Registration number:
SoloProtect Limited
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
SoloProtect Limited
Contents
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Company Information |
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Strategic Report |
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Directors' Report |
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Statement of Directors' Responsibilities |
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Independent Auditor's Report |
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Consolidated Profit and Loss Account |
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Consolidated Balance Sheet |
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Balance Sheet |
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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity |
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Statement of Changes in Equity |
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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows |
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Notes to the Financial Statements |
SoloProtect Limited
Company Information
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Directors |
Anthony Melucci George Vincent Broady Stephen Hough George K Broady |
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Company secretary |
Anthony Melucci |
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Registered office |
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Auditors |
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SoloProtect Limited
Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
Principal activity
The principal activity of the Group is that of helping businesses and their organisations ensure the safety of their lone working employees.
Fair review of the business
Group revenue grew by 6% to £8.2 million in FY25 compared to £7.7 million in FY24.
Despite the economic uncertainty and budgetary pressures at the start of 2025 across both public and private sectors as a result of the new UK Government’s policy changes, coupled with highly competitive trading conditions in our core markets, the Group delivered a resilient financial and operational performance during 2025.
Customers across the United Kingdom and Europe increasingly upgraded to the latest generation of 4G-enabled devices, supporting both customer retention and new sales opportunities, against a backdrop of ongoing migration away from legacy 2G /3G mobile networks. App also continued to gather popularity in the UK, driven by the prevailing market conditions.
Beyond our traditional B2B lone worker target market, we continued to progress our programme of diversification to open up new sales channels, specifically, provision of 4G Touchscreen Devices for Alarm Receiving Centres in non-UK countries, widening the availability of our protection services to all employees through staff benefits schemes for employers and targeted B2C groups as well as a greater focus on championing protection for home workers.
Our highly dependable purpose-built EN50518 compliant UK Alarm Receiving Centre ("ARC") remains firmly established with exceptionally high levels of customer service delivery being achieved regularly, consistently and exceeding industry standards. Customers continue to benefit from our complete control of the end-to-end elements of our solutions, which allows us to control the quality of our service directly.
We continue to support & grow our European based contracts using our unique UK-based ARC infrastructure hosting model, giving us complete control over quality of service and data reporting for our customers in these territories and for those who operate internationally. This model means customers benefit from the same consistent high standards of SoloProtect process and service together with consistency of management information reporting regardless of which territory they operate in.
Operational efficiency remains at an all-time high with systems optimised to directly support our processes through integration and automation. This has supported demonstrable benefits in cost-control as well as revenue collection.
Given all the above factors, the Directors believe that SoloProtect Limited continues to be a going concern.
SoloProtect Limited
Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
Principal risks and uncertainties
The UK lone worker security industry is highly competitive and price competition may impact our ability to maintain customer contracts after their initial term. SoloProtect focuses on delivering dedicated quality service, with high user adoption and usage, with service delivery undiluted by excessively high daily alarm volume on a per alarm handler basis.
The company's growth in European markets has historically carried some risk relating to the uncertainty of how health & safety legislation in those markets is developed and enforced. However, 2025 saw a continued increase in Sales in Europe as businesses become more aware of their obligations and seek solutions. Risk is also further reduced as a result of the efficient European cost base, driven by our process, systems and people efficiencies.
The company depends on a third-party contract manufacturer for the production of most products. If there are any delays, disruption or quality control issues in their operations, the company could lose market share and revenues, and our reputation may be harmed. SoloProtect has contracts & processes in place to minimise this risk together with close and regular engagement/management with that supplier, all of which have proven effective.
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SoloProtect Limited
Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
The directors present their report and the for the year ended 31 December 2025.
Directors of the Group
The directors who held office during the year were as follows:
SoloProtect Limited
Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
Financial instruments
Price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk
The directors have identified several risks which could have an impact on the business as follows:
Loss of major contracts
This risk is managed and mitigated as a result of the broad range of customer sectors & contract sizes in our customer base. Additionally, most customers are committed to long term contracts of between one to three years, with some at four and five years. We operate a structured Account Management programme, ensuring that our customers feel well cared for and engaged with our business. Listening to our customers coupled with a broad product range enables us to be responsive to customers’ needs and therefore mitigate loss of contracts as much as possible.
