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REGISTERED NUMBER: 01847774 (England and Wales)






















Group Strategic Report,

Report of the Director and

Consolidated Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

for

John A Stephens Holdings Limited

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)






Contents of the Consolidated Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025




Page

Company Information 1

Group Strategic Report 2

Report of the Director 3

Report of the Independent Auditors 5

Consolidated Income Statement 7

Consolidated Other Comprehensive Income 8

Consolidated Balance Sheet 9

Company Balance Sheet 10

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 11

Company Statement of Changes in Equity 12

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 13

Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 14

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 15


John A Stephens Holdings Limited

Company Information
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025







DIRECTOR: P J Stephens





SECRETARY: Mrs A Stephens





REGISTERED OFFICE: Castle Meadow Road
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG2 1AG





REGISTERED NUMBER: 01847774 (England and Wales)





AUDITORS: Wright Vigar Limited
Statutory Auditors
Chartered Accountants & Business Advisers
Alexandra House
43 Alexandra St
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG5 1AY

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Group Strategic Report
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Business review and future plans

The year under review showed an expected increase in turnover over the prior year. The uncertainty which shrouded the prior year economic outlook and rising material prices appears to have stabilised and a welcome increase in trade has been the result.

The Board has continued to prioritise customer service and high stock levels and so has maintained its high staffing position, as opposed to reducing staff numbers, whilst also expanding on the staff incentives.

The group maintains its position as one of the leading independent merchants in the Midlands area.

Liquidity and solvency ratios for the period continue to reflect the strong financial position that the group maintains.

The group has continued to make significant investments in its new fleet during the year and the Board expect to see the benefit of this in the coming years.

Analysis of key performance indicators

The Board looks at turnover, margins and profitability when monitoring business performance.

Turnover increased by 5.9%, with gross profit margins improving slightly over the prior year. It is pleasing that after last years loss, all trading subsidiaries this year reported a return to profit, although the consolidated position shows a small loss as a result of additional group overheads..

The Board also considers key statement of financial position areas in order to understand the financial position of the group.

Net current assets have decreased slightly in the year, which is largely the result of capital expenditure to modernise the fleet.. The Board is satisfied that the key statement of financial position sections remain strong, in particular cash at bank. The Board is satisfied that the group can continue to pay its debts as they fall due for the foreseeable future.

Principal risks and uncertainties

The directors consider the principal financial risks to which the group is exposed are a decline in market share and the timing of a recovery in the house building and construction industries. These industries are affected by governmental policies and these are also likely to impact on the results of the group.

The directors' management of the former risk has involved the monitoring of both supplier and competitor prices and the development of the group's selling outlets.

The group is not significantly exposed to credit risks, given the cash based nature of its operations. In relation to trade customers, the group is exposed to the usual credit risk and cash flow risk associated with its business and manages this through tight credit control procedures.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





P J Stephens - Director


4 September 2026

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Report of the Director
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

The director presents his report with the financial statements of the company and the group for the year ended 31 December 2025.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY
The principal activity of the group in the year under review was that of a builder's merchant.

DIVIDENDS
No interim dividends were paid during the year ended 31 December 2025.

The director recommends final dividends per share as follows:

Ordinary £1 shares £2
'B' Ordinary £1 shares £2
'C' Ordinary £1 shares £2

The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 December 2025 will be £ 146,800 .

DIRECTORS
P J Stephens has held office during the whole of the period from 1 January 2025 to the date of this report.

Other changes in directors holding office are as follows:

J M Daniel ceased to be a director after 31 December 2025 but prior to the date of this report.

PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE
The company and group take out indemnity insurance on behalf of the directors.

DISCLOSURE IN THE STRATEGIC REPORT
The directors have prepared a review of the business, together with a summary of the principal risks and uncertainties affecting the company, and these are detailed within the Strategic Report. The report includes an explanation of the company and group's financial risk management policies.

