Registration number:
Eliq Limited
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
Eliq Limited
Contents
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Company Information |
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Director's Report |
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Statement of Director's Responsibilities |
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Independent Auditor's Report |
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Statement of Income and Retained Earnings |
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Statement of Financial Position |
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Notes to the Financial Statements |
Eliq Limited
Company Information
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Director |
L H Ludvigson |
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Company secretary |
Entreprenor Limited |
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Registered office |
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Independent Auditors |
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Eliq Limited
Director's Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
The director presents his annual report on the affairs of Eliq Limited, together with the financial statements and the independent auditor's report for the year ended 31 December 2025.
Principal activity
The principal activity of the company is the development and sale of energy data analysis software to energy utility companies.
Director of the company
The director who held office during the year and up to the date of approval of this report was as follows:
Going concern
The director has considered the company’s financial position, liquidity and future performance together with financial projections for the company over the foreseeable future and has also reviewed the ongoing committed financial support from the company's parent undertaking and is confident this will be available for the foreseeable future. After making enquiries, the director is satisfied that the company has sufficient resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. Accordingly, he continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the company’s financial statements.
Eliq Limited is reliant on the support of Eliq AB as the parent company which is committed to the UK market and has demonstrated its support through a letter of support.
Events after the financial period
There have been no significant events between the year end and the date of approval of these financial statements which would require a change to, or disclosure in, the financial statements.
Disclosure of information to the auditors
The director has taken steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information (as defined by section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. The director confirms that there is no relevant information that he knows of and of which he knows the auditors are unaware.
Reappointment of auditors
Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited are deemed to be reappointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.
Eliq Limited
Director's Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2025 (continued)
Small companies provision statement
The directors have taken advantage of the small companies exemptions provided by sections 414B and 415A of the Companies Act 2006 from the requirement to prepare a strategic report and in preparing the directors’ report on the grounds that the company is entitled to prepare its accounts for the year in accordance with the small companies regime.
Approved and authorised by the
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Eliq Limited
Statement of Director's Responsibilities
The director acknowledges his responsibilities for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the director to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the director has elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law), including FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. Under company law the director must not approve the financial statements unless he is 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 director is 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; 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 director is 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 him to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. He is 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.
Eliq Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the member of
Eliq Limited
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Eliq Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2025, which comprise the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings, Statement of Financial Position, 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 Section 1A of FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion the financial statements:
• | give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2025 and of its loss 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 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 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 company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements were authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the director with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
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.
Eliq Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the member of
Eliq Limited (continued)
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 Director's Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
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the Director's Report has 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 Director's 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, 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 director's remuneration specified by law are not made; or |
• | we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or |
• | the director was not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies’ exemptions in preparing the directors’ report and from the requirement to prepare a strategic report. |
Responsibilities of the director
As explained more fully in the Statement of Director's Responsibilities [set out on page 4], the director is 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 director determines 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 director is 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 director either intends to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Eliq Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the member of
Eliq Limited (continued)
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 the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities including fraud
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Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows: |
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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 discussed among the audit engagement team regarding the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the organisation for fraud and how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements; |
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we obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks that the company operates in, and identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management, and from our cumulative audit and commercial knowledge and experience of the company and the industry; |
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we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements or the operations of the company, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation, employment law and health and safety legislation.We also considered and identified laws and regulations that do not have a direct effect on the financial statements but compliance with which may be fundamental to the company’s ability to operate or to avoid a material penalty, including the Bribery Act and the Data Protection Act 2018; |
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we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and |
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identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit. |
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We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by: |
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making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and |
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considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations. |
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We are also required to perform specific procedures to respond to the risk of management bias and override of controls. To address this, we performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships and tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions. |
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In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to: |
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agreeing financial statements to disclosures underlying supporting documentation; |
Eliq Limited
Independent Auditor's Report to the member of
Eliq Limited (continued)
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enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and |
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reviewing correspondence with HMRC, analysing legal costs to ascertain if there have been instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. |
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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. |
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 member, 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 member 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 member as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
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For and on behalf of
Salatin House
19 Cedar Road
Surrey
SM2 5DA
Eliq Limited
Statement of Income and Retained Earnings
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
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Revenue |
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Cost of sales |
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Gross profit |
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Administrative expenses |
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Operating (loss)/profit |
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Other interest receivable and similar income |
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Interest payable and similar charges |
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(Loss)/profit before tax |
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Taxation |
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(Loss)/profit for the financial year |
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Retained earnings brought forward |
212,680 |
178,563 |
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Retained earnings carried forward |
201,571 |
212,680 |
Eliq Limited
(Registration number: 11475289)
Statement of Financial Position as at 31 December 2025
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Payables: Amounts falling due within one year |
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Net assets |
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Equity |
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Retained earnings |
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These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 and in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A - small entities.
The financial statements of Eliq Limited were approved and authorised for issue by the
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Director
Eliq Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
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General information |
Eliq Limited (the 'company') is a private company limited by share capital, registered in England and Wales under the Companies Act. The address of the registered office is given on page 1. The nature of the company’s operations and its principal activities are set out in the directors' report on page 2.
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Accounting policies |
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
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006.
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.
The functional currency of the company is considered to be pound sterling (£) because that is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the company operates. The financial statements are presented in pound sterling (£).
Summary of disclosure exemptions
The company meets the definition of a qualifying entity under FRS 102 and has therefore taken advantage of the disclosure exemptions available to it in respect of its separate financial statements.The company is consolidated in the financial statements of its parent, Eliq AB, which may be obtained from Stora Badhusgatan 18-20, 41121, Gothenburg, Sweden. Exemptions have been taken in these separate company financial statements in relation to financial instruments, presentation of a cash flow statement, transactions with group entities and remuneration of key management personnel.
