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Company Registration No. 01268334 (England and Wales)







LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED

DIRECTORS' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025










































 
LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
 
 
COMPANY INFORMATION


Directors
Mr D A Lucas 
Mrs D Lucas 




Registered number
01268334



Registered office
11 Invicta Business Park
London Road

Wrotham

Kent

TN15 7RJ




Independent auditors
Sumer Auditco Limited
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors

38-40 Chamberlayne Road

London

NW10 3JE




Bankers
HSBC
38 High St

Dartford

DA1 1DG





 
LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
 

CONTENTS



Page
Directors' Report
 
 
1 - 2
Independent Auditors' Report
 
 
3 - 6
Statement of Comprehensive Income
 
 
7
Balance Sheet
 
 
8
Statement of Changes in Equity
 
 
9
Notes to the Financial Statements
 
 
10 - 18


 
LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
 
 
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

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

Directors' responsibilities statement

The directors are responsible for preparing the Directors' 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 applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs 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 for the Company's financial statements 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 transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and to 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.

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company during the year was that of specialist spraying and painting contractors and supply of surface coatings.

Directors

The directors who served during the year were:

Mr D A Lucas 
Mrs D Lucas 

Disclosure of information to auditors

Each of the persons who are directors at the time when this Directors' Report is approved has confirmed that:
 
∙so far as the director is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Company's auditors are unaware, and

∙the director has taken all the steps that ought to have been taken as a director in order to be aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Company's auditors are aware of that information.

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LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
 
 
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

Auditors

Riordan O'Sullivan & Co., the previous auditors, have transferred their audit business to Sumer Auditco Limited who will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.

Small companies note

In preparing this report, the directors have taken advantage of the small companies exemptions provided by section 415A of the Companies Act 2006.

This report was approved by the Board of Directors on 25 September 2026 and signed on its behalf.
 





___________________________
Mr D A Lucas
Director

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LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
 

Opinion


We have audited the financial statements of Lucas Finishing Specialists Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 December 2025, which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Changes in Equity and the related notes, 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 Company's affairs as at 31 December 2025 and of its 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 Company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council'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.


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LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED (CONTINUED)

Other information


The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' 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.


Opinion 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 Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Directors' Report has 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 Company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Directors' Report.


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


∙adequate accounting records have not been kept; 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; or
∙the directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemptions in preparing the Directors' Report and from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report.


Responsibilities of directors
 

As explained more fully in the Directors' Responsibilities Statement set out on page 1, 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.


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LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED (CONTINUED)

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


Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the company and the industry in which it operates, through discussions with directors and senior management and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the construction industry.

We focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation, data protection, anti-bribery, employment, environmental and health and safety legislation.

We assessed the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations through discussions and enquiry with directors and senior management. 

We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur.

We considered the financial controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and error, including the risk of management bias or override. We tested the appropriateness of journal entries that appeared unusual as to nature or amount.

Our audit procedures were designed to respond to the risks of material misstatement in the financial statements, recognising that the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment or collusion. There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures performed and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely we are to become aware of it.


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 Auditors' Report.


Use of our report
 

This report is made solely to the Company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an Auditors' 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.


Page 5

 
LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED (CONTINUED)




Patrick McNamara (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of
Sumer Auditco Limited
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
38-40 Chamberlayne Road
London
NW10 3JE

25 September 2026
Page 6

 
LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
 
 
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

2025
2024
£
£


Turnover
14,741,252
14,109,687

Cost of sales
(11,448,483)
(10,988,933)

Gross profit
3,292,769
3,120,754

Administrative expenses
(2,327,270)
(1,995,009)

Operating profit
965,499
1,125,745

Interest receivable and similar income
11,719
7,185

Interest payable and similar expenses
(42,343)
(54,700)

Profit before tax
934,875
1,078,230

Taxation
(288,032)
(254,798)

Profit for the financial year
646,843
823,432

The notes on pages 10 to 18 form part of these financial statements.