STATEMENT OF DIRECTOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES
The director is responsible for preparing the Group Strategic Report, the Report of the Director and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the director to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the director has elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the director must not approve the financial statements unless he is satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and the group and of the profit or loss of the group for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the director is required to:

- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The director is responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's and the group's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and the group and enable him to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. He is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and the group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Report of the Director
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025


STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
So far as the director is aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the group's auditors are unaware, and he has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the group's auditors are aware of that information.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:



P J Stephens - Director


4 September 2026

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
John A Stephens Holdings Limited

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of John A Stephens Holdings Limited (the 'parent company') and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 31 December 2025 which comprise the Consolidated Income Statement, Consolidated Other Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Balance Sheet, Company Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Company Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated Cash Flow Statement and Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement, Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:
-give a true and fair view of the state of the group's and of the parent company affairs as at 31 December 2025 and of the group's loss for the year then ended;
-have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
-have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

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

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

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

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

Other information
The director is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Director, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the information given in the Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Director for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Director have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and the parent company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Group Strategic Report or the Report of the Director.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept 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 director's remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
John A Stephens Holdings Limited


Responsibilities of director
As explained more fully in the Statement of Director's Responsibilities set out on page three, the director is responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the director determines necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the director is responsible for assessing the 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 director either intends to liquidate the group or the parent company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

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

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

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.

Our approach included obtaining an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks that are applicable to the
company and we determined those that are most significant. Based on the results of our risk assessment we designed audit procedures to identify non-compliance with such laws and regulations. The specific procedures included enquiry of management and those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and claims.

In addition, and based on the results of our risk assessment we designed audit procedures to identify and address
material misstatements in relation to fraud. Specifically we considered the risk of fraud through management override
that may lead to a misappropriation of assets or inappropriate financial reporting. In response, we performed audit work over the risk of management override of controls, including testing journal entries and other adjustments for
appropriateness, evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business and reviewing accounting estimates for bias.

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those
leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors.

Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in a Report of the Auditors and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.




Kevin Shaw BSc FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Wright Vigar Limited
Statutory Auditors
Chartered Accountants & Business Advisers
Alexandra House
43 Alexandra St
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG5 1AY

4 September 2026

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Consolidated
Income Statement
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 3 25,731,444 24,308,962

Cost of sales 17,791,238 17,303,555
GROSS PROFIT 7,940,206 7,005,407

Administrative expenses 8,435,026 8,640,262
(494,820 ) (1,634,855 )

Other operating income 327,608 246,742
OPERATING LOSS 5 (167,212 ) (1,388,113 )

Interest receivable and similar income 173,491 242,846
6,279 (1,145,267 )

Interest payable and similar expenses 6 21,626 30,882
LOSS BEFORE TAXATION (15,347 ) (1,176,149 )

Tax on loss 7 1,839 (259,567 )
LOSS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR (17,186 ) (916,582 )
Loss attributable to:
Owners of the parent (17,186 ) (916,582 )

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Consolidated
Other Comprehensive Income
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £   

LOSS FOR THE YEAR (17,186 ) (916,582 )


OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR
THE YEAR

(17,186

)

(916,582

)

Total comprehensive income attributable to:
Owners of the parent (17,186 ) (916,582 )

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Consolidated Balance Sheet
31 December 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 10 5,856 8,784
Tangible assets 11 6,647,749 6,445,140
Investments 12 2,153,527 1,955,370
Investment property 13 2,240,202 2,240,202
11,047,334 10,649,496

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 14 2,478,031 2,580,596
Debtors 15 3,574,281 3,137,454
Cash at bank and in hand 3,048,244 3,953,425
9,100,556 9,671,475
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 16 2,298,195 2,153,346
NET CURRENT ASSETS 6,802,361 7,518,129
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

17,849,695

18,167,625

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

17

220,478

374,422
NET ASSETS 17,629,217 17,793,203

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 21 112,000 112,000
Revaluation reserve 22 280,152 280,152
Other reserves 22 684,221 684,221
Retained earnings 22 16,552,844 16,716,830
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 17,629,217 17,793,203

The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on 4 September 2026 and were signed by:





