FORTRESS OPERATIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-23 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-51.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
-35% vs 2024
Employees
2,850
-20.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2M
-180.5% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £142,003,836 | £138,299,679 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £3,851,960 | -£913,838 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £2,647,568 | -£2,130,463 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,633,198 | -£1,992,216 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £8,427,701 | £4,103,350 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £28,093,340 | £20,436,902 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £7,466,918 | £4,850,952 | |
| Equity | £300,803 | £14,927 | £3,099,742 | £8,969,637 | £6,300,387 | £7,466,918 | £4,850,952 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 3,570 | 2,850 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £36,637,465 | £37,549,967 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £19,992 | £19,992 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-2.6%
£142,003,836 £138,299,679
-
Cash
-51.3%
£8,427,701 £4,103,350
-
Net assets
-35%
£7,466,918 £4,850,952
-
Employees
-20.2%
3,570 2,850
-
Operating profit
-123.7%
£3,851,960 -£913,838
-
Profit before tax
-180.5%
£2,647,568 -£2,130,463
-
Wages
+2.5%
£36,637,465 £37,549,967
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 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 2.7% | -0.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 1.2% | -1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 13.7% | -4.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 82.1% | 85.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 0.81x | 0.46x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 3.20x | -0.75x |
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
- Manex Accountants Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Following the end of the accounting period the company disposed of one store and subsequently purchased another.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORTE, Richard Paul | Director | 2016-10-24 | Oct 1969 | British |
| FORTE, Sarah Louise | Director | 2016-10-24 | Nov 1969 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Paul Forte | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-10-24 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 39 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-06 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-02-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-17 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-02-06 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-02-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-06 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-08-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-03-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.