Company registration number 08646840 (England and Wales)
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
Directors
Michael Cleary
Brett Keartland
Patricia Sung
(Appointed 30 June 2025)
Company number
08646840
Registered office
4th Floor
6 Hay's Lane
London
England
SE1 2HB
Auditor
Ellacotts Audit Services Limited
Countrywide House
23 West Bar
Banbury
Oxfordshire
England
OX16 9SA
Bankers
Deutsche Bank
6 Bishopsgate
London
EC2N 4DA
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Strategic report
1 - 2
Directors' report
3 - 4
Directors' responsibilities statement
5
Independent auditor's report
6 - 8
Income statement
9
Statement of comprehensive income
10
Statement of financial position
11
Statement of changes in equity
12
Notes to the financial statements
13 - 23
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2025.
Review of the business
The Company’s principal activity is the sale and distribution of Jägermeister and Teremana spirits within the United Kingdom.
Revenue for the period was adverse -4.5% vs 2024 largely driven by the cost-of-living pressures and the evolution of consumer habits impacting both volume and price.
During this period of difficult market conditions the business continues to investment in marketing, technology and people. This investment ensures that Jaegermeister continues to be a leading spirits organization.
Principal risks and uncertainties
The principal risks and uncertainties facing the Company are broadly grouped as brand and consumer trends, compliance, legislative, supply chain management and finance.
The brand is susceptible to consumer trends, thus the brand’s positioning is continually reviewed and invested in to ensure that it is a relevant brand.
The Company’s reputation is based on consumer trust. Any major event triggered by a serious drink safety or other issue could have serious implications on the reputation and financial performance of the Company. Therefore, there are a number of controls in place to ensure that the Company is compliant with industry standards and legislation associated with protection of the environment, handling, storage, transportation and disposal of waste materials.
The business is also influenced by legislation; any significant change to the legislative environment could have an effect on business performance. We work with all the recognised industry bodies to ensure that the appropriate legislative framework continues to exist for us and the industry.
The Company has established a risk management framework whose primary objectives are to protect the Company from events that hinder the Company from achieving its objectives. The aim is to limit counterparty exposure, ensure sufficient working capital, and monitor commercial risk and foreign exchange risk, provide appropriate insurance cover and establish processes to monitor and control other potential risk.
Key performance indicators
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MJUK sits on the Portman Group Council, and are members of Drinkaware, the Wine and Spirit Trade Association and subscribe to all industry codes of practice with respect to the promotion of responsible drinking. We also support the drinks industry charity The Benevolent.
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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Brett Keartland
Director
14 September 2026
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025.
Principal activities
Results and dividends
The results for the year are set out on page 9.
No ordinary dividends were paid. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
Michael Cleary
Brett Keartland
Patricia Sung
(Appointed 30 June 2025)
Future developments
The Directors aim to maintain the management policies which will result in the Company’s volume growth next year. They consider that the next year will show a growth in sales from continuing operations.
Auditor
Ellacotts Audit Services Limited were appointed as auditor to the company and in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution proposing that they be re-appointed will be put at a General Meeting.
Environmental
The Company is committed to operating in an environmentally responsible manner.
Health & Safety
The Company is committed to providing for the health, safety and welfare of all its employees. Every effort is made to ensure that the requirements of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and all other relevant regulations and codes of practice are complied with.
Modern Slavery
The Company is committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery and human trafficking in its supply chains or in any parts of its business. Steps are taken to ensure due diligence by way of training and supplier adherence, with zero tolerance towards any party found to be engaged in slavery and human trafficking.
Energy and carbon report
As the company has not consumed more than 40,000 kWh of energy in this reporting period, it qualifies as a low energy user under these regulations and is not required to report on its emissions, energy consumption or energy efficiency activities.
Strategic report
The company has chosen in accordance with Companies Act 2006, s. 414C(11) to set out in the company's strategic report information required by Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, Sch. 7 to be contained in the directors' report.
Statement of disclosure to auditor
So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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Directors' Liabilities
The Company has granted an indemnity to its Directors against liability in respect of proceedings brought by third parties, subject to the conditions set out in section 234 of The Companies Act 2006. Such qualifying third-party indemnity provisions remain in force as at the date of approving the Directors’ report.