P J Stephens - Director


John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Company Balance Sheet
31 December 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 10 - -
Tangible assets 11 2,833,150 2,949,083
Investments 12 92,087 92,087
Investment property 13 390,202 390,202
3,315,439 3,431,372

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 15 2,356,949 2,295,318
Cash at bank 403,899 391,679
2,760,848 2,686,997
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 16 3,772,936 3,723,367
NET CURRENT LIABILITIES (1,012,088 ) (1,036,370 )
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

2,303,351

2,395,002

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

17

198,000

198,000
NET ASSETS 2,105,351 2,197,002

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 21 112,000 112,000
Other reserves 22 167,789 167,789
Retained earnings 22 1,825,562 1,917,213
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 2,105,351 2,197,002

Company's profit for the financial year 55,149 56,823

The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on 4 September 2026 and were signed by:





P J Stephens - Director


John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Called up
share Retained Revaluation Other Total
capital earnings reserve reserves equity
£    £    £    £    £   
Balance at 1 January 2024 112,000 17,780,212 280,152 684,221 18,856,585

Changes in equity
Dividends - (146,800 ) - - (146,800 )
Total comprehensive income - (916,582 ) - - (916,582 )
Balance at 31 December 2024 112,000 16,716,830 280,152 684,221 17,793,203

Changes in equity
Dividends - (146,800 ) - - (146,800 )
Total comprehensive income - (17,186 ) - - (17,186 )
Balance at 31 December 2025 112,000 16,552,844 280,152 684,221 17,629,217

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Company Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Called up
share Retained Other Total
capital earnings reserves equity
£    £    £    £   
Balance at 1 January 2024 112,000 2,007,190 167,789 2,286,979

Changes in equity
Dividends - (146,800 ) - (146,800 )
Total comprehensive income - 56,823 - 56,823
Balance at 31 December 2024 112,000 1,917,213 167,789 2,197,002

Changes in equity
Dividends - (146,800 ) - (146,800 )
Total comprehensive income - 55,149 - 55,149
Balance at 31 December 2025 112,000 1,825,562 167,789 2,105,351

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £   
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations 1 114,178 (483,852 )
Interest element of hire purchase payments
paid

(1,826

)

(11,082

)
Finance costs paid (19,800 ) (19,800 )
Tax paid 465 3,041
Net cash from operating activities 93,017 (511,693 )

Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (995,662 ) (582,553 )
Purchase of fixed asset investments (252,375 ) (735,926 )
Sale of tangible fixed assets 143,617 198,004
Sale of fixed asset investments 243,655 910,796
Interest received 173,491 242,846
Net cash from investing activities (687,274 ) 33,167

Cash flows from financing activities
Capital repayments in year (169,598 ) 112,005
Amount introduced by directors 30,793 20,371
Amount withdrawn by directors (25,319 ) (12,475 )
Equity dividends paid (146,800 ) (146,800 )
Net cash from financing activities (310,924 ) (26,899 )

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents (905,181 ) (505,425 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning
of year

2

3,953,425

4,458,850

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 2 3,048,244 3,953,425

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

1. RECONCILIATION OF LOSS BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS

2025 2024
£    £   
Loss before taxation (15,347 ) (1,176,149 )
Depreciation charges 592,434 548,304
Loss/(profit) on disposal of fixed assets 45,335 (100,494 )
Gain on revaluation of fixed assets (174,842 ) (103,732 )
Finance costs 21,626 30,882
Finance income (173,491 ) (242,846 )
295,715 (1,044,035 )
Decrease in stocks 102,565 278,593
Increase in trade and other debtors (469,924 ) (20,728 )
Increase in trade and other creditors 185,822 302,318
Cash generated from operations 114,178 (483,852 )

2. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

The amounts disclosed on the Cash Flow Statement in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Balance Sheet amounts:

Year ended 31 December 2025
31.12.25 1.1.25
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 3,048,244 3,953,425
Year ended 31 December 2024
31.12.24 1.1.24
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 3,953,425 4,458,850


3. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS

At 1.1.25 Cash flow At 31.12.25
£    £    £   
Net cash
Cash at bank and in hand 3,953,425 (905,181 ) 3,048,244
3,953,425 (905,181 ) 3,048,244
Debt
Finance leases (195,922 ) 169,598 (26,324 )
Debts falling due after 1 year (198,000 ) - (198,000 )
(393,922 ) 169,598 (224,324 )
Total 3,559,503 (735,583 ) 2,823,920

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

John A Stephens Holdings Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the General Information page.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation of certain assets.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity, rounded to the nearest £.

