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LINARO LIMITED
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)









ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

 
LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
COMPANY INFORMATION


Directors
L Gong 
R Booth 
T Benton 




Company secretary
R Booth



Registered number
07180318



Registered office
Harston Mill
Harston

Cambridge

CB22 7GG




Independent auditor
Grant Thornton UK LLP
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor

Maurice Wilkes Building

St John's Innovation Park

Cowley Road

Cambridge

CB4 0DS




Solicitors
Mills & Reeve LLP
100 Hills Road

Cambridge

CB2 0FY





 
LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 

CONTENTS



Page
Group Strategic Report
 
1 - 4
Directors' Report
 
5 - 7
Independent Auditor's Report
 
8 - 12
Consolidated Profit and Loss Account
 
13
Consolidated Balance Sheet
 
14
Company Balance Sheet
 
15
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
 
16
Company Statement of Changes in Equity
 
17
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
 
18
Notes to the Financial Statements
 
19 - 40

 
LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

Principal activities

Linaro Limited is a software engineering company formed in 2010 with a mission to drive consolidation of the Arm related codebase and make it easier to work with Arm software accelerating the deployment of Arm based products in the market place. The company was incorporated as a Limited by Guarantee entity with Mutual Trade status, having members rather than shareholders. Because Linaro has no shareholders there is no distribution of profits, which are instead reinvested in the business. Linaro's members comprise some of the world's leading technology companies, including Arm, Google, Qualcomm and HiSilicon, who pay subscription fees and also provide engineering resources.

Linaro's mission has remained unchanged but over time the company's open source collaborative engineering solutions and tools have been supplemented by targeted professional service engagements and software products, naturally levering the company's expertise.

Linaro's engineering pool includes world-leading Arm and Linux and Android software experts, and work spans a wide range of industry verticals and horizontal core technologies, including Automotive, IoT, Edge Devices, Client Devices for Android and Windows on Arm, Arm based Cloud Computing and Servers, Embedded, Kernel and Toolchain, Build and Test and Security. Linaro has been consistently in the top 5 worldwide corporate contributors to the Linux Kernel.

Linaro remains distribution neutral: its goal is to provide the best software foundations to everyone, to reduce non-differentiating and costly low-level fragmentation and to enable rapid development, testing and delivery of Arm-based innovations.

Results

The loss for the year after taxation was $451,847 (2024loss $1,260,798).

Key performance indicators ("KPIs")
 
To support the group's strategy and monitor performance executive management use a number of financial and non-financial key performance indicators (KPIs). The standard financial KPIs include revenue, operating costs, margins, in the case of professional services, and contributions, final surplus/deficit, cash and net assets, which are all useful for monitoring operational performance in any given period. Progress is assessed against budgets, forecasts and historical performance. Performance against these measures can be seen in the financial statements below.

Because Linaro is a mutual trade company, without shareholders, it is not primarily targeted with growing revenues, profits and company valuation, on a year by year basis, rather it is measured on its ability to react to and provide technical software solutions and latterly products for the specific needs of its members, and the wider Arm ecosystem, as they change over time based on the evolving Arm architecture and market needs. In this non-financial context, the total engineering headcount, which as well as Linaro's employees includes members' engineers, working on Linaro projects, maintaining a top 10 worldwide ranking in code contributions to the Linux Kernel, and the total number of Linux Maintainers within Linaro, are key indicators.

All KPIs used are reviewed and updated on an ongoing basis to ensure they remain important and relevant to the success of the group.

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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 

GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

Review of business and future developments

For the year ended 30 September 2025 the group generated a loss after tax of $451,847 which compared to a loss of $1,260,798 in the previous year. Explanations of key variances in the Consolidated Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet are provided below.

Linaro's "Turnover" for the year ended 30 September 2025, $40,983,434, comprised three elements, revenues from Membership fees, revenues for professional services provided outside the scope of membership, and revenues from the sale of 'Linaro Forge' software licences and support and maintenance contracts. Linaro's services business, together with Linaro Forge revenues, continued its year-on-year growth by increasing by 48.4%. Professional Services and the Forge business made up 42.2% of the total revenues, an increase from 37.5% in FY24, continuing the trend of a reducing proportion of total revenues for the not-for profit Membership Fees.

Reviewing the Balance Sheet, cash balances, stood at $7,402,890 as at 30 September 2025 showing a net decrease of $873,757, however, Net Current Assets stood at $619,501, a reduction of $764,890, year on year. The decrease in net assets at 30 September 2025 to $1,582,751 compared to $2,035,271 in 2024, was a direct reflection of the net loss made in 2025 of $451,847.

The Linaro Board and Executive team continued to believe that collaborative engineering, through the collective resolution of common engineering challenges and active participation in upstream communities, remained an effective approach to addressing complex technical issues. However, in light of the continued growth of the professional services and product offerings, the directors and other stakeholders formally approved, on 1 December 2025, a strategic transition away from the not-for-profit membership model. The intention is for the commercial activities currently undertaken by the company to transition to an appropriately structured for-profit limited liability entity, while Linaro Limited continues to focus on its community and collaborative engineering activities. This approval enables management to commence the transition process.

Principal risks and uncertainties and financial risk management
 
There are a number of risks and uncertainties that could impact the performance of Linaro, some of which are beyond the control of Linaro and its Board.

Management closely monitor market and technology trends and risks on an on-going basis and they are the focus of regular Executive meetings where key performance indicators are used to benchmark operational performance and financial performance is assessed versus budget, forecast and prior year.

As well as regular operational review meetings with individual members and key customers, more strategic meetings are also held twice a year, 'Linaro Partner Meetings' where all members are present either face to face or virtually together with Linaro's full Executive team. An annual assessment of trends and risks is also an integral part of Linaro's strategic planning and budgeting.

This comprehensive bottom up and top down approach enables the Executive Team and Board to determine and assess the company's overall risk environment. Linaro's principal risks and uncertainties are outlined below:

Industry consolidation

The possibility of industry consolidation is ever present with the possible consequence of a reduction in the total number of potential members or Customers for Linaro. However, by expanding the corporate diversity of the customer base, sector, geographic spread, the growth of non-membership Professional Services, Linaro is making best efforts to mitigate such risks.
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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 

GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

Principal risks and uncertainties and financial risk management (continued)

Global economy and market conditions

Linaro is not immune to the global economic and political factors affecting the technology sector. An example being the continuing US China trade sanctions, which has continued to impact on revenue growth opportunities.

