REGISTERED NUMBER: 10662637 (England and Wales)

Group Strategic Report,

Report of the Directors and

Consolidated Financial Statements

For The Year Ended 31 December 2025

for

EBI Holdings Limited

Page

Company Information

1

Group Strategic Report

2

Report of the Directors

3

Report of the Independent Auditors

5

Consolidated Income Statement

8

Consolidated Other Comprehensive Income

9

Consolidated Balance Sheet

10

Company Balance Sheet

11

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

12

Company Statement of Changes in Equity

13

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement

14

Notes to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement

15

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

16

DIRECTORS:

D Bailey

T H Heath

Ms N Prewett

L B Thomas

REGISTERED OFFICE:

Easibind International Ltd

Mbm House

Adams Close

Heanor

Derbyshire

DE75 7SW

REGISTERED NUMBER:

10662637 (England and Wales)

AUDITORS:

Kingscott Dix Limited

Chartered Accountants

and Statutory Auditor

Goodridge Court

Goodridge Avenue

Gloucester

Gloucestershire

GL2 5EN

The directors present their strategic report of the company and the group for the year ended 31 December 2025.

The group has experienced a challenging year however the directors continue to implement changes designed to achieve operational efficiency and improved financial performance.

The directors remain committed to ensuring the continued stability of the group by strengthening its position within its chosen business sector and pursuing opportunities for sustainable growth going forwards.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS

The principle activity of the group is that of one stop design, print and production of point of sale display.

The key financial highlights were as follows:-

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

Turnover movement

+21%

-16%

+5%

-33%

-+44%

Gross profit movement

+12%

-9%

+30%

-45%

+55%

Profit/(Loss) before tax

£289k

(£12k

)

£46k

(£630k

)

£828K

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

The group's markets are essentially those of one stop print design and production.

These markets continue to be subject to rigorous competition from other operators based both within the United Kingdom and elsewhere.

The group's aim is to compete in its chosen markets through the provision of quality services to its customers.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:

D Bailey - Director

23 September 2026

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company and the group for the year ended 31 December 2025.

DIVIDENDS

The total distribution od dividends for the year ended 31 December 2025 will be £300,000.

DIRECTORS

The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 January 2025 to the date of this report.

D Bailey

T H Heath

Ms N Prewett

L B Thomas

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The group's principal financial instruments comprise bank balances, trade creditors, trade debtors, finance lease agreements, and a holding company loan. The main purpose of these is to finance the group's operations.

Due to the nature of the financial instruments used by the group there is no exposure to price risk. The group's approach to managing other risks applicable to the financial instruments concerned is shown below.

In respect of bank balances, the liquidity risk is managed by maintaining sufficient funds to forecasted requirements.

There is no interest levied on the holding company loan.

Trade debtors are managed in respect of credit and cash flow risk by policies concerning the credit offered to customers and the regular monitoring of amounts outstanding for both time and credit limits.

In order to maintain liquidity to ensure that sufficient funds are available for ongoing operations and future developments, the group uses a mixture of long term and short term debt finance.

The group is a lessee in respect of the finance lease assets. The liquidity risk in respect of these is managed by ensuring that there are sufficient funds to meet the payments.

Trade creditors liquidity risk is managed by ensuring sufficient funds are available to meeting amounts when falling due.

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES

The directors are responsible for preparing the Group Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors 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 the group and of the 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;

-	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 and the group'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 2006. They 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.

STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS

So far as the directors are 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 each director has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself or herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the group's auditors are aware of that information.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:

D Bailey - Director

23 September 2026

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of EBI 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 profit 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 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 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 directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Group Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors, 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 Directors 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 Directors 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 Directors.

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 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 Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page three, 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 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.

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:

In assigning the audit engagement team we ensured that collectively they had the appropriate competence and capabilities to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations, highlight areas of the financial statements particularly susceptible to fraud and conduct appropriate additional enquiries where suspicions or weaknesses became evident.

At the planning stage, we assessed the susceptibility of the entity's financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur. This involved preliminary planning discussions with management to obtain their assessment of fraud risk, to identify any incidences of fraud during the year and understand the measures and controls they had taken to combat the possibility of fraud.

Our transaction testing and assessment of controls during the audit provided further evidence as to the validity of this initial assessment with regard to material misstatement and fraud.

We identified areas of law and regulations that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the financial statements from our general commercial and sector experience, through discussion with the Directors, and inspection of the Company's regulatory and legal correspondence. The team were briefed with regard to laws and regulations and remained alert to any indication of non-compliance throughout the audit.

The company is subject to laws and regulations that directly affect the financial statements including legislation covering financial reporting including related companies, distributable profits and taxation and we assessed the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our procedures on the related financial statement items. In assessing this compliance, we evaluated the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates in the measurement and presentation of profit within the financial statements.

