Company Registration No. 00965862 (England and Wales)
Survey Supplies Limited
Annual report and financial statements
for the year ended 30 November 2025
Survey Supplies Limited
Company information
Directors
David Hodkinson
Benoit Mallen
(Appointed 16 December 2025)
Martin Trudelle
(Appointed 16 December 2025)
Secretary
David Hodkinson
Company number
00965862
Registered office
Blundellsands House
34-44 Mersey View
Waterloo
Liverpool
L22 6QB
Auditor
Saffery LLP
10 Wellington Place
Leeds
LS1 4AP
Bankers
Close Invoice Finance Limited
10 Crown Place
London
EC2A 4FT
Lloyds Bank plc
1st Floor
5 St. Pauls Square
Old Hall Square
Liverpool
L3 9SJ
Survey Supplies Limited
Contents
Page
Strategic report
1
Directors' report
2
Directors' responsibilities statement
3
Independent auditor's report
4 - 6
Income statement
7
Statement of comprehensive income
8
Statement of financial position
9
Statement of changes in equity
10
Notes to the financial statements
11 - 26
Survey Supplies Limited
Strategic report
For the year ended 30 November 2025
1

The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 30 November 2025.

Fair review of the business

The focus of the business continues to be the leading provider of innovative technology solutions to the Geospatial and allied market places. 2025 saw a 3.7% increase in turnover. We have further invested a further £1.86m in our hire fleet this year.

 

Sales have seen an increase in overall gross margin over 2024. Gross profit has increased to 35.7% - an increase of 2.8% over the previous year. Our overall margin is a result of the sales mix across our portfolio and the competitive nature of our industry.

 

Operating Profit of £488,831 is down 34% on the prior year (2024: £739,127). Whilst both sales & gross profit has increased so have our overheads, as we continue to invest in our staff and facilities. We continue to re-align our overhead structure across the group to make best use of our resources. We retain the full support of Trimble with whom we are continually working to increase sales and profitability with further enhancements to the portfolio of products and services that we offer.

 

The Key Performance Indicators for the business continues to be Gross Margin (being Gross Profit divided by Turnover). This has increased to 35.7% (2024: 32.9%). This reflects both the mix of products sold and hired alongside the competitive nature of the market.

 

The results for the group as a whole can be found in the financial statements of the ultimate parent company, Charbay Limited, a company registered in Ireland.

 

The principal risks facing the Company are the uncertainties and the cyclical nature of the construction sector of the economy. In order to combat this the Company aims to operate across all sectors of the industry in order to mitigate any downturn in any particular sector. The Company also sells and hires equipment and so is not solely reliant on capital expenditure by its customers.

 

Following the completion of the 30th November 2025 year end, the company was acquired in December 2025 by the Cansel group of companies, making Survey Supplies Limited part of a much larger group of Trimble distributors across Europe and North America.

 

The Company continues to meet its environmental responsibilities.

 

It is Company and group policy to be an equal opportunity employer. This means that all personnel have equality of opportunity in recruitment and during service regardless of gender, race, religion or disability. The Company will select and train based upon each individual’s ability and the Company’s requirement for particular skills.

On behalf of the board

David Hodkinson
Director
28 August 2026
Survey Supplies Limited
Directors' report
For the year ended 30 November 2025
2

The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 30 November 2025.

Principal activities

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the development, distribution, hire and service of surveying instruments, systems and ancillary equipment and services.

Results and dividends

The results for the year are set out on page 7.

The directors declared a dividend of £8,835,001 (2024: £525,250) in respect of the year ended 30 November 2025.

Directors

The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:

Alan Browne
(Resigned 16 December 2025)
David Hodkinson
Benoit Mallen
(Appointed 16 December 2025)
Martin Trudelle
(Appointed 16 December 2025)
Future developments
Management policies will be continually reviewed in the light of changing economic circumstances.
Auditor

Saffery LLP have expressed their willingness to continue in office.

Statement of disclosure to auditor

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.

On behalf of the board
David Hodkinson
Director
28 August 2026
Survey Supplies Limited
Directors' responsibilities statement
For the year ended 30 November 2025
3

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

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 United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). 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:

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.

Survey Supplies Limited
Independent auditor's report
To the members of Survey Supplies Limited
4
Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Survey Supplies Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 30 November 2025 which comprise the income statement, the statement of comprehensive income, the statement of financial position, 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:

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 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.

