FORRESTER (SALES) LIMITED

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

• Turnover

  +5.6%

  £88,994,674 → £94,010,059

• Cash

  -52.9%

  £1,140,902 → £537,099

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Net assets

  +13.2%

  £14,335,448 → £16,220,596

  highest in 4 filed years

• Employees

  -2.1%

  380 → 372

• Operating profit

  -0.8%

  £2,951,921 → £2,929,296

• Profit before tax

  -1.2%

  £2,949,551 → £2,915,363

• Wages

  +6.4%

  £14,305,849 → £15,226,661

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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.

1. FORRESTER (SALES) LIMITED 1989-06-21 → present
2. FORRESTER CHICKENS (SALES) LIMITED 1972-12-07 → 1989-06-21

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

JS. Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “Production capacity was further increased and the company has overhauled a number of its 15 packing lines within the cooked department.”
• “The company continues to invest in R&D initiatives, including chicken cuff technology.”
• “Modest growth in sales for 2024/25 to £94m (2023/24: £89m).”
• “In April 2025 the company once again received BRC (British Retail Consortium) accreditation by BRC SAI Global to Grade A* Standard.”
• “The balance sheet total has improved, being £16.2m for 2024/25 compared to £14.3m for 2023/24.”
• “Trade debtor days being at 54 days at year end. Creditor days were at 32 days at year end.”
• “Continued to refurbish our factory, to ensure that the facility always looks cared for and in top condition.”
• “A big overhaul of our raw defrosting facilities was completed, enabling us to take advantage of certain frozen deals as they arose.”
• “The monthly attendance bonus is now a regular and valued incentive for staff. Staff retention remains good, and we now celebrate the long service of colleagues by publishing their names after 10 years continued service in our Coop facility area.”
• “Continue to improve our automatic traceability, and are actively looking at how advances in Al can be utilitised across site.”
• “Energy efficiencies gained during the year were largely due to further refrigeration upgrades and the solar panel installation which was completed in October 2024, and we believe this has contributed in reducing our consumption from the grid by about 14%.”
• “We are moving away from PP trays in 2025 and will be predominantly APET from January 2026.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.