Supply chain
The company depends on a third-party contract manufacturer for the production of most products. If there are any delays, disruption or quality control issues in their operations, the company could lose market share and revenues, and our reputation may be harmed. SoloProtect has contracts, processes & regular supplier reviews in place to minimise this risk together with robust inventory and pipeline management to stay ahead of any supply issues.
Liquidity risk
As with any business, there is always potential cash flow risk. The Directors manage this risk through transparent and regular reviews of financials, rigorous planning, strong cost & supplier management and a high focus on customer retention and sales growth. Customers are invoiced in advance with any customer debt managed quickly, resulting in consistently low debtor day metrics and is a key area of strength within our business.
Currency risk
SoloProtect invoices its customers in either GBP or Euro. The company also procures components and product in USD. As a result, the company is exposed to currency fluctuation risks. Whilst many currency transactions are carried out by the US based parent company and EU based subsidiary, SoloProtect Limited is subject to the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on amounts owed to and from these group entities. Regular review and monitoring of currency denominated liabilities and exchange rates informs our decision making to minimise the impact of currency fluctuations.
Credit risk
The Company's credit risk is primarily attributable to its trade debtors. If a new customer's financial standing is of concern, appropriate credit checks are carried out. The amounts presented in the balance sheet are net of allowances for doubtful debtors. The Company has no significant concentration of credit risk, with exposure spread over a large number of countries and customers.
SoloProtect Limited
Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
Disclosure of information to the auditor
Each director has taken steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Company's auditor is aware of that information. The directors confirm that there is no relevant information (as defined by section 418(3) of the Companies Act 2006) that they know of and of which they know the auditor is unaware.
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SoloProtect Limited
Statement of Directors' Responsibilities
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities 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 Group and the Company and of the profit or loss of the Group for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; |
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make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; |
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state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and |
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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 Group's and the Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Group and 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 Group and the Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
SoloProtect Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of SoloProtect Limited
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of SoloProtect Limited (the 'parent Company') and its subsidiaries (the 'Group') for the year ended 31 December 2025, which comprise the Consolidated Profit and Loss Account, Consolidated Balance Sheet, Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, Statement of Cash Flows, and 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 the parent Company's 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 auditor responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were 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 included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report 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 there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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.
SoloProtect Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of SoloProtect Limited
Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
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the information given in the Strategic Report and Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
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the Strategic Report and Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of our 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 and the Directors' Report.
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 7], 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 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:
SoloProtect Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of SoloProtect Limited
Discussions with and enquiries of management and those charged with governance were held with a view to identifying those laws and regulations that could be expected to have a material impact on the financial statements. During the engagement team briefing, the outcomes of these discussions and enquiries were shared with the team, as well as consideration as to where and how fraud may occur in the entity.
The following laws and regulations were identified as being of significance to the entity:
• Those laws and regulations considered to have a direct effect on the financial statements include UK financial reporting regulations, Company Law, Tax and Pensions legislation, and distributable profits legislation.
• Those laws and regulations for which non-compliance may be fundamental to the operating aspects of the business and therefore may have a material effect on the financial statements include…
Audit procedures undertaken in response to the potential risks relating to irregularities (which include fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations) comprised of: enquiries of management and those charged with governance as to whether the entity complies with such laws and regulations; enquiries with the same concerning any actual or potential litigation or claims; inspection of relevant legal correspondence; review of board minutes; testing the appropriateness of journal entries; and the performance of analytical review to identify unexpected movements in account balances which may be indicative of fraud.
