Forward 3D Group Limited
Registered name: FORWARD 3D GROUP LIMITED
Part of Stagwell Inc. groupForward 3D Group Limited made £76.4m revenue and £3.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Forward 3D Group Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £76.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £3.6m profit and 850 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £60.6m | £66m | £76.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £76.4m |
| Operating profit | −£1.8m | −£3.6m | £3.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.6m | −£2.7m | £4.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£430k | −£2.4m | £3.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£430k | −£2.4m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 823 | 852 | 850 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.7% | −3.7% | 4.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £73.7k | £77.4k | £89.9k |
| Profit per employee | −£522 | −£2.8k | £4.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.8% | ▲15.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.5% | ▼0.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £89.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.3k
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now 850
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Stagwell Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent25–50%
- Forward 3D Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Forward 3D Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Stagwell Media Platform LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £3.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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