ONCE FOR ALL LIMITED
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Cash
£5m
-59.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£90m
+41.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
336
+15.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£40m
+37.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £40,951,000 | £51,911,000 | £63,992,000 | +23.3% | |
| Operating profit | £19,055,000 | £29,415,000 | £40,493,000 | +37.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £18,607,000 | £29,332,000 | £40,419,000 | +37.8% | |
| Net profit | £17,207,000 | £26,477,000 | £37,403,000 | +41.3% | |
| Cash | £9,113,000 | £12,536,000 | £5,021,000 | -59.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,169,000 | £64,196,000 | £90,192,000 | +40.5% | |
| Net assets | £36,410,000 | £63,564,000 | £89,675,000 | +41.1% | |
| Equity | £36,410,000 | £63,564,000 | £89,675,000 | +41.1% | |
| Average employees | 250 | 292 | 336 | +15.1% | |
| Wages | £11,346,000 | £12,841,000 | £17,012,000 | +32.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £122,000 | £2,046,000 | £1,117,000 | -45.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £4,000 | £24,000 | £9,000 | -62.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £86,000 | £214,000 | £216,000 | +0.9% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 46.5% | 56.7% | 63.3% | |
| Net margin | 42.0% | 51.0% | 58.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 51.3% | 45.8% | 44.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 46.8% | 36.2% | 34.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.24x | 1.92x | 2.27x | |
| Interest cover | 41.60x | — | — |
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 2 times since incorporation
- ONCE FOR ALL LIMITED 2025-02-03 → present
- FORTIUS LIMITED 2021-11-17 → 2025-02-03
- SUPPLIER ASSESSMENT SERVICES LIMITED 2018-02-06 → 2021-11-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having reviewed current performance of both the Company and the Denali Bidco Group, forecasts and risks, the Directors are confident that the Company can continue in operation, have adequate resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the period to 30 September 2027”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURNESS PAULL LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2026-03-19 | — | — |
| HORNSBY, David Robert Knight | Director | 2023-12-09 | Jul 1967 | British |
| MURRAY, Christopher John | Director | 2021-09-27 | May 1983 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHEARER, Anneke Louise | Secretary | 2020-09-29 | 2023-09-15 |
| CAPITA GROUP SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-02-06 | 2018-07-10 |
| BATES, Christopher Ralph | Director | 2019-06-24 | 2021-07-31 |
| BRATTON, Nicholas Julian | Director | 2018-07-10 | 2019-02-15 |
| EDMUNDS, John Christopher | Director | 2018-07-10 | 2019-06-27 |
| GIBBS, Simon Spencer | Director | 2019-06-27 | 2023-08-29 |
| GOLD, Nicholas Simon | Director | 2020-07-02 | 2020-08-26 |
| HEPWORTH, Peter Hamby, Mr. | Director | 2018-02-06 | 2018-05-21 |
| MOFFATT, Alexandra Mary | Director | 2018-02-06 | 2018-07-10 |
| PALMER, David | Director | 2019-02-25 | 2019-06-24 |
| VINCENT, James D'Arcy | Director | 2018-05-23 | 2018-07-10 |
| CAPITA CORPORATE DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2018-02-06 | 2018-07-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortius Bidco Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-07-10 | Active |
| Capita Business Services Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-02-06 | Ceased 2018-07-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 62 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-03 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-25 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.