KOMATSU FOREST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-02 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+25.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
-15.8% vs 2024
Employees
40
+2.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£192K
-5.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- KOMATSU FOREST LIMITED 2004-02-02 → present
- PARTEK FOREST LIMITED 1998-12-01 → 2004-02-02
- SISU LOGMEC LIMITED 1996-09-05 → 1998-12-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,064,635 | £26,558,901 | |
| Operating profit | £791 | £113,880 | |
| Profit before tax | -£181,605 | -£191,563 | |
| Net profit | -£181,605 | -£194,785 | |
| Cash | £919,222 | £1,153,417 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,219,709 | £2,080,283 | |
| Net assets | £1,231,825 | £1,037,040 | |
| Equity | £1,231,825 | £1,037,040 | |
| Average employees | 39 | 40 | |
| Wages | £1,709,918 | £1,933,962 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.0% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | -0.9% | -0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.0% | 5.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 90.9% | 92.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.81x | 0.81x | |
| Interest cover | 0.00x | 0.36x |
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
- Dodd & Co Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company is dependent on funds provided by Komatsu Forest AB, its immediate parent, for working capital. Komatsu Forest AB indicated it will continue to make funds available for at least twelve months from approval date. Directors believe this enables the company to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “Challenges in UK forestry industry from environmental issues, regulatory changes, and market fluctuations.”
- “Brexit caused logistical complexities and market disruptions, impacting used machine exports.”
- “Increased variable costs, significant write-downs in used machine values, and warranty cost challenges impacted results.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINROW, Geoffrey | Secretary | 2019-01-22 | — | — |
| BELLAS, Stephen | Director | 2021-08-01 | Jul 1974 | British |
| EDHOLM, Erik Gustav | Director | 2024-04-01 | May 1972 | Swedish |
| HASSELRYD, Peter Jan Ake | Director | 2020-04-01 | Mar 1968 | Swedish |
| SARIN, Tom Mika | Director | 2020-04-01 | Mar 1966 | Swedish |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACGREGOR, Ian Stewart | Secretary | 2005-05-24 | 2019-01-22 |
| ALEX MORISON & CO WS | Corporate Secretary | 1996-09-05 | 1997-01-03 |
| TM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1997-01-31 | 2005-05-24 |
| ANNEMALM, Per | Director | 2018-11-01 | 2021-07-31 |
| BOSTROM, Nils Ola Torbjorn | Director | 2013-01-08 | 2020-03-31 |
| BRASH, Donald Granger | Director | 1996-09-05 | 1996-10-01 |
| EDLUND, Bernt-Ake Roland | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2006-06-22 |
| ELIASSON, Hans Ivan Hjalmar | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2004-04-14 |
| KANEBO, Sten Erik | Director | 2001-10-24 | 2004-10-31 |
| MCILWRAITH, David William | Director | 2011-04-11 | 2018-10-12 |
| PAUL, Stewart Alasdair | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2001-10-24 |
| RAUSER, Bernd | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| RAUSER, Bernd | Director | 2010-09-10 | 2011-04-11 |
| RAUSER, Bernd | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2009-02-09 |
| ROBERTSON, Colin Robert | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2010-09-10 |
| UENO, Mitsuru | Director | 2016-11-21 | 2020-03-31 |
| WAPPLING, Per | Director | 2004-04-14 | 2004-10-31 |
| YAMADA, Hideki | Director | 2004-04-14 | 2006-12-11 |
| YAMAKAWA, Akira | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2006-12-11 |
| YASUKAWA, Toshiya | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2011-05-09 |
| YLANEN, Timo Vaino | Director | 2011-05-09 | 2012-12-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Komatsu Forest Ab | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-08-23 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-08-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+26.1%
£21,064,635 £26,558,901
-
Cash
+25.5%
£919,222 £1,153,417
-
Net assets
-15.8%
£1,231,825 £1,037,040
-
Employees
+2.6%
39 40
-
Operating profit
+14,297%
£791 £113,880
-
Profit before tax
-5.5%
-£181,605 -£191,563
-
Wages
+13.1%
£1,709,918 £1,933,962
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