No instances of material non-compliance were identified. However, the likelihood of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is limited by the inherent difficulty in detecting irregularities, the effectiveness of the entity’s controls, and the nature, timing and extent of the audit procedures performed. Irregularities that result from fraud might be inherently more difficult to detect than irregularities that result from error. As explained above, there is an unavoidable risk that material misstatements may not be detected, even though the audit has been planned and performed in accordance with ISAs (UK).
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.
Use of our report
This report is made solely to the Company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 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.
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SoloProtect Limited
Consolidated Profit and Loss Account for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
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2025 |
2024 |
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Turnover |
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Cost of sales |
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Gross profit |
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Administrative expenses |
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Other operating income |
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Operating profit |
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Other interest receivable and similar income |
- |
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Interest payable and similar expenses |
- |
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(1,172) |
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Profit before tax |
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Tax on profit |
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Profit for the financial year |
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Profit/(loss) attributable to: |
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Owners of the Company |
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SoloProtect Limited
(Registration number: 05003084)
Consolidated Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2025
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2025 |
2024 |
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Fixed assets |
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Intangible assets |
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Tangible assets |
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Investments |
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Current assets |
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Stocks |
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Debtors |
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Cash at bank and in hand |
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Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year |
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Net current assets |
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Total assets less current liabilities |
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Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year |
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Provisions for liabilities |
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Net assets |
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Capital and reserves |
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Called up share capital |
1,703 |
1,703 |
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Share premium reserve |
981,736 |
981,736 |
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Other reserves |
1,360,781 |
1,359,640 |
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Retained earnings |
1,448,174 |
1,411,184 |
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Equity attributable to owners of the company |
3,792,394 |
3,754,263 |
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Shareholders' funds |
3,792,394 |
3,754,263 |
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SoloProtect Limited
(Registration number: 05003084)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2025
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2025 |
2024 |
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Fixed assets |
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Intangible assets |
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Tangible assets |
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Investments |
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Current assets |
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Stocks |
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Debtors |
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Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year |
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Net current assets |
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Total assets less current liabilities |
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Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year |
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Provisions for liabilities |
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( |
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Net assets |
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Capital and reserves |
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Called up share capital |
1,703 |
1,703 |
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Share premium reserve |
981,736 |
981,736 |
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Other reserves |
1,526,985 |
1,526,985 |
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Retained earnings |
992,397 |
1,101,099 |
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Shareholders' funds |
3,502,821 |
3,611,523 |
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SoloProtect Limited
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
Equity attributable to the parent company
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Share capital |
Share premium |
Foreign currency translation reserve |
Other reserves |
Retained earnings |
Total |
Total equity |
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At 1 January 2025 |
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Profit for the year |
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Other comprehensive income |
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- |
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Total comprehensive income |
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Dividends |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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( |
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At 31 December 2025 |
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Share capital |
Share premium |
Foreign currency translation reserve |
Other reserves |
Retained earnings |
Total |
Total equity |
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At 1 January 2024 |
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( |
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Profit for the year |
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- |
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Other comprehensive income |
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( |
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( |
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Total comprehensive income |
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( |
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At 31 December 2024 |
1,703 |
981,736 |
(167,345) |
1,526,985 |
1,411,184 |
3,754,263 |
3,754,263 |
SoloProtect Limited
Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
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Share capital |
Share premium |
Other reserves |
Retained earnings |
Total |
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At 1 January 2025 |
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Profit for the year |
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- |
- |
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Dividends |
- |
- |
- |
( |
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At 31 December 2025 |
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Share capital |
Share premium |
Other reserves |
Retained earnings |
Total |
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At 1 January 2024 |
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Loss for the year |
- |
- |
- |
( |
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At 31 December 2024 |
1,703 |
981,736 |
1,526,985 |
1,101,099 |
3,611,523 |
SoloProtect Limited
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
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2024 |
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Cash flows from operating activities |
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Profit for the year |
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Depreciation and amortisation |
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Loss on disposal of tangible assets |
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Finance income |
- |
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Income tax expense |
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Foreign exchange gains/losses |
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Working capital adjustments |
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(Increase)/decrease in stocks |
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Decrease/(increase) in trade debtors |
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Decrease in trade creditors |
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(Decrease)/increase in provisions |
( |
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Cash generated from operations |
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Income taxes received |
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Net cash flow from operating activities |
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Cash flows from investing activities |
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Interest received |
- |
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Acquisitions of tangible assets |
( |
( |
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Acquisition of intangible assets |
( |
( |
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Net cash flows from investing activities |
( |
( |
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Cash flows from financing activities |
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Dividends paid |
( |
- |
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Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
( |
( |
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Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January |
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Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December |
959,862 |
1,169,658 |
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SoloProtect Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
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General information |
The Company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in United Kingdom .