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LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER:01268334

BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2025

2025
2024
Note
£
£

Fixed assets
  

Intangible assets
 6 
6,605
12,033

Tangible assets
 7 
165,159
145,953

  
171,764
157,986

Current assets
  

Stocks
 8 
32,776
152,776

Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
 9 
2,393,113
2,502,831

Cash at bank and in hand
  
1,095,124
1,158,211

  
3,521,013
3,813,818

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
 10 
(1,750,845)
(2,192,516)

Net current assets
  
 
 
1,770,168
 
 
1,621,302

Total assets less current liabilities
  
1,941,932
1,779,288

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
 11 
(154,218)
(143,395)

Provisions for liabilities
  

Deferred tax
 13 
(38,572)
(33,594)

  
 
 
(38,572)
 
 
(33,594)

Net assets
  
1,749,142
1,602,299


Capital and reserves
  

Called up share capital 
  
50,000
50,000

Profit and loss account
  
1,699,142
1,552,299

  
1,749,142
1,602,299


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

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors and were signed on its behalf on 25 September 2026.


___________________________
Mr D A Lucas
Director

Page 8

 
LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
 

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025


Called up share capital
Profit and loss account
Total equity

£
£
£


At 1 January 2024
50,000
1,255,414
1,305,414



Profit for the year
-
823,432
823,432

Dividends: Equity capital
-
(526,547)
(526,547)



At 1 January 2025
50,000
1,552,299
1,602,299



Profit for the year
-
646,843
646,843

Dividends: Equity capital
-
(500,000)
(500,000)


At 31 December 2025
50,000
1,699,142
1,749,142


The notes on pages 10 to 18 form part of these financial statements.

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LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

1.


General information

Lucas Finishing Specialists Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 11 Invicta Business Park, London Road, Wrotham, Kent, TN15 7RJ. 

2.Accounting policies

 
2.1

Basis of preparation of financial statements

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

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

Financial statements are prepared in sterling which is the functional currency of the company.

The following principal accounting policies have been applied:

 
2.2

Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions

The Company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":
∙the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
∙the requirements of Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17(d).

This information is included in the consolidated financial statements of S Lucas Group Limited as at 31 December 2025 and these financial statements may be obtained from Companies House, Crown Way, Cardiff, CF14 3UZ.

 
2.3

Turnover

Turnover represents works performed by the Company (excluding value added tax) in respect of goods and services provided in the ordinary course of business. Turnover is recognised once recoverability is deemed reasonably certain. It includes sales and all invoiced completed contracts together with the value of work certified on contracts in progress where profit can be ascertained. Retentions, claims and damages are credited to turnover when released by the customer.

 
2.4

Hire purchase and leasing commitments

Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

 
2.5

Research and development

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

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LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)

 
2.6

Pensions

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

 
2.7

Current and deferred taxation

Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income, 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 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.

 
2.8

Intangible assets

Purchased patents and trade marks are amortised over their estimated useful life of ten years. Computer software development costs are amortised over their estimated useful economic life of ten years.

 
2.9

Tangible fixed assets

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

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LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

2.Accounting policies (continued)


2.9
Tangible fixed assets (continued)

Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, on a reducing balance basis.

Depreciation is provided on the following basis:

Plant and machinery
-
25% on reducing balance
Motor vehicles
-
25% on cost
Fixtures and fittings
-
20%-33% on reducing balance

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

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

 
2.10

Stocks

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

  
2.11

Long-term contracts

The amount of profit attributable to the stage of completion of a long term contract is recognised when the outcome of the contract can be foreseen with reasonable certainty. Turnover for such contracts is stated at the cost appropriate to their stage of completion plus attributable profits, less amounts recognised in previous years. Provision is made for any losses as soon as they are foreseen.

 
2.12

Financial instruments

The Company only enters into basic financial instruments transactions that resulted in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, loans from banks and other third parties, loans to related parties and investments in non-puttable ordinary shares.

Financial assets that are measured at cost and amortised cost are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment. If objective evidence of impairment is found, an impairment loss is recognised in the profit or loss account.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the Balance Sheet when there is an 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.

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LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

3.


Judgements in applying accounting policies and key sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of financial statements under FRS 102 requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts recognised for assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date and the amounts of revenue and expenses incurred during the year. Actual outcome may therefore differ from these estimates and assumptions. The estimates and assumptions that have the most significant impact on the carrying values of assets and liabilities of the company within the next financial year are detailed as follows:

Construction contracts

Recognition of turnover and profit on construction contracts requires management judgement regarding the anticipated final outcome of individual contracts and of the proportion of works completed at the balance sheet date. Management undertakes detailed reviews on a monthly basis in order to exercise judgement over the outcome of each contract and the associated risks and opportunities.


