HUGHES FORREST LIMITED
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Cash
£4.1m
-28.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£9.7m
+6.5% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
99
+1% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.1m
+11% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,706,886 | £20,183,444 | £19,473,291 | £18,884,683 | £18,948,618 | £19,940,902 | +5.2% | |
| Operating profit | £1,616,678 | £2,614,101 | £1,681,873 | £1,124,686 | £910,991 | £1,068,194 | +17.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,580,063 | £2,574,688 | £1,663,663 | £711,222 | £948,397 | £1,052,551 | +11% | |
| Net profit | £1,265,501 | £2,084,147 | £1,337,828 | £496,589 | £676,747 | £753,657 | +11.4% | |
| Cash | £2,868,512 | £3,665,110 | £4,570,972 | £5,516,446 | £5,809,989 | £4,136,089 | -28.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,908,085 | £7,783,597 | £8,804,114 | £9,121,950 | £9,604,100 | £10,158,417 | +5.8% | |
| Net assets | £5,347,391 | £7,240,663 | £8,316,741 | £8,630,330 | £9,127,227 | £9,723,384 | +6.5% | |
| Equity | £5,347,391 | £7,240,663 | £8,316,741 | £8,630,330 | £9,127,227 | £9,723,384 | +6.5% | |
| Average employees | 91 | 91 | 93 | 96 | 98 | 99 | +1% | |
| Wages | £2,407,868 | £2,562,139 | £2,762,987 | £2,983,217 | £3,086,327 | £3,236,941 | +4.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £356,531 | £362,810 | £374,896 | £369,537 | £318,856 | £331,446 | +3.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | — | £96,003 | £96,248 | +0.3% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | — | £166,343 | £177,222 | +6.5% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.3% | 13.0% | 8.6% | 6.0% | 4.8% | 5.4% | |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 10.3% | 6.9% | 2.6% | 3.6% | 3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.4% | 33.6% | 19.1% | 12.3% | 9.5% | 10.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 34.2% | 28.7% | 23.9% | 22.7% | 23.7% | 22.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 4.32x | 3.84x | |
| Interest cover | 44.15x | 66.33x | 92.36x | 65.00x | 6.21x | 7.09x |
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
- HUGHES FORREST LIMITED 1995-03-14 → present
- HUGHES FORREST AND EVANS(NEWPORT) LIMITED 1968-01-31 → 1995-03-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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”
Significant events
- “The only subsidiary, Huw Bolderson Roofing Merchants Limited dissolved on 9th December 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIAN, Richard | Secretary | 2003-03-01 | — | British |
| BRIAN, Richard | Director | 2005-02-01 | Jan 1974 | British |
| BULPIN, Nicholas John | Director | 2005-02-01 | Mar 1964 | British |
| EDWARDS, David Frederick | Director | 1995-02-09 | May 1947 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIAN, Desmond William | Secretary | 1995-02-09 | 2003-03-01 |
| DAVIES, Peter Robert | Secretary | — | 1995-02-09 |
| BRIAN, Desmond William | Director | 1995-02-09 | 2010-10-12 |
| LEWIS, Brian Robert | Director | 1995-02-14 | 1999-08-27 |
| SCARBOROUGH, Peter Andrew | Director | 2017-08-18 | 2024-06-13 |
| TOPLIS, Francis George | Director | — | 1995-02-09 |
| TOPLIS, Stephen | Director | — | 1995-02-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Elizabeth Thomas | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-10-20 | Active |
| Mr Richard Brian | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-10-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2019-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.