Forbes Solicitors LLP
Registered name: FORBES SOLICITORS LLP
Forbes Solicitors LLP made £25.6m revenue and £6.2m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Forbes Solicitors LLP’s revenue grew 12% to £25.6m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £6.2m profit and 346 employees. The company is based in Preston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- Type
- Limited Liability Partnership
Partnership. Profit is shown before the partners' own pay, so margins aren't comparable with a limited company. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 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) | £16.9m | £21.1m | £22.9m | £25.6m |
| Operating profit | £3.6m | £4.6m | £4.3m | £6m |
| Profit after tax | £3.6m | £4.8m | £4.7m | £6.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.6m | £4.8m | £4.7m | £6.2m |
| Employees (average) | 319 | 335 | 350 | 346 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 21.2% | 22.7% | 20.4% | 24.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £53k | £63.1k | £65.5k | £74.1k |
| Profit per employee | £11.3k | £14.3k | £13.4k | £18k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.1% | ▲8.4% | ▲11.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲33.9% | ▼2.7% | ▲33.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5% | ▲4.5% | ▼1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 24.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £74.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18k
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now 346
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £6.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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