Going concern
After making enquiries the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Cash pooling is in operation for the Group and is available to the Company, which would cover any potential shortfall in cash flow should it occur in the next 12 months. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.
On behalf of the board
Brett Keartland
Director
14 September 2026
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law, the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
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 company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Mast-Jaegermeister UK Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2025 which comprise the income statement, the statement of comprehensive income, the statement of financial position, the statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion the financial statements:
give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2025 and of its 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.
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:
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.
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
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Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the directors' report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
certain disclosures of 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, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.
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.
As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs (UK), We exercise professional judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also performed the following procedures:
Enquiry of management and those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and claims.
Enquiry of entity staff in tax and compliance functions to identify any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations.
Reviewing minutes of meetings of those charged with governance.
Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Auditing the risk of management override of controls, including thorough testing of journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, and evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
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This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Charlotte McIntyre BSc FCA
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of Ellacotts Audit Services Limited
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditor
Countrywide House
23 West Bar
Banbury
Oxfordshire
England
OX16 9SA
19 September 2026
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
INCOME STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£'000
£'000
Turnover
3
37,516
39,278
Cost of sales
(34,634)
(33,604)
Gross profit
2,882
5,674
Distribution costs
(5,086)
(5,950)
Administrative expenses
(8,093)
(7,538)
Other operating income
6,122
6,886
Operating loss
4
(4,175)
(928)
Interest receivable and similar income
8
97
99
Interest payable and similar expenses
9
(129)
(484)
Loss before taxation
(4,207)
(1,313)
Tax on loss
10
17
260
Loss for the financial year
(4,190)
(1,053)
The income statement has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Loss for the year
(4,190)
(1,053)
Other comprehensive income
-
-
Total comprehensive income for the year
(4,190)
(1,053)
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2025
31 December 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£'000
£'000
£'000
£'000
Fixed assets
Intangible assets
11
7
7
Tangible assets
12
588
709
595
716
Current assets
Stocks
13
3,872
5,904
Debtors
14
16,860
15,096
Cash at bank and in hand
102
394
20,834
21,394
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
15
(14,647)
(11,162)
Net current assets
6,187
10,232
Total assets less current liabilities
6,782
10,948
Provisions for liabilities
Provisions
16
40
16
(40)
(16)
Net assets
6,742
10,932
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
19
6,805
6,805
Profit and loss reserves
(63)
4,127
Total equity
6,742
10,932
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 14 September 2026 and are signed on its behalf by:
Brett Keartland
Director
Company registration number 08646840 (England and Wales)
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£'000
£'000
£'000
Balance at 1 January 2024
6,805
5,180
11,985
Year ended 31 December 2024:
Loss and total comprehensive income
-
(1,053)
(1,053)
Balance at 31 December 2024
6,805
4,127
10,932
Year ended 31 December 2025:
Loss and total comprehensive income
-
(4,190)
(4,190)
Balance at 31 December 2025
6,805
(63)
6,742
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Mast-Jaegermeister UK Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 4th Floor, 6 Hay's Lane, London, England, SE1 2HB.
1.1
Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £'000.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and the principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements , including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group . The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:
• Section 7 ‘Statement of Cash Flows’: Presentation of a statement of cash flow and related notes and disclosures;
• Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’; and
• Section 33 ‘Related Party Disclosures’: Compensation for key management personnel.
The company has also taken exemption from reporting certain related party transactions being those with wholly owned group companies.
1.2
Going concern
Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3
Revenue
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and represents the amount receivable for goods supplied or services rendered, net of returns, discounts and rebates allowed by the Company and value added taxes.
The Company recognises revenue when the significant risks and rewards of ownership have transferred to the buyer. Sales of goods are recognised on dispatch.
Goods to customers are often sold with volume rebates and also with the provision for return. Sales are measured at the prices specified in the sale contract, net of estimated volume rebates and returns. The element of financing is deemed immaterial and is disregarded in the measurement of revenue.
1.4
Intangible fixed assets other than goodwill
Intangible assets acquired separately from a business are recognised at cost and are subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses.
Intangible assets acquired on business combinations are recognised separately from goodwill at the acquisition date where it is probable that the expected future economic benefits that are attributable to the asset will flow to the entity and the fair value of the asset can be measured reliably; the intangible asset arises from contractual or other legal rights; and the intangible asset is separable from the entity.
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Amortisation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Software
Variable rates
1.5
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. Such cost includes costs directly attributable to making the asset capable of operating as intended.
Depreciation is provided on all property, plant and equipment, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset on a systematic basis over its expected useful life as follows:
Leasehold improvements
over the shorter of the lease term and 20 years
Plant and equipment
3 to 15 years straight-line basis
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
1.6
Impairment of fixed assets
The carrying values of tangible fixed assets are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable.
1.7
Stocks
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Cost includes all costs incurred in bringing each product to its present location and condition, including Excise Duty where applicable.
1.8
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand and deposits held at call with banks.
1.9
Financial instruments
Other financial assets
Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.
Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.
If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.
Other financial liabilities
Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial instruments. Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised in profit or loss in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless hedge accounting is applied and the hedge is a cash flow hedge.
Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss. Debt instruments may be designated as being measured at fair value through profit or loss to eliminate or reduce an accounting mismatch or if the instruments are measured and their performance evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
1.10
Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.
1.11
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the income statement because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the income statement, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.12
Provisions
A provision is recognised when the Company has a legal or constructive obligation as a result of a past event and it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation.
1.13
Employee benefits
The Company provides a range of benefits to employees, including a defined contribution pension plan. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the Company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the Company has no further payment obligations, the contributions are recognised as an expense to the Income Statement when they are due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals in the statement of financial position, the assets of the plan are held separately from the Company in independently administered funds.
1.14
Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
1.15
Leases
As lessee
At inception the Company assesses agreements that transfer the right to use assets. The assessment considers whether the arrangement is, or contains, a lease based on the substance of the arrangement. Leases of assets that transfer substantially all the risks and rewards incidental to ownership are classified as finance leases.
Leases that do not transfer all the risks and rewards of ownership are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to the income statement on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.
Incentives received to enter into an operating lease are credited to the income statement, to reduce the lease expense, on a straight-line basis over the minimum period of the lease.
1.16
Foreign exchange
Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded in the entity’s functional currency by applying the spot exchange rate ruling at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rate of exchange ruling at the year-end date. All differences are taken to the income statement.
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
(Continued)
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Key sources of estimation uncertainty
The estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities are as follows.
Depreciation and the useful lives of tangible and intangible assets
The annual depreciation charge for tangible assets is sensitive to changes in the estimated useful economic lives and residual values of the assets. The useful economic lives and residual values are re-assessed annually. They are amended when necessary to reflect current estimates, based on technological advancement, future investments, economic utilisation and the physical condition of the assets. See note 10 for the carrying amount of property plant and equipment.
Impairment of debtors
The Company makes an estimate of the recoverable value of trade and other debtors. When assessing impairment of trade and other debtors, management considers factors including the current credit rating of the debtor, the ageing profile of debtors and historical experience. At the year end, management considered that the risk of debtors not being recovered is minimal.
3
Turnover and other revenue
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Other revenue
Interest income
97
99
Recharge to group undertakings
6,105
6,737
Other income
17
149
4
Operating loss
2025
2024
Operating loss for the year is stated after charging/(crediting):
£'000
£'000
Exchange losses/(gains)
117
(157)
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets
205
173
Loss on disposal of tangible fixed assets
1
15
Amortisation of intangible assets
12
5
Operating lease charges
286
332
5
Auditor's remuneration
2025
2024
Fees payable to the company's auditor and associates:
£'000
£'000
For audit services
Audit of the financial statements of the company
32
30
For other services
Taxation compliance services
3
3
All other non-audit services
3
3
6
6
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
- 18 -
6
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2025
2024
Number
Number
Sales/marketing
33
34
Administration
21
17
Total
54
51
Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Wages and salaries
3,528
3,388
Social security costs
523
343
Pension costs
243
208
4,294
3,939
7
Directors' remuneration
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Remuneration for qualifying services
773
544
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
42
28
815
572
The number of directors for whom retirement benefits are accruing under defined contribution schemes amounted to 3 (2024 - 2).
