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REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150 (England and Wales)












GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT,

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025

FOR

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)






CONTENTS OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the year ended 31 October 2025




Page

Company Information 1

Group Strategic Report 2

Report of the Directors 5

Report of the Independent Auditors 7

Consolidated Income Statement 11

Consolidated Other Comprehensive Income 12

Consolidated Balance Sheet 13

Company Balance Sheet 14

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 15

Company Statement of Changes in Equity 16

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 17

Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 18

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 20


HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

COMPANY INFORMATION
for the year ended 31 October 2025







DIRECTORS: Mr G W Harvey
Mr G Watson



REGISTERED OFFICE: Laurence Walter House
Addison Road
Chilton Industrial Estate
Sudbury
Suffolk
CO10 2YW



REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150 (England and Wales)



SENIOR STATUTORY AUDITOR: Mr Adam Moody FCCA



AUDITORS: Xeinadin Audit Limited
Statutory Auditor
Maple House, Level 5A
149 Tottenham Court Road
London
W1T 7NF

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT
for the year ended 31 October 2025

The directors present their strategic report of the company and the group for the year ended 31 October 2025.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS
The group had a successful year. Group turnover at £21.0m (2024: £21.2m) with gross margin at 56% (2024: 44%). Group operating profit (before exceptional items) was £5.7m (2024: £3.6m).

In May 2023, the owners sold 80% of the business to an Employee Ownership Trust. A contribution of £3.02m (2024: £1.5m) was made to the Trust during the year.

The state of affairs at the balance sheet date is considered to be satisfactory with group net assets of £12.7m (2024: £11.6m).

A review of the group's activities is given below:-

The group's main activities centre around aviation, defence and ancillary services and include headset design and manufacture; plastic moulding and all forms of precision engineering.

Members of the group include

- HBS Electronics Limited, an earpiece design business based in Sudbury, Suffolk.
- Linton Plastic Moulders Limited, a plastic moulding business based in Sudbury, Suffolk.
- Clement Clarke Communications, a communications product business based in Sudbury, Suffolk.
- Flycom Avionics Limited, an avionics equipment provider based in Sudbury, Suffolk.
- Oldbury Engineering Limited, a precision engineering business based in Sudbury, Suffolk.
- Redmayne Engineering Limited, a precision engineering business based in Brockenhurst, Hampshire.
- E.D.S Engineering Limited, a precision machining and tooling business based in Chelmsford.
- Sensorcom Limited, a communications and product services business based in Sudbury, Suffolk.

The group continues to expand its service offering to its major customers which includes many blue chip companies in the aviation support services industry as well as governments.

Trading across the group has been satisfactory during the period under review.

The key financial performance indicators for the group are as follows:-


KPI 2025 2024 Measure
Gross Profit Margin 56% 44% Gross Profit/Turnover
Debtors days 86 days 81 days Trade Debtors/Turnover
Creditors days 62 days 69 days Trade Creditors/Cost of Sales


HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT
for the year ended 31 October 2025

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
The group faces the usual business risks of competition within its sector and pressure on prices. These risks are mitigated by the directors continuously driving the business forward into new product areas and niche markets where prices can be maintained at profitable levels. The issue of increased manufacturing costs in the UK has been addressed by making use of a factory facility which the group has access to in Serbia.

The principal risks and uncertainties affecting the group include:
- Retention of customers - the group maintains strong relationships with each of its key customers and has established procedures for monitoring performance and service levels
- Competitive risk - the group's expertise and efficiency in its marketplace and its diversity of operations helps to mitigate the possible effect of action by any one single competitor.
- Manufacturing labour costs - the group has access to manufacturing capabilities in a factory facility in Serbia. This has allowed it to maintain tight control over its manufacturing cost base whilst still maintaining excellent quality in its products.
- Quality control risks - the group maintains strict quality control over its products. It holds appropriate approvals with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) along with other organisations to enable it to carry on its activities in various jurisdictions around the world.

The directors believe that the group has adequate resources in place to meet its forecast trading requirements and all risks and uncertainties are managed appropriately.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
The group continues to develop and expand its product range both within its own research and development capabilities and by the acquisition of other businesses as and when appropriate opportunities arise both in the UK and worldwide. As the group expands, further market opportunities develop and the directors are confident of sustainable future growth in their precision engineering sector.