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 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.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

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

 

Survey Supplies Limited
Independent auditor's report
To the members of Survey Supplies Limited (continued)
5
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 directors' 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:

 

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, the directors are 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 directors determine 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 directors are 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 directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor's 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 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.

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 specific procedures for this engagement and the extent to which these are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud are detailed below.

 

Identifying and assessing risks related to irregularities:

We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement and how fraud might occur, including through discussions with the directors, discussions within our audit team planning meeting, updating our record of internal controls and ensuring these controls operated as intended. We evaluated possible incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements. We identified laws and regulations that are of significance in the context of the company by discussions with directors and by updating our understanding of the sector in which the company operates.

 

Laws and regulations of direct significance in the context of the company include The Companies Act 2006 and UK Tax legislation.

 

Audit response to risks identified

We considered the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our audit procedures on the related financial statement items including a review of financial statement disclosures. We reviewed the company's records of breaches of laws and regulations, minutes of meetings and correspondence with relevant authorities to identify potential material misstatements arising. We discussed the company's policies and procedures for compliance with laws and regulations with members of management responsible for compliance.

Survey Supplies Limited
Independent auditor's report
To the members of Survey Supplies Limited (continued)
6

During the planning meeting with the audit team, the engagement partner drew attention to the key areas which might involve non-compliance with laws and regulations or fraud. We enquired of management whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations or knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud. We addressed the risk of fraud through management override of controls by testing the appropriateness of journal entries and identifying any significant transactions that were unusual or outside the normal course of business. We assessed whether judgements made in making accounting estimates gave rise to a possible indication of management bias. At the completion stage of the audit, the engagement partner’s review included ensuring that the team had approached their work with appropriate professional scepticism and thus the capacity to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations and 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.

Jonathan Davis (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Saffery LLP
Statutory Auditors
10 Wellington Place
Leeds
LS1 4AP
28 August 2026
Survey Supplies Limited
Income statement
For the year ended 30 November 2025
7
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
27,167,683
26,205,593
Cost of sales
(17,460,616)
(17,569,674)
Gross profit
9,707,067
8,635,919
Distribution costs
(784,231)
(745,942)
Administrative expenses
(8,434,005)
(7,150,850)
Operating profit
4
488,831
739,127
Interest receivable and similar income
8
227,344
314,293
Interest payable and similar expenses
9
(60,230)
(52,742)
Profit before taxation
655,945
1,000,678
Tax on profit
11
(168,719)
(155,621)
Profit for the financial year
487,226
845,057

The income statement has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

Survey Supplies Limited
Statement of comprehensive income
For the year ended 30 November 2025
8
2025
2024
£
£
Profit for the year
487,226
845,057
Other comprehensive income
-
-
Total comprehensive income for the year
487,226
845,057
Survey Supplies Limited
Statement of financial position
As at 30 November 2025
9
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
12
3,349,258
3,265,394
Current assets
Stocks
13
1,495,486
2,785,818
Debtors
14
5,619,501
11,871,219
Cash at bank and in hand
661,327
548,140
7,776,314
15,205,177
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
15
(9,010,439)
(7,904,915)
Net current (liabilities)/assets
(1,234,125)
7,300,262
Total assets less current liabilities
2,115,133
10,565,656
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
16
-
0
(122,465)
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
21
851,968
832,251
(851,968)
(832,251)
Net assets
1,263,165
9,610,940
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
22
420,200
420,200
Revaluation reserve
321,780
321,780
Profit and loss reserves
521,185
8,868,960
Total equity
1,263,165
9,610,940
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 28 August 2026 and are signed on its behalf by:
David Hodkinson
Director
Company Registration No. 00965862
Survey Supplies Limited
Statement of changes in equity
For the year ended 30 November 2025
10
Share capital
Revaluation reserve
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
£
Balance at 1 December 2023
420,200
321,780
8,549,153
9,291,133
Year ended 30 November 2024:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
-
845,057
845,057
Dividends
10
-
-
(525,250)
(525,250)
Balance at 30 November 2024
420,200
321,780
8,868,960
9,610,940
Year ended 30 November 2025:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
-
487,226
487,226
Dividends
10
-
-
(8,835,001)
(8,835,001)
Balance at 30 November 2025
420,200
321,780
521,185
1,263,165
Survey Supplies Limited
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 November 2025
11
Company information

Survey Supplies Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Blundellsands House, 34-44 Mersey View, Waterloo, Liverpool, L22 6QB.

