FORELAND HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-14 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
+186.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£94M
-0.4% vs 2023
Employees
6
+20% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
+2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- FORELAND HOLDINGS LIMITED 2004-12-22 → present
- A.W.S.R. HOLDINGS LIMITED 2002-05-13 → 2004-12-22
- SCALEFRESH LIMITED 2002-03-19 → 2002-05-13
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 | £35,232,000 | £36,334,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,879,000 | £6,457,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,335,000 | £6,459,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,335,000 | £6,459,000 | |
| Cash | £3,523,000 | £10,101,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £94,305,000 | £93,903,000 | |
| Net assets | £94,305,000 | £93,903,000 | |
| Equity | £94,305,000 | £93,903,000 | |
| Average employees | 5 | 6 | |
| Wages | £988,000 | £1,040,000 |
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 | 19.5% | 17.8% | |
| Net margin | 18.0% | 17.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.3% | 6.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.2% | 2.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.55x | 7.41x | |
| Interest cover | 9.69x | 2152.33x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 group and parent 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
- FORELAND HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Foreland Shipping Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Concession Agreement ended on 31 December 2024 and has been succeeded by a follow up contract to continue providing the same service for the four remaining vessels for a minimum period of seven years.”
- “The final payments of Tranche A and Tranche B...were prepaid in December 2023 and January 2024, and resulted in a net saving for the Group on interest payments.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANE, Alexander Chandos Tempest | Secretary | 2021-06-01 | — | — |
| PARKER, Simon Francis | Director | 2023-11-24 | Sep 1963 | British |
| VANE, Alexander Chandos Tempest | Director | 2021-06-01 | Jul 1972 | British |
| WARWICK, James Walter Fitzgerald | Director | 2013-08-19 | Jun 1966 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAFFEY, Robert Amyon John Templeman | Secretary | 2017-11-10 | 2021-06-01 |
| EUSTACE, Alexandra Rosemary | Secretary | 2007-02-27 | 2016-10-31 |
| LONG, Richard Edward | Secretary | 2002-04-04 | 2002-08-31 |
| TRUDGEON, Paul | Secretary | 2016-11-01 | 2017-11-10 |
| WEBB, Forbes Waddington | Secretary | 2002-09-01 | 2007-02-27 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-03-19 | 2002-04-04 |
| BIBBY, Michael James, Sir | Director | 2002-04-17 | 2003-03-11 |
| BUCHANAN, Richard Angus Fownes | Director | 2002-04-17 | 2004-12-06 |
| CHAFFEY, Robert Amyon John Templeman | Director | 2017-11-10 | 2021-06-01 |
| CORKHILL, Stephen John | Director | 2010-08-31 | 2014-08-15 |
| DUNLOP, Graeme Dermott Stuart | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| GLADWYN, Max James | Director | 2002-04-04 | 2008-05-30 |
| HARRIS, Simon Allan | Director | 2004-12-29 | 2012-02-13 |
| KILPATRICK, Stuart Charles | Director | 2012-02-13 | 2013-08-19 |
| KITCHEN, Simon Jeremy | Director | 2005-01-21 | 2013-08-19 |
| MEADOWS, Eric Linsley | Director | 2002-04-17 | 2003-07-03 |
| MORTON, Peter Bruce | Director | 2008-05-30 | 2019-02-19 |
| PARKER, Michael George | Director | 2002-04-17 | 2010-08-31 |
| PREECE, Mark Alfred | Director | 2003-03-11 | 2004-01-31 |
| SHAW, Brian Piers, Sir | Director | 2002-04-17 | 2003-06-30 |
| TRUDGEON, Paul | Director | 2008-04-22 | 2017-11-10 |
| WALSH, Michael Patrick | Director | 2014-08-15 | 2014-09-23 |
| WALSH, Michael Patrick | Director | 2013-08-19 | 2013-09-17 |
| WARWICK, James Walter Fitzgerald | Director | 2003-07-03 | 2008-04-22 |
| WILLIAMS, Stuart Dorian Peter | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2023-11-24 |
| WOODCOCK, Howard Dennis | Director | 2004-01-31 | 2005-01-21 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-03-19 | 2002-04-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadley Shipping (Ro - Ro) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-02-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-08 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+3.1%
£35,232,000 £36,334,000
-
Cash
+186.7%
£3,523,000 £10,101,000
-
Net assets
-0.4%
£94,305,000 £93,903,000
-
Employees
+20%
5 6
-
Operating profit
-6.1%
£6,879,000 £6,457,000
-
Profit before tax
+2%
£6,335,000 £6,459,000
-
Wages
+5.3%
£988,000 £1,040,000
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