ADVENTURE FOREST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-03 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-14.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
-18.5% vs 2023
Employees
934
-3.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-37.2% first positive since 2019
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-01-01 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £21,188,000 | — | £19,825,000 | £40,916,000 | £27,519,957 | £26,509,368 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£1,103,000 | — | £4,354,000 | £18,263,000 | £3,312,193 | £1,944,703 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£1,372,000 | — | £4,288,000 | £18,215,000 | £3,548,991 | £2,228,161 | |
| Net profit | — | -£1,229,000 | — | £3,442,000 | £14,840,000 | £2,687,414 | £1,654,866 | |
| Cash | — | £1,282,000 | — | £10,050,000 | £9,954,000 | £6,120,322 | £5,239,093 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £5,705,000 | — | £11,159,000 | £6,790,000 | £6,802,183 | £5,555,322 | |
| Net assets | — | £1,990,000 | — | £5,441,000 | £6,259,000 | £6,608,040 | £5,382,906 | |
| Equity | £3,210,000 | £1,990,000 | £1,990,000 | £5,441,000 | £6,259,000 | £6,608,040 | £5,382,906 | |
| Average employees | — | 715 | — | 645 | 899 | 968 | 934 | |
| Wages | — | £9,953,000 | — | £8,907,000 | £12,207,000 | £12,703,131 | £13,103,837 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £789,000 | — | £460,000 | £570,000 | £468,475 | £623,808 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-3.7%
£27,519,957 £26,509,368
-
Cash
-14.4%
£6,120,322 £5,239,093
-
Net assets
-18.5%
£6,608,040 £5,382,906
-
Employees
-3.5%
968 934
-
Operating profit
-41.3%
£3,312,193 £1,944,703
first positive since 2019
-
Profit before tax
-37.2%
£3,548,991 £2,228,161
first positive since 2019
-
Wages
+3.2%
£12,703,131 £13,103,837
highest in 5 filed years
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 | 2019-01-01 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -5.2% | — | 22.0% | 44.6% | 12.0% | 7.3% | |
| Net margin | — | -5.8% | — | 17.4% | 36.3% | 9.8% | 6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -19.3% | — | 39.0% | 269.0% | 48.7% | 35.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.33x | 1.26x | |
| Interest cover | — | -9.19x | — | 24.60x | 154.77x | 85.67x | 257.44x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ensors Accountants LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ADVENTURE FOREST LIMITED · parent
- Oystershell Inc 100%
Significant events
- “In 2024 the Company opened one new location and the second standalone TTA and TTA+ course at Salcey Forest in Northamptonshire.”
- “On 5th May 2023 the Company repaid in full the remaining bank loan of £413,727 together with accrued interest, leaving the company free of any external bank debt.”
- “During the year ended 31 December 2024, Adventure Forest Limited made payments against the deferred consideration totalling £2,880,000 (2023 - £287,566), to the former shareholders. On 11 March 2025, Adventure Forest Limited made a further payment of £1,500,000 against the deferred consideration from the distributable reserves generated in the year ended 31 December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARDEN, Douglas | Secretary | 2021-11-04 | — | — |
| GARDEN, Douglas | Director | 2021-11-04 | Aug 1985 | British |
| GARROD, Bruce | Director | 2025-02-28 | Sep 1976 | British |
| HALL, Nicholas | Director | 2015-05-14 | Mar 1971 | British |
| O'BOYLE, Joanne Marie | Director | 2021-11-04 | Aug 1980 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Nicholas | Secretary | 2018-09-11 | 2021-11-04 |
| MAYHEW, Rebecca Kathleen Sarah | Secretary | 2002-01-02 | 2018-09-11 |
| CER AGENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-12-21 | 2002-01-02 |
| DAVIES, Andrew Mark | Director | 2016-04-04 | 2019-12-10 |
| DAVIES, Benjamin | Director | 2021-11-04 | 2025-09-30 |
| GALBRAITH, William James Kennedy | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2021-11-04 |
| IVEAGH, Arthur Edward Rory, Lord | Director | 2006-03-29 | 2008-09-09 |
| MAYHEW, Jerome Patrick Burke, The Honourable | Director | 2006-09-20 | 2020-03-31 |
| MAYHEW, Rebecca Kathleen Sarah | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2021-11-04 |
| MAYHEW, Tristram Thomas Burke | Director | 2002-01-02 | 2021-11-04 |
| NICHOLSON, Roy Knollys Ellard | Director | 2008-02-16 | 2015-12-03 |
| NOAKES, Jon | Director | 2019-01-15 | 2019-11-29 |
| ROSSITER, Paul Henry | Director | 2004-10-05 | 2016-06-30 |
| WREN, Stephen | Director | 2021-11-04 | 2022-02-25 |
| CER NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-12-21 | 2002-01-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Tristram Thomas Burke Mayhew | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mrs Rebecca Kathleen Sarah Mayhew | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Adventure Forest Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.