The company is subject to many other laws and regulations where the consequences of non-compliance could have a material effect on amounts or disclosures in the financial statements, for instance through the imposition of fines or litigation. We identified the following areas as those most likely to have such an effect: health and safety including employment laws, GDPR, COSHH, and environmental laws and regulations recognising the nature of the company's activities. Audit procedures designed to identify non-compliance with these laws and regulations included enquiry of the Directors and other management and inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence. None of the procedures applied identified actual or suspected non-compliance.

Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards. Where an irregularity is non-financial or has not reached a stage where its impact is financial, it is less likely to be identified by auditing procedures. In addition, to the extent that an irregularity involves collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal controls, there remains a high risk of non-detection. We are not responsible for detecting all instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations and cannot be expected to do so.

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.

Stephen Baily (Senior Statutory Auditor)

for and on behalf of Kingscott Dix Limited

Chartered Accountants

and Statutory Auditor

Goodridge Court

Goodridge Avenue

Gloucester

Gloucestershire

GL2 5EN

23 September 2026

TURNOVER

3

7,972,228

6,612,650

Cost of sales

4,967,165

3,937,467

GROSS PROFIT

3,005,063

2,675,183

Administrative expenses

2,665,898

2,634,604

OPERATING PROFIT

5

339,165

40,579

Interest payable and similar expenses

6

50,061

52,595

PROFIT/(LOSS) BEFORE TAXATION

289,104

(12,016

)

Tax on profit/(loss)

7

76,694

(98,609

)

PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR

212,410

86,593

Profit attributable to:

Owners of the parent

212,410

86,593

PROFIT FOR THE YEAR

212,410

86,593

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

-

-

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR

212,410

86,593

Total comprehensive income attributable to:

Owners of the parent

212,410

86,593

FIXED ASSETS

Intangible assets

10

-

-

Tangible assets

11

656,010

690,126

Investments

12

-

-

656,010

690,126

CURRENT ASSETS

Stocks

13

714,834

689,465

Debtors

14

1,426,283

1,586,277

Cash at bank and in hand

319,119

362,206

2,460,236

2,637,948

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

15

1,512,013

1,671,165

NET CURRENT ASSETS

948,223

966,783

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

1,604,233

1,656,909

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due after more than one year

16

(203,965

)

(245,744

)

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES

20

(97,603

)

(20,910

)

NET ASSETS

1,302,665

1,390,255

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Called up share capital

21

200,000

200,000

Retained earnings

22

1,102,665

1,190,255

SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS

1,302,665

1,390,255

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 23 September 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:

D Bailey - Director

FIXED ASSETS

Intangible assets

10

-

-

Tangible assets

11

-

-

Investments

12

3,023,540

3,023,540

3,023,540

3,023,540

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

15

46,324

66,731

NET CURRENT LIABILITIES

(46,324

)

(66,731

)

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

2,977,216

2,956,809

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due after more than one year

16

2,022,766

1,989,290

NET ASSETS

954,450

967,519

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Called up share capital

21

200,000

200,000

Retained earnings

754,450

767,519

SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS

954,450

967,519

Company's profit/(loss) for the financial year

286,931

(12,627

)

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 23 September 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:

D Bailey - Director

Called up

share

Retained

Total

capital

earnings

equity

£

£

£

Balance at 1 January 2024

200,000

1,103,662

1,303,662

Changes in equity

Total comprehensive income

-

86,593

86,593

Balance at 31 December 2024

200,000

1,190,255

1,390,255

Changes in equity

Dividends

-

(300,000

)

(300,000

)

Total comprehensive income

-

212,410

212,410

Balance at 31 December 2025

200,000

1,102,665

1,302,665

Called up

share

Retained

Total

capital

earnings

equity

£

£

£

Balance at 1 January 2024

200,000

780,146

980,146

Changes in equity

Total comprehensive income

-

(12,627

)

(12,627

)

Balance at 31 December 2024

200,000

767,519

967,519

Changes in equity

Dividends

-

(300,000

)

(300,000

)

Total comprehensive income

-

286,931

286,931

Balance at 31 December 2025

200,000

754,450

954,450

Cash flows from operating activities

Cash generated from operations

1

454,224

492,485

Interest paid

(15,968

)

(25,911

)

Interest element of hire purchase payments paid

(34,093

)

(26,684

)

Tax paid

-

66,232

Net cash from operating activities

404,163

506,122

Cash flows from investing activities

Purchase of tangible fixed assets

(83,634

)

(185,003

)

Sale of tangible fixed assets

150

10,000

Net cash from investing activities

(83,484

)

(175,003

)

