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Lease control weakness prompts 2025 report amendment at Where Food Comes From (WFCF)

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Where Food Comes From, Inc. filed an amendment to its 2025 annual report to add a previously omitted material weakness in internal control over financial reporting tied to lease accounting under FASB ASC 842.

The issue arose after a November 21, 2025 lease amendment that shortened the lease term from an anticipated July 31, 2031 end date (including renewal options) to a contractual term through December 31, 2027. An improper application of ASC 842 caused a material overstatement of right of use assets and other income for 2025. Management states it has remediated the weakness by correctly applying ASC 842 and considering the use of additional experts for rare or non-routine transactions. They report no material misstatements were identified in the 2025 financial statements and maintain that disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2025.

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  • Identification of a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting related to improper application of FASB ASC 842 on a significant lease amendment, which caused material overstatements of right of use assets and other income for 2025 and required amending the 2025 annual report’s controls disclosure.

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Amended 2025 report adds a lease-related material weakness, now remediated.

Where Food Comes From, Inc. is revising its 2025 annual report solely to replace the controls section and disclose a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting. The weakness stemmed from an improper application of FASB ASC 842 (Leases) after a November 21, 2025 lease amendment.

The lease term was shortened from an anticipated July 31, 2031 end date (including renewal options) to a contractual term through December 31, 2027. Misapplication of ASC 842 led to a material overstatement of right of use assets and other income for 2025, prompting additional analysis.

Management reports it has remediated the weakness by correctly applying ASC 842 and may use external experts on rare or non-routine transactions. They state no material misstatements were found in the 2025 financials and still conclude disclosure controls were effective as of December 31, 2025, though investors may view any material weakness as a governance and reporting risk until consistent execution is demonstrated in future periods.

Non-affiliate market value $27,604,411 Aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates on June 30, 2025
Stock price $11.06 per share Closing price used to calculate non-affiliate market value on June 30, 2025
Shares outstanding 5,048,251 shares Common stock outstanding as of February 18, 2026
Original anticipated lease end July 31, 2031 Anticipated lease end date including renewal options before amendment
Amended lease end December 31, 2027 Contractual lease term after November 21, 2025 amendment with The Move, LLC
Material weakness timing February 2026 Date management concluded a material weakness existed regarding ASC 842 application
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"identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting"
A material weakness is a significant flaw in the systems and checks a company uses to ensure its financial reports are accurate, meaning errors or fraud could happen and not be caught. For investors it matters because it raises the risk that reported results are unreliable—similar to finding a hole in a ship’s hull—potentially leading to corrected financials, regulatory action, reduced trust, and negative effects on stock value and borrowing costs.
internal control over financial reporting financial
"a material weakness existed with respect to management’s improper application of FASB ASC 842"
Internal control over financial reporting is a company’s system of procedures and checks designed to make sure its financial statements are accurate and complete, like a set of guardrails and verification steps that catch mistakes or fraud before numbers are published. Investors care because strong controls make reported results more trustworthy, lower the risk of surprise restatements or regulatory problems, and give greater confidence when valuing the company or comparing it to peers.
FASB ASC 842 (Leases) financial
"management’s improper application of FASB ASC 842 (Leases)"
right of use assets financial
"resulted in the material overstatement of right of use assets"
A right-of-use asset is the value recorded on a company’s balance sheet that represents its contracted right to use a rented item—like office space, equipment, or vehicles—for a set period. Investors care because recognizing these assets (and the matching lease obligations) changes reported assets, debt levels, profitability metrics and cash-flow presentation, similar to how switching from short-term renting to showing a long-term commitment would alter a household’s financial snapshot.
COSO Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013) financial
"used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013)"
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K/A

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from ____________ to _____________

 

Commission File No. 001-40314

 

WHERE FOOD COMES FROM, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Colorado   43-1802805
(State of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

202 6th Street, Suite 400

Castle Rock, CO 80104

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(303) 895-3002

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

(Title of Class)

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes ☐ No

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

Yes ☐ No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer: Accelerated filer:
Non-accelerated filer: Smaller reporting company:
Emerging growth company    

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C.7252(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. Yes ☐ No

 

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by checkmark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.

Yes ☐ No

 

Indicate by checkmark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to Section 240.10D-1(b). Yes ☐ No ☒

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes ☐ No

 

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant on June 30, 2025, the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was $27,604,411, based on the closing stock price on June 30, 2025 of $11.06.

 

The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share, outstanding as of February 18, 2026 was 5,048,251.

