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Strategic Report, Report of the Directors and

Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

for

Thornton Sugar Limited

Thornton Sugar Limited (Registered number: 07876622)






Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2026




Page

Company Information 1

Strategic Report 2

Report of the Directors 4

Report of the Independent Auditors 6

Income Statement 10

Other Comprehensive Income 11

Balance Sheet 12

Statement of Changes in Equity 13

Cash Flow Statement 14

Notes to the Cash Flow Statement 15

Notes to the Financial Statements 16


Thornton Sugar Limited

Company Information
for the Year Ended 31 March 2026







DIRECTORS: A Thornton
Miss L I Thornton
Z D Thornton
Miss F Thornton





REGISTERED OFFICE: The Sugar Barn
Heath Farm Business Centre
Fornham All Saints
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP28 6LG





REGISTERED NUMBER: 07876622 (England and Wales)





AUDITORS: Knights Lowe Limited
Eldo House
Kempson Way
Suffolk Business Park
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP32 7AR

Thornton Sugar Limited (Registered number: 07876622)

Strategic Report
for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2026.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS
During the year Thornton Sugar Limited has continued to grow as an independent supplier to clients in both manufacturing and wholesale, but has faced industry-wide pressures impacting sales price, resulting in a reduction in turnover of 5.46% to £38.7m.

Financial Instruments
The Company's foreign exchange derivatives are measured at fair value at the year end, representing unrealised gains or losses on the contracts. The year-end fair value was a net liability of £1.08m, representing a significant change from the prior year.

Following the year end, movements in foreign exchange rates resulted in an improvement of £450k in the fair value of the Company's financial instruments to 30 June 2026, reducing the net fair value liability from £1.08m at the reporting date to £630k.

During the period from April to June 2026, foreign exchange derivative contracts which matured or were settled generated a realised profit of £18k.

These movements reflect changes arising after the reporting date and therefore do not provide evidence of conditions existing at the reporting date.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
Thornton Sugar Limited operating in sugar industry face several principal risks and uncertainties, these
include:

Sugar Prices

Principal risk being volatile commodity prices.

Weather

Poor growing conditions.

Financial/Political Events

Consumer demand being impacted.

Supply Chain Issues

Cost increases due to fuel/driver/vehicle shortages.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
This is Thornton Sugar's third year trading as a medium sized company. The director considers the key performance indicators for the business are turnover, gross profit and pre-tax profit.

Turnover amounted to £38.70m (2025: £40.93m)

Gross profit amounted to £3.54m (2025: £4.96m)

Profit / (loss) before tax amounted to £0.45m (2025: £2.27m)


Thornton Sugar Limited (Registered number: 07876622)

Strategic Report
for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
The directors plan to continue to grow the business by maintaining strong relationships with both clients, suppliers and employees.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





A Thornton - Director


5 October 2026

Thornton Sugar Limited (Registered number: 07876622)

Report of the Directors
for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 March 2026.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of wholesale of sugar and sugar confectionery.

DIVIDENDS
An interim dividend of £11,904.76 per share on the shares was paid on 6 April 2025. The directors recommend that no final dividend be paid on these shares.

The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 March 2026 will be £ 833,333 .

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

A Thornton
Miss L I Thornton
Z D Thornton
Miss F Thornton

DONATIONS AND EXPENDITURE
During the year a charitable donation of £2,000 was given to Ronald McDonald House Charities, a registered charity in England and Wales.

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

-select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
-make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
-prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself or herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

Thornton Sugar Limited (Registered number: 07876622)

Report of the Directors
for the Year Ended 31 March 2026


AUDITORS
The auditors, Knights Lowe Limited, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





A Thornton - Director


5 October 2026

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Thornton Sugar Limited

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Thornton Sugar Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2026 which comprise the Income Statement, Other Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, Cash Flow Statement and Notes to the Cash Flow Statement, Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:
-give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 March 2026 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 UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the information given in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Thornton Sugar Limited


Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Report of the Directors.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page four, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the 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.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Thornton Sugar Limited


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

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

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 misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities including fraud is detailed below:

- 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 discussions with the director and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the companies operating sector;
- we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct 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 the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and
- identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.

We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
- making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, 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;

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
- performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
- tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;
- assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias;
- investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions;

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
- agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;
- reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
- enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims;
- reviewing correspondence with HMRC, relevant regulators including the Environment Agency and the company's legal advisors;


There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.


Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Thornton Sugar Limited

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors.

Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in a Report of the Auditors and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.




