PETIT FORESTIER UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-17 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+90.4% vs 2023
Net assets
-£6M
-404.7% vs 2023
Employees
251
+5.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£8M
-69.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- PETIT FORESTIER UK LIMITED 2003-10-30 → present
- VIA TRUCK RENTAL LIMITED 1986-06-02 → 2003-10-30
- RENAULT TRUCK CONTRACT HIRE LIMITED 1984-07-13 → 1986-06-02
- KARRIER VEHICLE HIRE LIMITED 1984-05-11 → 1984-07-13
- CHALLISCRETE LIMITED 1983-12-07 → 1984-05-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £41,503,427 | £56,438,042 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,099,527 | -£2,861,084 | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,839,656 | -£8,205,374 | |
| Net profit | -£5,639,656 | -£8,375,811 | |
| Cash | £1,245,547 | £2,371,435 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £63,417,491 | £78,984,049 | |
| Net assets | £2,069,741 | -£6,306,070 | |
| Equity | £2,069,741 | -£6,306,070 | |
| Average employees | 238 | 251 | |
| Wages | £8,161,317 | £9,408,769 |
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 | -7.5% | -5.1% | |
| Net margin | -13.6% | -14.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.9% | -3.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.31x | 0.28x | |
| Interest cover | -1.78x | -0.53x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Petit Forestier UK Limited relies on other group companies within the Petit Forestier International SAS group for banking guarantees, banking relationships and continued financial support. The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, and do not include any adjustments which would result from a failure of the parent company or group to trade within its available facilities.”
Group structure
- PETIT FORESTIER UK LIMITED · parent
- Freezerent Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “We entered 2025 with a strong order book and we continued to restructure the Commercial Team.”
- “The business continues to support customers seeking to transition to alternative fuel vehicles, however, the adoption of electric vehicles has slowed due to the UK Government announcement in September 2023 pushing back the ban on new petrol & diesel vehicles until 2035. Additionally, with the removal of the EV concession within Central London the adoption of electric vehicles is now less attractive.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SITRUK, David, Victor, Hai,, Mr. | Secretary | 2025-10-02 | — | — |
| FORESTIER, Leonard Thomas Julien | Director | 2019-03-01 | Aug 1981 | French |
| JOULIA, Thomas, Mr. | Director | 2025-04-10 | Nov 1978 | French |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARKER, Paul Andy | Secretary | 2007-05-31 | 2007-07-26 |
| BARRON, Richard Patrick | Secretary | — | 1998-05-14 |
| BLOXHAM, Mark Anthony | Secretary | 2006-12-22 | 2007-03-23 |
| BRISSIAUD, Nicolas | Secretary | 2024-04-03 | 2025-10-02 |
| HARGREAVES, Matthew Jason | Secretary | 2001-01-19 | 2006-12-22 |
| HARPER, Paul | Secretary | 1998-05-14 | 1999-04-28 |
| LACHAMBRE, Vincent | Secretary | 2007-12-03 | 2024-04-03 |
| WHITEHOUSE, Christopher Michael | Secretary | 1999-05-29 | 2001-01-19 |
| BARBAROUX, Olivier Michel Georges | Director | 1997-04-25 | 1999-03-19 |
| BARRON, Richard Patrick | Director | — | 1998-05-14 |
| CLINKARD, Anthony Charles Renauld | Director | — | 1992-06-26 |
| DE CASTRIES, Jean | Director | 1997-10-22 | 2000-02-04 |
| DE PELLEGARS-MALHORTIE, Bruno, Monsieur | Director | 2000-02-04 | 2001-01-19 |
| EKER, Jason Alexander | Director | 2006-09-05 | 2007-01-19 |
| FARRAND, Martin Peter | Director | 2006-09-05 | 2006-12-19 |
| FORESTIER, Eric | Director | 2006-12-22 | 2020-01-20 |
| FORESTIER, Gerladine Odette Simone | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2020-12-15 |
| FORESTIER, Jean Claude | Director | 2003-12-01 | 2019-03-01 |
| FORESTIER, Yves, Monsieur | Director | 2003-08-08 | 2019-03-01 |
| FRANJOIS, Varagne | Director | 1999-03-19 | 1999-10-29 |
| GREHAN, Hugh | Director | 2001-01-19 | 2003-08-08 |
| GUERIN, Pierre | Director | — | 1997-04-25 |
| HARGREAVES, Matthew Jason | Director | 2001-01-19 | 2003-08-08 |
| HARPER, Paul | Director | 1998-05-14 | 1999-04-28 |
| HARRIS, John | Director | — | 1998-05-13 |
| HENRY, Francois | Director | — | 1997-10-22 |
| JOUVE, Andre | Director | — | 1999-03-19 |
| LECOQ, Paul-Andre Leon | Director | 1994-03-25 | 1997-04-25 |
| MASSARD, Pierre Andre | Director | 1997-04-25 | 2001-01-18 |
| MURPHY, Neil Michael | Director | 2001-01-19 | 2003-08-08 |
| RIBEIRO, Helder | Director | 2020-12-15 | 2022-03-31 |
| RICE, Robert Leslie | Director | 2001-01-19 | 2003-08-08 |
| RICHARDS, David John | Director | 1998-05-14 | 2006-12-22 |
| VIERVEIJZER, Patrick Johannes Lambertus | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2025-04-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petit Forestier International | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 341 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-16 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-04-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-04-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+36%
£41,503,427 £56,438,042
-
Cash
+90.4%
£1,245,547 £2,371,435
-
Net assets
-404.7%
£2,069,741 -£6,306,070
-
Employees
+5.5%
238 251
-
Operating profit
+7.7%
-£3,099,527 -£2,861,084
-
Profit before tax
-69.5%
-£4,839,656 -£8,205,374
-
Wages
+15.3%
£8,161,317 £9,408,769
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