ARBOR FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED
Operating from a dedicated terminal in North Lincolnshire, this independent, family-owned business imports, mills, and processes timber to supply machined wood, MDF mouldings, and structural timber to the UK distributor, merchant, and industrial sectors.
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Cash
£18M
+77.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£93M
-0.6% vs 2024
Employees
183
+4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£15M
-9.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £106,579,000 | £96,889,000 | -9.1% | |
| Operating profit | £15,159,000 | £13,143,000 | -13.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £16,327,000 | £14,835,000 | -9.1% | |
| Net profit | £12,156,000 | £11,037,000 | -9.2% | |
| Cash | £10,193,000 | £18,058,000 | +77.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £96,141,000 | £95,827,000 | -0.3% | |
| Net assets | £93,324,000 | £92,784,000 | -0.6% | |
| Equity | £93,324,000 | £92,784,000 | -0.6% | |
| Average employees | 176 | 183 | +4% | |
| Wages | £7,211,000 | £7,980,000 | +10.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £443,000 | £441,000 | -0.5% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.2% | 13.6% | |
| Net margin | 11.4% | 11.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.8% | 13.7% | |
| Current ratio | 7.77x | 6.63x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ARBOR FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED 2007-12-19 → present
- HOWARTH (TIMBER IMPORTERS) LIMITED 1957-11-15 → 2007-12-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company and the group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future Accordingly. they continue to adopt the going concern basis in prepaing the annual report and financial statements”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOWARTH, Julie Ann | Secretary | 1999-07-01 | — | British |
| HOWARTH, Andrew Peter | Director | — | Oct 1955 | British |
| HOWARTH, Nicholas David | Director | — | Sep 1957 | British |
| OSTLER, Jason | Director | 2016-08-01 | Jun 1971 | British |
| TURNER, Allister Paul | Director | 2023-04-26 | Jun 1973 | British |
| YELL, Philip Adam | Director | 2016-08-01 | Dec 1959 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWARTH, Dorothy Elizabeth Benson | Secretary | — | 1999-07-01 |
| HOWARTH, Deborah Jane | Director | 2010-03-16 | 2019-03-29 |
| HOWARTH, Dorothy Elizabeth Benson | Director | — | 2002-09-20 |
| HOWARTH, Julie Ann | Director | 2010-03-16 | 2019-03-29 |
| LOWDE, James Ernest | Director | — | 2015-03-27 |
| LOWERY, Bernard Peter | Director | — | 2006-01-11 |
| OSTLER, Jason | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2017-08-23 |
| RAMSDEN, Alan | Director | — | 1998-01-31 |
| SIMPSON, Robert Kirk | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2000-03-17 |
| SOUTHARD, Graham Kenneth | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2015-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howarthtimber Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-11-01 | Active |
| Mr Andrew Peter Howarth | Individual | Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as trust), Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence, Significant influence (as trust), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.