FORWARD DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
Company number 00834978 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Forward Developments Limited is a highly robust, asset-rich company boasting a net worth of nearly £25 million and virtually no long-term debt, earning it an overall financial health grade of A-. However, recent symptoms show a decline in retained earnings and a steady drop in cash reserves over the past three years, indicating that heavy capital investments and operational deficits are straining day-to-day liquidity. The long-term prognosis remains excellent due to the company's immense property backing, but management must focus on restoring positive cash flow and ensuring they do not become overly illiquid.
Shareholders' funds
£24,824,771
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1965-01-21
- Employees
- 6 (2025 accounts · was 4 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Woodwater Farm, Hardings Lane, Gillingham, Dorset, United Kingdom, SP8 4HX
- Postcode
- SP8 4HX
- Capital
- 18,300 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-31
- Next due by
- 2027-08-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 1110 Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
- 41100 Development of building projects
- 68209 Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Officers 3 current · 5 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA510771 (Tier 1), registered since 2019.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| VILLAGE FARM, NORTH WALTHAM, NEAR BASINGSTOKE, HANTS, RG25 2DD | 2018-12-04 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 46 similar companies in SP
2nd largest employer among its local peers (6 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1965.
Competitors Salisbury
This company ranks 3 among growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds in Salisbury.
Property in England & Wales 32 titles
- Freehold
- 32
- Most recent registration
- 2025-12-18
- Price paid, where recorded
- £1,375,000
- Where
- Dorset (18), Hampshire (6), Cornwall (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP900062 | Hampshire | Freehold | 2025-12-18 | — |
| DT396193 | Dorset | Freehold | 2025-07-15 | — |
| DT483383 | Dorset | Freehold | 2024-08-06 | — |
| DT480197 | Dorset | Freehold | 2024-01-22 | — |
| DT480198 | Dorset | Freehold | 2024-01-22 | — |
| DT471671 | Dorset | Freehold | 2022-12-23 | — |
| DT473421 | Dorset | Freehold | 2022-12-23 | — |
| ST56987 | Somerset | Freehold | 2022-02-09 | — |
| DT434424 | Dorset | Freehold | 2020-12-02 | — |
| DT410536 | Dorset | Freehold | 2020-09-14 | — |
| CL177135 | Cornwall | Freehold | 2020-09-09 | £260,000 |
| DT375320 | Dorset | Freehold | 2020-08-18 | — |
| DT369574 | Dorset | Freehold | 2019-02-11 | £396,000 |
| CL319525 | Cornwall | Freehold | 2015-12-10 | — |
| DT312293 | Dorset | Freehold | 2015-04-01 | — |
| DT311931 | Dorset | Freehold | 2013-01-10 | — |
| DT382122 | Dorset | Freehold | 2013-01-10 | — |
| HP474104 | Hampshire | Freehold | 2011-08-09 | — |
| DT379903 | Dorset | Freehold | 2010-06-24 | — |
| DN397469 | Devon | Freehold | 2009-07-17 | £302,000 |
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