The address of its registered office is:
These financial statements were authorised for issue by the
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Accounting policies |
Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.
Statement of compliance
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires Group management to exercise judgement in applying the Group's accounting policies.
The Company has taken advantage of the exemption allowed under section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 and has not presented its own Statement of Comprehensive Income in these financial
statements.
Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.
Basis of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements consolidate the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiary undertakings drawn up to 31 December 2025.
SoloProtect Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the Company. Control is achieved where the Company has the power to govern the financial and operating policies of an entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.
The results of subsidiaries acquired or disposed of during the year are included in the Profit and Loss Account from the effective date of acquisition or up to the effective date of disposal, as appropriate. Where necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring their accounting policies into line with those used by the Group.
The purchase method of accounting is used to account for business combinations that result in the acquisition of subsidiaries by the Group. The cost of a business combination is measured as the fair value of the assets given, equity instruments issued and liabilities incurred or assumed at the date of exchange, plus costs directly attributable to the business combination. Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially at their fair values at the acquisition date. Any excess of the cost of the business combination over the acquirer’s interest in the net fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities recognised is recorded as goodwill.
Inter-company transactions, balances and unrealised gains on transactions between the Company and its subsidiaries, which are related parties, are eliminated in full.
Intra-group losses are also eliminated but may indicate an impairment that requires recognition in the consolidated financial statements.
Accounting policies of subsidiaries have been changed where necessary to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the Group. Non-controlling interests in the net assets of consolidated subsidiaries are identified separately from the Group’s equity therein. Non-controlling interests consist of the amount of those interests at the date of the original business combination and the non-controlling shareholder’s share of changes in equity since the date of the combination.
Judgements
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported for assets and liabilities as at the balance sheet date and the amounts reported for revenues and expenses during the year. However, the nature of estimation means that actual outcomes could differ from those estimates. In the Director's opinion there are no significant judgements or key sources of estimation uncertainty. |
Revenue recognition
Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the Group’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts and after eliminating sales within the Group.
The Group recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the Group's activities.
SoloProtect Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
Foreign currency transactions and balances
Non-monetary items measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.
Tax
The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.
The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the Group operates and generates taxable income.
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between taxable profits and profits reported in the consolidated financial statements.
Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised when it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.
Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.
Tangible assets
Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.
The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.
Depreciation
Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:
|
Asset class |
Depreciation method and rate |
|
Long-term leasehold property |
between 5 and 50 years on a straight line basis |
|
Plant and machinery |
between 3 and 10 years on a straight line basis |
|
Fixtures and fittings |
between 3 and 10 years on a straight line basis |
|
Computer equipment |
3 years on a straight line basis |
|
Operating leased assets |
over 3 and a half years on a straight line basis |
SoloProtect Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
Business combinations
Business combinations are accounted for using the purchase method. The consideration for each acquisition is measured at the aggregate of the fair values at acquisition date of assets given, liabilities incurred or assumed, and equity instruments issued by the Group in exchange for control of the acquired, plus any costs directly attributable to the business combination. When a business combination agreement provides for an adjustment to the cost of the combination contingent on future events, the Group includes the estimated amount of that adjustment in the cost of the combination at the acquisition date if the adjustment is probable and can be measured reliably.