Basis of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the parent undertaking and its subsidiary undertakings to the extent of the group's interest in those undertakings and after eliminating intra-group transactions. Accounting policies are adjusted, where appropriate, to conform to group accounting policies.

In the company's financial statements investments in subsidiary undertakings are stated at cost less provision for permanent diminution in value.

A separate income statement for the parent undertaking has not been presented in accordance with Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006. The profit of the parent undertaking dealt within these financial statements is disclosed on the company balance sheet page. The individual accounts of John A Stephen Holdings Limited have also taken the exemption available from the requirement to present a statement of cash flows.

Significant judgements and estimates
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimate and assumptions that affect the amounts reported for assets and liabilities as at the balance sheet date and the amounts reported for revenues and expenses during the year. However, the nature of estimation means that actual outcomes could differ from those estimates. The following judgements (apart from those involving estimates) have had the most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements:

Stock valuations and recoverability of trading assets - these involve judgements as to the extent to which provisions are required to account for the risk of irrecoverability or obsolescence.

Tangible fixed assets require the estimation of the useful economic lives of assets and are based on management's judgment and experience. When management identifies that actual useful economic lives differ materially from the estimates used to calculate depreciation, that charge is adjusted prospectively.

Investment Property requires the Directors to exercise their judgement as to the valuation of investment properties. Valuations are derived from the current market rents and investment property yields for comparable real estate, adjusted as necessary for any difference in the nature, location or condition of the specific asset.

Turnover
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes.

Sales are recognised at the point at which the company has fulfilled its contractual obligations and the risks and rewards attaching to the product, such as obsolescence, have been transferred to the customer.

Investment property turnover represents rental income.

Intangible assets
Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.

Patents and licences are being amortised evenly over their estimated useful life of five years.

Computer software is being amortised evenly over its estimated useful life of five years.

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Land and Buildings - 2% on cost
Plant and machinery - 20% on reducing balance
Fixtures and fittings - 15% on cost, 15% on reducing balance and 15 - 20% on reducing balance
Motor vehicles - 33% on cost and 25% on reducing balance
Computer equipment - 25% straight line and 20% on cost

Tangible assets are initially recorded at cost, and are subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.

If there is an indication that there has been significant change in depreciation rate, useful life or residual value of tangible assets, the depreciation is revised prospectively to reflect the new estimates.

Investment property
Investment properties are recognised at their fair value. Changes in fair value are recognised in the Income Statement.

Stocks
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items.

Financial instruments
A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where It is recognised at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

Other financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, with any changes recognised in profit or loss, with the exception of hedging instruments in a designated hedging relationship.

Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss immediately.

For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets or either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics.

Any reversals of impairment are recognised in profit or loss immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.

Taxation
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Consolidated Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.


John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date.

Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The group operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the group's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

Fixed asset investments
Fixed asset investments are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. Listed investments are measured at fair value with changes in fair value being recognised in profit or loss.

3. TURNOVER

The turnover and loss before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the group.

An analysis of turnover by geographical market is given below:

2025 2024
£    £   
United Kingdom 25,731,444 24,308,962
25,731,444 24,308,962

4. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
2025 2024
£    £   
Wages and salaries 4,611,862 4,563,036
Social security costs 564,402 505,329
Other pension costs 289,086 315,942
5,465,350 5,384,307

The average number of employees during the year was as follows:
2025 2024

Sales and office staff 107 108
Directors and management 4 4
111 112

2025 2024
£    £   
Directors' remuneration 59,317 52,498
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes 2,818 3,675

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

4. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS - continued

The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows:

