The directors present the strategic report of the company for the period ended 31 December 2025.
The company was incorporated on 7 August 2024 as an investment holding company to invest UK managed funds to financial assets. During the period, the company made an investment in its wholly-owned subsidiary, Figaro BidCo AG, which further invested in Hochdorf Swiss Nutrition AG, amounted to CHF 53,777,580. An increase in the fair value of the investment has resulted in unrealised gain in profit or loss for the period of CHF 87,423,810.
Financial position
At 31 December 2025, the company had cash and cash equivalents of CHF1,081,147, unquoted investment of CHF141,386,650 and amounts owed by affiliated companies of CHF3,174,160.
The company had no external loans or borrowings as at 31 December 2025.
The company's risk exposure arises primarily from its investment in Figaro BidCo AG, whose principal asset is its investment in Hochdorf Swiss Nutrition AG. Consequently, the company's risk profile is closely linked to the operational, financial and strategic performance of the underlying portfolio company.
The company's primary exposure to market risk arise from changes in the fair value of its investment. As the investment is measured at fair value through profit or loss, changes in the performance of the underlying portfolio company, market conditions and valuation assumptions may result in fluctuations in reported profit and net assets.
Ongoing measures, including efficiency enhancements, increased focus on higher-value product segments and continued execution of the transformation plan, are expected to support long-term value creation in the underlying investment.
The company has limited operating expenditure, no external borrowings and maintains sufficient cash resources to meet its expected obligations. Accordingly, liquidity risk is considered low.
The company's sole purpose is to hold and develop its investment in Figaro BidCo AG. As Figaro BidCo AG's principal asset is its investment in Hochdorf Swiss Nutrition AG, the company's performance, financial position and future prospects are ultimately dependent on the performance and development of the underlying business.
During the period ended 31 December 2025, Hochdorf Swiss Nutrition AG continued to execute its transformation plan under new ownership with a focus on operational improvements, cost optimisation and the strategic repositioning of its core business activities. The underlying business reported improved profitability and a return to positive earnings despite a challenging market environment.
Ongoing transformation measures, including efficiency enhancements, an increased focus on higher-value product segments and continued execution of the strategic plan, are expected to support long-term value creation in the underlying investment. Management continues to monitor the performance and development of the investment on a fair value basis in line with the company's investment strategy.
From the company's perspective, the short to medium-term outlook remains stable and is closely linked to the continued performance and development of Hochdorf Swiss Nutrition AG and its ability to generate sustainable value over the investment holding period.
The board of directors of Figaro HoldCo UK Ltd is responsible for, and exercises, the strategic direction and control of the company. All key decisions relating to the acquisition, holding, management, monitoring and realisation of the company's financial assets are taken by the board, which meets in the United Kingdom and retains full authority and discretion over the company's investment activities. In taking these decisions, the directors have regard to the long-term performance of the underlying investments and to the financial position of the company.
On behalf of the board
The directors present their first annual report and financial statements for the period ended 31 December 2025.
The results for the period are set out on page 9.
No ordinary dividends were paid during the period. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.
The directors who held office during the period and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
Subsequent to the reporting date, 69,565 B Ordinary Shares and 213,822 C Ordinary Shares were transferred to ASEP Partnership III SCSp as an interim holding arrangement pending their reallocation within the company's Management Incentive Plan. The shares were subsequently transferred to a participant in the Management Incentive Plan on 13 March 2026.
These transactions represented changes in ownership between participants and did not affect the company's issued share capital or require adjustment to the financial statements.
UHY Hacker Young were appointed as auditor to the company and in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution proposing that they be re-appointed will be put at a General Meeting.
As the company has not consumed more than 40,000 kWh of energy in this reporting period, it qualifies as a low energy user under these regulations and is not required to report on its emissions, energy consumption or energy efficiency activities.
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 International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by the United Kingdom. Under company law, the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
properly select and apply accounting policies;
present information, including accounting policies, in a manner that provides relevant, reliable, comparable and understandable information;
provide additional disclosures when compliance with the specific requirements in IFRSs are insufficient to enable users to understand the impact of particular transactions, other events and conditions on the entity's financial position and financial performance; and
make an assessment of the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
We have audited the financial statements of Figaro Holdco UK Ltd (the 'company') for the period ended 31 December 2025 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the statement of financial position, the statement of changes in equity and the statement of cash flows, and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and UK adopted international accounting standards.