Despite the degree of global economic uncertainty the Board continues to believe that Linaro is in a relatively favourable position. The work that Linaro carries out is generally forward looking and results in productivity gains for its members and customers helping get new competitive products to market sooner.

Given the noted subsequent events, the membership model ceased in December 2025, and whilst it is expected that many members will come back on board with SoW's (statements of work), the financing of these projects will come from different sources to where memberships were funded and so we saw a reduction in revenues early FY26 whilst this was working through. Additionally, as AI becomes more prevalent, Linaro customers may well re-direct funding towards AI based solutions, something Linaro is unable to provide at this time. However, the Board believes that whilst these risks exist, Linaro continues to be seen as an important partner across the market, where it sees growing engagement to support companies during the markets big technological transition.

Human resources

Linaro is entirely dependent on its people, and talent acquisition and development is an integral part of Linaro's everyday business. In an industry where competition for Linaro's specialist engineering skills is noticeably increasing, Linaro is mindful of the need not just to continue to provide competitive remuneration packages, but also to provide leading edge technically challenging work and clear career progression opportunities.

Currency risk

Linaro's income is primarily received in US Dollars and the company has a significant natural hedge in terms of its US dollar denominated cost base. A net exposure remains for the British Pound and Euro and the company operates a centralised treasury model and, on occasion, hedging facilities are used to mitigate this foreign exchange risk.

Credit risk

Because of the quality of Linaro's Membership, Services and Products customers, management believe that the overall risk of bad debts is low, nevertheless overdue balances are reviewed regularly and any concerns are elevated to the appropriate executives for action.

Interest rate risk

Regarding fluctuation in interest rates, Linaro does not have borrowings and is therefore not directly affected by interest rate changes.

Liquidity risk

The company's membership model is cash generative and therefore has adequate working capital availability, and it is not reliant on borrowings or overdraft facilities. However, with the change to the operating model approved by the board in December 2025, this would put pressure on the group's liquidity. As such increased visibility on cashflow was implemented to ensure that sufficient funds are available in the near term and also in line with forecasts needs.

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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 

GROUP STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

Environmental, Social and Governance Policy

The company aims to implement the highest environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards appropriate to its size and sector. The Board and management of Linaro are aware that the reputation and prosperity of Linaro requires a firm commitment to the sustainable management of its activities.


This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.



L Gong
Director

Date: 28 August 2026
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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

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

Results and dividends

The loss for the year, after taxation, amounted to $451,847 (2024: loss $1,260,798).

The directors did not recommend the payment of dividends in the year (2024: $Nil).

Directors

The directors who served during the year, and subsequent to the year end, unless otherwise stated, were:

L Gong 
D Marr (appointed 3 June 2025, resigned 1 December 2025)
S Singhai (resigned 3 June 2025)
J Cameron (resigned 1 December 2025)
M Hambleton (resigned 1 December 2025)
T Kjos (resigned 1 December 2025)

R Booth and T Benton were appointed as directors after the year ended on 1 December 2025 and 14 January 2026, respectively.

Directors' responsibilities statement

The directors are responsible for preparing the Group Strategic Report, the Directors' Report and the consolidated 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, including FRS 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’). 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 and profit or loss of the group for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:


select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

make judgements 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; and

prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the group 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 the group and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and the group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

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LINARO LIMITED

(A Company Limited by Guarantee) 
 
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

Qualifying third party indemnity provisions

The company has made qualifying third party indemnity provisions for the benefit of its directors which remain in force at the date of this report.

Future developments

As per the Subsequent events section, on completion of the restructure, Linaro Limited will cease to have employees and undertake 3rd party projects and instead be a host for "community" projects and initiatives. The expectation at time of the publishing of the accounts is that this will initiate by end of August 2026.

Research and development activities

Whilst the company invests in research and development each year the focus is on "development" not "research". Any R&D costs are written off to the Profit and Loss Account in the year in which they are incurred. Because Linaro is classified as a "Mutual Trade" by HMRC any surplus generated is not subject to corporation tax and as a result the company is not normally eligible to participate in the R&D Tax Credits Scheme ("RDEC"), a tax incentive from the UK Government, designed to encourage companies to invest in R&D. However, Linaro's Professional Services projects and Product development activities are regularly reviewed for eligibility for RDEC incentives.

Matters covered in the Group Strategic Report

In preparing the Directors' Report, the directors have complied with s414C (11) of the Companies Act 2006 by including certain disclosures required by s416(4) within the Strategic Report. These are financial risk management and future developments.

Existence of branches outside the UK

The company has a branch, as defined in section 1046(3) of the Companies Act 2006, Linaro Filial Sverige, which is situated in Sweden.

Going concern

At the time of signing these accounts, the reorganisation of the Linaro Limited business is reaching its final stages. The company's not for profit paid for Membership activities were wound down as planned during the first half of 2026. However, a new purpose has been found for Linaro Limited which is to act as a neutral platform to host a new free to join opensource initiative the ‘CoreCollective’ (https://corecollective .dev/about/) backed by Arm. Linaro Limited will therefore remain as a company limited by guarantee. As a neutral platform the company will have no cost base of its own and will only incur hosting costs to the extent these are funded by collaboration parties.

As also planned, the company‘s for-profit Services and Products trade assets and liabilities will be transferred, at their carrying amounts or arm’s length price, to a more appropriate commercial entity, a Limited Liability company with shareholders. This process has taken longer than anticipated, but Heads of Terms have now been agreed with an appropriate third party and the directors anticipate that this final part of the reorganisation process will be completed by the end of Q3 2026. The funding of the limited liability company is also in progress and due to be finalised in the same timescale to provide it with sufficient funds to settle the consideration for the transfer transaction agreement.
 