EMPLOYEES
The group operates an equal opportunities policy. The aim of this policy is to ensure that there should be equal opportunity for all and this applies to external recruitment, internal appointments, terms of employment, conditions of service and opportunity for training and promotion regardless of gender, ethnic origin or disability.

Disabled persons are given full and fair consideration for all types of vacancy in as much as the opportunities available are constrained by the practical limitations of the disability. Should, for whatever reason, an employee of the group becomes disabled whilst in the employment, every step, where appropriate will be taken to assist with rehabilitation and suitable re-training.

The group maintains its own health, safety and environmental policies covering all aspect of its operations. Regular meetings and inspections take place to ensure all legal requirements are adhered to and that the group is responsive to the needs of the employees and the environment.


HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT
for the year ended 31 October 2025

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The group has no external finance for its day to day trading activities and has significant cash reserves of its own.

The group has not entered into any hedging arrangements as the directors perceive the exchange rate risk to the business to be low.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:




Mr G W Harvey - Director


23 July 2026

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
for the year ended 31 October 2025

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

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY
The principal activity of the group in the year under review was that of precision engineering mainly in the aviation, defence and ancillary sectors.

DIVIDENDS
No dividends will be distributed for the year ended 31 October 2025.

A distribution to the Employee Ownership Trust of £3.02m (2024: £1.5m) was made during the year.

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

Mr G W Harvey
Mr G Watson

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES
The directors are responsible for preparing the Group Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

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

- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's and the group's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and the group 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 the group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
for the year ended 31 October 2025


STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the group's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the group's auditors are aware of that information.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:




Mr G W Harvey - Director


23 July 2026

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of HBS Electronics (Holdings) Limited (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 31 October 2025 which comprise the Consolidated Income Statement, Consolidated Other Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Balance Sheet, Company Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Company Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated Cash Flow Statement and Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement, Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:
-give a true and fair view of the state of the group's and of the parent company affairs as at 31 October 2025 and of the group's 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 group 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 group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

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

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

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

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

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the information given in the Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED


Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and the parent company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Group Strategic Report or the Report of the Directors.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept by the parent company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the parent company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

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

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the group's and the parent 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 group or the parent company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED


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

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

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:
- the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
- we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the group through discussions with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the group's sector;
- we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the group, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation and data protection, employment, and health and safety legislation;
- we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence where necessary.

We assessed the susceptibility of the group's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
- making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and
- considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
- performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected transactions;
- agreed income to underlying contracts;
- tested the appropriateness of journal entries;
- investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.

To address the risk that revenue could be misstated due to fraud, we:
- obtained an understanding of the company's revenue recognition policies and compared these to the accounting standard;
- performed a walkthrough to confirm our understanding of the processes and controls through which the business initiates, records, processes and reports revenue transactions;
- tested a sample of revenue transactions to supporting evidence; and
- tested, on a sample basis, revenue related balances in the balance sheet.

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we design procedures which included, but were not limited to:
- agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;
- enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and
- reviewing legal expenses for any potential issues.

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.


REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors.

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




Mr Adam Moody FCCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Xeinadin Audit Limited
Statutory Auditor
Maple House, Level 5A
149 Tottenham Court Road
London
W1T 7NF

23 July 2026

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

CONSOLIDATED
INCOME STATEMENT
for the year ended 31 October 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 4 20,966,824 21,170,455

Cost of sales (9,251,746 ) (11,926,076 )
GROSS PROFIT 11,715,078 9,244,379

Administrative expenses (6,075,924 ) (5,675,829 )
OPERATING PROFIT 6 5,639,154 3,568,550

Exceptional items 7 (63,504 ) (460,000 )
Impairment of subsidiary
investment on cessation 7 - (184,275 )
5,575,650 2,924,275

Interest receivable and similar income 16,747 6,029
5,592,397 2,930,304

Interest payable and similar expenses 8 (48,928 ) (43,102 )
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 5,543,469 2,887,202

Tax on profit 9 (1,476,531 ) (773,756 )
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 4,066,938 2,113,446
Profit attributable to:
Owners of the parent 4,066,938 2,113,446

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

CONSOLIDATED
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
for the year ended 31 October 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £   

PROFIT FOR THE YEAR 4,066,938 2,113,446


OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Employee ownership trust contribution (3,020,000 ) (1,500,000 )
Income tax relating to other comprehensive
income

