FOREMOST GOLF LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-23 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-09
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
+47.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+9.4% vs 2024
Employees
87
+4.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+14.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £92,160,651 | £112,003,808 | |
| Operating profit | £1,517,713 | £1,681,224 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,600,785 | £1,826,960 | |
| Net profit | £1,191,008 | £1,489,603 | |
| Cash | £4,360,986 | £6,449,747 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,926,923 | £11,879,954 | |
| Net assets | £10,601,923 | £11,599,854 | |
| Equity | £10,601,923 | £11,599,854 | |
| Average employees | 83 | 87 | |
| Wages | £3,366,866 | £3,781,121 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.9% | 14.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.38x | 1.47x |
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
- Devine & Co
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that 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.”
Group structure
- FOREMOST GOLF LIMITED · parent
- Alliance Golf Limited 100%
- Foremost Cycling Ltd 100%
- The Golf Shop Online Ltd 100%
- The Golfers Shop Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no material post balance sheet events.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEDGES, Paul | Secretary | 1998-09-11 | — | British |
| ASKEW, Lynsey Sian | Director | 2016-10-19 | Oct 1972 | British |
| HEDGES, Paul | Director | — | Dec 1956 | British |
| MARTIN, Andrew Robert Jonathan | Director | 2008-05-21 | Aug 1972 | British |
| SHOESMITH, Guy Michael | Director | 2016-11-16 | Mar 1968 | English |
| STEELE, Christopher | Director | — | May 1963 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEDGES, Jane | Secretary | — | 1998-09-11 |
| BULLOCK, Albert Edward | Director | — | 1995-03-08 |
| DAVIS, John Hathaway | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2008-05-21 |
| DOW, Angus | Director | 1998-11-10 | 2020-12-31 |
| JOHNSTON, Ian Stuart | Director | 2010-03-17 | 2023-06-30 |
| MORRISON, Tim | Director | 1995-03-08 | 1998-08-12 |
| REES, Anthony | Director | — | 2000-04-01 |
| REGAN, David | Director | — | 2016-09-21 |
| WALTON, Alec William | Director | 2004-03-16 | 2010-03-17 |
| WILSON, Stuart | Director | 2022-05-01 | 2025-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stuart Wilson | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-06-19 | Ceased 2025-12-31 |
| Ms Lynsey Sian Askew | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-06-19 | Active |
| Mr Guy Michael Shoesmith | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-11-16 | Active |
| Mr Angus Dow | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-06-19 |
| Mr Ian Johnston | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-06-19 |
| Mr David Regan | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-11-16 |
| Mr Paul Hedges | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Christopher Steele | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Andrew Robert Jonathan Martin | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 278 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-03-17 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-02-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-10-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-07-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-30 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-05 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-11-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-06-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 4
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
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Turnover
+21.5%
£92,160,651 £112,003,808
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Cash
+47.9%
£4,360,986 £6,449,747
-
Net assets
+9.4%
£10,601,923 £11,599,854
-
Employees
+4.8%
83 87
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Operating profit
+10.8%
£1,517,713 £1,681,224
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Profit before tax
+14.1%
£1,600,785 £1,826,960
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Wages
+12.3%
£3,366,866 £3,781,121
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