Basis for opinion
Conclusions relating to going concern
Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report 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.
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 there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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
The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.
Based on our understanding of the company and the industry in which it operates, we identified that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to the acts by the company such as the Companies Act 2006, which were contrary to applicable laws and regulations including fraud, and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements such as the fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls) and determined that the principal risks were related to valuation of investments.
Significant judgement is involved in investments valuation for determining the fair value of investments at the reporting date.
Audit procedures performed to address the risk included: agreeing the value on the valuation report to the investments closing balance, assessing the valuation model, key assumptions and inputs used in the valuation for reasonableness through critical challenge and enquiry with the management, recalculating the key elements of the valuation to ensure its mathematical accuracy.
In addition to the above, other procedures performed to address other risks identified included: review of the financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation, enquiries of management and in so far as they related to the financial statements, and testing of manually posted journals and evaluating whether there was evidence of bias by the directors that represented a risk of material misstatement due to fraud.
There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Figaro Holdco UK Ltd is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 16 Berkeley Street, London, W1J 8DZ. The company's principal activities is that of an investment holding company to invest funds to financial assets with objective of generating returns through capital appreciation and investment income, with performance evaluated on a fair value basis.
This is the first accounting period the company presents its financial statements from incorporation on 7 August 2024 to 31 December 2025.
The financial statements are prepared in Swiss Francs, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest CHF.
Financial assets carried at amortised are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.
The expected credit losses associated with these assets are estimated on a forward-looking basis. A broad range of information is considered when assessing credit risk and measuring expected credit losses, including past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the expected collectability of the future cash flows of the instrument.
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire, or when it transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity.
The company recognises financial debt when the company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instruments. Financial liabilities are classified as either financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss or other financial liabilities.
Financial liabilities are derecognised when, and only when, the company’s obligations are discharged, cancelled, or they expire.
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.
At the date of authorisation of these financial statements, the following Standards and Interpretations, which have not yet been applied in these financial statements, were in issue but not yet effective.
IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements, is not expected to have any impact on the recognition and measurement of items in the financial statements. However, it is expected to have an effect on the presentation and disclosures within the financial statements. Aside from IFRS 18, as noted above, the other standards are not expected to have a material impact on the financial statements in the year they become effective.
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, 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 estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities are outlined below.
The valuation of the company's unlisted investment is a key source of estimation uncertainty and is classified as a Level 3 fair value measurement.
As described in Note 9, the fair value of the investment is determined using a market approach based on the enterprise value of the underlying operating entity. The valuation requires the use of significant unobservable inputs and management judgement, principally in determining maintainable EBITDA and the EBITDA valuation multiple applied.
The inputs used in the valuation are derived from observable market data where available together with company-specific assumptions considered appropriate in the circumstances
The fair value of the investments at the reporting date was CHF141,386,650 (Note 9). Due to the judgement involved in determining the significant unobservable inputs, changes in assumptions could result in a material change in the carrying value of the investment in future reporting periods.
There were no employees during the period.
The charge for the period can be reconciled to the profit per the income statement as follows:
The company has tax losses that are available for offset against future profits. A deferred tax asset of CHF9,987 has not been recognised in respect of these losses as they will be recoverable only to the extent that the company has sufficient future taxable profits.
As of 31 December 2025, the company held the following equity interests:
These entities are not consolidated as the company qualifies as an investment entity under IFRS 10 and instead measured its investments at fair value through profit or loss.
Fair value measurement
Investments are classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy as the valuation incorporates significant unobservable inputs.
Fair value has been determined using a market approach based on the enterprise value of the underlying operating entity. The valuation methodology is based on applying an enterprise value to EBITDA valuation technique to maintainable EBITDA of the underlying business. The EBITDA valuation multiple is determined with reference to observable market data from comparable companies and adjusted to reflect the specific characteristics of the underlying business.
The valuation has been prepared in accordance with the company's valuation policy, which is consistent with IFRS 13 and industry guidance for private capital valuations.
