FORRESTBROWN LIMITED
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Cash
£8.5M
+78% vs 2024
Net assets
£17M
+8.3% vs 2024
Employees
92
-19.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.8M
+1,115.1% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,260,128 | £13,704,354 | +3.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£55,363 | £1,590,525 | +2,972.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £145,895 | £1,772,746 | +1,115.1% | |
| Net profit | £102,238 | £1,319,344 | +1,190.5% | |
| Cash | £4,798,587 | £8,543,863 | +78% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,119,065 | £18,359,722 | +7.2% | |
| Net assets | £15,874,290 | £17,193,634 | +8.3% | |
| Equity | £15,874,290 | £17,193,634 | +8.3% | |
| Average employees | 114 | 92 | -19.3% | |
| Wages | £7,277,656 | £6,788,498 | -6.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £12,000 | £12,000 | 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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.4% | 11.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 9.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.3% | 8.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.4% | — | |
| Current ratio | 10.17x | 7.06x |
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
- Auditor
- Saffery 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Simon | Director | 2018-03-06 | Jan 1978 | British |
| FRANK, Shane | Director | 2018-03-06 | Mar 1972 | American |
| JADAV, Dhaval | Director | 2018-03-06 | Apr 1971 | American |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Katherine Elizabeth | Secretary | 2012-03-23 | 2018-03-06 |
| MASON, Philippa | Secretary | 2015-12-04 | 2018-03-06 |
| BROWN, Simon Finchett Forrest | Director | 2012-03-23 | 2018-03-06 |
| MASON, Mark Edward, Dr | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2018-03-06 |
| YIRILLI, Michael | Director | 2018-03-06 | 2025-05-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jay Michael Grossman | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-03-06 | Ceased 2019-05-31 |
| Ms Peggy Jean Koenig | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-03-06 | Ceased 2019-05-31 |
| Mr Dhaval Jadav | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-03-06 | Active |
| Mr Shane Frank | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-03-06 | Active |
| Mr Simon Finchett Forrest Brown | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-03-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 74 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2019-07-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2019-06-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-06-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
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.