FOREST GARDEN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-28 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+42.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
-9.7% vs 2023
Employees
425
-0.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£580K
-262.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- FOREST GARDEN LIMITED 2007-02-20 → present
- FOREST GARDEN PLC 2000-11-13 → 2007-02-20
- FOREST FENCING PLC 1984-02-29 → 2000-11-13
- ROTORWHEAT LIMITED 1983-11-21 → 1984-02-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £76,250,000 | £88,175,000 | |
| Operating profit | £672,000 | -£187,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £356,000 | -£580,000 | |
| Net profit | £235,000 | -£747,000 | |
| Cash | £786,000 | £1,121,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,030,000 | £13,712,000 | |
| Net assets | £14,369,000 | £12,972,000 | |
| Equity | £14,369,000 | £12,972,000 | |
| Average employees | 426 | 425 | |
| Wages | £13,918,000 | £14,728,000 |
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 | 0.9% | -0.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | -0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.5% | -1.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.6% | 62.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.86x | 1.57x | |
| Interest cover | 2.13x | -0.48x |
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
- MHA Audit Services 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.”
Significant events
- “In 2024 the year started with a number of named storms driving abnormal demand for fence panels, this helped the business to achieve sales of £88m (2023: £76m).”
- “The Company continued its rolling program of progressively automating assembly operations, with further significant investments in fence panel and shed assembly automation.”
- “The group has invested in a new ERP system with the aim of delivering key management information quickly in order to be more reactive to market conditions.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAINGER, Guy Charles Michael | Director | 2008-12-10 | Aug 1960 | British |
| HALFORD, Jonathan | Director | 2002-08-12 | Aug 1968 | British |
| SMITH, Samantha Jane | Director | 2022-09-26 | Jun 1973 | British |
| TIMMIS, Michael Andrew | Director | — | Feb 1951 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, John Francis | Secretary | 1998-07-08 | 2001-09-26 |
| CARR, Kenneth Edmund | Secretary | 2001-07-01 | 2002-07-01 |
| CHAPMAN, Ben Anthony | Secretary | 2021-04-13 | 2022-03-09 |
| GORTHY, Graeme George | Secretary | 2024-05-07 | 2024-08-30 |
| NORTHOVER, Stephen John | Secretary | 2007-12-21 | 2008-09-25 |
| POYNER, Gerald Henry | Secretary | — | 1998-07-04 |
| SEABORN, Alexander Martin | Secretary | 2015-09-28 | 2021-04-13 |
| SMITH, Michael Charles | Secretary | 2002-07-01 | 2007-12-21 |
| TYLER, Sheena | Secretary | 2008-12-10 | 2014-09-28 |
| WHATMORE, Steven James | Secretary | 2022-03-09 | 2024-05-07 |
| WILLIAMSON, Ian Michael | Secretary | 2014-12-16 | 2015-09-28 |
| ASHTON, Simon Mark | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2006-05-16 |
| BAILEY, John Francis | Director | 1998-07-08 | 2001-09-26 |
| BYTHEWAY, Peter Kevin | Director | 2007-12-21 | 2020-06-30 |
| BYTHEWAY, Peter Kevin | Director | 1999-04-26 | 2004-03-12 |
| CARR, Kenneth Edmund | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2002-09-06 |
| CHAPMAN, Ben Anthony | Director | 2021-04-19 | 2022-03-17 |
| DOWNES, Michael | Director | 2000-08-22 | 2001-08-31 |
| ESPLEY, Barry Leonard | Director | 1999-04-26 | 2005-01-31 |
| EVANS, Christopher John | Director | 1994-07-01 | 1996-11-14 |
| GOMERSALL, Aaron John | Director | 2007-12-21 | 2019-03-01 |
| GORTHY, Graeme George | Director | 2024-05-07 | 2024-08-30 |
| LISHMAN, Richard Charles | Director | 1999-01-21 | 2001-09-26 |
| MELVILLE-SMITH, Jean | Director | 1994-01-04 | 1998-07-04 |
| NEALE, Richard George | Director | 2024-10-14 | 2025-09-01 |
| POYNER, Elsie | Director | 1994-01-04 | 1998-07-04 |
| POYNER, Gerald Henry | Director | — | 1998-07-04 |
| POYNER, Nicola Jane | Director | 1994-01-04 | 1998-07-04 |
| POYNER, Nigel Henry | Director | 2013-12-23 | 2016-01-22 |
| POYNER, Nigel Henry | Director | — | 2000-06-05 |
| PRATT, Graham Leonard | Director | 2003-11-03 | 2004-03-12 |
| TIMMIS, Alice Mary | Director | — | 1998-07-04 |
| TIMMIS, Angela Mary | Director | — | 1998-07-04 |
| WHATMORE, Steven James | Director | 2022-03-09 | 2024-05-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Garden (Property) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 206 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+15.6%
£76,250,000 £88,175,000
-
Cash
+42.6%
£786,000 £1,121,000
-
Net assets
-9.7%
£14,369,000 £12,972,000
-
Employees
-0.2%
426 425
-
Operating profit
-127.8%
£672,000 -£187,000
-
Profit before tax
-262.9%
£356,000 -£580,000
-
Wages
+5.8%
£13,918,000 £14,728,000
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