FUTURE FORWARDING COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-24 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+2.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+8.3% vs 2023
Employees
43
+4.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£567K
-55.2% vs 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-10-31 | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £33,592,658 | £31,098,682 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,209,165 | £441,471 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £1,265,081 | £566,891 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £950,228 | £430,014 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £4,433,493 | £4,563,721 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £3,896,637 | £4,216,141 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £3,851,735 | £4,171,752 | |
| Equity | £2,817,271 | £2,933,226 | £763,612 | £1,923,074 | £3,461,507 | £3,851,735 | £4,171,752 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | 43 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £1,638,909 | £1,623,585 |
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 | 2018-10-31 | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 3.6% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 2.8% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 31.0% | 10.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.22x | 1.92x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 2081.18x | 134.84x |
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
- Richard Smedley Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors are confident the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements. 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 the 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
- FUTURE FORWARDING COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Future Forwarding Glasgow Limited
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAWFORD, Richard James | Director | 2021-02-01 | Oct 1973 | British |
| SMITH, Colin Geoffrey | Director | 2010-04-15 | Mar 1969 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLAND, David William | Secretary | — | 2021-05-17 |
| BIGGIN, David John | Director | 1993-03-29 | 2021-08-26 |
| BROWN, Pamela | Director | 2014-02-19 | 2022-06-24 |
| DAINES, Steven Richard | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2005-09-01 |
| HOLLAND, David William | Director | — | 2021-05-17 |
| HOLLAND, Peter John | Director | — | 2017-04-30 |
| MCKINNA, Anthony | Director | 1994-04-19 | 2007-09-14 |
| THORNTON, Stuart Graham | Director | — | 2009-11-10 |
| TOUNSEND, Timothy Gareth | Director | — | 2002-10-22 |
| TURNER, Alan | Director | — | 2014-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Colin Geoffrey Smith | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-04-16 | Active |
| Future Forwarding ( Holdings) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-05-07 | Ceased 2020-04-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
-7.4%
£33,592,658 £31,098,682
-
Cash
+2.9%
£4,433,493 £4,563,721
-
Net assets
+8.3%
£3,851,735 £4,171,752
-
Employees
+4.9%
41 43
-
Operating profit
-63.5%
£1,209,165 £441,471
-
Profit before tax
-55.2%
£1,265,081 £566,891
-
Wages
-0.9%
£1,638,909 £1,623,585
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