FORTERRA BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED

1. FORTERRA BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED 2015-10-05 → present
2. HBP BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED 2015-04-07 → 2015-10-05
3. HANSON BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED 2014-09-01 → 2015-04-07
4. PIMCO 2945 LIMITED 2014-03-26 → 2014-09-01

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Ernst & Young LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern 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 company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period up to 30 June 2026.”

Significant events

• “Total revenue of £344.3m is in line with the prior year (2023: £346.4m) although sales volumes to some extent varied by product. Pricing remained broadly stable across our product range.”
• “Brick despatches were closely aligned to the wider market, being flat year-on-year, although with an improving trend through 2024. Despatches in the second half of the year demonstrated a double digit increase relative to the first half.”
• “Net finance expenses increased by £2.1m in 2024 to £9.1m. The increase in finance costs relative to the prior year was primarily a function of increasing levels of borrowing through 2023 along with increasing interest rates through 2023, with these only falling slightly towards the end of 2024.”
• “Trading in the first two months of 2025 continued the positive trends seen in the final quarter of 2024.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -0.6%

  £346,400,000 → £344,300,000

• Cash

  -5%

  £16,000,000 → £15,200,000

• Net assets

  -0.6%

  £231,300,000 → £229,900,000

• Employees

  -17.5%

  1,785 → 1,472

• Operating profit

  +53.6%

  £23,900,000 → £36,700,000

• Profit before tax

  +63.3%

  £16,900,000 → £27,600,000

• Wages

  -15.1%

  £87,800,000 → £74,500,000

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