Forrest Developments Holdings Limited
Registered name: FORREST DEVELOPMENTS HOLDINGS LIMITED
Forrest Developments Holdings Limited made £10.1m revenue and £477k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Forrest Developments Holdings Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £10.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £477k profit and 140 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £13.8m | £10.1m | £10.7m | £10.1m |
| Cost of sales | £6.1m | £2.7m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Gross profit | £7.7m | £7.4m | £8.3m | £7.8m |
| Operating profit | £3.3m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £3.2m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £688k |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £936k | £944k | £477k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £936k | £944k | £477k |
| Employees (average) | 133 | 143 | 140 | 140 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 18% | 9.2% | 8.8% | 4.7% |
| Gross margin | 56% | 72.9% | 78.1% | 77.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £104k | £70.9k | £76.3k | £72.1k |
| Profit per employee | £18.7k | £6.5k | £6.7k | £3.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼26.6% | ▲5.4% | ▼5.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼62.4% | ▲0.8% | ▼49.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.5% | ▼2.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £0 | £412 | £504 |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £2.7m | £3.1m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £7.8m | £7.8m | £7.8m |
| Current assets | — | £3.1m | £3.2m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 77.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £72.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 77.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲22%
- Now £504
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 140
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £7.8m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Forrest Hotel Developments LimitedRev. £34.9k · Profit −£160k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £477k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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