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LINARO LIMITED

(A Company Limited by Guarantee) 
 
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

Going concern (continued)

The directors are confident that any remaining liabilities post reorganisation of Linaro Limited will be covered by residual assets, including the transfer transaction consideration, and so the going concern basis remains appropriate for the preparation of the financial statements. However, because the reorganisation process and funding of the limited liability company has not been completed at the time of signing these accounts, a material uncertainty exists due to these conditions that may cast significant doubt on the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Subsequent events

At the time of signing these accounts, as of the 1 December 2025, the directors and other interested parties had agreed to a reorganisation of the Linaro business. The company's not for profit collaborative engineering Membership activities would stop, moving to a "statement of work" basis in the interim, with no membership. This would also trigger the business to undertake a process that would see Linaro' work force and professional services contracts be acquired by a new entity (through a net asset deal), one that is a limited liability legal entity, whilst Linaro limited will continue as a mutual trade organisation hosting community projects only. This is expected to complete by the end of FY26.

Effective 1 December 2025 the Core Members of Linaro, together with their representative directors resigned and control passed to Linaro Group Limited which became the sole member of the company. Also on 1 December 2025, Robert Booth, Linaro Limited's Chief Operating Officer was appointed to the Board of the company.

Disclosure of information to auditor

The directors confirm that:

so far as each director is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company and the group's auditor is unaware; and

the directors have taken all the steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company and the group's auditor is aware of that information.

This confirmation is given and should be interpreted in accordance with the provisions of s418 of the Companies Act 2006.

Auditor

The auditor, Grant Thornton UK LLP will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.

This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
 





L Gong
Director

Date: 28 August 2026

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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LINARO LIMITED

Opinion


We have audited the financial statements of Linaro Limited (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 30 September 2025, which comprise the Consolidated Profit and Loss Account, the Consolidated and company Balance Sheets, the Consolidated and company Statement of Changes in Equity, the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policiesThe 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 group's and of the parent company's affairs as at 30 September 2025 and of the group's loss for the year then ended; 

the financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

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



Basis for opinion


We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the 'Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements' section of our report. We are independent of the group and the parent 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.


Material uncertainty related to going concern


We draw attention to note 2.4 in the financial statements, which indicates that the company’s activities are being reorganised. For-profit activities are to be transferred to a commercial entity and the payment of the consideration for this transfer is dependent upon the successful conclusion of funding arrangements in the new commercial entity. As stated in note 2.4, these events and conditions, along with the other matters as set forth in note 2.4, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.

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.
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LINARO LIMITED

(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LINARO LIMITED (CONTINUED)



Our responsibilities


We are responsible for concluding on the appropriateness of the directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify the auditor’s opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our report. However, future events or conditions may cause the group or the parent company to cease to continue as a going concern.

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 and financial statements, other than the financial statements and our Auditor's Report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report and financial statementsOur 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 audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements 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 Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
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LINARO LIMITED

(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LINARO LIMITED (CONTINUED)

Matter on which we are required to report under the Companies Act 2006
 

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and the parent company and their environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Directors' Report.


Matters on which we are required to report by exception

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


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

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

certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or

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



Responsibilities of directors
 

As explained more fully in the Directors' Responsibilities Statement set out on page 5, 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 group's and the parent 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 group or the parent company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
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LINARO LIMITED

(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LINARO LIMITED (CONTINUED)

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. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below: 

We obtained an understanding of the legal procedures and regulatory frameworks that were most applicable and determined that the most significant are those that relate to the operational environment, the financial reporting framework (FRS102 and Companies Act 2006) and relevant tax compliance regulations in the jurisdictions in which the company operates. In addition, we concluded that there are certain significant laws and regulations that may effect on the determination of the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, including laws and regulations relating to employment matters, data security and protection, and health and safety.

We obtained an understanding of how the company is complying with those legal and regulatory frameworks by making enquiries of management and those charged with governance. We corroborated this through procedures such as conducting tests over legal and professional expenses as part of expenses testing.

We enquired of management whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations or whether they had any knowledge of actual, suspected or alleged fraud. Management have not communicated to the audit team any matters of non-compliance with laws, regulations, or fraud and no such matters were identified by the audit team. We corroborated this through procedures such as unusual journals testing, assessing controls and assessing the relevant governance procedures.

We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including incentives and opportunities for manipulation of the financial statements. This included the evaluation of the risk of management override of controls and through manipulation of accounting estimates. Audit procedures performed included:

Identifying and assessing the design and implementation of controls that management has in place to prevent and detect fraud.

Identifying and testing journal entries, in particular any journal entries posted with unusual account combinations.

Challenging assumptions and judgements made by management in its significant accounting estimates; and

Assessing the extent of compliance with the relevant laws and regulations as part of our procedures on the related financial statement item.
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LINARO LIMITED

(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LINARO LIMITED (CONTINUED)

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements (continued)


These audit procedures were designed to provide reasonable assurance that the financial statements were free from fraud or error. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error and detecting irregularities that result from fraud is inherently more difficult than detecting those that result from error, as fraud may involve collusion, deliberate concealment, forgery or intentional misrepresentations. Also, the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it.

It is the engagement partner’s assessment that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence and capabilities to identify or recognise non-compliance with laws and regulations. Assessment of the appropriateness of the collective capabilities of the engagement team included the consideration of the engagement team’s understanding and experience of, and practical experience with engagements of similar nature and complexity including appropriate training.

We communicated relevant laws and regulations and potential fraud risks to all engagement team members and remained alert to any indications of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations throughout the audit.


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 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 2006Our 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.




Paul Brown
Senior Statutory Auditor
for and on behalf of Grant Thornton UK LLP
Statutory AuditorChartered Accountants
Cambridge

28 August 2026
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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
CONSOLIDATED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

2025
2024
Note
$
$

  

Turnover
 4 
40,983,434
37,996,148

Cost of sales
  
(29,094,376)
(26,584,985)

Gross profit
  
11,889,058
11,411,163

Administrative expenses
  
(11,726,494)
(12,189,158)

Other income
 5 
25,200
176,957

Operating profit/(loss)
 6 
187,764
(601,038)

Interest receivable and similar income
 10 
233,073
88,653

Interest payable and similar expenses
 11 
(78,692)
(153,352)

Profit/(loss) before taxation
  
342,145
(665,737)

Tax on profit/(loss)
 12 
(793,992)
(595,061)

Loss for the financial year
  
(451,847)
(1,260,798)

Loss for the year attributable to:
  

Owners of the parent company
  
(451,847)
(1,260,798)

All activities derive from continuing operations.

