FORBIDDEN PLANET (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-08 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£859K
+56.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
-1.9% vs 2024
Employees
225
+5.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£635K
+41.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FORBIDDEN PLANET (SCOTLAND) LIMITED 1988-04-12 → present
- MOSTFIX LIMITED 1988-02-03 → 1988-04-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,252,046 | £21,718,867 | |
| Operating profit | £506,814 | £679,670 | |
| Profit before tax | £448,076 | £635,261 | |
| Net profit | £372,254 | £487,870 | |
| Cash | £549,943 | £859,352 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,345,378 | £3,269,947 | |
| Net assets | £3,250,414 | £3,188,284 | |
| Equity | £3,250,414 | £3,188,284 | |
| Average employees | 213 | 225 | |
| Wages | £3,802,295 | £3,993,815 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.6% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.1% | 20.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.94x | 1.66x | |
| Interest cover | 8.63x | 13.26x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Pembroke Briggs Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- FORBIDDEN PLANET (SCOTLAND) LIMITED · parent
- Flumaneria Limited 100%
- Forbidden Planet LLC 58%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPSTEIN, Darren Andrew | Director | 2021-06-11 | Jun 1971 | British |
| HOLT, Janet | Director | 1998-10-19 | Jun 1951 | British |
| MCMAHON, John | Director | 2003-04-01 | May 1957 | British |
| ODDIE, Andrew David | Director | 2002-02-01 | Aug 1972 | British |
| PENMAN, Kenneth | Director | 2002-02-01 | Dec 1957 | British |
| STAFF, Andrew Michael Lawrence | Director | 2023-07-23 | Feb 1975 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOXALL, Richard James | Secretary | 1997-07-21 | 2017-01-05 |
| JARMAN, Rebecca | Secretary | 2017-01-05 | 2022-11-07 |
| PENMAN, Kenneth | Secretary | — | 1997-07-21 |
| BOXALL, Richard James | Director | 1997-07-21 | 2022-05-27 |
| CAMPBELL, Colin | Director | 1997-07-21 | 2021-06-11 |
| HAMILTON, James Russell | Director | — | 2021-06-11 |
| HOLT, Graham | Director | 1998-10-19 | 2025-03-12 |
| LAKE, Michael | Director | — | 2020-06-01 |
| LANDAU, Nicholas Alexander | Director | — | 1993-07-26 |
| MOIR, Christopher John Peter | Director | 1997-07-21 | 2008-10-01 |
| O'DONNELL, Kevin | Director | 2002-02-01 | 2025-03-18 |
| PENMAN, Kenneth | Director | — | 1997-07-21 |
| STAFF, Andrew Michael Lawrence | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2017-05-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fpi Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2020-11-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+12.8%
£19,252,046 £21,718,867
-
Cash
+56.3%
£549,943 £859,352
-
Net assets
-1.9%
£3,250,414 £3,188,284
-
Employees
+5.6%
213 225
-
Operating profit
+34.1%
£506,814 £679,670
-
Profit before tax
+41.8%
£448,076 £635,261
-
Wages
+5%
£3,802,295 £3,993,815
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