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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-09 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-06-25

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£662K

-40.5% vs 2024

Net assets

£871K

-20% vs 2024

Employees

58

-1.7% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£202K

-53.3% vs 2024

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31
Turnover £10,358,686£11,560,598
Operating profit £437,182£199,406
Profit before tax £432,056£201,757
Net profit £315,843£149,068
Cash £1,112,856£662,285
Total assets less current liabilities £1,132,920£971,770
Net assets £1,088,319£870,910
Equity £1,088,319£870,910
Average employees 5958
Wages £1,895,887£2,384,591
Directors' remuneration £272,965£634,142

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

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

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

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2024-03-312025-03-31
Operating margin 4.2%1.7%
Net margin 3.0%1.3%
Return on capital employed 38.6%20.5%
Current ratio 1.33x1.05x
Interest cover 74.10x84.82x

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

  1. INTERNATIONAL FORWARDING LIMITED 2001-09-04 → present
  2. W.P.S. INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1987-09-08 → 2001-09-04

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Ballards LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis Having taken into account the continued financial performance experienced to date, together with forecast revenues, the company's ongoing operational expenditure, and the likely capital additions and likely capital repayments, the company's directors have concluded that it is appropriate that these financial statements are prepared and presented using the going concern principle”

Significant events

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

People

4 active · 24 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
NEWTON, Emma Adele Secretary 2026-04-07
FORD, Geoffrey Richard Director 2026-04-07 Dec 1945 British
GRUBB, Andrew Edward Director 2017-06-01 Mar 1977 British
PARSONS, Nigel Alan Director 1992-06-10 Aug 1967 British
Show 24 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BAKER, Roy David Secretary 2007-02-06 2015-05-18
BAKER, Roy David Secretary 1992-02-06 1998-09-30
BENNETT, Raymond Charles Secretary 2005-04-14 2007-02-06
CARTER, Paul Secretary 1992-02-06
FORD, Geoffrey Richard Secretary 2015-06-01 2026-04-07
FORD, Geoffrey Richard Secretary 1998-10-01 2005-04-14
PARSONS, June Elizabeth Secretary 1992-06-10 1996-10-11
BAKER, Roy David Director 2015-05-26
BENNETT, Raymond Charles Director 2025-04-15 2026-04-07
BENNETT, Raymond Charles Director 1999-10-07 2020-06-18
EVERETT, Robin Charles Director 1992-03-24
FORD, Geoffrey Richard Director 2024-01-18 2025-03-24
FORD, Geoffrey Richard Director 2003-01-06 2005-04-14
FORD, Geoffrey Richard Director 1998-10-20 1999-06-29
FORD, Richard Gary Director 2024-01-18 2025-03-24
GREGORY, Allison Director 2022-04-29 2025-08-15
HEMPHILL, Rodney James Director 1992-01-06 1998-10-09
LOLY, Mark Andrew Director 1999-06-29 1999-09-23
PARSONS, Alan John Director 1996-10-11
PARSONS, June Elizabeth Director 1992-06-10 1996-10-11
PEARCE, Reginald William Director 1993-07-14
PIKE, Robert Bruce Director 2007-08-02 2025-03-24
SLATER, Trisha Director 2002-09-05 2026-04-07
WOOD, Christopher John Director 2009-07-22 2011-06-22

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Richard Gary Ford Individual Shares 25–50% 2016-04-06 Active
Mr Nigel Alan Parsons Individual Shares 25–50% 2016-04-06 Active
Mr Geoffrey Richard Ford Individual Shares 25–50% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 175 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-08 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2026-04-08 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-04-08 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-04-08 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-04-08 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2026-01-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-08-21 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-21 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2025-07-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-04-15 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-03-27 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-03-27 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-03-27 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-12-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-06-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-01-18 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-01-18 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-12-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-12-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
9

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
4

last 12 months

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

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