Money purchase schemes 2 2

5. OPERATING LOSS

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

2025 2024
£    £   
Hire of plant and machinery 349,839 349,183
Depreciation - owned assets 589,506 545,376
Loss/(profit) on disposal of fixed assets 45,335 (100,494 )
Computer software amortisation 2,928 2,928
Auditors' remuneration 47,940 47,250

6. INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES
2025 2024
£    £   
Hire purchase 1,826 11,082
Finance cost of preference
shares 19,800 19,800
21,626 30,882

7. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge/(credit)
The tax charge/(credit) on the loss for the year was as follows:
2025 2024
£    £   
Current tax:
Prior year adjustment (465 ) -

Deferred tax 2,304 (259,567 )
Tax on loss 1,839 (259,567 )

Reconciliation of total tax charge/(credit) included in profit and loss
The tax assessed for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below:

2025 2024
£    £   
Loss before tax (15,347 ) (1,176,149 )
Loss multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25 %
(2024 - 25 %)

(3,837

)

(294,037

)

Effects of:
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes 7,775 15,920
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation (114,822 ) -
Depreciation in excess of capital allowances - 53,773
Fair value adjustments (32,869 ) (25,933 )
Loss on sale of investment 11,334 18,631
Movement in deferred tax 134,258 (27,921 )

Total tax charge/(credit) 1,839 (259,567 )

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

8. INDIVIDUAL INCOME STATEMENT

As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, the Income Statement of the parent company is not presented as part of these financial statements.


9. DIVIDENDS

2025 2024
Dividends paid on equity shares £ £

Ordinary shares 85,000 85,000
'B' Ordinary shares 24,000 24,000
'C' Ordinary shares 35,000 35,000
7% preference shares 2,800 2,800
146,800 146,800
Dividends paid on shares classified as financial liabilities

10% preference shares 19,800 19,800






10. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Group
Patents
and Computer
licences software Totals
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 January 2025
and 31 December 2025 13,184 14,640 27,824
AMORTISATION
At 1 January 2025 13,184 5,856 19,040
Amortisation for year - 2,928 2,928
At 31 December 2025 13,184 8,784 21,968
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2025 - 5,856 5,856
At 31 December 2024 - 8,784 8,784

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

11. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Group
Improvements
Land and to Plant and
Buildings property machinery
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 January 2025 4,946,890 21,469 4,153,595
Additions - - 130,050
Disposals - - (41,295 )
At 31 December 2025 4,946,890 21,469 4,242,350
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2025 1,906,281 21,469 1,790,615
Charge for year 87,431 - 288,788
Eliminated on disposal - - (34,367 )
At 31 December 2025 1,993,712 21,469 2,045,036
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2025 2,953,178 - 2,197,314
At 31 December 2024 3,040,609 - 2,362,980

Fixtures
and Motor Computer
fittings vehicles equipment Totals
£    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 January 2025 744,190 2,981,909 522,692 13,370,745
Additions 2,529 861,356 1,727 995,662
Disposals - (393,745 ) - (435,040 )
At 31 December 2025 746,719 3,449,520 524,419 13,931,367
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2025 649,714 2,046,786 510,740 6,925,605
Charge for year 14,603 192,088 6,596 589,506
Eliminated on disposal - (197,126 ) - (231,493 )
At 31 December 2025 664,317 2,041,748 517,336 7,283,618
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2025 82,402 1,407,772 7,083 6,647,749
At 31 December 2024 94,476 935,123 11,952 6,445,140

Included in cost of land and buildings is freehold land of £2,553,001 (2024 - £2,553,001) which is not depreciated.

