Company registration number 02280231 (England and Wales)
BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Mr C A Petri
Mr M Krug
Mr D C Hedley
Company number
02280231
Registered office
5 Doxford Drive
South West Industrial Estate
Peterlee
Co Durham
SR8 2RL
Auditor
Azets Audit Services
Bulman House
Regent Centre
Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 3LS
BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Directors' report
1
Directors' responsibilities statement
2
Independent auditor's report
3 - 5
Income statement
6
Statement of comprehensive income
7
Statement of financial position
8
Statement of changes in equity
9
Notes to the financial statements
10 - 19
BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025.

Principal activities

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the manufacture of drum ring closures.

Directors

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

Mr C A Petri
Mr M Krug
Mr D C Hedley
Auditor

In accordance with the company's articles, a resolution proposing that Azets Audit Services be reappointed as auditor of the company will be put at a General Meeting.

Statement of disclosure to auditor

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.

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

The company meets it day to day working capital requirements through cash generated from operations.

The company's forecasts and projections for the next twelve months show that it should have sufficient cash reserves to be able to continue in operational existence for that period, taking into account reasonable possible changes in trading performance.

Based on the factors set out above the directors believe it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.

On behalf of the board
Mr D C Hedley
Director
27 May 2026
BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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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.

BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Berger Closures Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2025 which comprise the income statement, the statement of comprehensive income, the statement of financial position, the statement of changes in equity 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 December 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 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 directors' r eport for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

- the directors' report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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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 identifie d material misstatements in the directors' r eport. 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' r esponsibilities s tatement, 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.

Auditor's 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 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.

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.

BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above and on the Financial Reporting Council’s website, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud.

We obtain and update our understanding of the entity, its activities, its control environment, and likely future developments, including in relation to the legal and regulatory framework applicable and how the entity is complying with that framework. Based on this understanding, we identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. This includes consideration of the risk of acts by the entity that were contrary to applicable laws and regulations, including fraud.

We identified the following applicable laws and regulations as those most likely to have a material impact on the financial statements: Health and Safety; employment law (including the Working Time Directive); and compliance with the UK Companies Act.

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, including fraud, we designed procedures which included:

- Enquiry of management and those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and claims as well as actual, suspected and alleged fraud;

- Reviewing minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;

- Assessing the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations considered to have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company through enquiry and inspection;

- Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations;

- Performing audit work over the risk of management bias and 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 indicators of potential bias.

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 of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

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.

Brian Laidlaw BA CA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Azets Audit Services, Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants
Bulman House
Regent Centre
Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 3LS
27 May 2026
BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
INCOME STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
2,879,940
3,027,217
Cost of sales
(1,621,030)
(1,647,941)
Gross profit
1,258,910
1,379,276
Administrative expenses
(506,516)
(685,871)
Operating profit
4
752,394
693,405
Interest receivable and similar income
9
8,431
6,157
Interest payable and similar expenses
8
-
0
(247)
Profit before taxation
760,825
699,315
Tax on profit
10
(196,311)
(178,370)
Profit for the financial year
564,514
520,945

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

BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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2025
2024
£
£
Profit for the year
564,514
520,945
Other comprehensive income
-
-
Total comprehensive income for the year
564,514
520,945
BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2025
31 December 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
12
239,155
255,103
Current assets
Stocks
13
420,045
434,684
Debtors
14
651,906
441,063
Cash at bank and in hand
529,539
757,016
1,601,490
1,632,763
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
15
(489,288)
(550,527)
Net current assets
1,112,202
1,082,236
Total assets less current liabilities
1,351,357
1,337,339
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
16
8,691
9,187
(8,691)
(9,187)
Net assets
1,342,666
1,328,152
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
18
250,000
250,000
Profit and loss reserves
1,092,666
1,078,152
Total equity
1,342,666
1,328,152
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 27 May 2026 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr D C Hedley
Director
Company registration number 02280231 (England and Wales)
BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
Balance at 1 January 2024
250,000
1,107,207
1,357,207
Year ended 31 December 2024:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
520,945
520,945
Dividends
11
-
(550,000)
(550,000)
Balance at 31 December 2024
250,000
1,078,152
1,328,152
Year ended 31 December 2025:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
564,514
564,514
Dividends
11
-
(550,000)
(550,000)
Balance at 31 December 2025
250,000
1,092,666
1,342,666
BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Berger Closures Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 5 Doxford Drive, South West Industrial Estate, Peterlee, Co Durham, SR8 2RL.

