FORFARMERS UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-25 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£19M
+103.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£69M
-1.1% vs 2023
Employees
843
-3.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+141% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- FORFARMERS UK LIMITED 2015-03-03 → present
- BOCM PAULS LTD 1992-10-01 → 2015-03-03
- BOCM SILCOCK LIMITED 1899-07-08 → 1992-10-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £649,899,000 | £611,880,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£11,425,000 | £5,208,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£11,550,000 | £4,741,000 | |
| Net profit | -£9,748,000 | £4,316,000 | |
| Cash | £9,473,000 | £19,306,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £73,261,000 | £76,165,000 | |
| Net assets | £69,908,000 | £69,150,000 | |
| Equity | £69,908,000 | £69,150,000 | |
| Average employees | 874 | 843 | |
| Wages | £41,518,000 | £40,131,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.8% | 0.9% | |
| Net margin | -1.5% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -15.6% | 6.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 59.6% | 61.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11x | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | -19.07x | 8.89x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. The Company generated a profit after tax of £4,316k (2023 - loss £9,748k), and is in a net current asset position of £20,532k (2023 - £11,062k).”
Significant events
- “On 4 April 2025, the divestment of the Burston plant was completed for proceeds of £8.0m.”
- “On 4 July 2025 the sale of the Horizon House office was completed for proceeds of £3.35m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 46 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLE, Mark Augustus | Director | 2024-04-02 | Oct 1965 | British |
| EVANS, Huw Trefor | Director | 2024-04-02 | Nov 1981 | British |
| KIERS, Rob | Director | 2023-04-03 | Sep 1980 | Dutch |
Show 46 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARBER, Trevor John | Secretary | 1998-11-27 | 2001-06-30 |
| BROWN, Philip Damian | Secretary | 1994-12-31 | 1998-11-27 |
| CANTWELL, David | Secretary | — | 1992-09-25 |
| COLEMAN, Nicholas Ian | Secretary | 2001-06-30 | 2014-03-01 |
| GILLARD, Andrew Edward | Secretary | 2014-03-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| MORTENSON, Anna Lindsay Stoodley | Secretary | 2018-01-01 | 2021-04-16 |
| RENDLE, John Michael | Secretary | 1992-09-26 | 1994-12-31 |
| ALKER, William Peter | Director | 1992-10-01 | 1997-08-31 |
| ARMSTRONG, Robert Michael | Director | 1992-10-01 | 2001-06-30 |
| BARBER, Trevor John | Director | 1993-01-01 | 2001-09-30 |
| BELL, Anthony William Peter | Director | 1997-05-01 | 2016-12-30 |
| BROWN, Richard George | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| CAMERON, Robert | Director | 1992-10-01 | 1997-04-07 |
| CHARD, Anthony John | Director | 2001-03-28 | 2003-02-28 |
| COLEMAN, Nicholas Ian | Director | 2012-07-11 | 2014-03-01 |
| COOPER, Richard Christopher | Director | 2001-03-28 | 2006-01-31 |
| DAVIE, Alexander William | Director | — | 1993-08-31 |
| DAVIS, Robert John | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2014-06-30 |
| DE VOS, Nicolaas Willem | Director | 2012-07-11 | 2016-12-31 |
| FARNHILL, Jonathan David | Director | 1997-06-18 | 2019-03-29 |
| FRANKS, Alan Stewart | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2008-04-01 |
| GARDNER, Iain | Director | 2001-03-28 | 2017-12-31 |
| HOLDCROFT, Richard Howard | Director | 2019-03-29 | 2024-04-02 |
| HOME, John Michael | Director | 1993-07-01 | 2005-01-31 |
| HOUSTON, David John | Director | 1992-10-01 | 1996-04-30 |
| KNOOP, Yoram Maurits | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2022-04-14 |
| MAJOR, Nicholas Charles | Director | 2002-08-28 | 2022-11-01 |
| MAYNE, William Frederick Stephen | Director | 1997-03-14 | 2012-12-31 |
| PAUL, Jonathan Martin | Director | — | 1995-05-31 |
| POWELL, George Christopher James | Director | 1999-03-03 | 2012-10-31 |
| READ, Steven Richard | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2024-04-02 |
| READ, Steven Richard | Director | 2008-04-01 | 2014-07-31 |
| ROLLINGS, Peter John | Director | 1997-06-18 | 2012-07-11 |
| ROLLINGS, Peter John | Director | 1992-10-01 | 1995-05-31 |
| RUUMPOL, Berend Jan | Director | 2012-07-11 | 2013-12-31 |
| SHAUGHNESSY, Michael Barry | Director | — | 2008-09-24 |
| SIMMONDS, Peter Graham William | Director | 1993-01-25 | 1995-05-01 |
| STEENDIJK, Stijn Anton | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2021-01-01 |
| THOMSON, Francis George | Director | 2012-04-20 | 2017-05-31 |
| TJEBBES, Roeland Johan | Director | 2020-04-24 | 2023-04-03 |
| TRAAS, Arnout Engelbert | Director | 2012-07-11 | 2020-04-24 |
| VAN DER VEN, Adrianus Jacobus Antonius | Director | 2020-03-01 | 2021-09-30 |
| VAN OCH, Arthur Maria Wilhelmus | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| WITHECOMBE, Charles Edward | Director | 2001-03-28 | 2009-10-31 |
| WOOD, Martin George | Director | — | 1997-04-07 |
| BOCM PAULS LTD | Corporate Director | 2010-01-01 | 2010-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forfarmers Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-10-18 | Active |
| Forfarmers Nv | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 338 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-5.8%
£649,899,000 £611,880,000
-
Cash
+103.8%
£9,473,000 £19,306,000
-
Net assets
-1.1%
£69,908,000 £69,150,000
-
Employees
-3.5%
874 843
-
Operating profit
+145.6%
-£11,425,000 £5,208,000
-
Profit before tax
+141%
-£11,550,000 £4,741,000
-
Wages
-3.3%
£41,518,000 £40,131,000
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