Forkers Limited
Registered name: FORKERS LIMITED
Part of H R F Holdings Limited groupForkers Limited made £91.6m revenue and £3.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Forkers Limited’s revenue grew 95% to £91.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3.6m profit and 157 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in West Bromwich; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Bromwich, West Midlands
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £75.4m | £47m | £91.6m |
| Cost of sales | £65.2m | £37.7m | £80.7m |
| Gross profit | £10.2m | £9.3m | £10.9m |
| Operating profit | £4.9m | £3.2m | £4.2m |
| Profit before tax | £5.1m | £3.8m | £5m |
| Profit after tax | £4.2m | £2.9m | £3.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.2m | £2.9m | £3.6m |
| Staff costs | £9m | £9.9m | £10.9m |
| Employees (average) | 151 | 148 | 157 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.6% | 6.3% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 13.6% | 19.8% | 11.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £499k | £318k | £584k |
| Profit per employee | £28.1k | £19.9k | £23.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼37.6% | ▲94.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼30.8% | ▲23.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2% | ▲6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £12.2m | £19.1m | £21.9m |
| Net assets | £17.9m | £20.8m | £24.2m |
| Fixed assets | £157k | £145k | £754k |
| Current assets | £26.4m | £29.1m | £36.8m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £267k | £714k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £584k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £24.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲15%
- Now £21.9m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 157
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲420%
- Now £754k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- H R F Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Forkers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Forkers Renewable Energy LtdFigures not disclosed
- Forkers Scotland LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £3.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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