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EPG COMMUNICATION HOLDINGS LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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EPG COMMUNICATION HOLDINGS LIMITED
CONTENTS
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EPG COMMUNICATION HOLDINGS LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025.
The directors are responsible for preparing the Directors' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
∙state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
∙prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Our objective is to drive better treatment decisions and patient outcomes through the delivery of best-in-class science, presented through a best-in-class web / mobile digital user experience. Our customers are Pharmaceutical Companies who fund educational and communication activities within the Medthority website; each activity is intended to improve knowledge of best practice treatment in a range of conditions or diseases across multiple medical specialty areas. Our content is compliant with the ABPI and EFPIA codes of practice. Where appropriate, accreditation is provided by 3rd party internationally recognised organisations. Our customer funded educational projects can take the form of both company directed (commercially supported) and independent medical education/ grant (IME) funded. Educational projects associated with independent medical education funding are delivered through internally firewalled account management and scientific services teams.
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EPG COMMUNICATION HOLDINGS LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
The directors who served during the year were:
The auditors, Calders (1883) LLP, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
In preparing this report, the directors have taken advantage of the small companies exemptions provided by section 415A of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board on
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EPG COMMUNICATION HOLDINGS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF EPG COMMUNICATION HOLDINGS LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of EPG Communication Holdings Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 December 2025, which comprise the Statement of income and retained earnings, the Statement of financial position, the Statement of changes in equity and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
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EPG COMMUNICATION HOLDINGS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF EPG COMMUNICATION HOLDINGS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Directors' report has 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 Directors' report.
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EPG COMMUNICATION HOLDINGS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF EPG COMMUNICATION HOLDINGS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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EPG COMMUNICATION HOLDINGS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF EPG COMMUNICATION HOLDINGS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an Auditors' report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we considered and undertook the following audit procedures in response: • We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks that are applicable to the company and determined that the most significant are those that relate to the reporting frameworks (United Kingdom accounting standards and Companies Act 2006); • We obtained an understanding of the nature of the industry and sector, control environment and business performance; • The outcome of discussions with management and those charged with governance and any matters we identified having obtained and reviewed the company’s documentation of their policies and procedures related to: - Identifying, evaluating and complying with laws and regulations and whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance or any actual or potential litigation or claims; - Detecting and responding to the risks of fraud and whether they have knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud; - The internal controls established to mitigate risks of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations; • The matters discussed during the audit engagement team briefing regarding how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements and any potential indicators of fraud. All engagement team members were advised to remain alert to any indications of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations throughout the audit; • Reviewing the financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with provisions of relevant laws and regulations described as having a direct effect on the financial statements; • Performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships that may indicate risks of material misstatement due to fraud;
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EPG COMMUNICATION HOLDINGS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF EPG COMMUNICATION HOLDINGS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
• Reviewing correspondence with HMRC and inspection of relevant legal correspondence; • In addressing the risk of fraud through management override of controls, testing the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments by testing manual journal entries, in particular journal entries relating to management estimates and entries determined to be large or relating to unusual transactions; • Assessing whether the judgements made in making accounting estimates are indicative of a potential bias; and evaluating the business rationale of any significant transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business; • Assessment of the appropriateness of the collective competence and capabilities of the engagement team included consideration of the engagement team’s: - understanding of, and practical experience with audit engagements of a similar nature and complexity through appropriate training and participation; - knowledge of the industry in which the client operates; - understanding of the legal and regulatory requirements specific to the company including: • the provisions of the applicable legislation • the applicable statutory provisions; and • When accessing fraud in revenue recognition, reviewing job files to confirm the job exists and revenue is recognised in the correct period. As a result of these procedures, we considered the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the company for fraud and identified the greatest potential for fraud in the areas in which management is required to exercise significant judgement. We are also required to perform specific procedures to respond to the risk of management override. We also obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the company operates in, focusing on provisions of those laws and regulations that had a direct effect on the determination of the material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Those laws and regulations considered to have a direct effect on the financial statements include UK financial reporting standards, Company Law, Tax and Pensions legislation, and distributable profits legislation. In addition, we considered provisions of other laws and regulations that do not have a direct effect on the financial statements but compliance with which may be fundamental to the company’s ability to operate and avoid a material penalty. These included data protection, employment and health and safety regulations, competition and anti-bribery laws, environment regulations. With regards to laws and regulations relating to the operating aspects of the company, these were discussed with management and were not considered fundamental to the operating of the business therefore should not have a material impact on the financial statements. No instances of material non-compliance were identified. However, the likelihood of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is limited by the inherent difficulty in detecting irregularities, the effectiveness of the entity’s controls, and the nature, timing and extent of the audit procedures performed. Irregularities that result from fraud might be inherently more difficult to detect than irregularities that result from error. As explained above, there is an unavoidable risk that material misstatements may not be detected, even though the audit has been planned and performed in accordance with ISAs (UK).
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' report.
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EPG COMMUNICATION HOLDINGS LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF EPG COMMUNICATION HOLDINGS LIMITED (CONTINUED)
This report is made solely to the Company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an Auditors' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company's members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
for and on behalf of
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors
30 Orange Street
WC2H 7HF
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EPG COMMUNICATION HOLDINGS LIMITED
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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EPG COMMUNICATION HOLDINGS LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 10008031
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2025
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on
The notes on pages 12 to 22 form part of these financial statements.
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