FOREFRONT UTILITIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-16 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£848K
-22.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
+64.5% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
102
+8.5% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
-16.6% first positive since 2022
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FOREFRONT UTILITIES LIMITED 2008-03-12 → present
- FOREFRONT CONTRACTING LIMITED 1996-06-20 → 2008-03-12
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,935,716 | £26,692,843 | £42,132,517 | £54,143,644 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,304,981 | £747,988 | £2,734,377 | £2,370,437 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,320,082 | £696,334 | £2,673,510 | £2,229,645 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £2,009,749 | £1,659,734 | |
| Cash | £3,154 | £174,724 | £1,099,892 | £848,429 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£947,834 | £1,163,071 | £3,879,742 | £6,318,502 | |
| Net assets | -£1,000,974 | £541,386 | £2,551,135 | £4,196,729 | |
| Equity | -£1,000,974 | £541,386 | £2,551,135 | £4,196,729 | |
| Average employees | 92 | 83 | 94 | 102 | |
| Wages | £4,207,030 | £4,306,954 | £5,683,957 | £6,521,739 |
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 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -19.5% | 2.8% | 6.5% | 4.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 4.8% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 348.7% | 64.3% | 70.5% | 37.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 76.7% | 73.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.99x | 1.00x | |
| Interest cover | -218.86x | 14.48x | 44.92x | 16.84x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Given the strong profit the accounts are showing, and the fact that the Company now only has a trading loan relationship with Ferns Surfacing Limited, the directors have concluded that the Company will remain a going concern for the 12 months from the approval of these financial statements. As such, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FERN, Harry David | Director | 2024-04-26 | Oct 1996 | British |
| FERN, Ian David | Director | 2018-02-02 | Apr 1969 | British |
| STAPLES, Alexander William | Director | 2023-08-16 | Nov 1976 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, John Richard | Secretary | 2005-10-01 | 2010-07-31 |
| BEARD, Alexandra Mary | Secretary | 1996-06-20 | 2005-10-01 |
| JPCORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-06-20 | 1996-07-02 |
| RENEW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-08-01 | 2018-02-02 |
| BEARD, Alexandra Mary | Director | 1996-06-20 | 1998-07-01 |
| BEARD, Bradley Paul | Director | 1996-06-20 | 2018-05-24 |
| CLARE, Peter | Director | 2003-04-08 | 2009-08-14 |
| HAMBLIN, David John | Director | 2018-02-02 | 2025-05-30 |
| JARVIS, Kay Margaret | Director | 2014-08-08 | 2015-12-11 |
| KACHELLEK, Christopher Michael | Director | 2014-08-08 | 2016-03-16 |
| KAPUR, Ramnik | Director | 2014-08-08 | 2017-06-20 |
| MAY, Brian Ward | Director | 2014-08-01 | 2016-09-30 |
| MCCALL, Graham Kenneth | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2014-01-22 |
| QUILTER, Kevin Edward | Director | 2014-08-08 | 2016-02-19 |
| SCOTT, Paul | Director | 2016-03-16 | 2018-02-02 |
| JPCORD LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-06-20 | 1996-07-02 |
| RENEW CORPORATE DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2014-08-01 | 2018-02-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferns Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-01-15 | Active |
| Forefront Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-01-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
+28.5%
£42,132,517 £54,143,644
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-22.9%
£1,099,892 £848,429
-
Net assets
+64.5%
£2,551,135 £4,196,729
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+8.5%
94 102
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-13.3%
£2,734,377 £2,370,437
first positive since 2022
-
Profit before tax
-16.6%
£2,673,510 £2,229,645
first positive since 2022
-
Wages
+14.7%
£5,683,957 £6,521,739
highest in 4 filed years
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