Company registration number 14561528 (England and Wales)
OXWASH BIG BLUE I LTD
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
OXWASH BIG BLUE I LTD
CONTENTS
Page
Balance sheet
1
Notes to the financial statements
2 - 10
OXWASH BIG BLUE I LTD
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2025
31 December 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
6
6,119,117
4,829,905
Current assets
Stocks
35,563
3,174
Debtors
7
1,349,941
779,772
Cash at bank and in hand
368,162
127,299
1,753,666
910,245
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
8
(3,689,994)
(6,619,920)
Net current liabilities
(1,936,328)
(5,709,675)
Total assets less current liabilities
4,182,789
(879,770)
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
9
(1,798,728)
(2,192,407)
Provisions for liabilities
-
0
(390,696)
Net assets/(liabilities)
2,384,061
(3,462,873)
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
11
1
1
Other reserves
500,875
-
0
Profit and loss reserves
1,883,185
(3,462,874)
Total equity
2,384,061
(3,462,873)

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

The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 27 July 2026 and are signed on its behalf by:
H Piquard
Director
Company registration number 14561528 (England and Wales)
OXWASH BIG BLUE I LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Oxwash Big Blue I Ltd is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is B1 Stirling Court, Stirling Road, South Marston Industrial Estate, Swindon, SN3 4TQ.

1.1
Basis of preparation

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

 

The financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. On 1 April 2026, the company hived up its trade, assets, and liabilities to its parent company, Elis UK Limited.

 

Following this transfer, the company has ceased its trading operations, although the trade continues to be carried on within the parent company.

 

Consequently, the directors consider it no longer appropriate to prepare these financial statements on a going concern basis.

 

In preparing the financial statements on this basis, no adjustments were necessary to write down assets to their recoverable values or to provide for additional termination costs, as the assets and liabilities were transferred at their carrying values.

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

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

1.2
Revenue

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.

1.3
Intangible fixed assets other than goodwill

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

Amortisation 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:

Branding
Not amortised
Development Asset
Not amortised
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.

OXWASH BIG BLUE I LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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:

Leasehold improvements
20% straight line basis
Plant and equipment
20% straight line basis
Computers
33% straight line basis
Motor vehicles
33% straight line basis
Linen
33% straight line basis

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

At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

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.

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 balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

 

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include 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.

OXWASH BIG BLUE I LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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 payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

 

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

 

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

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.

Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account 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 is recognised in respect of all timing differences between taxable profits and profits reported in the financial statements.

 

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

 

Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

 

OXWASH BIG BLUE I LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
- 5 -

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 profit and loss account, 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

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessees. All other leases are classified as operating leases.

 

Assets held under finance leases are recognised as assets at the lower of the assets fair value at the date of inception and the present value of the minimum lease payments. The related liability is included in the balance sheet as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are treated as consisting of capital and interest elements. The interest is charged to profit or loss so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

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 leases 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.

OXWASH BIG BLUE I LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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3
Employees

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

2025
2024
Number
Number
Total
71
38
4
Impairments

Impairment tests have been carried out where appropriate and the following impairment losses have been recognised in profit or loss:

2025
2024
Notes
£
£
In respect of:
Intangible assets
5
443,001
-
0
Recognised in:
Administrative expenses
443,001
-

The intangible asset relates to internally generated intellectual property associated with the development of operational process improvements. Following a review at the balance sheet date and the adoption of the Elis laundry operating system (SOL), management determined that the asset was no longer expected to generate future economic benefits. As a result, the carrying value of £443,001 has been fully impaired during the year.

