| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Strategic Report, Report of the Director and |
| Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2025 |
| for |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| Strategic Report, Report of the Director and |
| Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2025 |
| for |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited (Registered number: 03834098) |
| Contents of the Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 30 September 2025 |
| Page |
| Company Information | 1 |
| Strategic Report | 2 |
| Report of the Director | 4 |
| Report of the Independent Auditors | 5 |
| Income Statement | 9 |
| Other Comprehensive Income | 10 |
| Balance Sheet | 11 |
| Statement of Changes in Equity | 12 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 13 |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited |
| Company Information |
| for the Year Ended 30 September 2025 |
| DIRECTOR: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| BUSINESS ADDRESS: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| AUDITORS: |
| Statutory Auditor |
| 5 Barnfield Crescent |
| Exeter |
| Devon |
| EX1 1QT |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited (Registered number: 03834098) |
| Strategic Report |
| for the Year Ended 30 September 2025 |
| The director presents his strategic report for the year ended 30 September 2025. |
| REVIEW OF BUSINESS |
| The Company continued to consolidate the growth achieved in previous years although turnover reduced by a relatively small amount. Margins however were in general maintained resulting in a strong gross profit for the year. The company diversified its opportunities by exploring avenues in the Air Conditioning and Ventilation sector. This has initially increased overheads and resulted in a reduction in net profit. |
| The major customers continued to be government backed meaning providing a solid base for the Company's growth. Expansion into the nuclear industry continues to be at the forefront of the Company's future with its base in Wales providing an excellent opportunity for development. |
| Investment in assets continued to exceed depreciation. Cash balances improved as profits were retained. Debt continues to be at a very low level compared to the Company's competitors. All these indicators show the Company to be functioning properly meaning that customers can place reliance on its stability. Something it is very proud of. |
| PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES |
| Business risk |
| The Group operates in the commercial building and construction industry and as such is subject to the economic trends within the UK. The economy remains steady and provides consistency and stability for the Company. The Company continues to receive pressure from customers to achieve best prices but profits generated mean that better terms are also available from suppliers. Delays in receiving payments can in some cases lead to cashflow pressure although the Company maintains reserves to minimise such difficulties where possible. |
| Financial risk |
| The Company predominantly works in the armed forces sector which is currently strong although the number of contractors in that industry is limited. The Company's major risk arises from a bad debt from one of its material customers. The directors monitor all major customers by reviewing information publicly available and assessing that information for impact on the Company's willingness to continue to work with that customer. |
| The Company continues to hold cash balances which will help it through any period of potential instability. These balances will protect the Company should any financial threats arise. |
| Interest Rate Risk |
| Hire purchase agreements supported some fixed asset purchases but debt level are low resulting to a limited risk arising from movements in interest rates. |
| Health and Safety risk |
| Claims in respect of health and safety injuries are far more prevalent than in years gone by. The Company takes this risk seriously and has strict policies in place for all employees to follow both on site and in the office. Action is taken against employees who do not adhere to the policies thus reinforcing the policies visibly to all employees. The Company has an excellent health and safety record. |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited (Registered number: 03834098) |
| Strategic Report |
| for the Year Ended 30 September 2025 |
| KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS |
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| £'000 | 12 months | 12 months | 18 months | 12 months |
| Turnover | 18,871 | 19,575 | 20,383 | 11,789 |
| Profit Before Tax | 1,047 | 3,248 | 1,396 | 918 |
| Bank and Cash | 3,433 | 2,624 | 428 | 1,070 |
| Net Assets | 7,528 | 6,873 | 4,354 | 3,451 |
| The directors also monitor gross profit on a contract and management account basis. |
| ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited (Registered number: 03834098) |
| Report of the Director |
| for the Year Ended 30 September 2025 |
| The director presents his report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 30 September 2025. |
| DIVIDENDS |
| No dividends will be distributed for the year ended 30 September 2025. |
| EVENTS SINCE THE END OF THE YEAR |
| Information relating to events since the end of the year is given in the notes to the financial statements. |
| DIRECTORS |
| Other changes in directors holding office are as follows: |
| STATEMENT OF DIRECTOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES |
| The director is responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Report of the Director 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; |
| - | 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 him 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. |
| STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS |
| So far as the director is aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and he has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. |
| AUDITORS |
| The auditors, Sumer Auditco Limited, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. |
| ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
| Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited |
| Opinion |
| We have audited the financial statements of Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 30 September 2025 which comprise the Income Statement, Other Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). |
| In our opinion the financial statements: |
| - | give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 30 September 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 Auditors' 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 director is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Director, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon. |
| Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. |
| In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. |
| Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 |
| In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit: |
| - | the information given in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Director for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
| - | the Strategic Report and the Report of the Director have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
| Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited |
| Matters on which we are required to report by exception |
| 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 Report of the Director. |
| We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion: |
| - | adequate accounting records have not been kept, 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. |
| Responsibilities of director |
| As explained more fully in the Statement of Director's Responsibilities set out on page four, 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 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. |
| Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited |
| Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements |
| Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements. |
| The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below: |
| Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows: |
| - | the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations; |
| - | we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the Company through discussions with the directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience; |
| - | 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, taxation legislation and food safety, employment, environmental and health and safety legislation; |
| - | we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management, reviewing correspondence with industry regulators, 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. |
| 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. |
| We assessed the susceptibility of the Company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by: |
| - | making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and |
| - | considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations. |
| To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we: |
| - | performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected 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. |
| In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to: |
| - | agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation; |
| - | reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance; |
| - | enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and |
| - | reviewing correspondence with HMRC, relevant regulators, and the Company's legal advisors. |
| There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any. |
| Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion. |
| A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors. |
| Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited |
| Use of our report |
| This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in a Report of the Auditors and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. |
| for and on behalf of |
| Statutory Auditor |
| 5 Barnfield Crescent |
| Exeter |
| Devon |
| EX1 1QT |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited (Registered number: 03834098) |
| Income Statement |
| for the Year Ended 30 September 2025 |
| 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| TURNOVER | 3 |
| Cost of sales | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| GROSS PROFIT |
| Administrative expenses | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| 1,007,990 | 3,092,158 |
| Other operating income |
| OPERATING PROFIT | 5 |
| Interest receivable and similar income | 6 |
| 1,067,882 | 3,115,311 |
| Interest payable and similar expenses | 7 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION |
| Tax on profit | 8 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited (Registered number: 03834098) |
| Other Comprehensive Income |
| for the Year Ended 30 September 2025 |
| 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| PROFIT FOR THE YEAR |
| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | - | - |
| TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited (Registered number: 03834098) |
| Balance Sheet |
| 30 September 2025 |
| 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Tangible assets | 9 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Stocks | 10 |
| Debtors | 11 |
| Cash at bank and in hand |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 12 |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year | 13 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES | 16 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| NET ASSETS |
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
| Called up share capital | 17 |
| Retained earnings | 18 |
| SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
| The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited (Registered number: 03834098) |
| Statement of Changes in Equity |
| for the Year Ended 30 September 2025 |
| Called up |
| share | Retained | Total |
| capital | earnings | equity |
| £ | £ | £ |
| Balance at 1 October 2023 |
| Changes in equity |
| Total comprehensive income | - |
| Balance at 30 September 2024 |
| Changes in equity |
| Total comprehensive income | - |
| Balance at 30 September 2025 |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited (Registered number: 03834098) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements |
| for the Year Ended 30 September 2025 |
| 1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited is a |
| The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£). |
| The Company's business address can also be found on the Company Information page. |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Basis of preparing the financial statements |
| Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions |
| The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland": |
| • | the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows; |
| • | the requirements of disclosing Key Management Personnel Compensation. |
| Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty |
| In the application of the Company's accounting policies, which are described in this note, management is |
| required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates. |