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

11. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued

Company
Land and Plant and Motor
Buildings machinery vehicles Totals
£    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 January 2025
and 31 December 2025 4,734,927 327,740 219,754 5,282,421
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2025 1,902,222 315,899 115,217 2,333,338
Charge for year 87,431 2,368 26,134 115,933
At 31 December 2025 1,989,653 318,267 141,351 2,449,271
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2025 2,745,274 9,473 78,403 2,833,150
At 31 December 2024 2,832,705 11,841 104,537 2,949,083

12. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS

Group Company
2025 2024 2025 2024
£    £    £    £   
Shares in group undertakings - - 91,637 91,637
Other investments not loans 2,153,527 1,955,370 - -
Other loans - - 450 450
2,153,527 1,955,370 92,087 92,087

Additional information is as follows:

Group
Listed
investments
£   
COST OR VALUATION
At 1 January 2025 1,955,370
Additions 252,375
Disposals (229,060 )
Exchange differences 174,842
At 31 December 2025 2,153,527
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2025 2,153,527
At 31 December 2024 1,955,370

Cost or valuation at 31 December 2025 is represented by:

Listed
investments
£   
Valuation in 2025 174,842
Cost 1,978,685
2,153,527

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

12. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS - continued

Company
Shares in
group
undertakings
£   
COST
At 1 January 2025
and 31 December 2025 91,637
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2025 91,637
At 31 December 2024 91,637

The group or the company's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following:

Subsidiaries

John A Stephens Limited
Registered office: Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham, NG2 1AG
Nature of business: Builders Merchant
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00

Castle Concrete Limited
Registered office: Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham, NG2 1AG
Nature of business: Manufacturer of concrete products
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00

T J Construction (Nottingham) Limited
Registered office: Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham, NG2 1AG
Nature of business: Investment Property
%
Class of shares: holding
Ordinary 100.00

Company
Other
loans
£   
At 1 January 2025
and 31 December 2025 450

13. INVESTMENT PROPERTY

Group
Total
£   
FAIR VALUE
At 1 January 2025
and 31 December 2025 2,240,202
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2025 2,240,202
At 31 December 2024 2,240,202

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

13. INVESTMENT PROPERTY - continued

Group

Fair value at 31 December 2025 is represented by:
£   
Valuation in 2025 2,240,202

If the investment properties had not been revalued they would have been included at the following historical cost:

2025 2024
£    £   
Cost 2,240,202 2,240,202

Investment properties were valued on an open market basis on 31 December 2025 by P J Stephens, a director of the company .

Company
Total
£   
FAIR VALUE
At 1 January 2025
and 31 December 2025 390,202
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2025 390,202
At 31 December 2024 390,202

Fair value at 31 December 2025 is represented by:
£   
Valuation in 2024 390,202

If the investment properties had not been revalued they would have been included at the following historical cost:

2025 2024
£    £   
Cost 390,202 390,202

The investment properties were valued on an open market basis on 31 December 2024 by P J Stephens, a director of the company .

14. STOCKS

Group
2025 2024
£    £   
Raw materials 19,361 40,057
Finished goods 2,458,670 2,540,539
2,478,031 2,580,596

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

15. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

Group Company
2025 2024 2025 2024
£    £    £    £   
Trade debtors 1,915,288 1,614,576 - -
Amounts owed by group undertakings - - 1,864,835 1,861,745
Other debtors 572,491 495,618 261,086 323,898
Directors' loan accounts - 30,793 - -
Deferred tax asset 249,223 251,527 111,523 109,675
Prepayments 837,279 744,940 119,505 -
3,574,281 3,137,454 2,356,949 2,295,318

Deferred tax asset
Group Company
2025 2024 2025 2024
£    £    £    £   
Deferred tax 249,223 251,527 111,523 109,675

16. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

Group Company
2025 2024 2025 2024
£    £    £    £   
Hire purchase contracts (see note 19) 3,846 19,500 - -
Trade creditors 1,631,178 1,316,165 - -
Amounts owed to group undertakings - - 3,565,496 3,552,473
Social security and other taxes 84,298 104,445 - -
VAT 197,433 181,808 - -
Other creditors 124,304 107,139 - -
Directors' loan accounts 111,101 136,420 136,421 136,421
Accruals and deferred income 5,021 6,156 - -
Accrued expenses 141,014 281,713 71,019 34,473
2,298,195 2,153,346 3,772,936 3,723,367

17. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR

Group Company
2025 2024 2025 2024
£    £    £    £   
Preference shares (see note 18) 198,000 198,000 198,000 198,000
Hire purchase contracts (see note 19) 22,478 176,422 - -
220,478 374,422 198,000 198,000

18. LOANS

An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:

Group Company
2025 2024 2025 2024
£    £    £    £   
Amounts falling due in more than five years:
Repayable otherwise than by instalments
Preference shares 198,000 198,000 198,000 198,000

Details of shares shown as liabilities are as follows:

Full details of rights attached to the preference shares are given in the share capital note.

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

19. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments fall due as follows:

Group
Hire purchase
contracts
2025 2024
£    £   
Net obligations repayable:
Within one year 3,846 19,500
Between one and five years 22,478 176,422
26,324 195,922

20. DEFERRED TAX

Group
£   
Balance at 1 January 2025 (251,527 )
Accelerated capital allowances 135,190
Tax losses (132,886 )
Balance at 31 December 2025 (249,223 )

Company
£   
Balance at 1 January 2025 (109,675 )
Accelerated capital allowances
Tax losses (1,848 )
Balance at 31 December 2025 (111,523 )

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

21. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Issued share capital
Number: Class: Nominal 2025 2024
value: £ £
42,500 Ordinary £1 42,500 42,500
12,000 'B' Ordinary £1 12,000 12,000
17,500 'C' Ordinary £1 17,500 17,500
40,000 7% Preference £1 40,000 40,000
198,000 10% Preference £1 198,000 198,000
310,000 310,000
Equity shares

42,500 Ordinary £1 42,500 42,500
12,000 'B' Ordinary £1 12,000 12,000
17,500 'C' Ordinary £1 17,500 17,500

Non-cumulative and non-redeemable

40,000 7% Preference £1 40,000 40,000
112,000 112,000

Non-equity shares classified as financial liabilities

198,000 10% Preference £1 198,000 198,000

The rights attaching to the share capital are as follows:

Ordinary shares:
(i) no rights to dividends other than those that may be recommended by the directors;
(ii) no redemption rights;
(iii) unlimited right to share in the surplus remaining on a winding up after all liabilities and participation rights of other classes of shares have been satisfied;
(iv) Ordinary shares: one vote per share. 'B' Ordinary shares: five votes per share. 'C' Ordinary shares: one vote per share.

Preference shares:
(i) to received a dividend at the rates stated before the payment of any dividend to the ordinary shareholders, upon the recommendation by the directors. The dividends are not cumulative;
(ii) no voting rights;
(iii) the 7% preference shares are not redeemable; the 10% preference shares are redeemable at par upon the winding up of the company, after payment of all debts, liabilities and costs but before any distribution to the ordinary shares or when decreed in general meetings.

22. RESERVES

Group
Retained Revaluation Other
earnings reserve reserves Totals
£    £    £    £   

At 1 January 2025 16,716,830 280,152 684,221 17,681,203
Deficit for the year (17,186 ) (17,186 )
Dividends (146,800 ) (146,800 )
At 31 December 2025 16,552,844 280,152 684,221 17,517,217

John A Stephens Holdings Limited (Registered number: 01847774)

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

22. RESERVES - continued

Company
Retained Other
earnings reserves Totals
£    £    £   

At 1 January 2025 1,917,213 167,789 2,085,002
Profit for the year 55,149 55,149
Dividends (146,800 ) (146,800 )
At 31 December 2025 1,825,562 167,789 1,993,351


23. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

The company has taken advantage of exemption, under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland', not to disclose related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.

Transactions between group entities which have been eliminated on consolidation are not disclosed within the financial statements.

During the period the group paid remuneration to Key Management Personnel totalling £418,446 (2024: £428,458).

Dividends

Mr and Mrs P J Stephens received dividend payments during the current year of £41,699 (2024 - £41,699).

Close family members of Mr P Stephens and family settlement trusts controlled by Mr P J Stephens received dividends of £124,900 (2024 - £124,900).

Debtors

Trade debtor balances at the year end include amounts owed to John A Stephens Limited by close family members of Mr P J Stephens of £20,781 (2024 - £26,382)

24. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The ultimate controlling party is P J Stephens.