The director presents the strategic report for the year ended 31 August 2025.

The results for the period and financial position of the company are shown in the financial statements.

Turnover decreased due to a further decline in worldwide market prices which are uncontrollable. The volumes increased which is the only controllable element of turnover which met the strategic objectives.

The gross profit margin has increased to 19.4% from 19.1% due to the investment in state of the art machinery in the past few years which has increased the profit per tonne of material received.

EBITDA has increased from £889k to £1.28m in the year.

The year was a one of implementing prior year investments into improved processes with no requirement for major fixed asset purchases. The future strategy is one of renew and replace existing assets to keep the motor vehicle fleet fresh and impressive on the road.

The future outlook is very good and at the time of signing the financial statements as the Ferrous Prices had increased by 20% and Non-Ferrous prices are at an all time high due to the demand from data centres, electric cars and the AI industry.

The scrap metal sector remains very competitive, and the director believes that the market will remain this way in the foreseeable future. The company's activities expose it to a number of financial risks including price risk, credit risk, cash flow risk and liquidity risk. The use of financial instruments is monitored by the director. The company's principal financial instruments comprise bank balances, bank overdrafts, trade creditors, trade debtors and loans to the company. The company does not use derivative financial instruments for speculative purposes.

Cash flow risk

Interest bearing assets and liabilities are held at fixed rate to ensure certainty of cash flows.

Credit risk

The company's principal financial assets are bank balances and cash, trade and other receivables. The company's credit risk is primarily attributable to its trade and other receivables. The company manages credit risk in respect of trade debtors by regularly monitoring credit limits and balances outstanding. The company has no significant concentration of credit risk, with exposure spread over a large number of counterparties and customers. The credit risk on liquid funds and derivative financial instruments is limited because the counterparties are banks with high credit-ratings assigned by international credit-rating agencies.

Liquidity risk

In order to maintain liquidity to ensure that sufficient funds are available for ongoing operations and future developments, the company uses a mixture of long-term and short-term finance. The company manages the liquidity risk by monitoring working capital and ensuring there are sufficient funds to meet payments. The company manages the balance outstanding as part of its overall working capital management. The company obtains the majority of fixed assets through hire purchase contracts or finance lease agreements. Additionally, an invoice discounting facility is used which is secured on trade debtors. The board is cognisant of the company's working capital requirements and has concluded the facilities currently in place are appropriate to the size and complexity of operations.

Price risk

The company is exposed to commodity price risk, particularly oil prices. The company does not manage its exposure to commodity price risk due to lost benefit considerations.

On behalf of the board

The director presents his annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2025.

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of recycling of ferrous and non ferrous metals.

The results for the year are set out on page 9. A review of business is provided in the strategic report on page 1.

Ordinary dividends were paid amounting to £100,000. The director does not recommend payment of a further dividend.

Mr G L Jones held office during the entire year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements.

UHY Hacker Young have expressed their willingness to continue in office as auditor and appropriate arrangements have been put in place for them to be deemed reappointed as auditor in the absence of an Annual General Meeting.

So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.

The future outlook is discussed in the Strategic Report on page 1.

At 31 August 2025 the company saw a significant increase in net current assets to £1,768,355 from £479,642, however the cash position of the company has remained an overall overdraft position of £72,580, notwithstanding this, the company remains profitable.

The post year end strategy is to de-stock due to the high selling prices mentioned above and cash in on the stock held while prices were subdued.  The stockpiling of cuttings while market prices were low meant absorbed cash but post year end the high prices mean that stock is being turned into cash in order to pay down debt.  This will reduce monthly outgoings and increase monthly cash flow to ensure long term sustainability after a number of years of significant investment.

The director has prepared group cash flow forecasts and is confident that the company will be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future and hence it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of these financial statements.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.

The director is responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the director to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the director has 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 director must not approve the financial statements unless he is 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 director is required to:

• select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

• make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and

• prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The director is 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. He is 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 GLJ Recycling Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 August 2025 which comprise the profit and loss account, the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

• give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 August 2025 and of its profit for the year then ended;

• have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

• have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

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

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The director is responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:

• the information given in the strategic report and the director's report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

• the strategic report and the director's report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the director's report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

• adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or

• the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

• certain disclosures of director's remuneration specified by law are not made; or

• we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

As explained more fully in the director's responsibilities statement, the director is 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 director determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the director is responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the director either intends to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

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

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 misstatements 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 company through discussions with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the relevant 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 company, including the Companies Act 2006 and ISO standards;

• we assessed the extent of compliance with laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and

• identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.

We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatements, 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 relationships;

• tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;

• assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias; and

• investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from the financial statements, 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 the may involve deliberate concealment or 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.

The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions relating to medium-sized companies.

GLJ Recycling Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Lower Chapel Yard Cwmcarn, Crosskeys, Newport, Gwent, Wales, NP11 7NL.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary 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.

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

• Section 4 ‘Statement of Financial Position’ – Reconciliation of the opening and closing number of shares;

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

• Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instrument Issues’ – Carrying amounts, interest income/expense and net gains/losses for each category of financial instrument; basis of determining fair values; details of collateral, loan defaults or breaches, details of hedges, hedging fair value changes recognised in profit or loss and in other comprehensive income;

• Section 33 ‘Related Party Disclosures’ – Compensation for key management personnel.

The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of EJ Industries Limited (09080764). These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, Lower Chapel Yard, Cwmcarn, Cross Keys, Newport, NP11 7NL.

At 31 August 2025 the company truesaw a significant increase in net current assets to £1,768,355 from £479,642, however the cash position of the company has remained an overall overdraft position of £72,580, notwithstanding this, the company remains profitable.