There were no recognised gains and losses for 2025 or 2024 other than those included in the Consolidated Profit and Loss Account.

The notes on pages 19 to 40 form part of these financial statements.
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LINARO LIMITED
  
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
REGISTERED NUMBER:07180318

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

2025
2024
Note
$
$

Fixed assets
  

Intangible assets
 13 
2,301,935
2,660,572

Tangible assets
 14 
137,475
174,314

  
2,439,410
2,834,886

Current assets
  

Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
 16 
6,646,999
7,213,628

Cash at bank and in hand
  
7,402,890
8,276,647

  
14,049,889
15,490,275

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
 17 
(13,430,388)
(14,105,884)

Net current assets
  
 
 
619,501
 
 
1,384,391

Total assets less current liabilities
  
3,058,911
4,219,277

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
 18 
(1,476,160)
(2,163,018)

 
Provisions for liabilities
  

Deferred tax
 19 
-
(20,988)

Net assets
  
1,582,751
2,035,271


Reserves
  

Accumulated funds
 22 
1,582,751
2,035,271

Total equity
  
1,582,751
2,035,271


The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by: 




L Gong
Director

Date: 28 August 2026

The notes on pages 19 to 40 form part of these financial statements.
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LINARO LIMITED
  
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
REGISTERED NUMBER:07180318

COMPANY BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

2025
2024
Note
$
$

Fixed assets
  

Intangible assets
 13 
2,301,935
2,660,572

Tangible assets
 14 
124,036
153,904

Investments
 15 
1
1

  
2,425,972
2,814,477

Current assets
  

Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
 16 
6,584,068
7,106,749

Cash at bank and in hand
  
7,325,271
8,204,874

  
13,909,339
15,311,623

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
 17 
(13,705,234)
(14,284,952)

Net current assets
  
 
 
204,105
 
 
1,026,671

Total assets less current liabilities
  
2,630,077
3,841,148

  

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
 18 
(1,476,160)
(2,163,018)

 
Provisions for liabilities
  

Deferred tax
 19 
-
(20,988)

Net assets
  
1,153,917
1,657,142


Reserves
  

Accumulated funds
 22 
1,153,917
1,657,142

Total equity
  
1,153,917
1,657,142


The company has taken advantage of the exemption allowed under section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 and has not presented its own Profit and Loss Account in these financial statements. The loss after tax of the parent company for the year was $503,225 (2024loss $1,270,801).

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by: 

L Gong
Director

Date: 28 August 2026

The notes on pages 19 to 40 form part of these financial statements.
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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025


Accumulated funds
Total equity

$
$


At 1 October 2023
3,296,069
3,296,069


Comprehensive loss for the year

Loss for the year
(1,260,798)
(1,260,798)
Total comprehensive loss for the year
(1,260,798)
(1,260,798)



At 1 October 2024
2,035,271
2,035,271


Comprehensive loss for the year

Loss for the year
(451,847)
(451,847)

Currency translation differences
(673)
(673)
Total comprehensive loss for the year
(452,520)
(452,520)


At 30 September 2025
1,582,751
1,582,751


The notes on pages 19 to 40 form part of these financial statements.
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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 

COMPANY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025


Accumulated funds
Total equity

$
$


At 1 October 2023
2,927,943
2,927,943


Comprehensive loss for the year

Loss for the year
(1,270,801)
(1,270,801)
Total comprehensive loss for the year
(1,270,801)
(1,270,801)



At 1 October 2024
1,657,142
1,657,142


Comprehensive loss for the year

Loss for the year
(503,225)
(503,225)
Total comprehensive loss for the year
(503,225)
(503,225)


At 30 September 2025
1,153,917
1,153,917


The notes on pages 19 to 40 form part of these financial statements.
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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

2025
2024
$
$

Cash flows from operating activities

Operating profit/(loss)
187,764
(601,038)

Adjustments for:

Depreciation of tangible assets
127,348
153,725

Amortisation of intangible assets
358,637
1,096,650

Foreign exchange revaluation of tangible assets
-
(513)

Loss on disposal of tangible assets
6,265
8,262

Decrease/(increase) in debtors
668,757
(64,147)

(Decrease)/increase in creditors
(1,194,966)
3,216,627

Tax paid
(304,677)
(23,109)

Interest paid
(947)
(5,440)

Interest received
175,902
88,653

Net cash inflows from operating activities

24,083
3,869,670


Cash flows from investing activities

Payments to acquire tangible fixed assets
(97,840)
(77,248)

Payment of deferred consideration
(800,000)
(800,000)

Net cash outflows from investing activities

(897,840)
(877,248)


Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents
(873,757)
2,992,422

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
8,276,647
5,284,225

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of year
7,402,890
8,276,647


Cash and cash equivalents at the end of year comprise:

Cash at bank and in hand
7,402,890
8,276,647


The notes on pages 19 to 40 form part of these financial statements.

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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

1.


General information

Linaro Limited is a private company limited by guarantee, incorporated in England and Wales. Its registered number is 07180318, and its registered head office is located at Harston Mill, Harston, Cambridge, CB22 7GG.

2.Accounting policies

 
2.1

Basis of preparation of financial statements

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.

The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires group management to exercise judgement in applying the group's accounting policies (see note 3).

The company has taken advantage of the exemption allowed under section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 and has not presented its own Profit and Loss Account in these financial statements.

The following principal accounting policies have been applied:

  
2.2

Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions – company only

The parent company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by the 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 Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17(d);

the requirements of Section 11 Financial Instruments paragraphs 11.42, 11.44 to 11.45, 11.47, 11.48(a)(iii), 11.48(a)(iv), 11.48(b) and 11.48(c);

the requirements of Section 12 Other Financial Instruments paragraphs 12.26 to 12.27, 12.29(a), 12.29(b) and 12.29A; and

the requirements of Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7.