James Knights ACA BSc (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Knights Lowe Limited
Eldo House
Kempson Way
Suffolk Business Park
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP32 7AR

9 October 2026

Thornton Sugar Limited (Registered number: 07876622)

Income Statement
for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

2026 2025
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 38,697,155 40,934,095

Cost of sales 35,154,469 35,971,336
GROSS PROFIT 3,542,686 4,962,759

Administrative expenses 3,044,066 2,639,228
OPERATING PROFIT 4 498,620 2,323,531

Interest receivable and similar income 3,651 1,672
502,271 2,325,203

Interest payable and similar expenses 5 50,525 50,422
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 451,746 2,274,781

Tax on profit 6 130,298 578,270
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 321,448 1,696,511

Thornton Sugar Limited (Registered number: 07876622)

Other Comprehensive Income
for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

2026 2025
Notes £    £   

PROFIT FOR THE YEAR 321,448 1,696,511


OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE
YEAR

321,448

1,696,511

Thornton Sugar Limited (Registered number: 07876622)

Balance Sheet
31 March 2026

2026 2025
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 8 - -
Tangible assets 9 19,351 13,082
19,351 13,082

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 10 74,285 130,128
Debtors 11 7,562,716 7,612,413
Cash at bank 2,024,484 1,367,758
9,661,485 9,110,299
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 12 6,292,529 5,223,189
NET CURRENT ASSETS 3,368,956 3,887,110
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 3,388,307 3,900,192

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 16 100 100
Share premium 17 1,249,967 1,249,967
Capital redemption reserve 17 33 33
Retained earnings 17 2,138,207 2,650,092
3,388,307 3,900,192

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 5 October 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:




A Thornton - Director Miss F Thornton - Director




Miss L I Thornton - Director Z D Thornton - Director


Thornton Sugar Limited (Registered number: 07876622)

Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

Called up Capital
share Retained Share redemption Total
capital earnings premium reserve equity
£    £    £    £    £   
Balance at 1 April 2024 116 2,562,672 1,249,967 17 3,812,772

Changes in equity
Profit for the year - 1,696,511 - - 1,696,511
Total comprehensive income - 1,696,511 - - 1,696,511
Dividends - (833,333 ) - - (833,333 )
Purchase of own shares (16 ) (775,758 ) - 16 (775,758 )
Balance at 31 March 2025 100 2,650,092 1,249,967 33 3,900,192

Changes in equity
Profit for the year - 321,448 - - 321,448
Total comprehensive income - 321,448 - - 321,448
Dividends - (833,333 ) - - (833,333 )
Balance at 31 March 2026 100 2,138,207 1,249,967 33 3,388,307

Thornton Sugar Limited (Registered number: 07876622)

Cash Flow Statement
for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

2026 2025
Notes £    £   
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations 1 1,361,005 2,844,497
Interest paid (42,635 ) (48,255 )
Finance costs paid (7,890 ) (2,167 )
Tax paid (445,365 ) (1,029,407 )
Net cash from operating activities 865,115 1,764,668

Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (11,300 ) (7,319 )
Interest received 3,651 1,672
Net cash from investing activities (7,649 ) (5,647 )

Cash flows from financing activities
New loans in year 335,260 -
Loan repayments in year - (295,212 )
Amount introduced by directors 301,252 363,073
Amount withdrawn by directors (3,919 ) -
Share buyback - (775,758 )
Equity dividends paid (833,333 ) (833,333 )
Net cash from financing activities (200,740 ) (1,541,230 )

Increase in cash and cash equivalents 656,726 217,791
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of
year

2

1,367,758

1,149,967

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 2 2,024,484 1,367,758

Thornton Sugar Limited (Registered number: 07876622)

Notes to the Cash Flow Statement
for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

1. RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS

2026 2025
£    £   
Profit before taxation 451,746 2,274,781
Depreciation charges 5,031 2,266
Loss on disposal of fixed assets - 2,839
Finance costs 50,525 50,422
Finance income (3,651 ) (1,672 )
503,651 2,328,636
Decrease in stocks 55,843 1,259,533
Increase in trade and other debtors (112,678 ) (948,786 )
Increase in trade and other creditors 914,189 205,114
Cash generated from operations 1,361,005 2,844,497

2. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

The amounts disclosed on the Cash Flow Statement in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Balance Sheet amounts:

Year ended 31 March 2026
31.3.26 1.4.25
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 2,024,484 1,367,758
Year ended 31 March 2025
31.3.25 1.4.24
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 1,367,758 1,149,967


3. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS

At 1.4.25 Cash flow At 31.3.26
£    £    £   
Net cash
Cash at bank 1,367,758 656,726 2,024,484
1,367,758 656,726 2,024,484
Debt
Debts falling due within 1 year (925,754 ) (335,260 ) (1,261,014 )
(925,754 ) (335,260 ) (1,261,014 )
Total 442,004 321,466 763,470

Thornton Sugar Limited (Registered number: 07876622)

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Thornton Sugar Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£).


