ESKDALEMUIR FORESTRY LIMITED
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Cash
£5.5M
+105.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£87M
+4.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4.3M
+4.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,129,000 | £8,319,000 | £8,909,000 | +7.1% | |
| Operating profit | £3,684,000 | £3,918,000 | £4,314,000 | +10.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,853,000 | £4,086,000 | £4,263,000 | +4.3% | |
| Net profit | £3,633,000 | £3,684,000 | £3,822,000 | +3.7% | |
| Cash | £7,266,000 | £2,680,000 | £5,497,000 | +105.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £80,831,000 | £86,248,000 | £86,738,000 | +0.6% | |
| Net assets | £80,780,000 | £82,855,000 | £86,677,000 | +4.6% | |
| Equity | £79,171,000 | £82,855,000 | £86,677,000 | +4.6% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 40.4% | 47.1% | 48.4% | |
| Net margin | 39.8% | 44.3% | 42.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.6% | 4.5% | 5.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.1% | 7.5% | 5.2% | |
| Current ratio | 5.96x | 4.25x | 1.65x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 20.45x |
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
- ESKDALEMUIR FORESTRY LIMITED 2008-09-26 → present
- KRONOSPAN FORESTRY LIMITED 1994-10-25 → 2008-09-26
- ALDERLEAF LIMITED 1994-09-19 → 1994-10-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Auditor
- WR Partners
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Robert Mark | Secretary | 2021-03-10 | — | — |
| BIRRELL, George Andrew | Director | 2005-09-30 | Dec 1968 | British |
| MITCHELL, Teresa Janet | Director | 2016-01-12 | May 1970 | British |
| SCHEIBLREITER, Ludwig Alois Johannes | Director | 2011-01-01 | Jul 1963 | Austrian |
| WELSTEAD, John Fenning | Director | 2007-09-17 | Feb 1956 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RYAN, Christopher James | Secretary | 1994-09-30 | 2021-03-09 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-09-19 | 1994-09-30 |
| ADKINS, Gavin Paul | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2012-11-16 |
| BODICOAT, Alan Charles | Director | 2006-02-06 | 2006-03-06 |
| BODICOAT, Alan Charles | Director | 1995-04-13 | 2004-09-06 |
| HALL, Michael George Henry | Director | 2007-09-10 | 2008-09-29 |
| HILL, Royston Eric | Director | 1997-03-01 | 1998-02-18 |
| INCH, Philip Richard | Director | 1997-07-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| KAINDL, Martin Matthias | Director | 1997-03-01 | 2019-08-20 |
| KAINDL -SCHONBORN, Elisabeth, Countess | Director | 2012-06-06 | 2017-11-29 |
| LEITCH, Robert Craig | Director | 2005-07-25 | 2005-09-30 |
| MATVEIEFF, Nicholas | Director | 1994-09-30 | 2003-08-26 |
| MITCHELL, Teresa Janet | Director | 2009-08-07 | 2011-04-08 |
| SAGGERS, Michael Terry | Director | 1994-09-19 | 1994-09-30 |
| SCHEIBLREITER, Ludwig Walter | Director | 1994-09-30 | 1997-03-01 |
| SCHONBORN, Damian | Director | 1997-03-20 | 2003-08-26 |
| THOMPSON, John Ian | Director | 2011-04-08 | 2014-07-10 |
| WOOLRICH, Anthony | Director | 1999-09-07 | 2005-07-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-03-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-03-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-09-21 | 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.