Forelle Estates Limited
Registered name: FORELLE ESTATES LIMITED
Part of Forelle Group Limited groupForelle Estates Limited made £9m revenue and £649k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
Forelle Estates Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £9m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £649k profit. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Poole; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Poole, South West
- Age
- 63 yrs · since 1963
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.4m | £8.9m | £9m |
| Cost of sales | −£288k | −£840k | −£380k |
| Gross profit | £8.1m | £8.1m | £8.6m |
| Operating profit | £5.5m | £5.3m | £5.6m |
| Profit before tax | £289k | £9.8m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £42.5k | £9.9m | £649k |
| Profit (best available) | £42.5k | £9.9m | £649k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.5% | 111.2% | 7.2% |
| Gross margin | 96.6% | 90.6% | 95.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.5% | ▲1.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲23193% | ▼93.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 95.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Forelle Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Forelle Estates Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Forelle Estates (Hurn) LimitedRev. £218k · Profit £162k
- Emerson Valley Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Forelle LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Osprey Retail LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £649k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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