COOMBES FORESTRY LIMITED
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Cash
£8.6m
-20.2% vs 2025
Net assets
£15m
+0.8% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
97
+6.6% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£174k
-90.2% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,329,535 | £45,111,822 | £22,926,962 | £23,236,771 | £25,126,277 | +8.1% | |
| Operating profit | £2,271,976 | £9,778,252 | £2,823,699 | £1,446,303 | -£136,575 | -109.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,209,868 | £9,709,640 | £3,037,715 | £1,773,495 | £174,071 | -90.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,771,546 | £7,945,781 | £2,286,950 | £1,312,089 | £125,851 | -90.4% | |
| Cash | £8,564,086 | £11,481,319 | £9,708,201 | £10,807,444 | £8,624,833 | -20.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,734,715 | £15,150,973 | £14,895,413 | £16,030,339 | £16,328,704 | +1.9% | |
| Net assets | £5,612,555 | £13,558,336 | £13,713,968 | £15,026,057 | £15,151,908 | +0.8% | |
| Equity | £5,612,555 | £13,558,336 | £13,713,968 | £15,026,057 | £15,151,908 | +0.8% | |
| Average employees | 45 | 57 | 75 | 91 | 97 | +6.6% | |
| Wages | £6,674,512 | £9,293,136 | £4,150,856 | £4,808,049 | £4,794,006 | -0.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,511,206 | £513,249 | £428,365 | £869,963 | £213,449 | -75.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £4,476 | £7,044 | £7,044 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £226,603 | £506,854 | £109,615 | -78.4% |
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 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.3% | 21.7% | 12.3% | 6.2% | -0.5% | |
| Net margin | 6.5% | 17.6% | 10.0% | 5.6% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.4% | 64.5% | 19.0% | 9.0% | -0.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.0% | 37.2% | 29.0% | 30.9% | 30.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 3.48x | 3.11x | 3.13x | |
| Interest cover | 34.36x | — | 31.42x | 11.76x | -2.84x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have reviewed the Company's pipeline, cash position, banking facilities and expected trading performance. The Directors consider that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOMBES, Jack | Director | 2009-03-11 | Apr 1981 | British |
| COOMBES, Shane | Director | 2009-03-11 | Jul 1979 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coombes Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-09-30 | Active |
| Mr Shane Coombes | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2022-03-25 | Ceased 2024-09-30 |
| Mr Jack Coombes | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-09-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 67 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2023-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-08-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-17 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.