 
2.3

Basis of consolidation

The consolidated financial statements present the results of the company and its own subsidiaries ("the group") as if they form a single entity. Intercompany transactions and balances between group companies are therefore eliminated in full.

The consolidated financial statements incorporate the results of business combinations using the purchase method. In the Balance Sheet, the acquiree's identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities are initially recognised at their fair values at the acquisition date. The results of acquired operations are included in the Consolidated Profit and Loss Account from the date on which control is obtained. They are deconsolidated from the date control ceases.

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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.4

Going concern

At the time of signing these accounts, the reorganisation of the Linaro Limited business is reaching its final stages. The company's not for profit paid for Membership activities were wound down as planned during the first half of 2026. However, a new purpose has been found for Linaro Limited which is to act as a neutral platform to host a new free to join opensource initiative the ‘CoreCollective’ (https://corecollective .dev/about/) backed by Arm. Linaro Limited will therefore remain as a company limited by guarantee. As a neutral platform the company will have no cost base of its own and will only incur hosting costs to the extent these are funded by collaboration parties.

As also planned, the company‘s for-profit Services and Products trade assets and liabilities will be transferred, at their carrying amounts or arm’s length price, to a more appropriate commercial entity, a Limited Liability company with shareholders. This process has taken longer than anticipated, but Heads of Terms have now been agreed with an appropriate third party and the directors anticipate that this final part of the reorganisation process will be completed by the end of Q3 2026. The funding of the limited liability company is also in progress and due to be finalised in the same timescale to provide it with sufficient funds to settle the consideration for the transfer transaction agreement.

The directors are confident that any remaining liabilities post reorganisation of Linaro Limited will be covered by residual assets, including the transfer transaction consideration, and so the going concern basis remains appropriate for the preparation of the financial statements. However, because the reorganisation process and funding of the limited liability company has not been completed at the time of signing these accounts, a material uncertainty exists due to these conditions that may cast significant doubt on the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.

 
2.5

Foreign currency translation

Functional and presentation currency

The company's functional and presentational currency is USD and all values are rounded to the nearest dollar ($) except where otherwise stated.

Transactions and balances

Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currency using the spot exchange rates at the dates of the transactions.

At each period end foreign currency monetary items are translated using the closing rate. Non-monetary items measured at historical cost are translated using the exchange rate at the date of the transaction and non-monetary items measured at fair value are measured using the exchange rate when fair value was determined.

Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of transactions and from the translation at period-end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are recognised in profit or loss except when deferred in other comprehensive income as qualifying cash flow hedges.

Foreign exchange gains and losses that relate to borrowings and cash and cash equivalents are presented in the Consolidated Profit and Loss Account within 'finance income or costs'. All other foreign exchange gains and losses are presented in profit or loss within 'other operating income'.

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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)


2.5
Foreign currency translation (continued)

Transactions and balances (continued)

On consolidation, the results of overseas operations are translated into Dollars at rates approximating to those ruling when the transactions took place. All assets and liabilities of overseas operations are translated at the rate ruling at the reporting date. Exchange differences arising on translating the opening net assets at opening rate and the results of overseas operations at actual rate are recognised in other comprehensive income.

 
2.6

Revenue

Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and represents amounts receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, net of value added tax (VAT) and other sales-related taxes. Revenue recognition is based on a service being performed and where receipt of payment is reasonably certain. 

Linaro undertake a number of varying contracts that can impact the manner and timing in which revenue can be recognised. These are broadly broken down as follows: 

"Time and material" contracts are sales of services which are invoiced and recognised based on the effort that has been undertaken, usually done on a monthly basis and always in arrears. Milestones in these contracts are typically linked to expected outcomes and not linked to billing or revenue recognition. 

"Fixed effort / price" contracts are typically structured around the achievement of milestones which would trigger invoicing, which would allow revenue to be recognised. If milestones are not achieved, then the revenue cannot be recognised. 

"Service / support" contracts, where Linaro commits to providing a service or access to a service for a set period, it is recognised on a straight-line basis over the life of the contract. 

"Forge license" contracts are bundled with both access to the Forge tools and support services. 80% of the contract is recognised at the point of sale with 20% spread on a straight-line basis over the term of the license, assessed to be the support portion of the contract (in line with FRS102 guidance).

 
2.7

Operating leases

Rentals under operating leases are charged on a straight-line basis over the lease term, even if the payments are not made on such a basis. Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign an operating lease are similarly spread on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.8

Pensions

Defined contribution pension plan

The group operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the group pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the group has no further payment obligations.

The contributions are recognised as an expense in profit or loss when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals as a liability in the Balance Sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the group in independently administered funds.

 
2.9

Interest income

Interest income is recognised in profit or loss using the effective interest method.

 
2.10

Finance costs

Finance costs are charged to profit or loss over the term of the debt using the effective interest method so that the amount charged is at a constant rate on the carrying amount. Issue costs are initially recognised as a reduction in the proceeds of the associated capital instrument.

 
2.11

Current and deferred taxation

The tax expense for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss except that a charge attributable to an item of income and expense recognised as other comprehensive income or to an item recognised directly in equity is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.

The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date in the countries where the company and the group operate and generate income.

Deferred tax balances are recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed by the balance sheet date, except that:
The recognition of deferred tax assets is limited to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits;
Any deferred tax balances are reversed if and when all conditions for retaining associated tax allowances have been met; and
Where they relate to timing differences in respect of interests in subsidiaries, associates, branches and joint ventures and the group can control the reversal of the timing differences and such reversal is not considered probable in the foreseeable future.

Deferred tax balances are not recognised in respect of permanent differences except in respect of business combinations, when deferred tax is recognised on the differences between the fair values of assets acquired and the future tax deductions available for them and the differences between the fair values of liabilities acquired and the amount that will be assessed for tax. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.12

Intangible assets

Intangible assets are initially recognised at cost. After recognition, under the cost model, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.

All intangible assets are considered to have a finite useful life. If a reliable estimate of the useful life cannot be made, the useful life shall not exceed ten years.