1.1
Accounting convention

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.

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

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

This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. T he company has therefore taken advantage of e xemptions from the following disclosure requirements:

- Section 7 ‘Statement of Cash Flows’: Presentation of a statement of cash flow and related notes and disclosures;

- Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instrument Issues: Interest income/expense and net gains/losses for financial instruments not measured at fair value; basis of determining fair values; details of collateral, loan defaults or breaches, details of hedges, hedging fair value changes recognised in profit or loss and in other comprehensive income;

- Section 26 ‘Share based Payment’: Share-based payment expense charged to profit or loss, reconciliation of opening and closing number and weighted average exercise price of share options, how the fair value of options granted was measured, measurement and carrying amount of liabilities for cash-settled share-based payments, explanation of modifications to arrangements;

- Section 33 ‘Related Party Disclosures’: Compensation for key management personnel.

The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of Ringmetal AG, incorporated in Germany.

1.2
Going concern

A true t the time of approving the financial statements, t he directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus t he directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

The company meets its day to day working capital requirements through cash generated from operations.

The company’s forecasts and projections for the next twelve months show that it should have

sufficient cash reserves to be able to continue in operational existence for that period, taking into

account reasonable possible changes in trading performance.

Based on the factors set out above the directors believe it remains appropriate to prepare the financial

statements on a going concern basis.

BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.3
Turnover

Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, and is shown net of VAT and other sales related taxes. The fair value of consideration takes into account trade discounts, settlement discounts and volume rebates.

The nature, timing of satisfaction of performance obligations and significant payment terms of the company's major sources of revenue are as follows:

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have passed to the buyer (usually on dispatch of the goods), the amount of revenue can be measured reliably, it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the entity and the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

1.4
Tangible fixed assets

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:

Freehold land and buildings
2% straight line
Plant and machinery
15% Straight line
Fixtures and fittings
15% Straight line

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.

1.5
Impairment of fixed assets

Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.

If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.

Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.

1.6
Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition.

Stocks held for distribution at no or nominal consideration are measured at the lower of cost and replacement cost, adjusted where applicable for any loss of service potential.

BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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At each reporting date, an assessment is made for impairment. Any excess of the carrying amount of stocks over its estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell is recognised as an impairment loss in profit or loss. Reversals of impairment losses are also recognised in profit or loss.

1.7
Cash and cash equivalents

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.

1.8
Financial instruments

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

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, 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.

Classification of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial 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 paymen ts 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. A m ounts 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.

1.9
Equity instruments

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.

1.10
Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the income statement because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

Deferred tax

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the income statement, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

1.11
Employee benefits

The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

1.12
Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

1.13
Leases
As lessee

Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the lease s asset are consumed.

2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

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. Management do not believe there are any critical judgements or key sources of estimation uncertainty relating to the financial statements.

BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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3
Turnover and other revenue
2025
2024
£
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
Sale of goods
2,879,940
3,027,217
2025
2024
£
£
Turnover analysed by geographical market
UK
2,199,814
2,562,758
Europe
348,786
352,138
USA
331,340
112,321
2,879,940
3,027,217
2025
2024
£
£
Other revenue
Interest income
8,431
6,157
4
Operating profit
2025
2024
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging:
£
£
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
27,333
37,474
Operating lease charges
6,554
5,428
5
Auditor's remuneration
2025
2024
Fees payable to the company's auditor and associates:
£
£
For audit services
Audit of the financial statements of the company
21,000
19,000
6
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2025
2024
Number
Number
Production
15
15
Administration and support
2
3
Management
1
1
Total
18
19
BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
6
Employees
(Continued)
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Their aggregate remuneration comprised:

2025
2024
£
£
Wages and salaries
520,694
627,717
Social security costs
51,548
57,437
Pension costs
13,813
83,882
586,055
769,036
7
Directors' remuneration
2025
2024
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
80,063
151,380
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
2,386
73,887
82,449
225,267
8
Interest payable and similar expenses
2025
2024
£
£
Other interest on financial liabilities
-
0
247
9
Interest receivable and similar income
2025
2024
£
£
Interest income
Interest on bank deposits
8,431
6,157
10
Taxation
2025
2024
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
196,808
183,716
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
(497)
(5,346)
Total tax charge
196,311
178,370
BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
10
Taxation
(Continued)
- 16 -

The actual charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:

2025
2024
£
£
Profit before taxation
760,825
699,315
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2024: 25.00%)
190,206
174,829
Permanent capital allowances in excess of depreciation
6,105
3,541
Taxation charge for the year
196,311
178,370

The tax on profit before tax for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 2 5% (202 4 - 25%).

11
Dividends
2025
2024
£
£
Interim paid
550,000
550,000
12
Tangible fixed assets
Freehold land and buildings
Plant and machinery
Fixtures and fittings
Total
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 January 2025
508,114
1,012,292
127,778
1,648,184
Additions
-
0
9,021
2,523
11,544
Disposals
-
0
(74,177)
(77,620)
(151,797)
At 31 December 2025
508,114
947,136
52,681
1,507,931
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2025
315,084
950,219
127,778
1,393,081
Depreciation charged in the year
10,162
15,747
1,424
27,333
Eliminated in respect of disposals
-
0
(74,176)
(77,462)
(151,638)
At 31 December 2025
325,246
891,790
51,740
1,268,776
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025
182,868
55,346
941
239,155
At 31 December 2024
193,030
62,073
-
0
255,103
BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
- 17 -
13
Stocks
2025
2024
£
£
Raw materials and consumables
372,161
371,155
Finished goods and goods for resale
47,884
63,529
420,045
434,684
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Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
327,467
413,467
Amounts owed by group undertakings
300,000
-
0
Prepayments and accrued income
24,439
27,596
651,906
441,063
15
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£
£
Trade creditors
143,574
166,592
Amounts owed to group undertakings
13,077
18,602
Corporation tax
228,078
199,165
Other taxation and social security
82,059
123,670
Dividends payable
-
0
22,760
Other creditors
-
0
538
Accruals and deferred income
22,500
19,200
489,288
550,527
16
Deferred taxation

The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:

Liabilities
Liabilities
2025
2024
Balances:
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
8,691
9,187
BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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Deferred taxation
(Continued)
- 18 -
2025
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 January 2025
9,187
Credit to profit or loss
(496)
Liability at 31 December 2025
8,691

The deferred tax liability set out above is expected to reverse within 2 - 5 years and relates to accelerated capital allowances that are expected to mature within the same period.

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Retirement benefit schemes
2025
2024
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
13,813
83,882

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.

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Share capital
2025
2024
2025
2024
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
of 33p each
750,000
750,000
250,000
250,000
19
Operating lease commitments
As lessee

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

2025
2024
£
£
Within 1 year
15,459
297
Years 2-5
31,854
-
0
47,313
297
BERGER CLOSURES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
- 19 -
20
Related party transactions
Remuneration of key management personnel

During the year the company paid a management charge of £49,131 (202 4 - £58,687) to Ringmetal AG, the ultimate parent company. At the balance sheet date amounts owed to Ringmetal AG totalled £13,077 (202 4 - £18,602).

During the year the company purchased goods in the normal course of business totalling £9,059 (202 4 - £4,888) from August Berger Metallwarenfabriek GmbH, the immediate parent company. In addition, the company sold goods of £1,568 (20 24 - £4,622) to August Berger Metallwarenfabriek GmbH. The company provided August Berger Metallwarenfabriek GmbH with an interest free loan of £300,000 during the year with no fixed repayment terms.

During the year the company purchased goods in the normal course of business totalling £64,125 (202 4 - £30,264) from Berger Italia, a company under common control. At the balance sheet date amounts owed to Berger Italia were £Nil (202 4 - £Nil).

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Ultimate controlling party

The company's immediate parent is August Berger Metallwarenfabrik GmbH, incorporated in Germany.

The ultimate parent is Ringmetall AG, incorporated in Germany.

These financial statements are available on request from www.ringmetall.de

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