ANGLO-NORDEN FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED
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Cash
£504k
-81.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£12m
+1.6% vs 2024
Employees
28
-3.4% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£158k
+134.7% first positive since 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
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £34,700,896 | £31,156,977 | £40,926,354 | +31.4% | |
| Operating profit | £2,246,021 | £8,651,754 | £160,304 | -£403,926 | £220,881 | +154.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,158,089 | £8,631,500 | £100,225 | -£455,891 | £158,004 | +134.7% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £67,056 | -£438,209 | £186,555 | +142.6% | |
| Cash | £3,016,373 | £100,852 | £3,169,091 | £2,663,498 | £503,552 | -81.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,976,159 | £11,086,713 | £12,649,746 | £12,193,855 | £12,351,859 | +1.3% | |
| Net assets | £4,883,917 | £10,948,104 | £12,430,685 | £11,992,476 | £12,179,031 | +1.6% | |
| Equity | £4,883,917 | £10,948,104 | £12,430,685 | £11,992,476 | £12,179,031 | +1.6% | |
| Average employees | 34 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | -3.4% | |
| Wages | £1,681,022 | £1,690,798 | £1,453,468 | £1,527,091 | £1,526,403 | 0% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £223,600 | £282,200 | £287,150 | +1.8% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £223,600 | £282,200 | £287,150 | +1.8% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 0.5% | -1.3% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 0.2% | -1.4% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 45.1% | 78.0% | 1.3% | -3.3% | 1.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.4% | 40.1% | 28.5% | 26.7% | 28.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 3.43x | 3.68x | 3.45x | |
| Interest cover | 40.32x | — | 2.32x | -6.58x | 3.47x |
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
- ANGLO-NORDEN FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED 1999-08-12 → present
- ANGLO-NORDEN FREIGHT LIMITED 1971-03-03 → 1999-08-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BG Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- ANGLO-NORDEN FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED · parent
- Woodbank Timber Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'BRIEN, Anthony Louis | Secretary | — | — | British |
| WEDEL, Anders | Director | 1997-11-01 | May 1971 | Danish |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEDEL, Claus Viggo | Director | — | 1997-11-10 |
| WEDEL, Judith | Director | — | 1992-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Anders Wedel | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2022-07-05 | Active |
| Iq Eq (Ntc) Trustees (Jersey) Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence (as trust) | 2020-02-06 | Ceased 2022-07-22 |
| Mr James Haithwaite | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-12-22 | Ceased 2020-01-10 |
| Hightide Properties Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2025-09-18 |
| Mr Michael Goulborn | Individual | Appoints directors (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2022-09-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-02-14 | 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.