 The estimated useful lives range as follows:

Goodwill
-
10 years straight line basis
Intellectual property
-
10 years straight line basis
Customer contracts & relationships
-
10 years straight line basis

 
2.13

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets under the cost model are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Historical cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to bringing the asset to the location and condition necessary for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management.

Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives.

Depreciation is provided on the following basis:

Leasehold improvements
-
3 years straight line basis
Office equipment
-
3 years straight line basis
Furniture and fittings
-
3 years straight line basis

The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.

Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in profit or loss.

 
2.14

Valuation of investments

Investments in subsidiaries are measured at cost less accumulated impairment.

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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.15

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice of not more than 24 hours. Cash equivalents are highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash with insignificant risk of change in value.

In the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents are shown net of bank overdrafts that are repayable on demand and form an integral part of the group's cash management.

 
2.16

Financial instruments

The group has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 “Basic Financial Instruments” of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the group's Balance Sheet when the group 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 trade and other debtors, cash and bank balances, are initially measured at their transaction price (adjusted for transaction costs except in the initial measurement of financial assets that are subsequently measured at fair value through profit and loss) and are subsequently carried at their amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any provision for impairment, 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.

Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial. The group's cash and cash equivalents, trade and most other debtors due within the operating cycle fall into this category of financial instruments.

Other financial assets

Other financial assets, which includes investments in equity instruments which are not classified as subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the recognised transaction price. Such assets are subsequently measured at fair value with the changes in fair value being recognised in the profit or loss. Where other financial assets are not publicly traded, hence their fair value cannot be measured reliably, they are measured at cost less impairment.

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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)


2.16
Financial instruments (continued)

Impairment of financial assets

At the end of each reporting period financial assets measured at amortised cost are assessed for objective evidence of impairment. 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. 

Financial assets are impaired when events, subsequent to their initial recognition, indicate the estimated future cash flows derived from the financial asset(s) have been adversely impacted. The impairment loss will be the difference between the current carrying amount and the present value of the future cash flows at the asset(s) original effective interest rate.

If there is a favourable change in relation to the events surrounding the impairment loss then the impairment can be reviewed for possible reversal. The reversal will not cause the current carrying amount to exceed the original carrying amount had the impairment not been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in the profit or loss.

Basic 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 group after the deduction of all its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities, which include trade and other creditors, bank loans, other loans and loans due to fellow group companies are initially measured at their transaction price (adjusting for transaction costs except in the initial measurement of financial liabilities that are subsequently measured at fair value through profit and loss). When this constitutes a financing transaction, whereby the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest, discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.

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

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods and services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade creditors are classified as current liabilities if the payment is due within one year. If not, they represent non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are initially recognised at their transaction price and subsequently are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial.

Other financial instruments

Derivatives, including forward exchange contracts, futures contracts and interest rate swaps, are not classified as basic financial instruments. These are initially recognised at fair value on the date the derivative contract is entered into, with costs being charged to the profit or loss. They are subsequently measured at fair value with changes in the profit or loss.

Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions as set out in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through the profit or loss. This recognition and measurement would also apply to financial instruments where the performance is evaluated on a fair value basis as with a documented risk management or investment strategy.
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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)


2.16
Financial instruments (continued)

Derecognition of financial assets

Financial assets are derecognised when their contractual right to future cash flow expire, or are settled, or when the group transfers the asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another party. If significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained after the transfer to another party, then the group will continue to recognise the value of the portion of the risks and rewards retained.

Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the group's contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.


3.


Judgements in applying accounting policies and key sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

Estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Estimates are based on historical experience and other assumptions that are considered reasonable in the circumstances. The actual amount or values may vary in certain instances from the assumptions and estimates made. Changes will be recorded, with corresponding effect in the financial statements, when, and if, better information is obtained.

Critical judgements and sources of estimation uncertainty that management have made in the process of applying accounting policies disclosed herein and that have a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements relate to the following:

Estimates

There are no significant sources of estimation uncertainty within the financial statements.

Judgements

Valuation on intangible fixed assets (see note 13)

On recognition judgement is required in identifying the value of the intangible assets acquired and that they meet the requirements under FRS 102. Then also in assessing the useful economic life applied to them. At each subsequent reporting date judgement is required to evaluate whether an impairment of the intangible assets has arisen and the value of any such impairment.

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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

4.


Turnover

2025
2024
$
$

Professional services
11,324,405
10,229,571

Memberships
21,015,558
21,666,231

Software licences and associated support
5,976,031
3,576,282

Software as a service
2,667,440
2,444,317

Other
-
79,747

40,983,434
37,996,148


Geographic analysis of turnover:

2025
2024
$
$

United Kingdom
14,167,177
11,332,102

Rest of Europe
3,541,574
2,841,370

Rest of the world
23,274,683
23,822,676

40,983,434
37,996,148



5.


Other income

2025
2024
$
$

Research and development expenditure credit
-
83,272

Other income
25,200
93,685

25,200
176,957


Other income is tickets and sponsorship for Connect event.

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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

6.


Operating profit/(loss)

The operating profit/(loss) is stated after charging/(crediting):

2025
2024
$
$

Rentals under operating leases
406,117
312,339

Depreciation of tangible fixed assets
127,676
153,725

Amortisation of intangible fixed assets
358,637
399,110

Impairment charge on intangible fixed assets
-
698,602

Loss on disposal of fixed assets
6,265
8,262

Foreign exchange (gain)/loss
(58,117)
100,656


7.


Auditor's remuneration

During the year, the group obtained the following services from the company's auditor:


2025
2024
$
$

Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the consolidated and parent company's financial statements
107,474
80,375

Fees payable to the company's auditor in respect of:

Taxation compliance services
18,472
11,386

Other taxation advisory services
3,286
4,773

Other services
5,777
8,624

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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

8.


