Foreland Holdings Limited
Registered name: FORELAND HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Warwick & Esplen Limited groupForeland Holdings Limited made £64.4m revenue and £10.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Foreland Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 77% to £64.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £10.3m profit. The company is classified under “non-trading company” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.2m | £36.3m | £64.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£27.1m | −£28.8m | −£51.6m |
| Gross profit | £8.1m | £7.5m | £12.8m |
| Operating profit | £6.9m | £6.5m | £9.8m |
| Profit before tax | £6.3m | £6.5m | £10.4m |
| Profit after tax | £6.3m | £6.5m | £10.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.3m | £6.5m | £10.3m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 18% | 17.8% | 15.9% |
| Gross margin | 23% | 20.8% | 19.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.1% | ▲77.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2% | ▲58.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Cash at bank
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Group structure
Ownership chain
- Warwick & Esplen Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Hadley Shipping Group Limited75–100%
- Hadley Shipping Company,limited(The)75–100%
- Hadley Shipping (Ro - Ro) Limited75–100%
- Foreland Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Foreland Shipping LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Aw Ship Management LimitedRev. £9.4m · Profit £539k
- Aw Group Holdings LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £96.6k
- FS (Ro-Ro) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £10.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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