Forel UK & Ireland Ltd
Registered name: FOREL UK & IRELAND LTD
Forel UK & Ireland Ltd made £1.3m revenue and a £131k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Forel UK & Ireland Ltd’s revenue grew 18% to £1.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £131k and 9 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Stansted; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stansted, East of England
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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. From the filing: “Forel S.P.A. Unipersonale”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | — | £662k | £870k |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £412k | £400k |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | −£97.6k | −£168k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | −£103k | −£174k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | −£76.3k | −£131k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | −£76.3k | −£131k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | −7.1% | −10.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 38.4% | 31.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £134k | £141k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | −£9.5k | −£14.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | — | ▲18.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲20% | ▲33.3% | ▲12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £46k | £110k | £235k | £160k | £66.5k |
| Net assets | −£70.2k | −£63.3k | −£47.9k | −£124k | −£255k |
| Fixed assets | £4.4k | £12.5k | £16.3k | £17.4k | £15.2k |
| Current assets | £62.5k | £582k | £769k | £593k | £652k |
| Debtors | £0 | £389k | £135k | £96.2k | £84.3k |
| Deferred income | £73.4k | £32.5k | £23k | £29.1k | £27.4k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −10.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £141k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£14.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- 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 −£255k
- Cash at bank
- ▼59%
- Now £66.5k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- ▼6%
- Now £27.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £15.2k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£131k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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