4.


Auditors' remuneration

Fees payable to the Company's auditors in respect of:


2025
2024
£
£

Audit services
20,000
10,000

The Company has taken advantage of the exemption not to disclose amounts paid for non-audit services as these are disclosed in the consolidated accounts of the ultimate parent Company Lucas UK Group Limited.

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LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

5.


Employees

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


2025
2024
£
£

Wages and salaries
1,431,289
1,281,773

Social security costs
193,237
146,191

Pension costs
97,285
32,051

1,721,811
1,460,015


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


        2025
        2024
            No.
            No.







Directors 
2
2



Operations and administration
17
17

19
19

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LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

6.


Intangible assets




Patents
Computer software
Total

£
£
£



Cost


At 1 January 2025
18,633
46,500
65,133



At 31 December 2025

18,633
46,500
65,133



Amortisation


At 1 January 2025
15,150
37,950
53,100


Charge for the year
778
4,650
5,428



At 31 December 2025

15,928
42,600
58,528



Net book value



At 31 December 2025
2,705
3,900
6,605



At 31 December 2024
3,483
8,550
12,033


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LUCAS FINISHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

7.


Tangible fixed assets


Plant and machinery
Motor vehicles
Fixtures & fittings
Total

£
£
£
£



Cost


At 1 January 2025
1,901
240,070
37,849
279,820


Additions
16,995
124,300
-
141,295


Disposals
-
(148,340)
-
(148,340)



At 31 December 2025

18,896
216,030
37,849
272,775



Depreciation


At 1 January 2025
1,374
113,855
18,638
133,867


Charge for the year
486
57,515
5,370
63,371


Disposals
-
(89,622)
-
(89,622)



At 31 December 2025

1,860
81,748
24,008
107,616



Net book value



At 31 December 2025
17,036
134,282
13,841
165,159



At 31 December 2024
527
126,215
19,211
145,953


8.


Stocks

2025
2024
£
£

Raw materials and consumables
32,776
152,776


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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

9.


Debtors

2025
2024
£
£


Amounts recoverable on long-term contracts
694,458
1,341,309

Trade debtors
350,215
354,674

Amounts owed by group undertakings
1,078,140
263,777

Other debtors
270,300
543,071

2,393,113
2,502,831



10.


Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

2025
2024
£
£

Trade creditors
170,860
242,305

Amounts owed to group undertakings
194,353
1,241,932

Corporation tax
283,054
271,002

Other taxation and social security
201,284
285,207

Hire purchase contracts
14,070
19,814

Other creditors
887,224
132,256

1,750,845
2,192,516



11.


Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

2025
2024
£
£

Hire purchase contracts
154,218
143,395



12.


Hire purchase and finance leases


Minimum lease payments under hire purchase fall due as follows:

2025
2024
£
£


Within one year
14,070
19,814

Between 1-5 years
154,218
143,395

168,288
163,209

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

13.


Deferred taxation




2025


£






At beginning of year
33,594


Charged to profit or loss
4,978



At end of year
38,572

The provision for deferred taxation is made up as follows:

2025
2024
£
£


Accelerated capital allowances
33,594
49,798

Tax movement in year
4,978
(16,204)

38,572
33,594


14.Directors' advances, credits and guarantees

As at 31 December 2025, £99,051 was due to the company by the directors (2024: £285,877). Amounts owed to and from the directors are unsecured and repayable on demand. Interest is charged on the loan amounts at the beneficial interest rates advised by HM Revenue & Customs. The loan to the director was repaid within nine months of the balance sheet date.


15.


Related party transactions

The company has taken advantage of the exemption not to disclose related party transactions on the basis that group consolidated financial statements made up to 31 December 2025 are publicly available for its immediate parent company and ultimate parent company; S Lucas Group Limited and Lucas UK Group Limited respectively.

The registered office address of the parent company and ultimate parent company is 11 Invicta Business Park, London Road, Wrotham, Kent TN15 7RJ. 


16.


Post balance sheet events

There were no events since the year end which materially affected the company.

 
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