Cash flows from financing activities

Loan repayments in year

(78,947

)

(105,261

)

Capital repayments in year

15,181

61,918

Amount withdrawn by directors

-

(8,511

)

Equity dividends paid

(300,000

)

-

Net cash from financing activities

(363,766

)

(51,854

)

(Decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents

(43,087

)

279,265

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

2

362,206

82,941

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

2

319,119

362,206

1.	RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT/(LOSS) BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS

31.12.25

31.12.24

£

£

Profit/(loss) before taxation

289,104

(12,016

)

Depreciation charges

117,749

138,773

Profit on disposal of fixed assets

(150

)

(10,000

)

Finance costs

50,061

52,595

456,764

169,352

(Increase)/decrease in stocks

(25,369

)

19,823

Decrease in trade and other debtors

159,994

283,629

(Decrease)/increase in trade and other creditors

(137,165

)

19,681

Cash generated from operations

454,224

492,485

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

319,119

362,206

Year ended 31 December 2024

31.12.24

1.1.24

£

£

Cash and cash equivalents

362,206

82,941

3.	ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS/(DEBT)

At 1.1.25

Cash flow

At 31.12.25

£

£

£

Net cash

Cash at bank and in hand

362,206

(43,087

)

319,119

362,206

(43,087

)

319,119

Debt

Finance leases

(236,674

)

(15,181

)

(251,855

)

Debts falling due within 1 year

(78,947

)

78,947

-

(315,621

)

63,766

(251,855

)

Total

46,585

20,679

67,264

1.	STATUTORY INFORMATION

EBI 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.

Turnover

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

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.

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life or, if held under a finance lease, over the lease term, whichever is the shorter.

Improvements to property

-

over the period of the lease

Plant and machinery

-

15% on reducing balance

Fixtures and fittings

-

15% on cost

Motor vehicles

-

25% on cost

Computer equipment

-

33% on cost

Stocks

Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. Cost includes all costs incurred in bringing each product to its present location and condition.

Raw materials and finished goods are valued on an average cost basis by dividing the total purchase price of each line of stock by the number of units.

Work in progress is valued on the basis of cost of direct materials and labour plus attributable overheads based on a normal level of activity. Provision is made for any foreseeable losses where appropriate. No element of profit is included in the valuation of work in progress.

Financial instruments

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 'Basic Financial Instruments' and Section 12 'Other Financial Instruments Issues' of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include trade and other debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.

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. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.

Derecognition of financial assets

Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire, or when it transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity.

Classification of financial liabilities

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

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other creditors, and loans, are recognised at transaction price.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade creditors are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year. If not, they are presented as creditors falling due after more than one year. Trade creditors are recognised at transaction price.

Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when, and only when, the company's obligations are discharged, cancelled, or they expire.

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.

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

Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the balance sheet. Those held under hire purchase contracts are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Those held under finance leases are depreciated over their estimated useful lives or the lease term, whichever is the shorter.

The interest element of these obligations is charged to profit or loss over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability.

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.

Foreign currencies

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange at the date of transaction. Exchange rate differences are taken to the profit and loss account.

Research and development

Expenditure on research and development is written off in the year in which it is incurred.

3.

TURNOVER

The turnover and profit (2024 - loss) before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the group.

An analysis of turnover by geographical market is given below:

31.12.25

31.12.24

£

£

United Kingdom

6,757,203

6,341,842

Europe

14,183

6,487

United States of America

1,021,225

65,942

Asia

28,364

87,191

Rest of World

151,253

111,188

7,972,228

6,612,650

4.	EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

31.12.25

31.12.24

£

£

Wages and salaries

2,435,458

2,219,162

Social security costs

287,596

217,804

Other pension costs

99,067

95,212

2,822,121

2,532,178

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

31.12.25

31.12.24

Administration

9

11

Selling

9

9

Manufacturing

51

51

69

71

The average number of employees by undertakings that were proportionately consolidated during the year was 69 (2024 - 71 ) .

31.12.25

31.12.24

£

£

Directors' remuneration

448,481

408,463

Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes

29,840

32,815

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

Money purchase schemes

4

4

Information regarding the highest paid director is as follows:

31.12.25

31.12.24

£

£

Emoluments etc

139,428

122,032

Pension contributions to money purchase schemes

1,890

6,364

5.	OPERATING PROFIT

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

31.12.25

31.12.24

£

£

Hire of plant and machinery

187,457

169,166

Depreciation - owned assets

75,749

104,273

Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts

42,001

34,501

Profit on disposal of fixed assets

(150

)

(10,000

)

Auditors' remuneration

15,250

16,250

Auditors' remuneration for non audit work

1,545

3,280

Foreign exchange differences

(10,257

)

(7,643

)