Amortisation
Amortisation is provided on intangible assets so as to write off the cost, less any estimated residual value, over their useful life as follows:
|
Asset class |
Amortisation method and rate |
|
Patents |
Straight lined method over 3 years |
|
Development expenditure |
Straight lined method over 3 years |
|
Computer software |
Straight lined method over 4 years |
Investments
Investments in equity shares which are publicly traded or where the fair value can be measured reliably are initially measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. Investments in equity shares which are not publicly traded and where fair value cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.
Interest income on debt securities, where applicable, is recognised in income using the effective interest method. Dividends on equity securities are recognised in income when receivable.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
Trade debtors
Basic financial assets, including trade and other debtors, are intially recognised at transaction price, 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. Such assets are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment.
Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for services performed in the ordinary course of business.
Stocks
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.
The cost of finished goods and work in progress comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. At each reporting date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stocks are impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell; the impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.
SoloProtect Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
Trade creditors
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the Group does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.
Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Provisions
Provisions are recognised when the Group has an obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event, it is probable that the Group will be required to settle that obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.
Share capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.
Dividends
Dividend distribution to the Group’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.
Defined contribution pension obligation
A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the Group has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.
Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.
Financial instruments
Classification
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 profit or loss.
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.
SoloProtect Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
|
Turnover |
The analysis of the Group's Turnover for the year from continuing operations is as follows:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Sale of goods |
|
|
|
Rendering of services |
|
|
|
|
|
The analysis of the Group's Turnover for the year by market is as follows:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
UK |
|
|
|
Rest of world |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other operating income |
The analysis of the Group's other operating income for the year is as follows:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Miscellaneous other operating income |
|
|
|
Other gains and losses |
The analysis of the Group's other gains and losses for the year is as follows:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Loss on disposal of Tangible assets |
( |
( |
|
Interest payable and similar expenses |
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Interest expense on other finance liabilities |
- |
|
SoloProtect Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
|
Staff costs |
The aggregate payroll costs (including directors' remuneration) were as follows:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Wages and salaries |
|
|
|
Social security costs |
|
|
|
Other short-term employee benefits |
|
|
|
Pension costs, defined contribution scheme |
|
|
|
Other employee expense |
|
|
|
|
|
The average number of persons employed by the Company (including directors) during the year, was
|
Directors' remuneration |
The directors' remuneration for the year was as follows:
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Remuneration |
|
|
|
Contributions paid to money purchase schemes |
|
|
|
251,000 |
190,500 |
|
Auditors' remuneration |
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Audit of these financial statements |
26,950 |
24,500 |
|
Other fees to auditors |
||
|
All other non-audit services |
|
|
SoloProtect Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
|
Taxation |
Tax charged/(credited) in the consolidated profit and loss account
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Current taxation |
||
|
UK corporation tax |
- |
( |
|
Foreign corporation tax |
|
|
|
Total current income tax |
36,035 |
(210,430) |
|
Deferred taxation |
||
|
Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences |
|
|
|
Tax expense/(receipt) in the income statement |
|
( |
|
Intangible assets |
Group and Company
|
Trademarks, patents and licenses |
Software and product development |
Total |
|
|
Cost or valuation |
|||
|
At 1 January 2025 |
|
|
|
|
Additions acquired separately |
- |
|
|
|
Disposals |
( |
( |
( |
|
At 31 December 2025 |
|
|
|
|
Amortisation |
|||
|
At 1 January 2025 |
|
|
|
|
Amortisation charge |
- |
|
|
|
Amortisation eliminated on disposals |
( |
( |
( |
|
At 31 December 2025 |
|
|
|
|
Carrying amount |
|||
|
At 31 December 2025 |
- |
|
|
|
At 31 December 2024 |
- |
|
|
