THE NATIONAL FOREST COMPANY
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Cash
£1.6m
-6% vs 2024
Net assets
£17m
+5.1% vs 2024
Employees
42
+2.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£935k
+213.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £283,256 | £415,116 | +46.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£9,741 | £20,642 | +311.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£825,950 | £935,498 | +213.3% | |
| Net profit | -£652,269 | £833,158 | +227.7% | |
| Cash | £1,672,733 | £1,573,091 | -6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,023,642 | £16,833,319 | +5.1% | |
| Net assets | £16,023,642 | £16,833,319 | +5.1% | |
| Equity | £16,023,642 | £16,833,319 | +5.1% | |
| Average employees | 41 | 42 | +2.4% | |
| Wages | £1,692,312 | £1,897,019 | +12.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £120,000 | £126,000 | +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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.4% | 5.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.1% | 0.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.42x | 3.31x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE NATIONAL FOREST COMPANY 1995-04-12 → present
- THE NATIONAL FOREST COMPANY LIMITED 1994-11-18 → 1995-04-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Comptroller and Auditor General
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have reviewed budgets, forecasts, and anticipated Grant in Aid receipts and other funding from Defra, and together with considering the potential impacts on its financial position from both internal and external risks, have concluded there is a reasonable expectation that the NFC has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date that the financial statements are approved.”
Group structure
- THE NATIONAL FOREST COMPANY · parent
- National Forest Enterprises Limited 100%
- The Forest Experience Limited
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 49 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDMONDSON, Craig | Secretary | 2025-05-06 | — | — |
| BALLANCE, Anthony John | Director | 2024-01-01 | Nov 1964 | British |
| CAMBRIDGE, Beth | Director | 2026-01-01 | Jun 1992 | British |
| COATES, Penelope Ann | Director | 2022-04-01 | Feb 1963 | British |
| EVERITT, John Neil | Director | 2015-01-05 | Feb 1967 | British |
| GADSDEN, Ruth | Director | 2023-01-01 | May 1964 | British |
| HOOPER-SMITH, Emma Jane Louise | Director | 2026-01-01 | Jun 1967 | British |
| JENKINS, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 2021-01-01 | Jan 1965 | British |
| LOCKHART, John Alexander | Director | 2026-01-01 | Sep 1961 | British |
| ORSI, Paul | Director | 2026-01-01 | Nov 1974 | British |
| ROBINSON, Matthew Brett | Director | 2023-01-01 | Jul 1977 | British |
Show 49 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEECH, Angela | Secretary | 2011-11-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| DEWSNAP, Michael | Secretary | 1995-09-11 | 2011-10-31 |
| FLETCHER, Amanda Jane | Secretary | 2023-05-02 | 2024-12-31 |
| INSLEY, Louise | Secretary | 2024-12-11 | 2025-05-06 |
| INSLEY, Louise | Secretary | 2023-01-01 | 2023-05-03 |
| JONES, Craig Vincent | Secretary | 1994-11-18 | 1995-09-11 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-11-18 | 1994-11-18 |
| ASTLING, Alistair Vivian | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2005-03-31 |
| BALLANCE, Anthony John | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| BELL, Susan | Director | 1995-04-03 | 2006-01-31 |
| BUCKNER, Jack Richard | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| CANNING, Russell Jonathan | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2011-03-31 |
| CARR, Suzanne Margaret | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2018-05-16 |
| CHURCHILL, Sophie | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| CLARKE, Roger, Dr | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2018-03-31 |
| DUNCAN OF SPRINGBANK, Ian James, Lord | Director | 2020-05-20 | 2023-12-31 |
| FIELD, Alison Blanche | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| GLYNN, Martin Charles | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2010-03-31 |
| GOODE, David | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2004-03-31 |
| GRAHAM-HARRISON, Catherine Theodora | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2016-03-31 |
| HAMS, Anthony David Maurice | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2016-03-31 |
| HARROP, Patrick David | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| HEMMING, Christine Margaret | Director | 1999-06-01 | 2005-03-31 |
| HOLMES, Christopher Peter | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2020-11-06 |
| JEFFRAY, Duncan John, Dr | Director | 1995-04-01 | 1998-03-31 |
| JOHNSON, Oliver William | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2010-03-31 |
| KAPUR, Arvind Michael | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| LADE, Hilary Jane | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2002-12-31 |
| LE VAILLANT, Valerie Ellen | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2011-03-31 |
| MAHONY, Brian | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2018-03-31 |
| NICHOLLS, David Webster | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2015-03-31 |
| NICHOLS, Dinah Alison | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2011-03-31 |
| PELLEW, Robin Anthony, Dr | Director | 2007-04-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| PENROSE, Derrick Roch | Director | 1995-04-03 | 1999-03-31 |
| PERRY, John Trevor | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2007-03-31 |
| RICHARDS, Patricia | Director | 1999-06-01 | 2005-03-31 |
| STEELEY, Geoffrey Charles | Director | 1995-04-01 | 1999-03-31 |
| SWARBRICK, Rodney Newman | Director | 1994-11-18 | 1999-03-31 |
| TALLANTIRE, Jean | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2007-03-31 |
| TAYLOR, David William Grenville | Director | 1995-04-01 | 1998-03-31 |
| THOMPSON, Carol Anne | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2004-03-31 |
| THOMPSON, John Nicholas | Director | 1995-04-01 | 2001-03-31 |
| TILLEY, Fiona Jane, Doctor | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2007-03-31 |
| WARREN, Susan Ann, Dr | Director | 2007-04-01 | 2013-03-31 |
| WEBB, Judith | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2013-03-31 |
| WILKINS, Rupert Edward | Director | 1995-04-01 | 2001-03-31 |
| WORSLEY, William Ralph, Sir | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2020-05-19 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-11-18 | 1994-11-18 |
| THE NATIONAL FOREST COMPANY | Corporate Director | 2010-04-01 | 2011-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 196 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-28 | 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
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.