Going concern
The director has considered the company’s financial position, liquidity and future performance together with financial projections for the company and over the foreseeable future and has also reviewed the ongoing committed financial support from the company's parent undertaking and is confident this will be available for the foreseeable future. After making enquiries, the director is satisfied that the company has sufficient resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. Accordingly, he continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the company’s financial statements.
Eliq Limited is reliant on the support of Eliq AB as the parent company which is committed to the UK market and has demonstrated its support through a letter of support.
Eliq Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025 (continued)
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Accounting policies (continued) |
Critical judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainties
There were no key sources of estimation uncertainties or critical judgements made by the directors in the process of applying the company’s accounting policies with significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements.
Revenue recognition
Revenue represents the value of consideration receivable for the provision of research and development services to its parent undertaking, net of value added tax. Revenue from the provision of services is recognised when the services have been provided. Revenue is recognised when the amount of revenue can be reliably measured and it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the company.
Research and development costs
The company expenses all research costs as incurred. Expenditure on development activities, whereby research findings are applied to a plan or design for the production of new substantially improved processes, is capitalised as an intangible asset if the process is technically and commercially feasible and the company has sufficient resources and the intention to complete development. All other development expenditure and expenditure on research activities are recognised in the Income Statement.
Foreign currency transactions and balances
Tax
The tax expense for the period comprises current tax and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the income statement, 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.
Current tax is provided at amounts expected to be paid (or recovered) using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end.
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date where transactions or events that result in an obligation to pay more tax in the future or a right to pay less tax in the future have occurred at the balance sheet date. Timing differences are differences between the company's taxable profits and its results as stated in the financial statements that arise from the inclusion of gains and losses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in the financial statements.
Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that, on the basis of all available evidence, it can be regarded as more likely than not that there will be suitable taxable profits from which the future reversal of the underlying timing differences can be deducted.
Eliq Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025 (continued)
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Accounting policies (continued) |
Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment are stated in the statement of financial position at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.
The cost of property, plant and equipment includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.
Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets over their estimated useful lives as follows:
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Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise bank current accounts that are subject to an insignificant risk of
change in value.
Receivables
Trade and other receivables that are receivable within one year and do not constitute a financing transaction are recorded at the undiscounted amount expected to be received, net of impairment. Those that are receivable after more than one year or that constitute a financing transaction are recorded initially at fair value less transaction costs and subsequently at amortised cost, net of impairment.
Payables
Trade payables are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Trade and other payables are classified as current liabilities if the company 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 and other payables that are payable within one year and do not constitute a financing transaction are recorded at the undiscounted amount expected to be paid. Those that are payable after more than one year or that constitute a financing transaction are recorded initially at transaction price and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
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.
Defined contribution pension obligation
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the schemes are held separately from those of the company. Contributions are recognised in the income statement in the period in which they become payable.
Eliq Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025 (continued)
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Accounting policies (continued) |
Share based payments
The Company participates in equity-settled share-based payment arrangements operated by its parent undertaking. The cost attributable to the Company is measured using a reasonable allocation of the group expense and recognised over the vesting period, with a corresponding credit to equity.
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Staff numbers |
The average number of persons employed by the company (including the director) during the year, was
Eliq Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025 (continued)
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Taxation |
Tax charged/(credited) in the income statement
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Current taxation |
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UK corporation tax |
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UK corporation tax adjustment to prior periods |
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The standard rate of UK corporation tax applied to the reported profit before tax for the year is
The difference between the total tax charge shown above and the amount calculated by applying the standard rate of UK corporation tax to the profit before tax is as follows:
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Corporation tax at standard rate |
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Decrease in UK and foreign current tax from adjustment for prior periods |
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Tax increase/(decrease) from effect of capital allowances and depreciation |
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Effect of expense not deductible in determining taxable profit |
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Effect of tax losses |
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Tax decrease arising from group relief |
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Increase from effect of tax incentives |
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Tax decrease from effect of adjustment in research and development tax credit |
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Total tax (credit)/charge |
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Eliq Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025 (continued)
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Property, plant and equipment |
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Computer equipment |
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Cost |
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Additions |
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Depreciation |
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Charge for the year |
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Carrying amount |
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At 31 December 2024 |
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Receivables |
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Amounts owed by parent undertaking |
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Other receivables |
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Prepayments |
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The amount owed by parent undertaking disclosed as repayable within one year is unsecured, receivable on demand and is non-interest bearing.
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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Cash at bank |
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Eliq Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025 (continued)
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Payables |
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Share capital and reserves |
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Reserves
The retained earnings reserve represents cumulative profit or losses net of dividends paid and other adjustments.
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Pension scheme |
Defined contribution pension scheme
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the company to the scheme and amounted to £
Contributions totalling £1,845 (2024: £1,242) were payable to the scheme at the end of the year and are included in other payables.
Eliq Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025 (continued)
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Share-based payments |
Share-based payments
The company's parent undertaking, Eliq AB, operates an option rights plan for its key employees which entitles these employees (including the company's employees) to acquire shares in the parent undertaking.
The Company has taken advantage of the disclosure exemptions available under FRS 102 Section 1A in respect of share-based payment arrangements, as equivalent disclosures are included in the consolidated financial statements of Eliq AB. No share-based payment expense was recognised by the Company in the current or preceding year.
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Parent and ultimate parent undertaking |
The company's immediate parent is
The most senior parent entity producing publicly available financial statements is
The ultimate controlling party is
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Related party transactions |
The company is a wholly owned subsidiary member of its group and has therefore taken advantage of the provisions of paragraph 1AC.35 of FRS 102 - Small Entities not to disclose transactions with entities that are wholly owned members of the group.
There were no other related party transactions to disclose.
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Events after the financial period |
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