The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 January 2026.

Folk2Folk Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Folk Group, is a UK-based, FCA-authorised peer-to-peer and marketplace lending platform that provides secured property finance to small and medium-sized enterprises in the United Kingdom. The Company originates and administers loans secured against UK land or property, funded by retail and institutional investors through the Company’s digital platform.

The Company’s strategy is to support regional and rural businesses by providing secured lending, while seeking to deliver appropriate risk-adjusted returns to investors and maintaining prudent credit and risk management.

No dividends were declared in respect of the year ended 31 January 2026.

Key Developments in the Financial Year

Leadership and Governance Changes

During the year, the Company completed a planned leadership transition. Roy Warren, Managing Director since 2019, retired from his executive role in January 2026 and was appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director.

Kawai Chung was appointed Chief Executive Officer with effect from 31 October 2025, following a succession process. The Board considers that this appointment enhances the Company’s capability in relation to operating a peer-to-peer platform, institutional funding, non-bank lending and property backed finance.

The Board and Executive Committee continued to develop during the year as part of the Company’s ongoing focus on governance, risk oversight and operational capability.

Operational and Strategic Progress

During the year, the Company continued to focus on a number of key strategic priorities, including:

• Maintaining profitability and continuing to originate secured lending through economic cycles.

• Continuing engagement with potential institutional funding counterparties in support of the Company’s long-term funding strategy.

• Maintaining a disciplined approach to portfolio monitoring and the management of loan arrears and recoveries.

• Continuing investment in platform development and operational change to support process efficiency and product development.

• Strengthening management and control functions, including recruitment within risk, credit and operations.

• Maintaining the company’s position as the UK’s leading Peer-to-Peer lending platform for businesses, in terms of cumulative lending.

The Board recognises that the Group operates in a regulated financial services environment and is exposed to a range of risks and uncertainties, including:

• Credit risk – the risk of borrower default, mitigated through underwriting standards and portfolio monitoring.

• Property market risk – exposure to changes in UK property market conditions, mitigated through independent valuations, conservative loan-to-value limits and portfolio management.

• Liquidity and funding risk – the risk of reduced funding availability or adverse investor sentiment, mitigated through liquidity management and diversification of funding sources.

• Regulatory risk – the risk of changes in regulation or supervisory expectations affecting the Group’s operations and disclosures, managed through governance, compliance monitoring and engagement with regulators.

• Operational and technology risk – risks relating to systems, controls, cyber security and operational resilience, mitigated through system design, policies, oversight and continuous infrastructure investment.

• Macroeconomic risk – the impact of interest rate volatility, inflation and broader economic conditions on borrower performance and asset values, mitigated through lending criteria and ongoing portfolio monitoring.

The Board regularly reviews these risks through its risk and audit governance framework and considers them manageable within the Group’s risk appetite.

The Group’s strategic priorities are focused on supporting SMEs through secured property lending and developing the platform and operating model in a manner consistent with the Group’s risk appetite and regulatory obligations. The strategy is reviewed by the Board in light of market conditions, with the key pillars being:

1. Disciplined Growth – a focus on sustainable origination while maintaining robust underwriting and security standards

2. Product Diversification – developing the lending proposition in line with appropriate credit standards and operational capabilities

3. Funding Diversification – broadening funding capacity through a balanced mix of retail and institutional funding sources

4. Operational Resilience – maintaining systems, processes and governance to support the Group’s activities and regulatory obligations

5. People and Culture – supporting the attraction, retention and development of talent, aligned to maintaining Folk2Folk as a responsible and well‑governed lender with strong core values

The Board believes that the Group is appropriately positioned to pursue its strategic priorities; however, future performance will be influenced by market conditions, the regulatory environment and the level of credit demand and funding available.

On behalf of the board

The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 January 2026.

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of a holding company.

The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:

Saffery LLP have expressed their willingness to continue in office.

The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

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

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

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the 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.

So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.

We have audited the financial statements of Folk Group Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 January 2026 which comprise the income statement, the statement of financial position and notes to the financial statements, including 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 January 2026 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 Auditor's 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 other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's 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.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

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

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 and 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; or

• the directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemption in preparing the directors' report.

As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, 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.

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

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 specific procedures for this engagement and the extent to which these are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud are detailed below.

Identifying and assessing risks related to irregularities:

We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement and how fraud might occur, including through discussions with the directors, discussions within our audit team planning meeting, updating our record of internal controls and ensuring these controls operated as intended. We evaluated possible incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements. We identified laws and regulations that are of significance in the context of the company by discussions with directors and by updating our understanding of the sector in which the company operates.

