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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
CONTENTS
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2026
The directors present the company strategic report accompanying the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2026.
Performance for the year ended 30 June 2026 was in accordance with expectations, with trade continuing to be at a good level. Key performance indicators include:
2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 Turnover £26.7m £33.7m £25.2m £18.7m £23.2m Gross Profit £7.1m £9.06m £7.5m £3.9m £3.2m Profit before tax £5.4m £7.6m £6.7m £3.1m £2.4m Turnover decreased from the year ended 30 June 2025 to the year ended 30 June 2026. This decrease was reflective of some overstocking by key customers in 2025 Other key items to note include: - The level of stocks held as of 30 June £826K (2025 of £2.8m) - Working capital requirements have eased , and the overall level of cash reserves have increased at group level 2026 £16,530k (2025 £12,459K), maintaining the policy of substantially retaining cash reserves within the group , while reducing the operating cash balances held in Sebnini Trading Ltd 2026 £994K, (2025 £3,870K) for routine cash management reasons. - Prepayments remain high at year-end due to the requirement to pay deposits to suppliers in the build-up to increased seasonal activity for the Christmas period. - The accounts have been prepared on the going concern basis.
The key business risk and uncertainty affecting the company relates to the overall strength of the UK economy and global supply chains.
Other key business risks and uncertainties include competition from national and international resellers, new product introductions, and sterling fluctuation against other currencies. Currency fluctuation is carefully managed by securing long-term exchange rates. The company continues to monitor the US tariffs imposed on goods imported from China and other regions, which may have an impact on its US business. Antidumping duties (ADD) were introduced on imports of candles imported from China into the EU during the period under review, and as a result, supply was purchased form other territories not affected by the ADD. We are aware of the possibility of further expansion of ADD. The company is in a strong position to mitigate these risks.
Given the straight forward nature of the business the directors are of the opinion that the key KPI's are turnover, gross profit and net profit as covered in the business review, and analysis using other KPI's is not necessary for an understanding of the development, performance or position of the business.
This report was approved by the board on 6 October 2026 and signed on its behalf.
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2026
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2026.
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic report, the Directors' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
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 judgments 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.
The profit for the year, after taxation, amounted to £4,048,138 (2025 - £5,730,178).
Dividends of £4,232,000 (2025 - £4,325,000) were declared in the year.
The directors who served during the year were:
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2026
The auditors, Barnes Roffe Audit Limited, will be proposed for reappointment in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board on
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of Sebnini Trading Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 30 June 2026, 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 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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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Strategic report and the Directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Strategic report and the Directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic report or the Directors' report.
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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:
Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with law and regulations, was as follows: • The engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations; • We identified the laws and regulations applicable to the Company through discussion with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the retail and distribution sector in which the Company operates; • The specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the Company, are as follows; o Companies Act 2006 o FRS102 o Health and Safety legislation o Employment legislation o Tax legislation o ISO 9001 o Product specific standards and certification • We assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management, reviewing board minutes and inspecting relevant correspondence; and • Laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team at the planning meeting, and during the audit as any further laws and regulation were identified. The audit team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit. We assessed the susceptibility of the group's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur by: • Making enquires management as to where they consider there was susceptibility to fraud and their knowledge of actual suspected and alleged fraud; • Considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations • Reviewing the financial statements and testing the disclosures against supporting documentation; • Performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected trends or anomalies; • Inspecting and testing journal entries to identify unusual or unexpected transactions; • Assessing whether judgement and assumptions made in determining significant accounting estimates, including stock provisions and bad debt provisions, were indicative of management bias; and • Investigating the rationale behind significant transactions, or transactions that are unusual or outside the company's usual course of business.
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED (CONTINUED)
The areas that we identified as being susceptible to misstatement through fraud were:
• Management bias in the estimates and judgements made; • Management override of controls; and • Posting of unusual journals or transactions. Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' 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.
for and on behalf of
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors
Charles Lake House
Claire Causeway
Crossways Business Park
Kent
DA2 6QA
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2026
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 07169465
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 30 JUNE 2026
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 11 to 24 form part of these financial statements.
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2026
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2026
Sebnini Trading Limited is a private company limited by shares and is incorporated in England and Wales. It has its registered office at 3b Flightpath Farm, Broadbridge Lane, Burstow, Surrey, England, RH6 9RF.
The company's principal activity continued to be that of the importation, manufacture and distribution of candle and diffuser products to the retail sector.
2.Accounting policies
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 judgment in applying the company's accounting policies (see note 3).
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by the 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);
∙the requirements of Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7.
This information is included in the consolidated financial statements of Sebnini Holdings Limited as at 30 June 2026 and these financial statements may be obtained from Companies House and from the registered address at 3b Flightpath Farm, Broadbridge Lane, Burstow, Surrey, England, RH6 9RF.
The company is a parent company that is also a subsidiary included in the consolidated financial statements of a larger group by a parent undertaking established under the law of any part of the United Kingdom and is therefore exempt from the requirement to prepare consolidated financial statements under section 400 of the Companies Act 2006.
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2026
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Functional and presentation currency
Transactions and balances
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2026
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method.
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
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.
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2026
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Provisions are measured as the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation, taking into account the related risks and uncertainties.
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2026
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 “Basic Financial Instruments” 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.
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2026
There were no significant judgments exercised by management in the preparation of the financial statements. b) Key accounting estimates and assumptions: The company made key assumptions and accounting estimates regarding: i) the useful economic life of tangible fixed assets and this is further described in note 2.6 of accounting policies. ii) the company holds a significant amount of product stock and is subject to changing consumer demands and industry trends. As a result it is necessary to consider the recoverability of the cost of stock and any stock write downs required. When calculating stock write downs, management considers the nature and condition of the stock, as well as applying assumptions around anticipated saleability of stock. The value of stock, after any write down, as at 30 June 2026 is disclosed in note 16. iii) the level of bad debt provision required due to the significant level of trade debtors held. Management makes allowances for doubtful debts in an assessment of the recoverability of debtors. Provisions are made where recoverability is uncertain.
The whole of the turnover is attributable to the principal activity of the company.
Analysis of turnover by country of destination:
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2026
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2026
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2026
There are no other factors that may affect future changes.
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2026
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2026
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2026
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2026
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the company to the fund and amounted to £25,505 (2025: £26,141). Contributions totalling £6,413 (2025: £5,660) were payable to these funds at the balance sheet date and are included in other creditors falling due within one year.
24.Other financial commitments
The company enters into forward foreign currency contracts to mitigate the exchange rate risk for certain foreign currency payables. The outstanding contracts all mature within 9 months of the year end. The company is committed to buy $nil (2025: $4,500,000) and to pay a fixed sterling amount of £nil (2025: £3,371,580). At 30 June 2026 there was a potential unrealised loss of £nil (2025: loss £91,027).
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SEBNINI TRADING LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2026
The parent company is Sebnini Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. Sebnini Holdings Limited produces financial statements incorporating the results of Sebnini Trading Limited which
can be obtained from 3b Flightpath Farm, Broadbridge Lane, Burstow, Surrey, England, RH6 9RF. The ultimate controlling party is G Schyberg.
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