The Forge (Nuneaton) Limited
Registered name: THE FORGE (NUNEATON) LIMITED
Part of Anvil Holdings Limited groupThe Forge (Nuneaton) Limited made £6.8m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
The Forge (Nuneaton) Limited’s revenue grew 56% to £6.8m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.1m profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “other residential care activities” and is based in Nuneaton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nuneaton, West Midlands
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £148k | £3.2m | £4.3m | £6.8m |
| Cost of sales | £296k | £1.6m | £1.9m | £2.9m |
| Gross profit | −£148k | £1.6m | £2.4m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | −£747k | −£438k | £729k | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.6m | −£1.2m | −£40.6k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.6m | −£1.2m | −£40.6k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.6m | −£1.2m | −£40.6k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £688k | £2.3m | £2.6m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 61 | 63 | 69 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1096% | −37.4% | −0.9% | 16.2% |
| Gross margin | −100.3% | 49.4% | 55.6% | 57.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £8.2k | £52.8k | £68.9k | £98.3k |
| Profit per employee | −£89.8k | −£19.8k | −£644 | £16k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2082% | ▲34.8% | ▲56.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲238.9% | ▲3.3% | ▲9.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £32.9k | £328k | £166k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | −£765k | £854k | £1.1m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £8.5m | £12m | £1.8k | £13m |
| Current assets | £200k | £587k | £652k | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £148k | £208k | £421k | £422k |
| Deferred income | £125k | £120k | £162k | £251k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £98.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 190.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- 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
- ▲175%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲534%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- ▲55%
- Now £251k
- Fixed assets
- ▲740084%
- Now £13m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Anvil Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Anvil Capital Limited75–100%
- Anvil Group Limited75–100%
- Forge Care Limited75–100%
- The Forge (Nuneaton) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Forge Care 2 LimitedFigures 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 Aug 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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