-

-
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR, NET OF INCOME TAX

(3,020,000

)

(1,500,000

)
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR

1,046,938

613,446

Total comprehensive income attributable to:
Owners of the parent 1,046,938 613,446

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
31 October 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 11 1,224,847 1,337,945
Tangible assets 12 2,110,331 1,341,784
Investments 13 - -
3,335,178 2,679,729

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 14 7,905,504 7,038,886
Debtors 15 6,469,898 6,911,084
Cash at bank and in hand 4,246,985 5,047,604
18,622,387 18,997,574
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 16 7,903,506 9,443,877
NET CURRENT ASSETS 10,718,881 9,553,697
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

14,054,059

12,233,426

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one year 17 (737,934 ) (182,416 )

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 21 (626,735 ) (408,558 )
NET ASSETS 12,689,390 11,642,452

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 22 200 200
Retained earnings 23 12,689,190 11,642,252
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 12,689,390 11,642,452

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 23 July 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:





Mr G W Harvey - Director


HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

COMPANY BALANCE SHEET
31 October 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 11 - -
Tangible assets 12 - -
Investments 13 9,174,474 9,174,474
9,174,474 9,174,474

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 15 519,644 1,190,602
Cash at bank 296,675 1,059,081
816,319 2,249,683
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 16 5,887,021 5,173,222
NET CURRENT LIABILITIES (5,070,702 ) (2,923,539 )
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

4,103,772

6,250,935

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 22 100 100
Retained earnings 4,103,672 6,250,835
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 4,103,772 6,250,935

Company's profit for the financial year 872,837 665,587

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

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 23 July 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:





Mr G W Harvey - Director


HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
for the year ended 31 October 2025

Called up
share Retained Total
capital earnings equity
£    £    £   
Balance at 1 November 2023 200 11,028,806 11,029,006

Changes in equity
Total comprehensive income - 613,446 613,446
Balance at 31 October 2024 200 11,642,252 11,642,452

Changes in equity
Total comprehensive income - 1,046,938 1,046,938
Balance at 31 October 2025 200 12,689,190 12,689,390

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

COMPANY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
for the year ended 31 October 2025

Called up
share Retained Total
capital earnings equity
£    £    £   
Balance at 1 November 2023 100 7,085,248 7,085,348

Changes in equity
Profit for the year - 665,587 665,587
Capital contribution to EOT - (1,500,000 ) (1,500,000 )
Total comprehensive income - (834,413 ) (834,413 )
Balance at 31 October 2024 100 6,250,835 6,250,935

Changes in equity
Profit for the year - 872,837 872,837
Other comprehensive income - (3,020,000 ) (3,020,000 )
Total comprehensive income - (2,147,163 ) (2,147,163 )
Balance at 31 October 2025 100 4,103,672 4,103,772

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
for the year ended 31 October 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £   
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations 1 3,342,635 4,842,014
Interest element of hire purchase payments
paid

(48,928

)

(43,102

)
Tax paid (786,812 ) (318,095 )
Net cash from operating activities 2,506,895 4,480,817

Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of intangible fixed assets (156,971 ) (198,803 )
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (1,059,646 ) (305,979 )
Sale of intangible fixed assets - 37,854
Sale of tangible fixed assets 13,500 -
Interest received 16,747 6,029
Net cash from investing activities (1,186,370 ) (460,899 )

Cash flows from financing activities
New loans in year 226,824 -
Capital repayments in year 672,032 (118,572 )
Contribution to Employee Ownership Trust (3,020,000 ) (1,500,000 )
Net cash from financing activities (2,121,144 ) (1,618,572 )

(Decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents (800,619 ) 2,401,346
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of
year

2

5,047,604

2,646,258

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 2 4,246,985 5,047,604

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
for the year ended 31 October 2025

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

2025 2024
£    £   
Profit before taxation 5,543,469 2,887,202
Depreciation charges 561,168 787,530
Profit on disposal of fixed assets (13,500 ) -
(Profit) / loss on sale of subsidiary - 146,420
Finance costs 48,928 43,102
Finance income (16,747 ) (6,029 )
6,123,318 3,858,225
(Increase)/decrease in stocks (866,618 ) 630,094
Increase in trade and other debtors (865,859 ) (767,017 )
(Decrease)/increase in trade and other creditors (1,048,206 ) 1,120,712
Cash generated from operations 3,342,635 4,842,014

2. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

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

Year ended 31 October 2025
31.10.25 1.11.24
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 4,246,985 5,047,604
Year ended 31 October 2024
31.10.24 1.11.23
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 5,047,604 2,646,258


HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
for the year ended 31 October 2025

3. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS

At 1.11.24 Cash flow At 31.10.25
£    £    £   
Net cash
Cash at bank and in hand 5,047,604 (800,619 ) 4,246,985
5,047,604 (800,619 ) 4,246,985
Debt
Finance leases (355,965 ) (672,032 ) (1,027,997 )
Debts falling due within 1 year - (226,824 ) (226,824 )
(355,965 ) (898,856 ) (1,254,821 )
Total 4,691,639 (1,699,475 ) 2,992,164

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the year ended 31 October 2025

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

HBS Electronics (Holdings) Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the General Information page.

The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£).


2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

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

Basis of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the company and its subsidiary undertakings made up to 31 October 2025. A subsidiary is an entity that is controlled by the parent. The results of subsidiary undertakings are included in the consolidated profit and loss account from the date that control commences until the date that control ceases. Control is established when the company has the power to govern the operating and financial policies of an entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities. In assessing control, the group takes into consideration potential voting rights that are currently exercisable.

In the parent financial statements, investments in subsidiaries are carried at cost less impairment.

Turnover
Turnover represents the invoiced value of goods and services supplied to external customers, excluding value added tax. Turnover is recognised and a debtor recorded as accrued income once all obligations under the sales order have been performed.

Goodwill
Purchased goodwill is the excess of the fair value of the purchase consideration over the fair value of the net assets acquired on acquisition of subsidiary undertakings and is capitalised and amortised over its useful economic life, subject to a maximum period of 10 years. Where impairment of an investment occurs, the amount is written off in the year concerned.

Intangible assets
Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.

Patents and licences are being amortised evenly over their estimated useful life of seven years.

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life or, if held under a finance lease, over the lease term, whichever is the shorter.
Short leasehold - over the period of the leases
Plant and machinery - 25% on cost, 25% on reducing balance and Straight line over 5 years
Fixtures and fittings - 20% on cost and 20% on reducing balance
Motor vehicles - 20% on cost and 20% on reducing balance
Computer equipment - 25% on reducing balance

Depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values are reviewed if there is an indication of a significant change since last annual reporting date in the pattern by which the group expects to consume an asset's future economic benefits.

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2025

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Stocks
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell (net realisable value). Costs, which comprise direct production costs, are based on the method most appropriate to the type of inventory class. Overheads are charged to profit or loss as incurred. Net realisable value is based on the estimated selling price less any estimated completion or selling costs.

When stocks are sold, the carrying amount of those stocks is recognised as an expense in the period in which the related revenue is recognised. The amount of any write-down of stocks to net realisable value and all losses of stocks are recognised as an expense in the period in which the write-down or loss occurs. The amount of any reversal of any write-down of stocks is recognised as a reduction in the amount of stocks recognised as an expense in the period in which the reversal occurs.

Financial instruments
Basic financial assets, including trade and other receivables and cash and bank balances are initially recognised at transaction price, 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.

Such assets are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other payables, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies, are initially recognised at transaction price.

Debt instruments are recognised at initial transaction price.

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

Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

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

Deferred taxation
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date.

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

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

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2025

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Research and development
Expenditure on research and development activities is recognised in the profit and loss account as an expense as incurred.

Expenditure on development activities may be capitalised if the product or process is technically and commercially feasible and the group intends and has the technical ability and sufficient resources to complete development, future economic benefits are probable and if the group can measure reliably the expenditure attributable to the intangible asset during its development. Development activities involve design for, construction or testing of the production of new or substantially improved products or processes. The expenditure capitalised includes the cost of materials, direct labour and an appropriate proportion of overheads and capitalised borrowing costs. Other development expenditure is recognised in the profit and loss account as an expense as incurred. Capitalised development expenditure is stated at cost less accumulated amortisation and less accumulated impairment losses.