Employees

Staff costs, including directors' remuneration, were as follows:


Group
Group
Company
Company
2025
2024
2025
2024
$
$
$
$


Wages and salaries
21,570,622
21,983,321
15,286,164
15,661,512

Termination payments
32,810
926,419
32,810
641,763

Social security costs
2,548,903
2,250,066
2,239,782
1,917,113

Pension costs
1,664,317
1,511,531
1,327,995
1,132,307

25,816,652
26,671,337
18,886,751
19,352,695


The average monthly number of employees, including the directors, during the year was as follows:



Group
Group
Company
Company
        2025
        2024
        2025
        2024
            No.
            No.
            No.
            No.









Executive team
3
4
2
3



Sales
10
9
7
6



General & administration
15
13
14
13



Engineering
116
123
92
97

144
149
115
119

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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

9.


Directors' remuneration

2025
2024
$
$

Directors' emoluments
804,951
683,629

Group contributions to defined contribution pension schemes
41,359
39,475

846,310
723,104


During the year retirement benefits were accruing to 1 director (2024: 1) in respect of defined contribution pension schemes.

The highest paid director received remuneration of $590,850 (2024: $683,629).

The value of the group's contributions paid to a defined contribution pension scheme in respect of the highest paid director amounted to $31,395 (2024: $39,475).


10.


Interest receivable and similar income

2025
2024
$
$


Other interest receivable
174,955
88,653

Misc income receivable
58,118
-

233,073
88,653


11.


Interest payable and similar expenses

2025
2024
$
$


Bank interest payable
-
138

Other interest payable
-
5,302

Finance costs on deferred consideration
78,692
147,912

78,692
153,352

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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

12.


Taxation


2025
2024
$
$

Current taxation


United Kingdom corporation tax charge for the year
1,432,727
518,944

Adjustments in respect of previous periods
(471,291)
12,477


961,436
531,421

Foreign tax


Overseas tax
-
7,861

Total current tax
961,436
539,282

Deferred tax


Origination and reversal of timing differences
(146,456)
(2,698)

Adjustment in respect of previous periods
(20,988)
58,477

Total deferred tax
(167,444)
55,779


Total tax per Profit and Loss Account
793,992
595,061
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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025
 
12.Taxation (continued)

Factors affecting tax charge for the year

The tax assessed for the year is higher than
 (2024: higher than) the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of25% (2024:25%). The differences are explained below:

2025
2024
$
$


Profit/(loss) on ordinary activities before tax
342,145
(665,737)


Loss on ordinary activities multiplied by standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25% (2024: 25%)
85,536
(166,434)

Effects of:


Fixed asset differences
22,294
29,239

Expenses not deductible for tax purposes
383,304
1,711

Non taxable mutual trade net deficit/(income)
787,276
675,049

Effects of overseas tax rates
7,861
5,360

Prior year RDEC (not taxable)
-
(20,818)

Adjustments in respect to prior periods
(471,651)
12,826

Adjustments in respect to prior periods (deferred tax)
(20,988)
58,477

Current tax (prior period) exchange difference
360
(349)

Total tax charge for the year
793,992
595,061


Factors that may affect future tax charges

Deferred tax balances have been measured at 25%, being the enacted UK corporation tax rate applicable to future periods at the balance sheet date.

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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

13.


Intangible assets

Group and company





Goodwill
Intellectual property
Customer contracts & relationships
Total

$
$
$
$



Cost


At 1 October 2024
404,726
928,432
2,657,941
3,991,099



At 30 September 2025

404,726
928,432
2,657,941
3,991,099



Amortisation


At 1 October 2024
404,726
239,669
686,132
1,330,527


Charge for the year
-
92,843
265,794
358,637



At 30 September 2025

404,726
332,512
951,926
1,689,164



Net book value



At 30 September 2025
-
595,920
1,706,015
2,301,935



At 30 September 2024
-
688,763
1,971,809
2,660,572

On 28 February 2023, Linaro Limited purchased the business combination of assets, personnel and customer relationships of the Forge Business from Arm Limited.

Since FY24, where the accounts were prepared on the basis of "Other than a going concern", the future of the company has become clearer, and as such the accounts for FY25 have been prepared on the basis of "a going concern". Linaro Limited will continue to exist as a "mutual trade" legal entity, once the restructure has completed. It is expected that a net asset deal will be undertaken between Linaro Limited and a newly formed Linaro Software, with the primary driver being the transfer of customer contracts and relationships. 

Amortisation on intangible assets is charged to administrative expenses in profit or loss.



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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

14.


Tangible fixed assets

Group






Leasehold improvements
Office equipment
Furniture and fittings
Total

$
$
$
$



Cost


At 1 October 2024
79,486
1,374,021
30,475
1,483,982


Additions
5,160
92,680
-
97,840


Disposals
-
(518,472)
-
(518,472)


Foreign exchange adjustment
-
1,304
-
1,304



At 30 September 2025

84,646
949,533
30,475
1,064,654



Depreciation


At 1 October 2024
73,271
1,206,127
30,270
1,309,668


Charge for the year
8,732
118,739
205
127,676


Disposals
-
(511,011)
-
(511,011)


Foreign exchange adjustment
-
846
-
846



At 30 September 2025

82,003
814,701
30,475
927,179



Net book value



At 30 September 2025
2,643
134,832
-
137,475



At 30 September 2024
6,215
167,894
205
174,314

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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

           14.Tangible fixed assets (continued)


Company






Leasehold improvements
Office equipment
Furniture and fittings
Total

$
$
$
$

Cost


At 1 October 2024
79,486
1,307,143
30,475
1,417,104


Additions
5,160
84,989
-
90,149


Disposals
-
(511,208)
-
(511,208)


Foreign exchange adjustment
-
1,341
-
1,341



At 30 September 2025

84,646
882,265
30,475
997,386



Depreciation


At 1 October 2024
73,270
1,159,660
30,270
1,263,200


Charge for the year
8,732
106,071
205
115,008


Disposals
-
(505,705)
-
(505,705)


Foreign exchange adjustment
-
847
-
847



At 30 September 2025

82,002
760,873
30,475
873,350



Net book value



At 30 September 2025
2,644
121,392
-
124,036



At 30 September 2024
6,216
147,483
205
153,904






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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

15.