| The main estimate relates to the value of Work In Progress. The estimation process assumes that profit arises evenly over the life of a contract and calculates the % completion of the contract by looking at the costs incurred to date compared to the total expected costs of the contract. The % completion is then multiplied by the contract value and any recognised turnover deducted. The resultant number is recognised as an "amount recoverable under contract" or a "payment on account". |
| Depreciation is a material accounting estimate and is calculated on normal terms in accordance with rates set out later in this note. |
| The final material estimate relates to the provision for dilapidation costs arising under property leases. Due to |
| the nature of the business, the directors consider themselves to have sufficient expertise to reasonably estimate these costs. |
| Turnover |
| Turnover represents net invoiced sales of work completed as adjusted for work in progress where work in progress is recoverable under contract. All amounts are net of VAT. |
| Where it is considered that the outcome of a contract can be assessed with reasonable certainty before its conclusion, the prudently calculated attributable profit is recognised (as turnover) as the difference between reported turnover and related costs for that contract. |
| The amount by which recorded turnover is in excess of payments on account is classified as "amounts recoverable on contracts" and separately disclosed within debtors. Where payments are in excess of recognised turnover, the excess is included as "payments on account". |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited (Registered number: 03834098) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 30 September 2025 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Tangible fixed assets |
| Plant and machinery | - |
| Fixtures and fittings | - |
| Motor vehicles | - |
| Computer equipment | - |
| Tangible fixed assets held for the company's own use are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. |
| Assets held under finance leases are depreciated in the same way as owned assets. |
| At each balance sheet date, the company reviews the carrying value of its tangible fixed assets to determine whether there is any indication that any items have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of an 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 the asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. |
| Stocks |
| Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. |
| Financial instruments |
| (i) Financial assets |
| Basic financial assets, including trade and other debtors are initially recognised at the transaction price and therefore stated at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts except where the effect of discounting would be immaterial. In such cases, the debtors are stated at cost less impairment losses for bad and doubtful debts. |
| Financial assets are derecognised when (a) the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or (b) substantially all the risks and rewards of the ownership of the asset are transferred to another party or (c) despite having retained some significant risks and rewards of ownership, control of the asset has been transferred to another party who has the practical ability to unilaterally sell the asset to an unrelated third party without imposing additional restrictions. |
| (ii) Financial liabilities |
| Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other creditors, bank loans and other loans are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction. |
| Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods and services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Creditors 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. |
| Financial liabilities are derecognised when the liability is extinguished, that is when the contractual obligation is discharged, cancelled or expires. |
| Taxation |
| Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. |
| Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted. |
| Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited (Registered number: 03834098) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 30 September 2025 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Deferred tax |
| Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date. |
| Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference. |
| Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. |
| Hire purchase and leasing commitments |
| Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the balance sheet. Those held under hire purchase contracts are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Those held under finance leases are depreciated over their estimated useful lives or the lease term, whichever is the shorter. |
| The interest element of these obligations is charged to profit or loss over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability. |
| Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease. |
| Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
| The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate. |
| Dilapidations |
| Where a liability is expected to arise under a lease obligation relating to a property, a provision is made for such costs under the Balance Sheet heading of "provisions for liabilities". The provision is time discounted where appropriate. |
| 3. | TURNOVER |
| The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the company. |
| An analysis of turnover by class of business is given below: |
| 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| £ | £ |
| An analysis of turnover by geographical market is given below: |
| 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| £ | £ |
| United Kingdom |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited (Registered number: 03834098) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 30 September 2025 |
| 4. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
| 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| £ | £ |
| Wages and salaries |
| Social security costs |
| Other pension costs |
| The average number of employees during the year was as follows: |
| 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| Directors | 3 | 3 |
| Managers and direct labour | 98 | 67 |
| Administration and indirect labour | 7 | 5 |
| 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| £ | £ |
| Directors' remuneration |
| Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes |
| The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows: |
| Money purchase schemes |
| 5. | OPERATING PROFIT |
| The operating profit is stated after charging/(crediting): |
| 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| £ | £ |
| Hire of plant and machinery |
| Other operating leases |
| Depreciation - owned assets |
| Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts |
| Profit on disposal of fixed assets | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Auditors' remuneration |
