FOREST HOLIDAYS LIMITED
Get an alert when FOREST HOLIDAYS LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-12 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£12M
+161% vs 2023
Net assets
£61M
-44.1% vs 2023
Employees
891
-0.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£12M
-194.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FOREST HOLIDAYS LIMITED 2013-03-22 → present
- WILLOUGHBY (712) LIMITED 2012-07-27 → 2013-03-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £57,398,000 | £59,163,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,670,000 | -£4,590,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,058,000 | -£11,942,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,494,000 | -£5,824,000 | |
| Cash | £4,439,000 | £11,585,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £187,545,000 | £128,390,000 | |
| Net assets | £108,390,000 | £60,627,000 | |
| Equity | £108,390,000 | £60,627,000 | |
| Average employees | 898 | 891 | |
| Wages | £13,175,000 | £13,335,000 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.7% | -7.8% | |
| Net margin | -6.1% | -9.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.4% | -3.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.1% | 74.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.08x | 0.15x | |
| Interest cover | 0.40x | -0.62x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors of the Company during their going-concern assessment have confirmed the ability of its parent company to provide continued support access to cash to ensure its day-to-day running of the Company. The Board has obtained a written confirmation of financial support from its parent undertaking Priestholm TopCo Ltd who has confirmed it will provide financial support to assist the Company to meet its liabilities as and when they fall due but only to the extent that money is not otherwise available to the Company to meet such liabilities for the year to 31st March 2026.”
Group structure
- FOREST HOLIDAYS LIMITED · parent
- FH England LLP 99%
- Forest Holidays (Scotland) LLP 99%
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company added 12 additional cabins to our existing site at Strathyre.”
- “In November 2023, the board approved an investment into the build of a new 50 cabin site in Ben Nevis, situated within the Leanachan Forest, near Fort William in Scotland.”
- “A formal consultation process was announced in late September 2023 and took place throughout October and November. In December 2023 the consultation process was completed, and the Group restructure was finalised and agreed with the board.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DONOGHUE, Graham | Director | 2022-04-27 | Sep 1973 | British |
| OWEN, Charlotte Mary Scott | Director | 2025-03-21 | Sep 1987 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Peter Timothy | Director | 2023-02-23 | 2023-12-22 |
| ELLIS, Jonathan Luke | Director | 2016-12-16 | 2019-10-31 |
| FAITH, Ross Anthony | Director | 2012-09-21 | 2016-10-05 |
| FLETCHER, Gary Padbury | Director | 2012-07-27 | 2017-12-18 |
| GRAHAM, Michael Steven | Director | 2022-04-27 | 2024-05-14 |
| GRINSTED, Jill Elizabeth | Director | 2012-09-21 | 2017-12-18 |
| MCKENDRICK, Bruce James | Director | 2014-08-12 | 2022-04-27 |
| MCKENDRICK, Bruce James | Director | 2014-08-12 | 2025-10-02 |
| PALMER, Richard John | Director | 2012-09-21 | 2017-12-18 |
| PRIESTLEY, Alexander Peter James | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2023-02-23 |
| PRIESTLEY, Alexander Peter James | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2022-04-27 |
| ROBERTS, Alexander James | Director | 2023-02-23 | 2024-03-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Holidays Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 162 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-24 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+3.1%
£57,398,000 £59,163,000
-
Cash
+161%
£4,439,000 £11,585,000
-
Net assets
-44.1%
£108,390,000 £60,627,000
-
Employees
-0.8%
898 891
-
Operating profit
-271.9%
£2,670,000 -£4,590,000
-
Profit before tax
-194.3%
-£4,058,000 -£11,942,000
-
Wages
+1.2%
£13,175,000 £13,335,000
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