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LEASE OBLIGATIONS
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2025
Lease Obligations  
LEASE OBLIGATIONS

NOTE 6 – LEASE OBLIGATIONS

 

The Company accounts for its leases in accordance with ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (“ASC 842”). ASC 842 requires lessees to (i) recognize a right of use asset (“ROU asset”) and a lease liability that is measured at the present value of the remaining lease payments on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) recognize a single lease cost, calculated over the lease term on a straight-line basis and (iii) classify lease related cash payments within operating and financing activities.

 

The Company’s operating lease consists of a lease for office space. The Company’s finance lease activities consist of leases for equipment. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet. The office lease contains an option to a renewal period of five years at then-current market rates. The equipment leases are non-renewable as the Company owns the equipment at the end of the lease period, for a nominal amount.

 

In May 2023, the Company executed a new office lease for 2,978 square feet starting July 1, 2023, for its executive offices. The lease term runs through the end of December 2026. The Company recognized an initial operating lease right-of-use asset of $271,396 and an operating lease liability of $271,396. Due to the simplistic nature of the Company’s leases, no retained earnings adjustments were required.

 

The following table shows the classification and location of the Company’s leases in the Consolidated Balance Sheets:

 

Leases  Balance Sheet Location  October 31, 2025   October 31, 2024 
Assets             
Noncurrent:             
Operating  Right-of-use asset – operating lease  $360,681   $481,825 
Finance  Property and equipment, net   -    3,351 
Total Lease Assets     $360,681   $485,176 
              
Liabilities             
Current:             
Operating  Operating lease liabilities  $136,813   $121,144 
Finance  Finance lease liabilities   5,043    12,081 
Noncurrent:             
Operating  Operating lease liabilities   223,868    360,681 
Finance  Finance lease liabilities   -    5,042 
Total Lease Liabilities     $365,724   $498,948 

 

 

The following table shows the classification and location of the Company’s lease costs in the Consolidated Statements of Operations:

 

   Location      
   Statements of Operations  Year Ended October 31, 
   Location  2025   2024 
Operating lease expense  General and administrative expense  $220,068   $203,557 
Finance lease expense:             
Interest on lease liability  Interest expense   722    7,992 
Total Lease expense     $220,790   $211,549 

 

Minimum contractual obligations for the Company’s leases (undiscounted) as of October 31, 2025 were as follows:

 

   Operating   Finance 
Fiscal year 2026  $166,760   $5,150 
Fiscal year 2027   84,609    - 
Fiscal year 2028   67,734    - 
Fiscal year 2029   67,734    - 
Thereafter   45,156    - 
Total Lease Payments  $431,993   $5,150 
Less Imputed interest   (71,312)   (107)
Total lease liability  $360,681   $5,043 

 

The following table shows the weighted average remaining lease term and the weighted average discount rate for the Company’s leases as of the dates indicated: 

 

   October 31, 2025   October 31, 2024 
  

Operating

Leases 

  

Finance

Leases 

  

Operating

Leases 

  

Finance

Leases

 
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years)   3.9    0.54    4.0    1.34 
Weighted-average discount rate (1)   10.00%   6.69%   10.00%   6.67%

 

  (1) The discount rate used for the operating lease is based on the Company’s incremental borrowing rate at lease commencement and may be adjusted if modification to lease terms or lease reassessments occur. The discount rate used for finance leases is based on the rates implicit in the leases.

 

The following table includes other quantitative information for the Company’s leases for the periods indicated:

 

       
   Year Ended October 31, 
   2025   2024 
Cash paid for amounts included in measurement of lease liabilities:        
Cash payments for operating leases  $164,022   $180,581 
Cash payments for finance leases  $12,803   $65,387 

 

The Company recorded amortization of the operating lease right-of-use asset of $121,144 and $106,948 for the years ended October 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.