FORCE ONE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-07 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£824K
-27.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
+0.5% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
84
-2.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1K
-100.2% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-11-30 | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £6,835,748 | £8,637,321 | £11,774,000 | £10,841,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,211,241 | £1,610,170 | £1,071,000 | £277,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £987,808 | £1,373,261 | £499,000 | -£1,000 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £572,431 | £1,162,991 | £318,000 | £29,000 | |
| Cash | £1,025,643 | — | £908,078 | £683,889 | £1,139,000 | £824,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,141,064 | — | £8,523,190 | £9,816,270 | £11,156,000 | £9,998,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,833,965 | — | £4,801,153 | £5,382,644 | £5,619,000 | £5,648,000 | |
| Equity | £3,833,965 | £4,258,722 | £4,801,153 | £5,382,644 | £5,619,000 | £5,648,000 | |
| Average employees | 49 | — | 52 | 64 | 86 | 84 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,686,407 | £3,334,708 | £4,550,000 | £4,252,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £62,400 | £62,400 | £104,000 | £135,000 |
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
-7.9%
£11,774,000 £10,841,000
-
Cash
-27.7%
£1,139,000 £824,000
-
Net assets
+0.5%
£5,619,000 £5,648,000
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
-2.3%
86 84
-
Operating profit
-74.1%
£1,071,000 £277,000
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-100.2%
£499,000 -£1,000
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
-6.5%
£4,550,000 £4,252,000
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 | 2019-11-30 | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 17.7% | 18.6% | 9.1% | 2.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 8.4% | 13.5% | 2.7% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 14.2% | 16.4% | 9.6% | 2.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 65.9% | 63.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.59x | 0.57x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 5.42x | 6.77x | 1.86x | 0.99x |
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
- FORCE ONE LIMITED 2011-09-27 → present
- FORCE ONE UTILITIES LIMITED 2004-11-23 → 2011-09-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group and company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future both through its own resources and through the resource and support of the parent company, Angel Trains Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURKE, Declan | Director | 2023-06-01 | Jul 1991 | British |
| COCKAYNE, Timothy Noel | Director | 2026-02-09 | Jul 1978 | British |
| MATTHEWS, Darren Clive | Director | 2023-06-01 | Mar 1968 | British |
| OLIVER, James Richard | Director | 2023-06-01 | Jan 1978 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURKE, Marnie Jane | Secretary | 2004-11-23 | 2023-06-01 |
| BURKE, Patrick John | Director | 2004-11-23 | 2023-06-01 |
| DEVANNEY, William Gerard | Director | 2023-06-01 | 2025-04-30 |
| JACK, Russell George | Director | 2023-06-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| JUPP, John Frederick | Director | 2004-11-23 | 2007-06-22 |
| RAIN, George | Director | 2004-11-23 | 2009-08-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readypower Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-06-01 | Active |
| Force One Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-11-28 | Ceased 2023-06-01 |
| Mrs Marnie Jane Burke | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-11-28 |
| Mr Patrick John Burke | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-11-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 82 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-06-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-06-17 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-27 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-11-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-06-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-06-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.