| In accordance with SI 2008/489 the company has not disclosed the fees payable to the company's auditors for 'Other services' as this information is included in the consolidated financial statements of Brill Holdings Limited. |
| 6. | INTEREST RECEIVABLE AND SIMILAR INCOME |
| 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| £ | £ |
| Deposit account interest |
| Other interest receivable |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited (Registered number: 03834098) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 30 September 2025 |
| 7. | INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES |
| 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| £ | £ |
| Other interest |
| Hire purchase |
| 8. | TAXATION |
| Analysis of the tax charge |
| The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows: |
| 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| £ | £ |
| Current tax: |
| UK corporation tax |
| Deferred tax |
| Tax on profit |
| Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss |
| The tax assessed for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below: |
| 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| £ | £ |
| Profit before tax |
| Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of (2024 - |
| Effects of: |
| Expenses not deductible for tax purposes |
| Capital allowances in excess of depreciation | ( |
) | - |
| Depreciation in excess of capital allowances | - |
| Effect of general provisions | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Chargeable gains | - | 466 |
| Total tax charge | 224,330 | 747,550 |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited (Registered number: 03834098) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 30 September 2025 |
| 9. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Fixtures |
| Improvements | Plant and | and |
| to property | machinery | fittings |
| £ | £ | £ |
| COST |
| At 1 October 2024 |
| Additions |
| Disposals | ( |
) |
| At 30 September 2025 |
| DEPRECIATION |
| At 1 October 2024 |
| Charge for year |
| Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) |
| At 30 September 2025 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 30 September 2025 |
| At 30 September 2024 |
| Motor | Computer |
| vehicles | equipment | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ |
| COST |
| At 1 October 2024 |
| Additions |
| Disposals | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| At 30 September 2025 |
| DEPRECIATION |
| At 1 October 2024 |
| Charge for year |
| Eliminated on disposal | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| At 30 September 2025 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 30 September 2025 |
| At 30 September 2024 |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited (Registered number: 03834098) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 30 September 2025 |
| 9. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued |
| Fixed assets, included in the above, which are held under hire purchase contracts are as follows: |
| Plant and | Motor |
| machinery | vehicles | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ |
| COST |
| At 1 October 2024 |
| Additions |
| At 30 September 2025 |
| DEPRECIATION |
| At 1 October 2024 |
| Charge for year |
| At 30 September 2025 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 30 September 2025 |
| At 30 September 2024 |
| 10. | STOCKS |
| 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| £ | £ |
| Stocks |
| 11. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| £ | £ |
| Trade debtors |
| Amounts owed by group undertakings |
| Amounts recoverable on contract |
| Other debtors |
| Directors' current accounts | 1,994 | 346 |
| VAT |
| Prepayments |
| 12. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| £ | £ |
| Hire purchase contracts (see note 14) |
| Payments on account |
| Trade creditors |
| Amounts owed to group undertakings |
| Tax |
| Social security and other taxes |
| Other creditors |
| Accrued expenses |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited (Registered number: 03834098) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 30 September 2025 |
| 13. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
| 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| £ | £ |
| Hire purchase contracts (see note 14) |
| 14. | LEASING AGREEMENTS |
| Minimum lease payments fall due as follows: |
| Hire purchase |
| contracts |
| 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| £ | £ |
| Net obligations repayable: |
| Within one year |
| Between one and five years |
| Non-cancellable |
| operating leases |
| 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| £ | £ |
| Within one year |
| Between one and five years |
| 15. | SECURED DEBTS |
| The following secured debts are included within creditors: |
| 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| £ | £ |
| Hire purchase contracts | 344,356 | 301,225 |
| Hire purchase contracts are secured against the assets purchased. |
| 16. | PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES |
| 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| £ | £ |
| Deferred tax |
| Accelerated capital allowances |
| Other provisions | 90,486 | 90,486 |
| Deferred | Dilapidati |
| tax | on |
| £ | £ |
| Balance at 1 October 2024 |
| Accelerated capital allowances | 52,257 | - |
| Balance at 30 September 2025 |
| Roberts & Prowse (Swindon) Limited (Registered number: 03834098) |
| Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
| for the Year Ended 30 September 2025 |
| 17. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
| Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
| Number: | Class: | Nominal | 30.9.25 | 30.9.24 |
| value: | £ | £ |
| Ordinary | £1 | 400 | 400 |
| 18. | RESERVES |
| Retained |
| earnings |
| £ |
| At 1 October 2024 |
| Profit for the year |
| At 30 September 2025 |
| 19. | ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY |
| Brill Holdings Limited is regarded by the director as being the company's ultimate parent company. |
| The company is included in the consolidated financial statements of its parent, Brill Holdings Limited, whose registered office is 5 Barnfield Crescent, Exeter, EX1 1QT. |
| On 24th October 2025 the ultimate parent company changed to Mason & England Holdings Limited. That Company's registered office is 5 Barnfield Crescent, Exeter, EX1 1QT. |
| 20. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
| The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group. |
| The ultimate controlling party is |
| On 24th October 2025 the ultimate controlling party changed to A Uzzell. |
| 21. | POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS |
| On 24th October 2025 the Company undertook a management buyout with Brill Holdings Limited ceasing to be the 100% owner and Mason & England Holdings Limited becoming the new 100% owner. |