2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Turnover
Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the
Company and the revenue can be reliably measured. Revenue is measured as the fair value of the
consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales
taxes. The following criteria must also be met before revenue is recognised:

Sale of goods

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when all of the following conditions are satisfied
- the Company has transferred the significant risks and rewards of ownership to the buyer;
- the Company retains neither continuing managerial involvement to the degree usually
associated with ownership nor effective control over the goods sold;
- the amount of revenue can be measured reliably;
- it is probable that the Company will receive the consideration due under the transaction; and
- the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

Intangible assets
Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Fixtures and fittings - 25% on reducing balance
Computer equipment - 25% on reducing balance

Stocks
Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value, being the estimated selling price less
costs to complete and sell. Cost is based on the cost of purchase on a first in, first out basis. Work in
progress and finished goods include labour and attributable overheads.

At each balance sheet date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stock is 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.

Thornton Sugar Limited (Registered number: 07876622)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Financial instruments
The Company enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result 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 ordinary shares.

Debt instruments (other than those wholly repayable or receivable within one year), including loans
and other accounts receivable and payable, are initially measured at present value of the future cash
flows and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Debt instruments that
are payable or receivable within one year, typically trade debtors and creditors, are measured, initially
and subsequently, at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid
or received. However, if the arrangements of a short-term instrument constitute a financing
transaction, like the payment of a trade debt deferred beyond normal business terms or in case of an
out-right short-term loan that is not at market rate, the financial asset or liability is measured, initially
at the present value of future cash flows discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt
instrument and subsequently at amortised cost, unless it qualifies as a loan from a director in the
case of a small company, or a public benefit entity concessionary loan.

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 Statement of Income and Retained Earnings.

For financial assets measured at amortised cost, the impairment loss is measured as the difference
between an asset's carrying amount and the present value of estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. If a financial asset has a variable interest rate, the discount rate
for measuring any impairment loss is the current effective interest rate determined under the
contract.

For financial assets measured at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is measured as the
difference between an asset's carrying amount and best estimate of the recoverable amount, which is
an approximation of the amount that the Company would receive for the asset if it were to be sold at
the balance sheet date.

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.

Taxation
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.


Thornton Sugar Limited (Registered number: 07876622)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date.

Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

Defined contribution pension plan
The Company operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the Company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the Company has no further payment obligations.

The contributions are recognised as an expense in profit or loss when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals as a liability in the Statement of Financial Position. The assets of the plan are held separately from the Company in independent administered funds.

Goodwill
Goodwill represents the difference between amounts paid on the cost of a business combination and the acquirer's interest in the fair value of identifiable assets and liabilities of the acquiree at the date of acquisition. Subsequent to initial recognition, goodwill is measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Goodwill is amortised on a straight-line basis to the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings over its useful economic life.

Transactions and balances
Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currency using the spot exchange rates at the dates of the transactions.

At each period end foreign currency monetary items are translated using the closing rate. Non-monetary items measured at historical cost are translated using the exchange rate at the date of the transaction and non-monetary items measured at fair value are measured using the exchange rate when fair value was determined.

Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from settlement of transactions and from the translation at period-end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are recognised in profit or loss except when deferred in other comprehensive income as qualifying cash flow hedges.

Foreign exchange gains and losses that relate to borrowings and cash and cash equivalents are presented in the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings within 'finance income or costs'. All other foreign exchange gains and losses are presented in profit or loss within 'other operating income'.

3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
2026 2025
£    £   
Wages and salaries 968,569 1,056,975
Social security costs 144,400 137,120
Other pension costs 8,619 309,021
1,121,588 1,503,116

Thornton Sugar Limited (Registered number: 07876622)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS - continued

The average number of employees during the year was as follows:
2026 2025

Directors 4 4
Admin 7 6
11 10

2026 2025
£    £   
Directors' remuneration 578,000 607,667
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes 3,963 304,759

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

Money purchase schemes 3 2

Information regarding the highest paid director is as follows:
2026 2025
£    £   
Emoluments etc 300,000 250,000
Pension contributions to money purchase schemes 1,321 53,325

4. OPERATING PROFIT

The operating profit is stated after charging:

2026 2025
£    £   
Depreciation - owned assets 5,031 2,266
Loss on disposal of fixed assets - 2,839
Auditors' remuneration 7,450 7,085

5. INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES
2026 2025
£    £   
Factoring charges 42,635 32,187
Corporation Tax Interest - 16,068
Bank charges 7,890 2,167
50,525 50,422

Thornton Sugar Limited (Registered number: 07876622)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

6. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
2026 2025
£    £   
Current tax:
UK corporation tax 130,298 578,270
Tax on profit 130,298 578,270

UK corporation tax has been charged at 25% (2025 - 25%).

Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss
The tax assessed for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below:

2026 2025
£    £   
Profit before tax 451,746 2,274,781
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25%
(2025 - 25%)

112,937

568,695

Effects of:
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes 19,197 11,124
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation (1,836 ) (1,549 )
Total tax charge 130,298 578,270

7. DIVIDENDS
2026 2025
£    £   
shares of each
Interim 833,333 833,333

8. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Goodwill
£   
COST
At 1 April 2025
and 31 March 2026 3,500,000
AMORTISATION
At 1 April 2025
and 31 March 2026 3,500,000
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2026 -
At 31 March 2025 -

Thornton Sugar Limited (Registered number: 07876622)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

9. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Fixtures
and Computer
fittings equipment Totals
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 April 2025 1,038 15,655 16,693
Additions - 11,300 11,300
At 31 March 2026 1,038 26,955 27,993
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2025 37 3,574 3,611
Charge for year - 5,031 5,031
At 31 March 2026 37 8,605 8,642
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2026 1,001 18,350 19,351
At 31 March 2025 1,001 12,081 13,082

10. STOCKS
2026 2025
£    £   
Stocks 74,285 130,128

11. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2026 2025
£    £   
Trade debtors 4,973,253 5,477,312
Other debtors 2,360,626 1,685,022
Directors' loan accounts 13,052 309,651
Corporation tax 134,224 -
VAT 18,979 20,591
Prepayments 62,582 119,837
7,562,716 7,612,413

12. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2026 2025
£    £   
Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 13) 1,261,014 925,754
Trade creditors 3,734,499 3,489,825
Corporation tax - 180,843
Social security and other taxes 33,333 38,851
Other creditors 1,178,379 455,505
Directors' loan accounts 7,585 6,851
Accruals 77,719 125,560
6,292,529 5,223,189

Thornton Sugar Limited (Registered number: 07876622)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

13. LOANS

An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:

2026 2025
£    £   
Amounts falling due within one year or on demand:
Bank loans 1,261,014 925,754

14. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows:
2026 2025
£    £   
Within one year 31,704 48,761
Between one and five years 5,615 37,319
37,319 86,080

15. SECURED DEBTS

The following secured debts are included within creditors:

2026 2025
£    £   
Bank loans 1,261,014 925,754

Bank Loans of £1,261,014 (2025: £905,138) are secured against the assets of the Company.

16. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

No. Allotted Value
Ordinary A 70 70
Ordinary B 15 15
Ordinary C 15 15
100 100

17. RESERVES
Capital
Retained Share redemption
earnings premium reserve Totals
£    £    £    £   

At 1 April 2025 2,650,092 1,249,967 33 3,900,092
Profit for the year 321,448 321,448
Dividends (833,333 ) (833,333 )
At 31 March 2026 2,138,207 1,249,967 33 3,388,207

Thornton Sugar Limited (Registered number: 07876622)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

18. DIRECTORS' ADVANCES, CREDITS AND GUARANTEES

The following advances and credits to a director subsisted during the years ended 31 March 2026 and 31 March 2025:

2026 2025
£    £   
A Thornton
Balance outstanding at start of year 309,651 672,724
Amounts advanced 537,822 790,260
Amounts repaid (834,421 ) (1,153,333 )
Amounts written off - -
Amounts waived - -
Balance outstanding at end of year 13,052 309,651

19. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

Key management personnel of the entity & related individuals
2026 2025
£    £   
Drawings 542,738 826,128
Unpaid mileage 6,500 -
Capital introduced - 320,000
Interest charged on overdrawn loan accounts 163 1,672
Buyback of shares - 775,758
Unpaid dividends 833,333 833,333
Amount due from related party - 208,953
Amount due to related party 87,980 -

Entities under common control
2026 2025
£    £   
Loans issued 875,500 1,674,702
Loans repaid 200,000 -
Expenses paid on behalf of party 104 10,320
Amount due from related party 2,360,626 1,685,022

During the year, a total of key management personnel compensation of £ 680,662 was paid.

20. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The ultimate controlling party is A Thornton.

Thornton Sugar Limited (Registered number: 07876622)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 31 March 2026

21. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Company enters into foreign exchange derivative contracts to manage its exposure to movements in foreign exchange rates arising from its operations. The foreign exchange derivative contracts are measured at fair value at each reporting date, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss.

At the reporting date, the Company's foreign exchange derivative contracts had a net fair value liability of £1.08m.

Subsequent to the year end, movements in foreign exchange rates resulted in an improvement of approximately £450k in the fair value of the Company's foreign exchange derivative contracts, reducing the net fair value liability from approximately £1.08m at the reporting date to £630k at 30 June 2026. During the period from April to June 2026, foreign exchange derivative contracts which matured or were settled generated a realised profit of £18k.

These movements arose from events and changes in foreign exchange rates after the reporting date and are indicative of conditions arising after the reporting period. Accordingly, no adjustment has been made to these financial statements. The subsequent movements have been disclosed as non-adjusting events after the reporting period in accordance with Section 32 of FRS 102.