Laws and regulations of direct significance in the context of the company include The Companies Act 2006 and UK Tax legislation.

Audit response to risks identified

We considered the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our audit procedures on the related financial statement items including a review of financial statement disclosures. We reviewed the company's records of breaches of laws and regulations, minutes of meetings and correspondence with relevant authorities to identify potential material misstatements arising. We discussed the company's policies and procedures for compliance with laws and regulations with members of management responsible for compliance.

During the planning meeting with the audit team, the engagement partner drew attention to the key areas which might involve non-compliance with laws and regulations or fraud. We enquired of management whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations or knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud. We addressed the risk of fraud through management override of controls by testing the appropriateness of journal entries and identifying any significant transactions that were unusual or outside the normal course of business. We assessed whether judgements made in making accounting estimates gave rise to a possible indication of management bias. At the completion stage of the audit, the engagement partner’s review included ensuring that the team had approached their work with appropriate professional scepticism and thus the capacity to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud.

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

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

Use of our report

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

The income statement has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

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

Folk Group Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Number One Business Centre, Western Road, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 7FJ.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £1.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 399 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts, on the basis that the group of which this is the parent qualifies as a small group. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.

Goodwill arising on the acquisition of trade represents the excess of the fair value of the consideration over the fair value of the identifiable assets and liabilities acquired. It is initially recognised as an asset at cost and is subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is considered to have a finite useful life and is amortised on a systematic basis over its expected life, which is 5 years.

Intangible assets acquired separately from a business are recognised at cost and are subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses.

Intangible assets acquired on business combinations are recognised separately from goodwill at the acquisition date where it is probable that the expected future economic benefits that are attributable to the asset will flow to the entity and the fair value of the asset can be measured reliably; the intangible asset arises from contractual or other legal rights; and the intangible asset is separable from the entity.

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.

Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.

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

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's statement of financial position 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, which include debtors, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method 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. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

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 deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

Changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as fair value hedges are recognised in profit or loss immediately, together with any changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk.

The share option program allows employees of the company's wholly owned subsidiary, Folk2Folk Limited, to be granted options to purchase shares in Folk Group Limited. The fair value of options granted are recognised in the subsidiary's accounts as an employee expense with a corresponding increase in equity (share options reserve). In the accounts of Folk Group Limited the options granted are recognised as an increase in the investment carrying value of the subsidiary undertaking with a corresponding increase in equity (share options reserve).

The fair value of the options are measured at the grant date and spread over the period during which the employees of Folk2Folk Limited become unconditionally entitled to the options. The fair value of the options granted is measured using an option pricing model, taking into account the terms and conditions upon which the options were granted. The amount recognised as an expense in Folk2Folk Limited and as an increase to the share options payments reserve in Folk Group Limited is adjusted to reflect the actual number of share options that vest except where forfeiture is only due to the share price not achieving the threshold for vesting.

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

There are not considered to be any significant estimates or judgements in the financial statements.

There were no individuals employed by the company during the year (2025: 0).

Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 January 2026 are as follows:

The share premium reserve contains the premium arising on issue of equity shares, net of issue expenses.

The company operates a programme that allows certain employees of its wholly owned subsidiary Folk2Folk Limited to acquire shares of Folk Group Limited.

The options outstanding at 31 January 2026 had an exercise price ranging from 16.61 to £200.

The share options granted on 11 November 2015 are exercisable after a vesting period ranging between 2 and 3.5 years. The options were then exercisable by the employee up to November 2025.

The share options granted on 05 November 2018 are exercisable after a vesting period ranging between 3 and 3.5 years. The options are then exercisable by the employee up to November 2028.

The share options granted on 24 January 2020 are exercisable after a vesting period of 3 years. The options are then exercisable by the employee up to January 2030.

The share options granted on 12 January 2022 are exercisable in the event of a sale of Folk2Folk Limited. The options are then exercisable by the employee for 90 days.

The total expense recognised as an employee cost in the accounts of its wholly owned subsidiary Folk2Folk Limited was £nil (2025: £16,396). The same amount was recognised as an increase in the investment carrying value of the subsidiary in these accounts with a corresponding entry to the other reserve held in equity.

At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, as follows:

The company has taken advantage of the exemption provided by FRS102 to not disclose transactions entered into between two or more members of a group, provided that any subsidiary which is party to the transactions is wholly owned by such a member.

In the opinion of the directors there is no ultimate controlling party.