Foreign currencies
The financial statements are presented in sterling, which is also the functional currency of the group. Transactions in currencies other than the functional currency of the group are recorded at the rate of exchange on the date the transaction occurred. Monetary items denominated in other currencies are translated at the rate prevailing at the end of the reporting period. All differences are taken to profit and loss. Non-monetary items that are measured at historic cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments
Assets that are held by the group under leases which transfer to the group substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are classified as being held under finance leases. Leases which do not transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the group are classified as operating leases.

Assets held under finance leases are initially recognised as assets of the group at their fair value at the inception of the lease or, if lower, at the present value of the minimum lease payments. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the statement of financial position as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are apportioned between finance expenses and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Finance expenses are recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless they are directly attributable to qualifying assets, in which case they are capitalised in accordance with the group's policy on borrowing costs (see the accounting policy above). Contingent rentals are recognised as expenses in the periods in which they are incurred.

Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term, except where another systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leased asset are consumed. Contingent rentals arising under operating leases are recognised as an expense in the period in which they are incurred.

In the event that lease incentives are received to enter into operating leases, such incentives are recognised as a liability. The aggregate benefit of incentives is recognised as a reduction of rental expense on a straight­ line basis over the lease term, except where another systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leased asset are consumed.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The group operates a fully insured defined contribution pension scheme for certain members of staff and the pension charge represents the amounts paid by the group to the fund during the year. These contributions are invested separately from the group's assets.

Fixed asset investments
Fixed asset investments are shown at acquisition cost subject to any provisions for permanent diminution in value.

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2025

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Related parties
For the purposes of these financial statements, a party is considered to be related to the group if:
- the party has the ability, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, to control the group or exercise significant influence over the group in making financial and operating policy decisions, or has joint control over the group; or
- the group and the party are subject to common control; or
- the party is an associate of the group or a joint venture in which the group is a venturer; or
- the party is a member of key management personnel of the group, or a close family member of such an individual, or is an entity under the control, joint control or significant influence of such individuals; or
- the party is a close family member of a party referred to in (i) or is an entity under the control, joint control or significant influence of such individuals; or
- the party is a post-employment benefit plan which is for the benefit of employees of the group or of any entity that is a related party of the group; or
- the party, or any member of a group of which it is part, provides key management personnel services to the group.

3. CRITICAL ACCOUNTING JUDGEMENTS AND KEY SOURCES OF ESTIMATION UNCERTAINTY

In the application of the group's accounting policies, which are described above, management is required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying 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 if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

The items in the financial statements where these judgements and estimates have been made include:

- assessing the useful economic lives attributed to tangible fixed assets used to determine the annual depreciation charge,

- the provision required for any bad or doubtful debts and

- any provision for slow moving or obsolete stock.

4. TURNOVER

The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the group.

An analysis of turnover by geographical market is given below:

2025 2024
£    £   
United Kingdom 20,165,438 20,361,286
Europe 472,634 477,224
Rest of the World 328,752 331,945
20,966,824 21,170,455

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2025

5. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees by undertakings that are proportionately consolidated during the year was 131 (2024: 134).

6. OPERATING PROFIT

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

2025 2024
£    £   
Hire of plant and machinery 19,649 -
Other operating leases 1,086,545 818,026
Depreciation - owned assets 165,166 361,917
Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts 125,933 125,933
Profit on disposal of fixed assets (13,500 ) -
Goodwill amortisation 201,937 239,427
Patents and licences amortisation 68,132 60,253
Auditors' remuneration 88,574 94,061
Foreign exchange differences 2,876 1,709

7. EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS
2025 2024
£    £   
Exceptional items (63,504 ) (460,000 )
Impairment of subsidiary
investment on cessation - (184,275 )
(63,504 ) (644,275 )

The exceptional item in the year of £63,504 (2024: £460,000), relates to the write down of ageing stock.

The impairment of subsidiary investment in the previous year of £184,275 relates to the cessation of C Rayment (Precision Engineering) Limited, a subsidiary company.

8. INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES
2025 2024
£    £   
Hire purchase 48,928 43,102

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2025

9. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
2025 2024
£    £   
Current tax:
UK corporation tax 1,258,354 787,489

Deferred tax:
Origination and reversal of timing differences 218,177 (13,733 )
Tax on profit 1,476,531 773,756

Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss
The tax assessed for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below:

2025 2024
£    £   
Profit before tax 5,543,469 2,887,202
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25 %
(2024 - 25 %)

1,385,867

721,801

Effects of:
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes (198 ) (20 )
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation (99,480 ) -
Depreciation in excess of capital allowances - 82,378
Deferred tax 217,177 (13,733 )
Research and development relief (23,460 ) (63,088 )
Loss/(profit) on disposal of assets (3,375 ) 46,069


Other adjustments - 349
Total tax charge 1,476,531 773,756

Tax effects relating to effects of other comprehensive income

2025
Gross Tax Net
£    £    £   
Employee ownership trust contribution (3,020,000 ) - (3,020,000 )

2024
Gross Tax Net
£    £    £   
Employee ownership trust contrubution (1,500,000 ) - (1,500,000 )

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2025

9. TAXATION - continued

On 31 May 2023, the shareholders sold 80% of their shares to an Employee Ownership Trust.

10. INDIVIDUAL INCOME STATEMENT

As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement of the parent company is not presented as part of these financial statements.


11. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Group
Patents
and Development
Goodwill licences costs Totals
£    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 November 2024 3,534,743 1,568,688 297,139 5,400,570
Additions - 63,889 93,082 156,971
At 31 October 2025 3,534,743 1,632,577 390,221 5,557,541
AMORTISATION
At 1 November 2024 3,130,910 931,715 - 4,062,625
Amortisation for year 201,937 68,132 - 270,069
At 31 October 2025 3,332,847 999,847 - 4,332,694
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 October 2025 201,896 632,730 390,221 1,224,847
At 31 October 2024 403,833 636,973 297,139 1,337,945

Company
Goodwill
£   
COST
At 1 November 2024
and 31 October 2025 7,868,761
AMORTISATION
At 1 November 2024
and 31 October 2025 7,868,761
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 October 2025 -
At 31 October 2024 -

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2025

12. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Group
Short Long Plant and
leasehold leasehold machinery
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 November 2024 385,925 1,051 9,483,221
Additions - - 1,059,646
Disposals - - (149,031 )
At 31 October 2025 385,925 1,051 10,393,836
DEPRECIATION
At 1 November 2024 192,776 1,051 8,340,122
Charge for year 37,383 - 252,312
Eliminated on disposal - - (149,031 )
At 31 October 2025 230,159 1,051 8,443,403
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 October 2025 155,766 - 1,950,433
At 31 October 2024 193,149 - 1,143,099

Fixtures
and Motor Computer
fittings vehicles equipment Totals
£    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 November 2024 101,072 39,973 136,554 10,147,796
Additions - - - 1,059,646
Disposals - - - (149,031 )
At 31 October 2025 101,072 39,973 136,554 11,058,411
DEPRECIATION
At 1 November 2024 95,535 39,973 136,555 8,806,012
Charge for year 1,404 - - 291,099
Eliminated on disposal - - - (149,031 )
At 31 October 2025 96,939 39,973 136,555 8,948,080
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 October 2025 4,133 - (1 ) 2,110,331
At 31 October 2024 5,537 - (1 ) 1,341,784

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2025

12. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued

Group

Fixed assets, included in the above, which are held under hire purchase contracts are as follows:
Plant and
machinery
£   
COST
At 1 November 2024
and 31 October 2025 2,393,206
DEPRECIATION
At 1 November 2024 2,019,146
Charge for year 125,933
At 31 October 2025 2,145,079
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 October 2025 248,127
At 31 October 2024 374,060

13. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS

Company
Shares in
group
undertakings
£   
COST
At 1 November 2024
and 31 October 2025 9,174,474
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 October 2025 9,174,474
At 31 October 2024 9,174,474

The group or the company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following:

Subsidiaries

HBS Electronics Limited
Registered office: Laurence Walter House, Addison Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2YW
Nature of business: Electronics
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2025

13. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS - continued

Linton Plastics Moulders Limited
Registered office: Laurence Walter House, Addison Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2YW
Nature of business: Moulders and toolmakers
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00

Clement Clarke Communications Limited
Registered office: Laurence Walter House, Addison Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2YW
Nature of business: Communications
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00

Flycom Avionics Limited
Registered office: Laurence Walter House, Addison Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2YW
Nature of business: Communications
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00

Oldbury Engineering Limited
Registered office: Laurence Walter House, Addison Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2YW
Nature of business: Manufacture machine tools
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00

Redmayne Engineering Limited
Registered office: Laurence Walter House, Addison Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2YW
Nature of business: Precision engineering
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00