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

The purpose of this Amendment No. 1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2026, is solely for the purpose of amending and updating Part II, Item 9A “Controls and Procedures” of the Original Filing in its entirety, which inadvertently failed to disclose a Material Weakness in Internal Control over Financial Reporting and Remediation Plan for the year ended December 31, 2025.

 

In addition, pursuant to Rule 12b-15 under the Exchange Act, this Amendment No. 1 also contains new certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which are attached hereto.

 

Except as described above, no other changes are being made to the Original Filing. Further, except as expressly stated, this Amendment No. 1 does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the Original Filing or modify or update in any way any of the other items or disclosures contained in the Original Filing, including, without limitation, the consolidated financial statements and the related footnotes. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing and the Company’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) subsequent to the filing of the Original Filing.

 

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures” pursuant to Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, our management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that our management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of December 31, 2025, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

 

Material Weaknesses in Internal Control over Financial Reporting and Remediation Plan

 

In connection with the audit of our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, we and our independent registered public accounting firm identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

 

In February 2026, management concluded that a material weakness existed with respect to management’s improper application of FASB ASC 842 (Leases). On November 21, 2025, Where Food Comes From, Inc. amended its lease with The Move, LLC, effectively shortening the term of the lease from an anticipated end date of July 31, 2031 (including options to renew) to a contractual lease term through December 31, 2027. An improper application of FASB ASC 842 (Leases) resulted in the material overstatement of right of use assets and a material overstatement of other income for the year ended December 31, 2025. Since such time, management has remediated the material weakness by properly applying FASB ASC 842 and will consider the use of additional experts in the future to assist in interpretation of Accounting Standards to the extent necessary when dealing with rare, unusual and non-routine transactions.

 

In light of this material weaknesses, in preparing our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, we performed additional analyses and procedures to ensure that our consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-K have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. There have been no material misstatements identified in the financial statements as a result of these deficiencies.

 

 

 

 

Management believes that the foregoing efforts will effectively remediate the material weaknesses. As we continue to evaluate and work to improve our internal control over financial reporting, management may determine to take additional measures to address the material weaknesses or to modify the remediation plans described above.

 

Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the SEC that permit the Company to provide only management’s report in this annual report.

 

Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements and can only provide reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

The changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2025, that materially affected, or were reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting are described above under the heading “Material Weakness in Internal Control over Financial Reporting and Remediation Plan.”

 

Except as described above, there have not been any other changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013).

 

ITEM 15.EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

Exhibit Number   Document Name    
31.1   Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002   Filed herewith
31.2   Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002   Filed herewith
104   Cover Page formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101    

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: April 6, 2026 Where Food Comes From, Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Dannette Henning
  Name:  Dannette Henning
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

FAQ

Why did Where Food Comes From (WFCF) amend its 2025 annual report?

Where Food Comes From amended its 2025 annual report to add a previously omitted disclosure of a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting. The weakness related to the company’s application of FASB ASC 842 (Leases) following a 2025 lease amendment and required updating Item 9A controls.

What was the material weakness disclosed by Where Food Comes From (WFCF)?

The material weakness involved improper application of FASB ASC 842 (Leases) after a November 21, 2025 lease amendment. This misapplication caused a material overstatement of right of use assets and other income for the year ended December 31, 2025, prompting enhanced analysis and remediation steps.

Did the material weakness lead to financial misstatements at WFCF for 2025?

Management states that, despite the material weakness, no material misstatements were identified in the 2025 consolidated financial statements. They performed additional analyses and procedures to confirm the financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and left the previously issued financial statements unchanged.

How did Where Food Comes From (WFCF) remediate the lease accounting weakness?

The company remediated the weakness by properly applying FASB ASC 842 to the amended lease and plans to consider using additional accounting experts for rare, unusual, or non-routine transactions. Management believes these steps effectively address the material weakness, while continuing to monitor and adjust controls as needed.

What lease change triggered WFCF’s ASC 842 control issue?

On November 21, 2025, Where Food Comes From amended its lease with The Move, LLC, shortening the term from an anticipated July 31, 2031 end date, including renewal options, to a contractual term through December 31, 2027. Misapplication of ASC 842 to this change caused the control deficiency.

What is WFCF’s market value and share count mentioned in this filing?

The filing states non-affiliates held voting stock with an aggregate market value of $27,604,411 on June 30, 2025, based on a closing price of $11.06 per share. As of February 18, 2026, the company had 5,048,251 shares of common stock outstanding.