FORBO FLOORING UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-11 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£297K
+37.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£67M
-0.2% vs 2023
Employees
448
+0.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+16.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- FORBO FLOORING UK LIMITED 2015-01-05 → present
- FORBO FLOORS UK LIMITED 2014-10-09 → 2015-01-05
- HAMSARD 3347 LIMITED 2014-09-02 → 2014-10-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £122,561,000 | £128,361,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,131,000 | £5,192,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,648,000 | £5,431,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,480,000 | £4,245,000 | |
| Cash | £216,000 | £297,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £72,739,000 | £73,057,000 | |
| Net assets | £66,901,000 | £66,786,000 | |
| Equity | £66,901,000 | £66,786,000 | |
| Average employees | 444 | 448 | |
| Wages | £17,070,000 | £17,778,000 |
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 | 3.4% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.7% | 7.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.17x | 2.07x | |
| Interest cover | 68.85x | 27.04x |
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 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Rödl & Partner Limited
- 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 of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- FORBO FLOORING UK LIMITED · parent
- Westbond Limited 100%
- Forbo UK Limited 100%
- Forbo-Nairn Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the balance sheet date, the directors paid the dividend of £5,000,000 in favour of the company's immediate parent company, Forbo Management S.A, which was declared during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GILFILLAN, William | Secretary | 2022-03-31 | — | — |
| FOTHERINGHAME, Angus Baikie | Director | 2014-10-09 | Nov 1971 | British |
| SMITH, Andrew Mark | Director | 2023-01-01 | Apr 1977 | British |
| WINS, Jean-Michel | Director | 2018-01-01 | Apr 1967 | Belgian |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPEED, Eric | Secretary | 2014-10-21 | 2022-04-25 |
| SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-09-02 | 2014-10-09 |
| CROSSLEY, Peter Mortimer | Director | 2014-09-02 | 2014-10-09 |
| GREENWAY, Douglas | Director | 2014-10-09 | 2022-12-31 |
| HUENERWADEL, Matthias Peter | Director | 2014-11-13 | 2017-12-31 |
| JAEGER, Andreas Peter | Director | 2021-01-20 | 2025-11-01 |
| SPREITER, Andreas Stanley | Director | 2014-11-13 | 2017-05-08 |
| UEHLINGER, Urs | Director | 2017-05-25 | 2020-09-25 |
| SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2014-09-02 | 2014-10-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forbo Management Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-01-06 | Ceased 2021-01-06 |
| Forbo Holding Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-01-06 | Active |
| Forbo Finanz Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-10-11 | Ceased 2021-01-06 |
| Forbo Holding Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 64 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-22 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-05-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-05-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-05-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+4.7%
£122,561,000 £128,361,000
-
Cash
+37.5%
£216,000 £297,000
-
Net assets
-0.2%
£66,901,000 £66,786,000
-
Employees
+0.9%
444 448
-
Operating profit
+25.7%
£4,131,000 £5,192,000
-
Profit before tax
+16.8%
£4,648,000 £5,431,000
-
Wages
+4.1%
£17,070,000 £17,778,000
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