1.1
Accounting convention
The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention modified to include the revaluation of freehold land and buildings.

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, modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value. 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:

 

 

The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of Charbay Limited Group. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, Unit B7, Riverview Business Park, Nangor Road, Dublin, Dublin 12.

1.2
Going concern

Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.3
Turnover

Revenue comprises sales of goods or services provided to customers net of value added tax and other sales taxes, less an appropriate deduction for actual and expected returns and discounts. Revenue is recognised when performance obligations are satisfied and the control of goods or services is transferred to the buyer. Where the performance obligation is satisfied over time, revenue is recognised in accordance with its progress towards complete satisfaction of that performance obligation.

 

When cash inflows are deferred and represent a financing arrangement, the promised consideration is adjusted for the effects of the time value of money, which is recognised as interest income.

Survey Supplies Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 30 November 2025
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12

Revenue from the sale of goods 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.

Revenue from contract hire is recognised by reference to the stage of completion when the stage of completion, costs incurred and costs to complete can be estimated reliably. The stage of completion is calculated by comparing costs incurred, mainly in relation to contractual hourly staff rates and materials, as a proportion of total costs. Where the outcome cannot be estimated reliably, revenue is recognised only to the extent of the expenses recognised that are recoverable.

1.4
Tangible fixed assets

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:

Land and buildings freehold
2% to 10% straight line
Hire fleet
Rates to write off cost less deemed residual value over periods ranging from 36 months to 60 months
Plant and machinery
20% straight line or 33% straight line
Fixtures, fittings & equipment
33% straight line
Website
33% straight line
Motor vehicles
33% straight line

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.

1.5
Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the 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 an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.

 

If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.

Survey Supplies Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 30 November 2025
-- (continued)
13

Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.

1.6
Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to sell, which is equivalent to net realisable value.

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.

1.7
Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

1.8
Financial instruments

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 statement of financial position 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.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Other financial assets

Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

Survey Supplies Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 30 November 2025
-- (continued)
14
Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.

 

Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.

 

If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.

Derecognition of financial assets

Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.

Classification of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

 

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

 

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable 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.

Other financial liabilities

Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial instruments. Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised in profit or loss in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless hedge accounting is applied and the hedge is a cash flow hedge.

 

Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss. Debt instruments may be designated as being measured at fair value through profit or loss to eliminate or reduce an accounting mismatch or if the instruments are measured and their performance evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy.

Survey Supplies Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 30 November 2025
-- (continued)
15
Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

1.9
Equity instruments

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

Changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as fair value hedges are recognised in profit or loss immediately, together with any changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk.

1.10
Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the income statement 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
Current tax is provided at amounts expected to be paid (or recovered) using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date where transactions or events that result in an obligation to pay more tax in the future or a right to pay less tax in the future have occurred at the balance sheet date. Timing differences are differences between taxable profits and its results as stated in the financial statements that arise from the inclusion of gains and losses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in the financial statements.

Deferred tax is measured on a non-discounted basis at the average tax rates that are expected to apply in the periods in which the timing differences are expected to reverse, based on tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.
1.11
Employee benefits

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.

 

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

1.12
Retirement benefits
The company operates a defined contribution scheme for the benefit of its employees. Contributions payable are charged to the profit and loss account in the year they are payable.
Survey Supplies Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 30 November 2025
-- (continued)
16
1.13
Leases

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 statement of financial position 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 profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.

1.14

Foreign currency translation

Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are recorded at the rate ruling at the date of the transaction. All differences are taken to profit and loss account.

2
Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

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 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.

Critical judgements

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

Provisions

Provision is made for bad and doubtful debts, obsolete stock and hire stock. These provisions require management's best estimate of the recoverability of trade debtors and the expected future use of stock.