Sensorcom Limited
Registered office: Laurence Walter House, Addison Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2YW
Nature of business: Communications and other hearing products
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00

E.D.S Engineering Limited
Registered office: Laurence Walter House, Addison Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2YW
Nature of business: Precision machining and tooling
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2025

13. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS - continued

C.Rayment (Precision Engineering) Ltd
Registered office: Laurence Walter House, Addison Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2YW
Nature of business: Precision engineering
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00


14. STOCKS

Group
2025 2024
£    £   
Stock of finished goods 7,458,281 6,585,164
Work-in-progress 447,223 453,722
7,905,504 7,038,886

15. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

Group Company
2025 2024 2025 2024
£    £    £    £   
Trade debtors 4,965,759 4,707,771 - -
Amounts owed by group undertakings - - 244,844 921,374
Other debtors 989,857 1,834,499 253,906 253,906
Tax 39,626 39,626 13,322 13,322
Prepayments 474,656 329,188 7,572 2,000
6,469,898 6,911,084 519,644 1,190,602

16. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

Group Company
2025 2024 2025 2024
£    £    £    £   
Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 18) 226,824 - - -
Hire purchase contracts (see note 19) 290,063 173,549 - -
Trade creditors 1,551,029 2,252,426 19,880 15,000
Amounts owed to group undertakings - - 5,159,938 3,672,360
Tax 1,258,681 787,466 267,111 144,575
Social security and other taxes 132,718 110,053 - -
VAT 814,710 801,177 63,908 61,520
Other creditors 929,811 1,897,196 - -
Other loans repayable 253,906 2,053,688 345,934 1,242,818
Accruals and deferred income 2,445,764 1,368,322 30,250 36,949
7,903,506 9,443,877 5,887,021 5,173,222

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2025

17. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR

Group
2025 2024
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts (see note 19) 737,934 182,416

18. LOANS

An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:

Group
2025 2024
£    £   
Amounts falling due within one year or on demand:
Bank loans 226,824 -

19. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments fall due as follows:

Group
Hire purchase
contracts
2025 2024
£    £   
Net obligations repayable:
Within one year 290,063 173,549
Between one and five years 737,934 182,416
1,027,997 355,965

Group
Non-cancellable
operating leases
2025 2024
£    £   
Within one year 514,000 514,000
Between one and five years 294,000 808,000
808,000 1,322,000

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2025

20. SECURED DEBTS

The following secured debts are included within creditors:

Group
2025 2024
£    £   
Bank loans 226,824 -
Hire purchase contracts 1,027,997 355,965
1,254,821 355,965

The hire purchase and the finance lease liabilities are secured on the related assets.

21. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES

Group
2025 2024
£    £   
Deferred tax 626,735 408,558

Group
Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 1 November 2024 408,558
Provided during year 218,177
Balance at 31 October 2025 626,735

The deferred tax provision relates to accelerated capital allowances.

22. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2025 2024
value: £    £   
100 ordinary £1 100 100

HBS ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 08780150)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the year ended 31 October 2025

23. RESERVES

Group
Retained
earnings
£   

At 1 November 2024 11,642,252
Profit for the year 4,066,938
Contribution to Employee
Ownership Trust

(3,020,000

)

At 31 October 2025 12,689,190


24. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

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

Transactions between group entities which have been eliminated on consolidation are not disclosed within the financial statements.

During the year the parent and its subsidiary companies supplied and received services to companies within a group that Mr G W Harvey has an interest in and is also a director of. Mr G W Harvey is one of three trustees of the HBS Group Trustees Ltd. The amounts involved are
- Rent paid £166,474 (2024: £269,713)
- Services supplied £805,351 (2024: £984,597 )
- Services received £934,003 (2024: £822,043)
- At the year end £384,628 (2024: £255,910) was owed from these related parties
- At the year end £106,187 (2024: £156,876) was owed to these related parties
- At the year end, other loans of nil (2024: £2,023,806) were owed from these related parties
- At the year end, other loans of £678,806 (2024: £2,223,512) were owed to these related parties.

25. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

On 31 May 2023, the HBS Group Trustees Ltd (an Employee Ownership Trust) acquired 80% of the share capital of the group's parent company. The Trustees of the Employee Ownership Trust are Mr D J Horbury, Mr K J Vincent and Mr G W Harvey.