5
Intangible fixed assets
Intangible fixed assets
£
Cost
At 1 January 2025
-
0
Additions
443,001
At 31 December 2025
443,001
Amortisation and impairment
At 1 January 2025
-
0
Impairment losses
443,001
At 31 December 2025
443,001
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025
-
0
At 31 December 2024
-
0
OXWASH BIG BLUE I LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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6
Tangible fixed assets
Leasehold improvements
Plant and equipment
Computers
Motor vehicles
Linen
Total
£
£
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 January 2025
2,083,221
2,772,936
26,153
44,240
208,355
5,134,905
Additions
62,251
223,395
4,125
109,072
2,351,141
2,749,984
At 31 December 2025
2,145,472
2,996,331
30,278
153,312
2,559,496
7,884,889
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2025
183,339
104,825
6,585
5,418
4,833
305,000
Depreciation charged in the year
458,658
574,467
9,368
43,585
374,694
1,460,772
At 31 December 2025
641,997
679,292
15,953
49,003
379,527
1,765,772
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025
1,503,475
2,317,039
14,325
104,309
2,179,969
6,119,117
At 31 December 2024
1,899,882
2,668,111
19,568
38,822
203,522
4,829,905
7
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
1,019,010
244,082
Other debtors
330,931
535,690
1,349,941
779,772

As at the balance seet date the Company has an unrecognised deferred tax asset of £1,622,756. (2024: £794,451).

8
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£
£
Trade creditors
300,171
485,870
Amounts owed to group undertakings
2,289,028
5,541,652
Taxation and social security
103,701
18,642
Other creditors
997,094
573,756
3,689,994
6,619,920
OXWASH BIG BLUE I LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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9
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Obligations under finance leases
1,798,728
2,192,407
10
Retirement benefit schemes
2025
2024
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
38,330
14,210

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.

 

Included in the balance sheet are unpaid pension contributions of £13,424 (2024: £3,748).

11
Called up share capital
2025
2024
2025
2024
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary of £0.01 each
100
100
1
1

 

12
Audit report information

As the income statement has been omitted from the filing copy of the financial statements, the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006.

The auditor's report is qualified and includes the following:

Qualified opinion on financial statements

In our opinion, except for the possible effects of the matter described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph, the financial statements:

OXWASH BIG BLUE I LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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Audit report information
(Continued)
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Basis for qualified opinion

Due to the acquisition of the company and subsequent hive up as explained in note 15, a software error meant that we were  unable to have access to the sales order system and were unable to confirm  the completeness of income. We were unable to satisfy ourselves by alternative means concerning the completeness of income for the year ended 31 December 2025, which are included in the profit and loss account at £2,881,332, by using other audit procedures. Consequently we were unable to determine whether any adjustment to this amount was necessary.

 

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 qualified opinion.

Emphasis of matter - Financial statements prepared on a basis other than going concern

We draw attention to Note 1.1 to the financial statements which explains that the company ceased to trade on 1 April 2026 and the directors therefore do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. Accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern as described in Note 1.1. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In respect solely of the limitation on our work relating to completeness of income, described above:

Senior Statutory Auditor:
Katherine Wilkes BSc FCA
Statutory Auditor:
Gravita Audit Oxford LLP
Date of audit report:
30 July 2026
13
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, as follows:

2025
2024
£
£
Total commitments
1,679,586
4,906
OXWASH BIG BLUE I LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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14
Events after the reporting date

After the year end the company entered into a business transfer agreement to hive up its entire trade and assets to its parent undertaking, Elis UK Limited.

 

The transaction involved the transfer of all operational activities, employees and related assets and liabilities to the parent at their carrying values.

 

The consideration for the transfer was satisfied by the creation of an intercompany loan account.

 

From this date, the company ceased to trade; however, the trade continues to be operated by the parent company.

15
Related party transactions

The company has taken advantage of the exemption available per paragraph 33.1A 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 ultimate parent company or any wholly owned subsidiary undertaking of the group.

16
Parent company

The company's parent until 16th October 2025 was Oxwash Ltd, incorporated in England and Wales.

 

Since 16 October 2025, the Company's immediate controlling party is Elis UK Limited and the ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party is Elis SA, which is the parent undertaking of the smallest and largest group to consolidate these financial statements. Copies of Elis SA consolidated financial statements can be obtained at Tour Kupka A, 18 Rue Hoche, F-92800 Puteaux or online.

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