INTERNATIONAL FORWARDING LIMITED
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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
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
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 59 | 58 | |
| 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
-
Turnover
+11.6%
£10,358,686 £11,560,598
-
Cash
-40.5%
£1,112,856 £662,285
-
Net assets
-20%
£1,088,319 £870,910
-
Employees
-1.7%
59 58
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Operating profit
-54.4%
£437,182 £199,406
-
Profit before tax
-53.3%
£432,056 £201,757
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Wages
+25.8%
£1,895,887 £2,384,591
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 38.6% | 20.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.33x | 1.05x | |
| Interest cover | 74.10x | 84.82x |
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
- INTERNATIONAL FORWARDING LIMITED 2001-09-04 → present
- 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
- “Plant contracted for but not yet delivered: The total amount of other financial commitments not provided in the financial statements was £70,409”
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 | |
| 2026-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.