Sensitivity
The valuation is sensitive to changes in the significant unobservable inputs used in determining fair value, principally maintainable EBITDA and the EBITDA valuation multiple.
An increase or decrease in either of these inputs would result in a corresponding increase or decrease in the fair value of the investment. The effect of changes in these assumptions may be material.
Due to the judgement involved in determining these inputs, changes in assumptions could result in a material change in the carrying value of the investment.
The directors consider that the carrying amount of trade and other receivables is approximately equal to their fair value.
No significant receivable balances are impaired at the reporting end date.
All financial liabilities at 31 December 2025 are expected to be settled within one year of the reporting date.
On incorporation, the company issued one ordinary share of £1 at par value of its initial share capital.
On 11 December 2024, a further ordinary share of £1 was allotted for total consideration of £51,135,325, giving rise to share premium of £51,135,324.
On 6 June 2025, the company subdivided and reclassified each of the two ordinary shares of £1 into 10,000,000 A ordinary shares of £0.0000001 each, resulting in a total of 20,000,000 A ordinary shares in issue.
During the period, the company allotted 313,043 B Ordinary shares and 945,836 C Ordinary shares, each with nominal value of £0.0000001 in connection with the company's Management Incentive Plan. The C Ordinary Shares are subject to vesting and participation provisions contained within the company's Articles of Association. The consideration received in excess of the nominal value of these shares has been recognised within share premium.
The B Ordinary shares were partly paid at the reporting date. The aggregate unpaid amount in respect of these shares was CHF 905,103 which is recognised within receivables. The A Ordinary shares and C Ordinary shares were fully paid.
Total proceeds from the issue of shares during the period amounted to approximately CHF 58,400,011 of which CHF 2 has been recognised as share capital and CHF 58,400,009 as share premium (note 14).
Rights attached to shares
The A and B Ordinary shares carry full voting rights and are entitled to participate in dividends and distributions on a pari passu basis, subject to the provisions of the company’s articles of association.
The C Ordinary shares do not carry voting rights and are not entitled to dividends. They participate in capital distributions only in certain specified circumstances, in accordance with the company’s articles of association.
All shares are non-redeemable.
The share-based payment reserve relates to equity-settled management incentive arrangements entered into during the period. The amount recognised was determined having regard to the economic rights attaching to the C Ordinary Shares under the company's Management Incentive Plan. The reserve reflects the value of equity instruments granted to management participants under the company's Management Incentive Plan. The amount recognised during the period was CHF 185,260.
The company is exposed to financial risks arising from its financial instruments. The principal risks are market risk, liquidity risk and credit risk.
Market risk
The company's primary exposure to market risk arises from its investment in unlisted equity instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss. As described in Note 9, fair value is determined using a market approach incorporating significant unobservable inputs, principally maintainable EBITDA and the EBITDA valuation multiple. Changes in these assumptions may result in a material change in the fair value of the investment and therefore the profit or loss and net assets of the company.
Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. The company maintains sufficient cash resources to meet its short-term obligations and has limited operating costs. The company has no external borrowings. Liabilities primarily comprise balances due to related parties, which are repayable within one year or on demand.
Credit risk
The company's credit risk is primarily attributable to other receivables and bank balances. Credit risk arises from the risk of counterparty default. The company has limited credit risk to balances held with financial institutions which are leading and reputable and are assessed as having low credit risk.
At the reporting date, the company had a concentration of credit risk in respect of other receivables as 78% of total other receivables before loss allowance was due from three related parties.
During the period, the company entered into transactions with related parties within the ASEP investment structure in connection with its investment holding activities. These transactions principally comprised funding, reimbursement and settlement arrangements arising within the wider ASEP investment structure.
Amounts due from related parties at 31 December 2025 were CHF3,174,160 (2024: CHF nil). These balances arose principally from funding arrangements entered into within the wider investment structure. The balances are unsecured, interest-free and repayable within twelve months of drawdown.
Amounts due to subsidiary at 31 December 2025 were CHF546,000 (2024: CHF nil). These balances are unsecured, interest-free and repayable on demand.
The company also had an outstanding share subscription receivable of CHF905,103 from participants in the Management Incentive Plan at 31 December 2025.