SoloProtect Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
|
Tangible assets |
Group
|
Long leasehold land and buildings |
Fixtures and fittings |
Plant and machinery |
Office equipment |
Total |
|
|
Cost or valuation |
|||||
|
At 1 January 2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additions |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
Disposals |
- |
( |
( |
( |
( |
|
At 31 December 2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation |
|||||
|
At 1 January 2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Charge for the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eliminated on disposal |
- |
( |
( |
( |
( |
|
At 31 December 2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carrying amount |
|||||
|
At 31 December 2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2024 |
|
|
|
|
|
SoloProtect Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
Company
|
Long leasehold land and buildings |
Fixtures and fittings |
Plant and machinery |
Office equipment |
Total |
|
|
Cost or valuation |
|||||
|
At 1 January 2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additions |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
Disposals |
- |
( |
( |
( |
( |
|
At 31 December 2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation |
|||||
|
At 1 January 2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Charge for the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eliminated on disposal |
- |
( |
( |
( |
( |
|
At 31 December 2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carrying amount |
|||||
|
At 31 December 2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
At 31 December 2024 |
|
|
|
|
|
SoloProtect Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
|
Investments |
Group
Details of undertakings
Details of the investments (including principal place of business of unincorporated entities) in which the Group holds 20% or more of the nominal value of any class of share capital are as follows:
|
Undertaking |
Registered office |
Holding |
Proportion of voting rights and shares held |
|
|
2025 |
2024 |
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|
Subsidiary undertakings |
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|
|
Wilhelminasingel 2A, 6041 CH in Roermond, The Netherlands
|
|
|
|
|
The Netherlands |
||||
|
Associates |
||||
|
|
1 Vantage Drive, Sheffield, United Kingdom, S9 1RG |
Ordinary shares |
|
|
|
England and Wales |
||||
Company
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Investments in subsidiaries |
|
|
|
Investments in associates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subsidiaries |
£ |
|
Cost or valuation |
|
|
At 1 January 2025 |
|
|
Provision |
|
|
Carrying amount |
|
|
At 31 December 2025 |
|
|
At 31 December 2024 |
|
SoloProtect Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
|
Associates |
£ |
|
Cost |
|
|
At 1 January 2025 |
|
|
Provision |
|
|
Carrying amount |
|
|
At 31 December 2025 |
|
|
At 31 December 2024 |
|
|
Stocks |
|
Group |
Company |
|||
|
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Raw materials and consumables |
|
|
|
|
|
Finished goods and goods for resale |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Debtors |
|
Group |
Company |
||||
|
Current |
Note |
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
|
Trade debtors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amounts owed by related parties |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other debtors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prepayments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax asset |
- |
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
Group |
Company |
|||
|
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Cash at bank |
|
|
|
|
SoloProtect Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
|
Creditors |
|
Group |
Company |
||||
|
Note |
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
|
|
Due within one year |
|||||
|
Trade creditors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amounts due to related parties |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Social security and other taxes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding defined contribution pension costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other payables |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accruals |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax liability |
51,153 |
19,846 |
- |
- |
|
|
Deferred income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Due after one year |
|||||
|
Deferred income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accruals |
|
- |
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Provisions for liabilities |
Group
|
Warranties |
Deferred tax |
Total |
|
|
At 1 January 2025 |
|
|
|
|
Increase (decrease) in existing provisions |
( |
|
|
|
At 31 December 2025 |
- |
|
|
|
|
|||
Company
|
Warranties |
Deferred tax |
Total |
|
|
At 1 January 2025 |
|
|
|
|
Increase (decrease) in existing provisions |
( |
|
|
|
At 31 December 2025 |
- |
|
|
|
|
|||
SoloProtect Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
|
Pension and other schemes |
Defined contribution pension scheme
The Group operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the Group to the scheme and amounted to £
Contributions totalling £
|
Share capital |
Allotted, called up and fully paid shares
|
2025 |
2024 |
|||
|
No. |
£ |
No. |
£ |
|
|
|
|
1,703 |
|
1,703 |
|
Dividends |
Dividends declared, paid or payable during the financial year amounted to £523,961 (2025 - £nil).
|
Parent and ultimate parent undertaking |
The Company's immediate parent is
The ultimate controlling party is