FORWARD PARTNERS GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-27 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£10M
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£109K
Period ending 2025-03-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FORWARD PARTNERS GROUP LIMITED 2024-03-20 → present
- FORWARD PARTNERS GROUP PLC 2021-03-04 → 2024-03-20
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£2,801,797 | -£48,827 | |
| Profit before tax | -£20,556,849 | £108,955 | |
| Net profit | -£20,556,849 | £108,955 | |
| Cash | £9,382,752 | £3,032,762 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £75,302,699 | £10,372,199 | |
| Equity | £75,302,699 | £10,372,199 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.6% | 2.4% | |
| Current ratio | 21.02x | 37.01x | |
| Interest cover | -3137.51x | -33.26x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have assessed the current financial position of the company, along with future cash flow requirements to determine if the company has the financial resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future. At the time of approving the financial statements, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. Thus, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- FORWARD PARTNERS GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Forward Partners Management Company Limited 100%
- Forward Partners Venture Advance Ltd 100%
- Forward Partners General Partner Limited 100%
- Forward Partners Carried Interest General Partner Limited 100%
- FPGP Nominees Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The Company acted as the sole Limited Partner to Forward Partners 1 L.P., Forward Partners II L.P., and Forward Partners III L.P. (the "Funds") until the Company made a distribution in kind for its full interests in the Funds to Molten Ventures plc and Molten Venture Holdings Limited on 17 March 2025.”
- “On 17 March 2025, a capital reduction took place reducing the number of Ordinary shares to 100. The balance of these, together with the full amount of share premium, were transferred to retained earnings.”
- “As part of the acquisition by Molten of all the shares of the Company, all options relating to grants before June 2023 have been forfeited. 10% of the June 2023 grants have been exercised as determined by the Company's remuneration committee, with the remaining options forfeited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRISBOURNE, Nicholas Gwyn | Director | 2021-03-04 | Jan 1973 | British |
| CHAPMAN, Stuart Malcolm | Director | 2024-03-14 | Jan 1970 | British |
| DOUGLAS, Ben | Director | 2025-07-29 | Jun 1989 | British |
| WILKINSON, Benjamin David | Director | 2024-03-14 | Nov 1980 | British |
| ZIMMERMANN, Andrew, Mr | Director | 2024-07-26 | Jul 1971 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWNING, Allen John | Secretary | 2021-03-04 | 2022-06-07 |
| FAITH, Gareth Michael | Secretary | 2024-03-14 | 2024-03-20 |
| SMITH, Lloyd Adrian | Secretary | 2022-06-07 | 2024-03-14 |
| BRADLEY, Matthew James | Director | 2021-03-04 | 2022-06-07 |
| GIVEN, Susanne Johanne | Director | 2021-05-28 | 2024-03-14 |
| MCKAY, Jonathan | Director | 2021-03-04 | 2024-03-14 |
| SMITH, Christopher Michael Peter | Director | 2021-03-04 | 2024-03-14 |
| SMITH, Lloyd Adrian | Director | 2022-03-21 | 2024-03-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molten Ventures Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-03-14 | Active |
| Mr Allen John Browning | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-03-04 | Ceased 2021-07-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 70 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-03-20 CERT10 Certificate re registration public limited company to private
- 2024-03-20 RR02 Reregistration public to private company
- 2024-03-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-03-17 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-03-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-20 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-05-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-03-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-20 | CERT10 | change-of-name | Certificate re registration public limited company to private | |
| 2024-03-20 | RR02 | change-of-name | Reregistration public to private company | |
| 2024-03-20 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2024-03-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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