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COMPANY INFORMATION
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BRYDG LTD
GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025
The directors present their Group Strategic Report for the year ended 31 May 2025. The Group comprises Brydg Ltd and its subsidiaries, Brydg Capital Ltd, Brydg Services Ltd, Brydg Finance No.1 Limited, Brydg Inc and Brydg Capital Americas LLC.
The directors report year on year improvements in interest receivable for the year ended 31 May 2025. Interest receivable has increased by 22%. The group made profit in the year in amount of £262,433 compared to the prior year loss of £298,422.
The Group remains exposed to certain risks, primarily related to macroeconomic factors and the specific nature of its lending activities. While the Group has successfully navigated past challenges through proactive risk management, it is important to acknowledge the ongoing uncertainties.
The Board are acutely aware of the competitive environment in the markets in which the Group operates, specifically within the property financing and lending sector. To safeguard and enhance its market position, the Group continuously invests in the design and development of new products, strategic relationships and tailors services to meet evolving customer expectations and to both retain and expand its customer base. Breaches of Cyber and information security present reputational and marketing risks which are mitigated by: • specific training of all personnel commensurate with their roles; • systems designed to deliver security analytics, detection, prevention and threat visibility; • use of external consultants to undertake regular penetration testing; Fraud risk, including the risk of misrepresentation by borrowers or third parties and internal fraud, is an inherent risk within the Group's lending activities. The Group manages this through: • robust due diligence and verification processes applied at origination; • defined authorisation and segregation of duties across transaction approval and vendor management workflows; • ongoing monitoring of loan performance and borrower conduct; • specific training of all personnel commensurate with their roles; and • a clear whistleblowing policy accessible to all personnel. Foreign exchange risk remains minimal, as the majority of loans are denominated in British pounds sterling, aligning with the Group's funding sources. Any exceptions are underwritten with a pre-agreed repayment currency, which presents a manageable risk. As a service orientated Group, retaining and motivating skilled personnel at all levels of the organisation, is key to the long-term success of the Group. The Board are proud of the minimal staff turnover achieved by: • offering hybrid work from home policy; • open door policy across the Group and at all levels of seniority; • regular performance discussions; • ensuring pay and benefits are competitive; and • ensuring a Board member has responsibility for employment engagement.
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GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025
The Group's continued utilisation of established funding lines has maintained the Groups ability to fund a wide range of lending criteria. We have had added £58m of net agreed funding to our loan book which includes both repeat customers as well as new customers. Loans that have redeemed during the period have met our profit expectations (average 3%). Collectively this has positively impacted the overall financial health of the business.
The Group has maintained relationships with its broker network and has increased lending capacity in Europe. This expansion has increased business volume and diversified the client base. Operational expenses have remained relatively stable, reflecting the Group's efficient cost management. The ongoing investment in research and development for the proprietary software aligns with the Group's strategic objectives and has resulted in successful feature launches
This report was approved by the board on 4 August 2026 and signed on its behalf.
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DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 May 2025.
The directors are responsible for preparing the Group Strategic Report, the Directors' Report and the consolidated financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Group's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments 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 Group 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 the Group and to 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.
The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £262,433 (2024 - loss £298,422).
No dividends have been declared or paid in the year.
The directors who served during the year were:
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DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025
The auditors, Harris & Trotter LLP, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board on
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF BRYDG LTD
We have audited the financial statements of Brydg Ltd (the 'Parent Company') and its subsidiaries (the 'Group') for the year ended 31 May 2025, which comprise the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, the , the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, the Company Statement of Financial Position, the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, the Company Statement of Changes in Equity and the related notes, 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 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 or 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.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF BRYDG LTD (CONTINUED)
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' Report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual 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.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Group Strategic Report and the Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Group Strategic Report and the Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the 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 Directors' Report.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF BRYDG LTD (CONTINUED)
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an Auditors' Report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these Group financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
Explanation as to what extent the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud.
The objectives of our audit are to identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements due to fraud or error; to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the assessed risks of material misstatement due to fraud or error; and to respond appropriately to those risks. Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that material misstatements in the financial statements may not be detected, even though the audit is properly planned and performed in accordance with the ISAs (UK). In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non- compliance with laws and regulations, our procedures included the following: • We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks applicable to the Group and the industry in which it operates. We determined that the following laws and regulations were most significant: FRS 102 and the Companies Act 2006. • We obtained an understanding of how the Company is complying with those legal and regulatory frameworks by making enquiries of management. • We challenged assumptions and judgments made by management in its significant accounting estimates. We did not identify any key audit matters relating to irregularities, including fraud.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' Report.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF BRYDG LTD (CONTINUED)
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 Auditors' Report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company's members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025
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REGISTERED NUMBER: 11918958
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 MAY 2025
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on 4 August 2026.
The notes on pages 16 to 32 form part of these financial statements.
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REGISTERED NUMBER: 11918958
COMPANY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 MAY 2025
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on
The notes on pages 16 to 32 form part of these financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025
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COMPANY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
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CONSOLIDATED ANALYSIS OF NET DEBT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025
Brydg Ltd (the "Company") is a private company incorporated, domiciled and registered in England and Wales in the UK. The registered number is 11918958 and the registered address is Third Floor Rear, 70-72 Jermyn Street, London, United Kingdom, SW1Y 6NY.
The principal activity of the company is that of property financing and lending.
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires Group management to exercise judgment in applying the Group's accounting policies.
The Company has taken advantage of the exemption allowed under section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 and has not presented its own Statement of Comprehensive Income in these financial statements.
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The consolidated financial statements present the results of the Company and its own subsidiaries ("the Group") as if they form a single entity. Intercompany transactions and balances between group companies are therefore eliminated in full.
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the results of business combinations using the purchase method. In the Statement of Financial Position, the acquiree's identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities are initially recognised at their fair values at the acquisition date. The results of acquired operations are included in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income from the date on which control is obtained. They are deconsolidated from the date control ceases. In accordance with the transitional exemption available in FRS 102, the Group has chosen not to retrospectively apply the standard to business combinations that occurred before the date of transition to FRS 102, being 01 June 2022.
The Group has two subsidiaries, Brydg Inc. and Brydg Capital Americas LLC that are not included in the consolidation as they are not yet trading and are not considered material to the Group’s financial statements.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Functional and presentation currency
Transactions and balances
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Revenue from loans advanced to customers is recognised over the period of the agreement. Exit, Extension, Arrangement and Administration fees For loans issued in the year ended 31 May 2024 and going forward, revenue from these fees is recognized over the loan term in line with the associated service period. Previously, such fees were recognized in full at loan inception. The revised treatment has not been applied retrospectively to prior-period loans due to the complexity of restating historical transactions.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
All intangible assets are considered to have a finite useful life. If a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made, the useful life shall not exceed ten years.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The Group has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 “Basic Financial Instruments” of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the Group's Statement of Financial Position when the Group 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.
Impairment of financial assets
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025
There were no factors that may affect future tax charges.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025
Subsidiary undertakings (continued)
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025
Profit and loss account
The Group operates a defined contribution scheme. The pension cost charge for the period represents contributions payable by the Group to the scheme and amounted to £1,841 (2024: £713)
The ultimate controlling party of the group is Qismat Trust, a charity incorporated in England.
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