The post year end strategy is to de-stock due to the high selling prices mentioned above and cash in on the stock held while prices were subdued.  The stockpiling of cuttings while market prices were low meant absorbed cash but post year end the high prices mean that stock is being turned into cash in order to pay down debt.  This will reduce monthly outgoings and increase monthly cash flow to ensure long term sustainability after a number of years of significant investment.

The director has prepared group cash flow forecasts and is confident that the company will be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future and hence it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of these financial statements.

Turnover represents amounts receivable for the sale of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, net of trade discounts, VAT and other sales-related taxes.

Turnover is recognised as earned when, and to the extent that, the company obtains the right to consideration in exchange for goods provided.

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

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

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.

Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Cost, for non-processed inventory, is the average purchase price of the raw materials. Processed ferrous inventory is valued at the cost of the raw materials and direct costs for the stage of processing incurred. This allocation of costs is based on the expected normal level of business activity. Non-ferrous processed inventory, where cost cannot be determined, is valued at selling price less margin, based on normal levels of activity, which is deemed to be akin to cost. Net realisable value is based on estimated selling price less further processing costs and delivery charges, where applicable.

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.

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.

Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate and receivable or payable within one year are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in the profit and loss account in other administrative expenses

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

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.

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.

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

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 income on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease.

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the director is 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.

The following judgements (apart from those involving estimates) have had the most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements.

At 31 August 2025, the company was owed £2,601,360 (2024: £3,825,739) by its fellow subsidiary, Jones Commercial Limited. The director has considered the recoverability of this balance and is satisfied that the balance is recoverable; this involves an assessment of future cashflows of Jones Commercial Limited and the group and future plans of the group. This clearly requires significant judgement and estimation uncertainty.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to do so. The company's deferred tax asset relates to tax losses carried forward. The deferred tax asset has been offset against the deferred tax liability at the year end. The deferred tax asset is £25,925 (2024: £300,533). The critical judgement relates to the company's ability to utilise the asset arising from tax losses against future taxable profits. The board expects to be able to utilise the asset as the company continues to improve profitability, therefore the board is satisfied that it's judgement to recognise the asset remains appropriate.

The estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities are as follows:

Quantities of inventories are determined using various estimation techniques, including observation, weighing and other industry methods and are subject to periodic physical verification.

The key uncertainties which require estimation and judgement by management are depreciation rates, asset impairment and residual value, which directly impact the profit/loss recognised on disposal. Depreciation is a significant charge in the financial statements with the depreciation charge for the year being £675,826 on assets with a net book value at the year end of £4,440,021. The judgement required in estimating the useful life of the company's assets poses some risk, however the current depreciation policies appropriately reflect the consumption of the assets concerned.

An analysis of the company's turnover is as follows:

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

Their aggregate remuneration comprised:

The number of directors for whom retirement benefits are accruing under defined contribution schemes amounted to 1 (2024 - 1).

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

Included within tangible fixed assets are assets held under finance leases or hire purchase contracts, as follows:

Included above are finance agreements totalling £316,409 (2024: £411,752) which are secured over the assets to which they relate to.

Included in other borrowings is a trade facility with balance at year end of £nil (2024: £2,871,190).

Included within other creditors are invoice finance facilities totaling £1,024,770 (2024: £966,107) which are secured with fixed and floating charges over all the property of the company.

Included above are finance agreements totaling £361,915 (2024: £678,325) which are secured over the assets to which they relate to.

Included in Other loans is a trade facility account with a balance at year end of £nil (2024: £2,871,190), this was repaid in full during the year.

HSBC Invoice Finance (UK) Ltd has a legal charge dated 27 September 2022 with fixed and floating charges over all the property of the company.

HSBC Bank PLC holds security over the bank overdraft in the form of a fixed and floating charge dated 08/12/2016 over all the assets of the company.

New Business Interruption loan which was applied for under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and was granted 09/10/2020, the balance at year end was £62,500 (2024: £112,500).

A new HSBC bank loan was taken out in the year. At the year end, the balance was £884,470 (2024: £nil). The interest is at a rate of 2.5% per annum over the Bank of England base rate.

Finance lease payments represent rentals payable by the company for certain items of plant and machinery. Leases include purchase options at the end of the lease period, and no restrictions are placed on the use of the assets. The average lease term is 5 years. All leases are on a fixed repayment basis and no arrangements have been entered into for contingent rental payments.

Hire purchase liabilities are secured against the assets to which they relate, as disclosed in note 11.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset where the company has a legally enforceable right to do so. The following is the analysis of the deferred tax balances (after offset) for financial reporting purposes:

The deferred tax liability set out above relates predominantly to accelerated capital allowances and this is expected to reverse over the useful lives of the related assets.

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.

There is an Unlimited Cross Company Guarantee to be given by all the companies in the EJ Industries Ltd group to secure all HSBC debt.

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

The company has taken advantage of the exemption under the terms of FRS102 Section 33.1A from disclosing related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.

At the year end the company was owed £2,601,360 (2024: £3,825,739) and owed £383,250 (2024: £298,597) from/to fellow subsidiary companies in the group.

During the year the company made no purchases or sales to/from South Wales Exports Limited, a company in which the wife of G L Jones is the sole shareholder and director, However, as at 31 August 2025, there was a balance due to South Wales Exports Limited in relation to these purchases of £9,761 (2024: £52,531) which is included in trade creditors.

Included within other debtors are loans to directors as detailed below. The loan is unsecured and payable on demand.

The immediate and ultimate parent company is EJ Industries Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.

EJ Industries Limited (09080764) is the parent of the smallest and largest group of which the company is a member and for which consolidated accounts are prepared. Copies of the EJ Industries Limited accounts can be obtained from the company's registered office Lower Chapel Yard, Cwmcarn, Cross Keys, Newport, NP11 7NL.

The ultimate controlling party is Mr G L Jones.