FORT VALE ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-06 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-23
Watchouts
Cash
£24M
+9.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£44M
+15.4% vs 2024
Employees
376
-5.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6M
-44.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-28 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £92,253,382 | £74,833,494 | |
| Operating profit | £2,610,120 | £207,707 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,007,046 | £6,130,666 | |
| Net profit | £10,552,525 | £5,943,707 | |
| Cash | £22,193,495 | £24,348,202 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £40,682,717 | £46,522,442 | |
| Net assets | £38,491,801 | £44,435,508 | |
| Equity | £38,491,801 | £44,435,508 | |
| Average employees | 398 | 376 | |
| Wages | £15,388,828 | £14,617,218 |
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 | 2024-02-28 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | 11.4% | 7.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.4% | 0.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.05x | 2.81x | |
| Interest cover | 2.19x | 0.31x |
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
- Hargreaves Brown & Benson
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Auditors concluded director's use of going concern basis is appropriate. No material uncertainties identified that cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months from authorization date.”
Group structure
- FORT VALE ENGINEERING LIMITED · parent
- Fort Vale Incorporated 100%
- Fort Vale BV 100%
- Fort Vale Engineering (Shanghai) Limited 100%
- Fort Vale Pte Limited 100%
- Fort Vale Australia Pty Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company made donations of £80,000 (2025) and £50,000 (2024) to charitable organisations.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HENDLEMAN, Sharon | Secretary | 2020-03-04 | — | — |
| BAILEY, David | Director | 2008-01-01 | May 1968 | British |
| BLANCHARD, Graham Peter | Director | 2020-03-04 | Jul 1981 | British |
| DRURY, Edward Martin | Director | — | Mar 1949 | British |
| HENDLEMAN, Sharon | Director | 2013-07-01 | Jan 1970 | British |
| LAYCOCK, Shaun | Director | 2008-01-01 | Jun 1969 | British |
| STAVELEY, Peter Anthony | Director | 2008-01-01 | Nov 1969 | British |
| WILSON, Ian | Director | — | May 1945 | British |
| WOODCOCK, Matthew James | Director | 2023-10-02 | Jun 1989 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRURY, Edward Martin | Secretary | — | 2020-03-04 |
| BISHOP, Andrew John | Director | 2016-04-06 | 2018-12-31 |
| BRYCE, Andrew | Director | 2010-07-09 | 2025-04-09 |
| CALWAY, Patricia | Director | 2004-06-10 | 2006-12-04 |
| FORT OBE, Edward Sagar | Director | — | 2026-03-07 |
| FROT, Jean-Frederic | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2004-02-13 |
| HORSFALL, John | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2020-03-10 |
| LICATA, Giuseppe | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2011-05-31 |
| O GARA, John Joseph | Director | — | 2006-05-25 |
| ROBINSON, William Bennet | Director | — | 2000-12-13 |
| SINGH, Kevin | Director | 2009-10-28 | 2015-09-30 |
| SMITH, David Frederick Howard | Director | — | 2015-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Edward Sagar Fort | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-03-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-02-28 vs 2024-02-28
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Turnover
-18.9%
£92,253,382 £74,833,494
-
Cash
+9.7%
£22,193,495 £24,348,202
-
Net assets
+15.4%
£38,491,801 £44,435,508
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Employees
-5.5%
398 376
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Operating profit
-92%
£2,610,120 £207,707
-
Profit before tax
-44.3%
£11,007,046 £6,130,666
-
Wages
-5%
£15,388,828 £14,617,218
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