Investments held as fixed assets

Company





Subsidiary undertakings

$



Cost and net book value


At 1 October 2024
1



At 30 September 2025
1





Subsidiary undertaking


The following was a subsidiary undertaking of the company:

Name

Registered office

Class of shares

Holding

Linaro Incorporated
One Tara Blvd, Suite 200, Nashua 03062, United States of America
Ordinary
100%

The principal activity of Linaro Inc is the provision of US employees to the parent company. It has been consolidated into the group financial statements. The registered number is 248675744.


16.


Debtors: amounts falling due within one year

Group
Group
Company
Company
2025
2024
2025
2024
$
$
$
$


Trade debtors
3,557,296
4,422,739
3,557,296
4,422,739

Prepayments and accrued income
1,636,676
1,776,923
1,580,773
1,719,265

Other debtors
1,133,263
754,169
1,126,235
749,276

Tax recoverable
-
44,328
-
-

Overseas VAT
-
42,161
-
42,161

Deferred tax asset
319,764
173,308
319,764
173,308

6,646,999
7,213,628
6,584,068
7,106,749


Note that the deferred tax asset arises on timing difference on fixed assets.

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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

17.


Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Group
Group
Company
Company
2025
2024
2025
2024
$
$
$
$

Trade creditors
1,513,666
1,963,634
1,491,063
1,949,718

Amounts owed to group undertakings (note 25)
-
-
825,888
560,559

Other taxation and social security
713,032
332,591
675,118
332,591

Accruals
2,501,016
1,763,694
1,957,414
1,396,119

Deferred income
6,533,940
8,227,229
6,533,940
8,227,229

Deferred consideration
785,302
785,302
785,302
785,302

Corporation tax
1,030,185
509,553
1,083,262
509,553

VAT creditor
353,247
523,881
353,247
523,881

13,430,388
14,105,884
13,705,234
14,284,952


Amounts owed to group undertakings are non-interest bearing, unsecured and repayable on demand.


18.


Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

Group
Group
Company
Company
2025
2024
2025
2024
$
$
$
$

Deferred consideration
1,476,160
2,163,018
1,476,160
2,163,018


On 28 February 2023 Linaro Ltd acquired the Arm Forge HPC tools business for a deferred consideration of $4,000,000 payable in 5 equal annual instalments of $800,000 commencing 28 February 2024 with the second instalment having been paid on the 28 February 2025. Post balance sheet date, the third instalment was paid on the 24th February 2026.
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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

19.


Deferred tax


Group and company






Deferred tax

$





At 1 October 2024
20,988


Charged to profit or loss
(20,988)



At 30 September 2025
-


20.

Members' liability

Each core member's liability is limited to a maximum contribution of £1 in the event of a winding up of the company. The number of core members at 30 September 2025 was 4 (2024: 4).


21.


Net funds reconciliation










At 1 October 2024



Cash flows
 
 
 
Exchange rate

At 30 September 2025


$
$
$
$







Cash at bank and in hand
8,276,647
(880,801)
7,044
7,402,890


Net funds
8,276,647
(880,801)
7,044
7,402,890


22.


Reserves

The company's capital and reserves are as follows:

Accumulated funds

The accumulated funds represents cumulative profits, losses and total other comprehensive income made by the company, including distributions to, and contributions from, the parent company.
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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025


23.


Pension commitments

The group operates a defined contributions pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the group in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the group to the fund and amounted to $1,664,317 (2024: $1,511,531). Contributions totalling $76,287 (2024: $9,948) were payable to the fund at the balance sheet date and are included in creditors.


24.


Commitments under operating leases

At the reporting date the group and the company had future minimum lease payments due under non-cancellable operating leases for each of the following periods:


Group
Group
Company
Company
2025
2024
2025
2024
$
$
$
$

Buildings

Within one year
160,119
153,522
160,119
153,522

Between one and five years
31,443
28,892
31,443
28,892

191,562
182,414
191,562
182,414

Group
Group
Company
Company
2025
2024
2025
2024
$
$
$
$

Other

Within one year
2,479
2,473
2,479
2,473

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LINARO LIMITED
 
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2025

25.


Related party transactions

The company has taken advantage of the exemption allowed under section 33 of FRS 102 'Related party disclosure' not to disclose transactions with other members that are wholly owned within the group.

During the year Core membership fees were charged to members of Linaro Limited: Arm Limited of $7,100,000 (2024: $7,100,000); Hisilicon Technologies Co Ltd of $2,745,000 (2024: $2,575,000); Qualcomm Inc of $4,375,635 (2024: $4,291,667); and Google Inc of $3,390,833 (2024: $3,140,000). The Core members were also charged other fees during the year as follows - Arm Limited $2,556,499 (2024: $3,882,939), Hisilicon Technologies Co Ltd of $Nil (2024: $570), Qualcomm Inc of $3,558,642 (2024: $2,929,894) and Google Inc of $279,014 (2024: $422,836).

As at 30 September 2025, the following amounts were included in trade debtors - Arm $687,794 (2024: $1,049,700), Qualcomm Inc of $674,071 (2024: $1,585,539) and Google Inc of $Nil (2024: $103,439)

At 30 September 2025, there are amounts owing to Li Gong director of $Nil (2024: $104) in relation to expenses incurred. 

The total remuneration for key management personnel for the year totalled $1,128,317 (2024: $1,208,865)

26.


Subsequent events

At the time of signing these accounts, as of the 1 December 2025, the directors and other interested parties had agreed to a reorganisation of the Linaro business. The company's not for profit collaborative engineering Membership activities would stop, moving to a "statement of work" basis in the interim, with no membership. This would also trigger the business to undertake a process that would see Linaro' work force and professional services contracts be acquired by a new entity (through a net asset deal), one that is a limited liability legal entity, whilst Linaro limited will continue as a mutual trade organisation hosting community projects only. This is expected to complete by the end of FY26.

Effective 1 December 2025 the Core Members of Linaro, together with their representative directors resigned and control passed to Linaro Group Limited which became the sole member of the company. Also on 1 December 2025, Robert Booth, Linaro Limited's Chief Operating Officer was appointed to the Board of the company.


27.


Immediate parent and ultimate holding company

On 2 June 2026 the company's ultimate controlling party became Dr Li Gong.

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