ANGLO-NORDEN FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-16% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
-3.5% vs 2023
Employees
29
-3.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£456K
-554.9% vs 2023
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ANGLO-NORDEN FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED 1999-08-12 → present
- ANGLO-NORDEN FREIGHT LIMITED 1971-03-03 → 1999-08-12
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £34,700,896 | £31,156,977 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £160,304 | -£403,926 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £100,225 | -£455,891 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £67,056 | -£438,209 | |
| Cash | -£5,514,712 | -£5,268,001 | £3,016,373 | -£1,308,432 | £898,260 | £3,169,091 | £2,663,498 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £12,649,746 | £12,193,855 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £12,430,685 | £11,992,476 | |
| Equity | — | — | £4,883,917 | £10,948,104 | £10,235,743 | £12,430,685 | £11,992,476 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | 29 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £1,453,468 | £1,527,091 |
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5% | -1.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2% | -1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 1.3% | -3.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 3.43x | 3.68x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 2.32x | -6.58x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BG Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ANGLO-NORDEN FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED · parent
- Woodbank Timber Limited 100%
Significant events
- “No significant events have occurred between 31 December 2024 and the date of authorisation of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'BRIEN, Anthony Louis | Secretary | — | — | British |
| WEDEL, Anders | Director | 1997-11-01 | May 1971 | Danish |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEDEL, Claus Viggo | Director | — | 1997-11-10 |
| WEDEL, Judith | Director | — | 1992-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Anders Wedel | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2022-07-05 | Active |
| Iq Eq (Ntc) Trustees (Jersey) Limited | Corporate entity | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2020-02-06 | Ceased 2022-07-22 |
| Mr James Haithwaite | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-12-22 | Ceased 2020-01-10 |
| Hightide Properties Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2025-09-18 |
| Mr Michael Goulborn | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2022-09-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
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
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Turnover
-10.2%
£34,700,896 £31,156,977
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Cash
-16%
£3,169,091 £2,663,498
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Net assets
-3.5%
£12,430,685 £11,992,476
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Employees
-3.3%
30 29
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Operating profit
-352%
£160,304 -£403,926
-
Profit before tax
-554.9%
£100,225 -£455,891
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Wages
+5.1%
£1,453,468 £1,527,091
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers