FORREST ESTATE LIMITED
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Cash
£2.5M
+3.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£12M
-1.7% vs 2024
Employees
12
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£155K
-20.9% first positive since 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-25
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-25 | 2024-12-25 | 2025-12-25 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,411,000 | £2,163,000 | £1,967,000 | -9.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£357,000 | £131,000 | -£81,000 | -161.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£166,000 | £196,000 | £155,000 | -20.9% | |
| Net profit | £88,000 | £303,000 | £296,000 | -2.3% | |
| Cash | £1,542,000 | £2,414,000 | £2,509,000 | +3.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,950,000 | £12,211,000 | £11,999,000 | -1.7% | |
| Net assets | £11,900,000 | £12,203,000 | £11,999,000 | -1.7% | |
| Equity | £11,900,000 | £12,203,000 | £11,999,000 | -1.7% | |
| Average employees | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0% | |
| Wages | £439,000 | £443,000 | £441,000 | -0.5% | |
| 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. 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 | 2023-12-25 | 2024-12-25 | 2025-12-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -25.3% | 6.1% | -4.1% | |
| Net margin | 6.2% | 14.0% | 15.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -3.0% | 1.1% | -0.7% | |
| Current ratio | 4.48x | 4.80x | 3.39x | |
| Interest cover | -35.70x | 18.71x | -40.50x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- FORREST ESTATE LIMITED 1992-07-17 → present
- MARITIME SHELF (SEVENTY SIX) LIMITED 1992-06-11 → 1992-07-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- 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 they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MINDELL, Belinda Rosemary | Secretary | 2016-03-01 | — | — |
| EMERY, Nicholas Andrew | Director | 2013-04-15 | Feb 1961 | British |
| JEBSEN, Thomas Peter Olsen | Director | 2014-10-31 | Apr 1988 | Norwegian |
| MINDELL, Belinda Rosemary | Director | 2016-03-01 | Apr 1967 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWLER, Jeremy | Secretary | 1995-09-04 | 2016-03-01 |
| LEGGET, Robert Simon | Secretary | 1992-07-02 | 1995-09-04 |
| DOWLER, Jeremy | Director | 1995-09-04 | 2016-03-01 |
| HAMILTON, Dawn | Nominee Director | 1992-06-11 | 1992-07-02 |
| HAYES, Derek | Director | 1992-07-02 | 2001-01-18 |
| LEGGET, Robert Simon | Director | 1992-07-02 | 1995-09-04 |
| WALLACE, John Cameron | Director | 1992-07-02 | 2010-04-15 |
| WALSH, Pauline Mary | Director | 2010-04-15 | 2013-03-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred. Olsen Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-12-22 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2020-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-12-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2019-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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.