3
Turnover and other revenue

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

2025
2024
£
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
Sale of goods
25,031,272
24,581,987
Hire of goods
2,136,411
1,623,606
27,167,683
26,205,593
Survey Supplies Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 30 November 2025
3
Turnover and other revenue (continued)
17
2025
2024
£
£
Turnover analysed by geographical market
United Kingdom
25,792,979
24,816,654
Europe
1,366,327
1,374,157
Rest of World
8,377
14,782
27,167,683
26,205,593
2025
2024
£
£
Other revenue
Interest income
227,344
314,293
4
Operating profit
2025
2024
Operating profit for the year is stated after charging/(crediting):
£
£
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
28,500
25,500
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
1,026,442
976,100
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets held under finance leases
-
145,725
Profit on disposal of tangible fixed assets
-
(11,125)
Operating lease charges
578,034
547,217
5
Auditor's remuneration
2025
2024
Fees payable to the company's auditor and associates:
£
£
For audit services
Audit of the financial statements of the company
28,500
25,500
Survey Supplies Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 30 November 2025
18
6
Employees

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

2025
2024
Number
Number
Workshop
26
25
Programmers and support
13
12
Selling and distribution
36
39
Administration (inc. directors)
14
13
Total
89
89

Their aggregate remuneration comprised:

2025
2024
£
£
Wages and salaries
5,565,368
4,549,787
Social security costs
738,467
527,268
Pension costs
337,168
327,617
6,641,003
5,404,672
7
Directors' remuneration
2025
2024
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
811,304
228,096
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
13,540
13,240
824,844
241,336

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

8
Interest receivable and similar income
2025
2024
£
£
Interest income
Interest on bank deposits
7,107
28,186
Interest receivable from group companies
-
0
286,107
Other interest income
220,237
-
0
Total income
227,344
314,293
Survey Supplies Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 30 November 2025
19
9
Interest payable and similar expenses
2025
2024
£
£
Interest on bank overdrafts and loans
41,315
42,761
Interest on finance leases and hire purchase contracts
4,634
9,974
Other interest
14,281
7
60,230
52,742
10
Dividends
2025
2024
£
£
Final paid
8,835,001
525,250
Survey Supplies Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 30 November 2025
20
11
Taxation
2025
2024
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
135,442
213,685
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
13,560
(19,179)
Total current tax
149,002
194,506
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
19,717
(38,885)
Total tax charge
168,719
155,621

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:

2025
2024
£
£
Profit before taxation
655,945
1,000,678
Expected tax charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2024: 25.00%)
163,986
250,170
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
43,362
10,760
Change in unrecognised deferred tax assets
740
-
0
Adjustments in respect of prior years
13,560
(19,179)
Group relief
(55,059)
(88,160)
Other tax adjustments
(2,030)
(1)
Fixed asset differences
4,160
2,031
Taxation for the year
168,719
155,621
Survey Supplies Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 30 November 2025
21
12
Tangible fixed assets
Land and buildings freehold
Hire fleet
Leasehold property
Plant and machinery
Fixtures, fittings & equipment
Website
Motor vehicles
Total
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 December 2024
555,353
5,929,737
101,977
1,123,045
405,255
37,370
94,032
8,246,769
Additions
8,529
1,860,296
-
0
2,227
30,789
36,742
901
1,939,484
Disposals
-
0
(1,845,115)
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
(10,106)
(1,855,221)
At 30 November 2025
563,882
5,944,918
101,977
1,125,272
436,044
74,112
84,827
8,331,032
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 December 2024
123,889
3,291,658
101,977
1,016,999
351,476
37,370
58,006
4,981,375
Depreciation charged in the year
16,724
858,753
-
0
93,989
37,767
-
0
19,209
1,026,442
Eliminated in respect of disposals
-
0
(1,016,019)
-
0
-
0
-
0
-
0
(10,024)
(1,026,043)
At 30 November 2025
140,613
3,134,392
101,977
1,110,988
389,243
37,370
67,191
4,981,774
Carrying amount
At 30 November 2025
423,269
2,810,526
-
0
14,284
46,801
36,742
17,636
3,349,258
At 30 November 2024
431,464
2,638,079
-
0
106,046
53,779
-
0
36,026
3,265,394
Survey Supplies Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 30 November 2025
12
Tangible fixed assets (continued)
22

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

2025
2024
£
£
Plant and machinery
-
0
82,508
13
Stocks
2025
2024
£
£
Finished goods and goods for resale
1,495,486
2,785,818
14
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
4,492,247
4,607,261
Corporation tax recoverable
129,225
85,928
Amounts due from fellow group undertakings
620,004
6,780,767
Other debtors
360
11,025
Prepayments and accrued income
377,665
386,238
5,619,501
11,871,219

Amounts due from group undertakings of £620,004 (2024: £6,780,767) includes £nil due from the company's immediate parent undertaking, Survey Supplies Holdings Limited (2024: £3,384,344). Interest of 2.75% above the base rate is being charged and it is expected that repayments of £200,000 per annum will be paid, albeit it is technically due on demand.

