ALSFORD TIMBER LIMITED
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Cash
£9m
+13% vs 2024
Net assets
£20m
+0.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
217
+1.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£40k
-88.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £51,539,676 | £49,619,199 | £50,907,102 | +2.6% | |
| Operating profit | £331,860 | £106,950 | -£145,984 | -236.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £576,433 | £339,483 | £39,708 | -88.3% | |
| Net profit | £85,886 | £106,542 | £153,076 | +43.7% | |
| Cash | £9,426,526 | £7,994,753 | £9,036,782 | +13% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,716,575 | £21,056,058 | £21,094,503 | +0.2% | |
| Net assets | £20,161,324 | £20,267,866 | £20,420,942 | +0.8% | |
| Equity | £20,161,324 | £20,267,866 | £20,420,942 | +0.8% | |
| Average employees | 232 | 213 | 217 | +1.9% | |
| Wages | £8,457,741 | £8,114,561 | £8,726,490 | +7.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £182,206 | £158,988 | £159,765 | +0.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £8,718 | £11,625 | +33.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £182,206 | £158,988 | £159,765 | +0.5% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.6% | 0.2% | -0.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.6% | 0.5% | -0.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 19.5% | 21.3% | 22.3% | |
| Current ratio | 5.17x | 4.69x | 4.49x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- ALSFORD TIMBER LIMITED 1993-10-18 → present
- ALSFORD TIMBER TRADERS LIMITED 1993-08-26 → 1993-10-18
- BALDGROVE LIMITED 1993-06-16 → 1993-08-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the company's cash position and forecasts until December 2027, as well as the cash position of the wider Geo Kingsbury group... The directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KINGSBURY, Mark William | Secretary | 1997-09-17 | — | English |
| FULLER, Neil Anthony | Director | 2007-11-01 | Feb 1965 | British |
| KINGSBURY, Christopher | Director | 1993-09-06 | Nov 1937 | British |
| KINGSBURY, Mark William | Director | 2005-02-25 | Sep 1964 | English |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KINGSBURY, Michael George | Secretary | 1993-09-06 | 1997-09-17 |
| BARBICAN SECRETARIES | Corporate Secretary | 1993-08-24 | 1993-09-06 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-06-16 | 1993-08-24 |
| BRYANT, Dorothy Anne | Director | 1993-12-21 | 1998-12-01 |
| CARTER, Terence Charles | Director | 1993-08-24 | 1993-09-06 |
| GILROY, Howard Stephen | Director | 1993-12-21 | 2000-09-29 |
| GRIFFITHS, Emrys John | Director | 1998-04-14 | 2005-02-25 |
| JOHNSON, Michael Ian | Director | 1993-08-24 | 1993-09-06 |
| KEMP, Quinton | Director | 2000-01-06 | 2005-12-01 |
| KINGSBURY, Michael George | Director | 1993-09-06 | 2023-11-20 |
| MILLS, Margaret Elizabeth | Director | 1993-08-24 | 1993-09-06 |
| OSBORN, William | Director | 2000-01-06 | 2000-04-05 |
| PAINES, Nigel William | Director | 1998-12-22 | 2001-01-31 |
| WHITE, Robert Alan | Director | 1993-12-21 | 1999-01-28 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-06-16 | 1993-08-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geo. Kingsbury Timber Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.