have significant resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of this report.

The Directors, therefore, continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

 
2.5

Finance costs

Finance costs are charged to profit or loss over the term of the debt using the effective interest method so that the amount charged is at a constant rate on the carrying amount. Issue costs are initially recognised as a reduction in the proceeds of the associated capital instrument.

 
2.6

Pensions

Defined contribution pension plan

The Company operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the Company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the Company has no further payment obligations.

The contributions are recognised as an expense in profit or loss when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals as a liability in the Balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the Company in independently administered funds.

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OUTCO BIDCO LIMITED
 

 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.7

Taxation

Tax is recognised in profit or loss except that a charge attributable to an item of income and expense recognised as other comprehensive income or to an item recognised directly in equity is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.

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

Deferred tax balances are recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed by the balance sheet date, except that:
The recognition of deferred tax assets is limited to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits; and
Any deferred tax balances are reversed if and when all conditions for retaining associated tax allowances have been met.

Deferred tax balances are not recognised in respect of permanent differences except in respect of business combinations, when deferred tax is recognised on the differences between the fair values of assets acquired and the future tax deductions available for them and the differences between the fair values of liabilities acquired and the amount that will be assessed for tax. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.


 
2.8

Fixed asset investments

Investments in subsidiaries are measured at cost less accumulated impairment.

 
2.9

Financial instruments

The Company 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 Company's Balance sheet when the Company 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 Company's cash and cash equivalents, trade and most other debtors due with the operating cycle fall into this category of financial instruments.

Basic financial liabilities

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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)


2.9
Financial instruments (continued)

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 Company after the deduction of all its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities, which include trade and other creditors, bank loans and other loans 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.

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.


3.


Judgments in applying accounting policies and key sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported for assets and liabilities as at the balance sheet date and the amounts reported for revenues and expenses during the year. However, the nature of estimation means that actual outcomes could differ from those estimates. The following judgements have had the most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements.

Fixed asset investments

The most critical estimates and assumptions for fixed asset investments relates to the determination of its carrying value and the measurement of an impairment loss. In determining the carrying value of the investment the Company will consider all observable data which could indicate that there has been a measurable decrease in the estimated future cash flows from the fixed asset investment since initial recognition of the asset. Any impairment loss is the difference between the asset's carrying amount and the best estimate of the amount that the Company would receive for the asset if it were to be sold at the reporting date.


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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

4.


Other operating income

2025
2024
£
£

Recharge of management services to subsidiary undertakings
647,239
545,016

Release of intercompany balances
-
10,000,860

647,239
10,545,876


The release of intercompany balances in the prior year related to certain balances with other Group companies, which were non-cash in nature and at consolidated OUTCO Holdings Limited group level, netted out to £nil. The release of these balances was part of a Group simplification exercise to dispense with legacy entities that had become surplus to ongoing Group requirements.


5.


Auditors' remuneration

During the year, the Company obtained the following services from the Company's auditors and their associates:


2025
2024
£
£

Fees payable to the Company's auditors and their associates for the audit of the Company's financial statements
10,600
9,500


6.


Employees

Staff costs, including directors' remuneration, were as follows:


2025
2024
£
£

Wages and salaries
497,673
436,908

Social security costs
68,447
55,919

Pension costs - defined contribution plans
2,752
2,642

568,872
495,469


The average monthly number of employees, including the directors, during the year was as follows:


        2025
        2024
            No.
            No.







Employees
3
3

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

7.


Directors' remuneration

2025
2024
£
£

Directors' emoluments
236,280
200,000


The highest paid director received remuneration of £236,280 (2024 - £200,000).

The value of the Company's contributions paid to a defined contribution pension scheme in respect of the highest paid director amounted to £NIL (2024 - £NIL).

The total accrued pension provision of the highest paid director at 30 September 2025 amounted to £NIL (2024 - £NIL).


8.


Dividends

2025
2024
£
£



Dividends income
10,588,931
-



9.


Interest payable and similar expenses

2025
2024
£
£


Bank interest payable
582,607
1,012,543

Other loan interest payable
4,067,025
3,490,589

4,649,632
4,503,132

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

10.


Taxation


2025
2024
£
£



Total current tax
-
-

Deferred tax

Total deferred tax
-
-


Tax on profit
-
-

Factors affecting tax charge for the year

The tax assessed for the year is lower than (2024 - lower than) the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25% (2024 - 25%). The differences are explained below:

2025
2024
£
£


Profit on ordinary activities before tax
5,993,666
5,547,225


Profit on ordinary activities multiplied by standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25% (2024 - 25%)
1,498,417
1,386,806

Effects of:


Expenses not deductible for tax purposes, other than goodwill amortisation and impairment
2,015,725
528,492

Non-taxable income
(2,647,234)
(2,500,215)

Deferred tax not recognised
(1,263,421)
-

Group relief
396,513
584,917

Total tax charge for the year
-
-

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

11.


