TILHILL FORESTRY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-10 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-86.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
+6.8% vs 2023
Employees
235
-1.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+20.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- TILHILL FORESTRY LIMITED 2000-11-21 → present
- TILHILL ECONOMIC FORESTRY LIMITED 1996-12-30 → 2000-11-21
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 | £220,351,000 | £226,558,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,067,000 | £4,423,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,107,000 | £4,965,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,124,000 | £735,000 | |
| Cash | £13,411,000 | £1,841,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,037,000 | £16,373,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,638,000 | £11,358,000 | |
| Equity | £10,638,000 | £11,358,000 | |
| Average employees | 238 | 235 | |
| Wages | £9,362,000 | £9,253,000 |
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 | 1.8% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.2% | 27.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 80.5% | 86.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.30x | 0.91x | |
| Interest cover | 4067.00x | 80.42x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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.”
Group structure
- TILHILL FORESTRY LIMITED · parent
- Dick Brothers Forestry Limited
- Maelor Scotland Forest Nurseries Limited
- Forest Seed Orchard Limited
- Maelor Forest Nurseries Limited
- Maelor Forest Nurseries Holdings Limited
Significant events
- “On 29 November 2024, the Company acquired the trading assets and liabilities of fellow BSW Group companies, Dick Brothers Forestry Limited, Maelor Scotland Forest Nurseries Limited, Forest Seed Orchard Limited, Maelor Forest Nurseries Limited and Maelor Forest Nurseries Holdings Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HENRY, Andrew Stephen | Director | 2024-11-29 | Nov 1967 | British |
| KEMP, Graeme | Director | 2024-11-29 | Jun 1972 | British |
| MILNE, Alan Graham | Director | 2018-04-01 | Nov 1982 | British |
| PEARSON, Stuart Vincent | Director | 2021-03-01 | Jun 1968 | British |
| STEVENS, Harry Christopher George | Director | 2015-10-13 | May 1968 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHALMERS, David Graeme | Secretary | 2000-06-30 | 2000-09-12 |
| HUDSON, Andrew James Robert | Secretary | 2000-09-12 | 2015-09-01 |
| JONES, Howard Jeremy | Secretary | 2015-09-01 | 2018-05-28 |
| MILNE, Alan Graham | Secretary | 2018-05-28 | 2024-02-21 |
| SOUTHWORTH, Michael | Secretary | 1996-12-27 | 2000-06-30 |
| TONKS, Sarah Uny | Secretary | 1996-11-29 | 1996-12-27 |
| NORTON ROSE LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-08-27 | 1996-11-29 |
| ADKINS, Gavin Paul | Director | 2015-10-13 | 2023-07-31 |
| BINMORE, Andrew | Director | 1996-12-27 | 2000-12-31 |
| BRANDER, Sauli | Director | 2013-06-17 | 2014-04-23 |
| DUNN, Iggy | Director | 2017-07-27 | 2022-12-23 |
| EDWARDS, David Vaughan | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| FORSYTH, Colin | Director | 1996-12-27 | 2000-10-12 |
| GALE, Martin Frank | Director | 1998-02-05 | 2007-05-31 |
| HACKNEY, Anthony Malcolm | Director | 2015-10-13 | 2023-07-31 |
| HENRIKSEN, Anders Olav | Director | 2000-11-29 | 2004-05-06 |
| HUDSON, Andrew James Robert | Director | 2000-10-12 | 2017-07-27 |
| JONES, Howard Jeremy | Director | 2015-10-13 | 2018-04-01 |
| LAAKSONEN, Risto | Director | 2011-10-27 | 2013-06-17 |
| LAVERY, Stephen Anthony | Director | 2002-02-15 | 2012-10-05 |
| LEDGARD, Ian David | Director | 1996-12-27 | 1999-09-15 |
| LEHNER, Ludwig | Director | 2007-12-18 | 2010-12-13 |
| LIDDON, Timothy John | Director | 2015-11-26 | 2021-05-28 |
| LYDEN, John Kevin | Director | 1996-12-06 | 1998-01-20 |
| MATTIUZZO, Mauro | Director | 1996-11-29 | 1996-12-06 |
| MCROBBIE, George Murray | Director | 2001-12-10 | 2019-10-07 |
| MIDDLETON, Peter | Director | 2001-12-10 | 2015-01-21 |
| RIVERS, Matthew Justice | Director | 1996-12-27 | 2011-10-27 |
| ROBINSON, Christopher William | Director | 1996-12-06 | 2000-06-30 |
| SARANTOLA, Jaakko Antero | Director | 2004-05-06 | 2007-12-18 |
| SCOTT, Richard Thomas | Director | 2015-10-13 | 2017-05-15 |
| SHIELDS, John James | Director | 1996-12-06 | 2000-11-29 |
| SINDEN, Jason Kendrick | Director | 2015-11-26 | 2017-06-28 |
| TONKS, Sarah Uny | Director | 1996-11-29 | 1996-12-06 |
| VISANKO, Tuomo Tapio | Director | 2010-12-13 | 2011-10-27 |
| WHITFIELD, Peter Robert Amadeus | Director | 2006-04-03 | 2020-07-31 |
| WILKINSON, Martin Arthur | Director | 1996-12-27 | 2000-10-12 |
| NOROSE LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-08-27 | 1996-11-29 |
| NORTON ROSE LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-08-27 | 1996-11-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bsw Timber Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-12-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
+2.8%
£220,351,000 £226,558,000
-
Cash
-86.3%
£13,411,000 £1,841,000
-
Net assets
+6.8%
£10,638,000 £11,358,000
-
Employees
-1.3%
238 235
-
Operating profit
+8.8%
£4,067,000 £4,423,000
-
Profit before tax
+20.9%
£4,107,000 £4,965,000
-
Wages
-1.2%
£9,362,000 £9,253,000
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