Remuneration disclosed above include the following amounts paid to the highest paid director:
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Remuneration for qualifying services
321
327
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
18
16
8
Interest receivable and similar income
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Interest income
Interest receivable from group companies
97
99
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
- 19 -
9
Interest payable and similar expenses
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Interest payable to group undertakings
129
484
10
Taxation
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
3
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
(17)
(263)
Total tax credit
(17)
(260)
The actual credit for the year can be reconciled to the expected credit for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Loss before taxation
(4,207)
(1,313)
Expected tax credit based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25% (2024: 25%)
(1,052)
(328)
Effects of:
Expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
(68)
(35)
Unutilised tax losses carried forward
1,173
386
Adjustments in respect of prior years
3
Permanent capital allowances in excess of depreciation
(53)
(23)
Deferred tax adjustments
(17)
(263)
Taxation credit in the financial statements
(17)
(260)
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
- 20 -
11
Intangible fixed assets
Software
£'000
Cost
At 1 January 2025
12
Additions
12
Disposals
(12)
At 31 December 2025
12
Amortisation and impairment
At 1 January 2025
5
Amortisation charged for the year
12
Disposals
(12)
At 31 December 2025
5
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025
7
At 31 December 2024
7
12
Tangible fixed assets
Leasehold improvements
Plant and equipment
Total
£'000
£'000
£'000
Cost
At 1 January 2025
672
469
1,141
Additions
14
70
84
Disposals
(139)
(139)
At 31 December 2025
686
400
1,086
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2025
90
342
432
Depreciation charged in the year
138
67
205
Eliminated in respect of disposals
(139)
(139)
At 31 December 2025
228
270
498
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025
458
130
588
At 31 December 2024
582
127
709
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
- 21 -
13
Stocks
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Finished goods and goods for resale
3,872
5,904
There is no significant difference between the replacement cost of finished goods and goods for resale and their carrying amounts.
14
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£'000
£'000
Trade debtors
15,857
13,226
Amounts owed by group undertakings
251
1,105
Other debtors
30
116
Prepayments and accrued income
394
338
16,532
14,785
2025
2024
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
£'000
£'000
Deferred tax asset (note 17)
328
311
Total debtors
16,860
15,096
15
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Trade creditors
104
178
Amounts owed to group undertakings
8,766
6,642
Taxation and social security
1,311
1,179
Other creditors
40
247
Accruals and deferred income
4,426
2,916
14,647
11,162
16
Provisions for liabilities
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Building dilapidations
40
16
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
16
Provisions for liabilities
(Continued)
- 22 -
Movements on provisions:
Building dilapidations
£'000
Additional provisions in the year
40
17
Deferred taxation
The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company:
Assets
Assets
2025
2024
Balances:
£'000
£'000
Accelerated capital allowances
(72)
(89)
Tax losses
400
400
328
311
2025
Movements in the year:
£'000
Asset at 1 January 2025
(311)
Credit to profit or loss
(17)
Asset at 31 December 2025
(328)
18
Retirement benefit schemes
2025
2024
Defined contribution schemes
£'000
£'000
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
243
208
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.
19
Share capital
2025
2024
2025
2024
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£'000
£'000
Issued and fully paid
of £1 each
6,805,311
6,805,311
6,805
6,805
MAST-JAEGERMEISTER UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
19
Share capital
(Continued)
- 23 -
There is a single class of ordinary shares. There are no restrictions on the distribution of dividends and repayment of capital.
20
Operating lease commitments
As lessee
At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:
2025
2024
£'000
£'000
Within 1 year
242
273
Years 2-5
475
706
717
979
21
Ultimate controlling party
The immediate parent undertaking is Mast-Jaegermeister UK Holding Ltd.
The ultimate parent undertaking and controlling entity is Mast-Jägermeister SE, Jägermeisterstrasse 7-15, 38296 Wolfenbüttel, Germany.
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