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FORBIDDEN PLANET LIMITED

#01356753 · Active · Incorporated 1978-03-09 (48y 2m) · Last filing 2025-12-16 (5mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 47610 · G Wholesale & Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles · Full accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-20 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-11-06

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£6M

-1.6% vs 2023

Net assets

£8M

+11.3% highest in 5 filed years

Employees

167

-5.6% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£1M

+184.7% highest in 5 filed years

Accounts

7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover ——£14,459,477——£28,008,187£26,823,225
Operating profit —————£391,807£1,119,158
Profit before tax ——-£967,040£511,044£650,838£391,807£1,115,552
Net profit ——-£789,988£400,713£525,043£299,830£809,330
Cash ——£3,706,997£4,731,627£5,174,094£6,143,943£6,047,431
Total assets less current liabilities ——£6,028,178£6,638,062£7,178,365£7,464,283£8,269,955
Net assets ——£5,978,000£6,364,766£6,889,809£7,189,639£7,998,969
Equity £5,909,165£6,897,888£5,978,000£6,364,766£6,889,809£7,189,639£7,998,969
Average employees ——170156176177167
Wages ——£2,540,226£2,813,822£3,550,996£3,677,061£3,746,201

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 2018-12-312019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin —————1.4%4.2%
Net margin ——-5.5%——1.1%3.0%
Return on capital employed —————5.2%13.5%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) —————35.0%33.5%
Current ratio —————2.17x2.35x
Interest cover ——————310.36x

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
Mercer & Hole LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' 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 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

  1. FORBIDDEN PLANET LIMITED · parent
    1. Forbidden Planet UK Limited 99% · UK

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 2 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
CHEUNG, Vivian Wei Ming, Dr Secretary 1993-07-26 — British
CHEUNG, Vivian Wei Ming, Dr Director 2007-04-25 Mar 1957 British
LANDAU, Nicholas Alexander Director — Nov 1953 British
Show 2 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
LANDAU, Nicholas Alexander Secretary — 1993-07-27
LAKE, Michael Director — 1993-07-26

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Nicholas Alexander Landau Individual Voting 25–50% 2016-04-07 Active
Dr Vivian Cheung Individual Voting 25–50% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 117 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-12-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-11-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-01-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-11-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-01-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-09-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-01-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2021-12-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-10-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2021-01-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-12-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2020-11-17 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2020-11-03 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2020-01-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-10-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2019-01-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2018-10-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2018-01-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2017-10-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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