FORTBRAND UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-22 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£203K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2M
Equity attributable
Employees
20
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,951,457 | £2,373,893 | |
| Operating profit | -£426,588 | -£380,062 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£426,588 | -£656,287 | |
| Cash | £478,511 | £203,429 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,525,955 | £2,104,381 | |
| Net assets | £1,525,955 | £1,828,156 | |
| Equity | £1,525,955 | £1,828,156 | |
| Average employees | 21 | 20 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -21.9% | -16.0% | |
| Net margin | -21.9% | -27.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -28.0% | -18.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.39x | 2.14x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- MHA Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The future trading of the Company is expected to be profitable, but currently the Company remains dependent upon continuing financial support from its ultimate parent company, Fortbrand Services LLC. The directors of the ultimate parent company have confirmed the continuance and ability to provide this financial support for the foreseeable future and for not less than 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements. On the basis of this confirmation, the directors consider it appropriate that the financial statements are prepared under the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The company is involved in a legal dispute with one of its customers. This initially involved nonpayment of invoices for services provided totalling £90,825 and has now seen the company served with a counterclaim of £377,408 from its customer.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOOK, Andrew Neil | Director | 2025-03-11 | Jan 1971 | British |
| VERANO, Jared | Director | 2023-03-09 | Nov 1978 | American |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortbrand Holdco Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-03-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 11 of 11 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-31 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-03-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-03-09 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.