 

15
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Bank loans and overdrafts
17
1,590,697
-
0
Obligations under finance leases
18
-
0
87,669
Other borrowings
17
100,000
200,000
Trade creditors
4,045,374
3,574,056
Amounts owed to group undertakings
753,709
430,243
Taxation and social security
737,048
1,038,429
Deferred income
19
-
0
1,402,253
Accruals
1,783,611
1,172,265
9,010,439
7,904,915
Survey Supplies Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 30 November 2025
23
16
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Obligations under finance leases
18
-
0
22,465
Other borrowings
17
-
0
100,000
-
0
122,465
17
Loans and overdrafts
2025
2024
£
£
Bank overdrafts
1,590,697
-
0
Other loans
100,000
300,000
1,690,697
300,000
Payable within one year
1,690,697
200,000
Payable after one year
-
0
100,000

Included within other loans and overdrafts is a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan of £100,000 (2024: £300,000) which provides support to businesses under the exceptional circumstances caused by the Covid-19 outbreak.

18
Finance lease obligations
2025
2024
Future minimum lease payments due under finance leases:
£
£
Within one year
-
0
87,669
In two to five years
-
0
22,465
-
0
110,134

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 3 years. All leases are on a fixed repayment basis and no arrangements have been entered into for contingent rental payments.

 

 

19
Deferred income
2025
2024
£
£
Other deferred income
-
1,402,253
Survey Supplies Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 30 November 2025
24
20
Retirement benefit schemes
2025
2024
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
337,168
327,617

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.

Total pension commitments outstanding at the year end were £40,590 (2024: £33,827)

21
Deferred taxation
Liabilities
Liabilities
2025
2024
Balances:
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
800,066
773,147
Revaluations
68,300
67,560
Timing differences
(16,398)
(8,456)
851,968
832,251
22
Share capital
2025
2024
2025
2024
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary Shares of £1 each
420,200
420,200
420,200
420,200

The company has one class of ordinary shares which carry no fixed right to income.

23
Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities

A fellow group company, Alveton Developments Limited, holds a mortgage in favour of Lloyds Bank Plc in the sum of £834,284 (2024: £868,731), which is secured on a property held in Survey Supplies Limited.

 

The company has granted an all‑monies debenture to Close Invoice Finance Limited, secured by fixed and floating charges over all present and future undertaking, property and assets.

24
Operating lease commitments
As lessee
Survey Supplies Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 30 November 2025
24
Operating lease commitments (continued)
25

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:

2025
2024
£
£
Within 1 year
406,053
363,164
Years 2-5
517,197
419,603
923,250
782,767
25
Related party transactions
Transactions with related parties
2025
2024
Amounts due to related parties
£
£
Entities with control, joint control or significant influence over the company
576,152
430,243
Group companies
177,557
-
2025
2024
Amounts due from related parties
£
£
Entities with control, joint control or significant influence over the company
-
3,384,344
Group companies
620,004
3,396,423

The company has taken advantage of the exemption from the requirement to disclose transactions between two or more members of a group, as the company is a wholly owned subsidiary undertaking of the group to which it is party to the transactions.

 

During the year, the company made purchases amounting to £274,340 (2024: £466,224) from K-Matic Limited, a company under common control. At the year end, K-Matic Limited owed the company £4,368 (2024: the company owed £13,740), which is included within trade debtors. Management charges of £83,659 (2024: £71,723) were recognised in income in relation to services provided to K-Matic Limited during the year. At the year end K-Matic Limited owed the company £243,708 (2024: £358,858), which is included within debtors.

Survey Supplies Limited
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 30 November 2025
26
26
Ultimate controlling party

The immediate parent company is Survey Supplies Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England & Wales.

At the year end date, the company was controlled by A Browne, W Browne, H Browne and L Lynn by virtue of their holding in the ultimate parent undertaking, Charbay Limited, a company incorporated in the Republic of Ireland. The full consolidated accounts for the Charbay Limited Group can be obtained from the following address:

 

Unit B7, Riverview Business Park

Nangor Road

Dublin

Dublin 12.

 

Following the year end, the ultimate controlling party of the company changed following sale of the business. Full details are included in the subsequent events note.

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Subsequent events

In December 2025 (post year end), the company was acquired by the Cansel group based in Canada. As a result, the ultimate parent company of Survey Supplies Limited then became Cansel Survey Equipment Holdings Inc.

 

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