Fixed asset investments

The Company assesses at each balance sheet date whether there is objective evidence that the investment in subsidiaries is impaired and recognises an impairment charge when such evidence exists. 

The value of investment was tested for impairment during the current financial year by means of comparing the recoverable amount with the carrying value.





Investments in subsidiary companies

£



Cost or valuation


At 1 October 2024
41,596,103


Additions
14,861,933



At 30 September 2025
56,458,036





Subsidiary undertakings


The following were subsidiary undertakings of the Company:

Name

Principal activity

Class of shares

Holding

Almec Fencing Limited
Commercial Fencing Contractor
Ordinary
 100%
OUTCO Limited
Winter services, grounds maintenance and landscaping
Ordinary
100%
Trentham Fencing Limited
Commercial Fencing Contractor
Ordinary
100%
Flora-Tec Limited
Horticultural services
Ordinary
100%
Perimeter Solutions Limited
Commercial Fencing Contractor
Ordinary
100%
Perimeter Solutions (Automation) Limited*
Automated gates and access control
Ordinary
40%

The registered office for all subsidiary undertakings is 3rd Floor, Apex, Forbury Road, Reading, RG1 1AX.

*The other 60% of this entity is owned by Perimeter Solutions Limited which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Outco Bidco Limited.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

12.


Debtors

2025
2024
£
£


Amounts owed by group undertakings
326,591
-

Other debtors
66,662
-

Prepayments and accrued income
-
4,521

393,253
4,521



13.


Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

2025
2024
£
£

Bank loans
-
1,800,280

Amounts owed to group undertakings
53,543,295
19,926,099

Other creditors
1,083,333
-

Accruals and deferred income
-
2,702,009

54,626,628
24,428,388


Included within other creditors is deferred consideration payable in respect of earn-out arrangements arising from acquisitions completed during the year. 


14.


Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

2025
2024
£
£

Bank loans
-
5,893,080

Other loans
-
18,564,828

Other creditors
3,516,667
-

3,516,667
24,457,908


Included within other creditors is deferred consideration payable in respect of earn-out arrangements arising from acquisitions completed during the year. 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

15.


Loans


Analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:


2025
2024
£
£

Amounts falling due within one year

Bank borrowings (net of issuance costs)
-
1,800,280

Amounts falling due 1-2 years

Bank borrowings (net of issuance costs)
-
358,480

Amounts falling due 2-5 years

Bank borrowings (net of issuance costs)
-
5,534,600

Loan notes (net of issuance costs)
-
18,564,828


-
26,258,188


The Company has no outstanding borrowing or loan Facilities as at the balance sheet date.

The loans that were outstanding in the prior year were settled as part of a restructure above the parent company Outco Holdings Limited following the acquisition of OUTCO Holdings Limited by Cedrus Bidco Limited on 18th July 2025.


16.


Share capital

2025
2024
£
£
Allotted, called up and fully paid



17,581,000 (2024 - 17,581,000) Ordinary shares of £1.00 each
17,581,000
17,581,000



17.


Reserves

Profit and loss account

The profit and loss account represent the cumulative profits available for distribution.


18.


Related party transactions

The Company is exempt from disclosing related party transactions with other 100% owned members of the group headed by OUTCO Holdings Limited by virtue of FRS 102 section 33. 1A. Balances due to and from members of the Group are disclosed in note 12 and 13 respectively.

Directors remuneration is disclosed in note 7. There are no other key management personnel.


19.


Post balance sheet events

Post year end the Group acquired Patrone Holdings Limited and its subsidiary Magtec Electric Gates Limited on 30 January 2026 as part of the Group's ongoing selective acquisitive growth strategy.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

20.


Controlling party

The Company's immediate parent undertaking is OUTCO Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in the UK whose registered office is C/O James Cowper Kreston 3rd Floor, Apex, Forbury Road, Reading, Berkshire, England, RG1 1AX. The smallest and largest group for which consolidated financial statements are prepared is OUTCO Holdings Limited. Copies of the Group accounts can be obtained from the registered office.

The ultimate parent company is Cedrus Topco Limited (Company Registration Number 16553145, Registered Office: C/O James Cowper Kreston 3rd Floor, Apex, Forbury Road, Reading, Berkshire, England, RG1 1AX) and there is no single ultimate controlling party. 

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