TILHILL FORESTRY LIMITED
Company number 03242286 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Tilhill Forestry Limited occupies a strong competitive position within the UK forestry sector as the dedicated management arm of the BSW Timber Group, one of Britain's largest integrated timber businesses. Its substantial share capital, nearly three-decade trading history, and comprehensive service coverage across silviculture, logging, and forestry support services provide scale advantages that few independent competitors can match. The company is well-positioned to benefit from structural growth in afforestation driven by net-zero targets and institutional natural capital investment, though its complete dependence on BSW's strategic priorities and potential conflicts around timber supply independence warrant ongoing scrutiny.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1996-08-27
- Registered office
- 3rd Floor 1 Ashley Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, United Kingdom, WA14 2DT
- Postcode
- WA14 2DT
- Capital
- 5,000,001 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-27
- Next due by
- 2027-09-10
Nature of business (SIC)
- 2100 Silviculture and other forestry activities
- 2200 Logging
- 2400 Support services to forestry
Officers 7 current · 37 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by BSW TIMBER LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 5
£920,555 total awarded value where published.
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Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-12-31) as part of the BSW TIMBER LIMITED group statement — 5 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z8470439 (Tier 3), registered since 2004.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
27.2%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the bottom quarter for parity
Contact details
- Website
- tilhill.com
- Phone
- 0133573447, 0229504982, 0229504990
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| TILHILL ECONOMIC FORESTRY LIMITED | 2000-11-21 |
| MAVTRADE LIMITED | 1996-12-30 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| BIRCHDEN FARM BROADWATER FOREST LANE, GROOMBRIDGE, KENT, TN3 9NB | 2015-11-26 |
| BLACKHAM COURT, WITHYHAM, EAST SUSSEX, TN7 4DB | 2012-09-19 |
| KEMPSON HOUSE P.O. BOX 570, CAMOMILE STREET, LONDON, EC3A 7AN | 2007-06-22 |
Among its peers
The oldest
of 21 similar companies in WA, trading since 1996
The class of 1996
45%
of the 41,235 companies incorporated in 1996 are still active today; 52% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 10 titles
- Freehold
- 9
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2025-11-27
- Price paid, where recorded
- £2,319,791
- Where
- Wrexham (8), Carmarthenshire (1), Gwynedd (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYM534720 | Wrexham | Freehold | 2025-11-27 | — |
| CYM586974 | Wrexham | Freehold | 2025-11-27 | — |
| CYM615440 | Wrexham | Freehold | 2025-11-27 | — |
| CYM724134 | Wrexham | Freehold | 2025-11-27 | — |
| CYM736691 | Wrexham | Freehold | 2025-11-27 | — |
| WA612705 | Wrexham | Freehold | 2025-11-27 | — |
| WA866166 | Wrexham | Freehold | 2025-11-27 | £2,319,791 |
| CYM374936 | Wrexham | Freehold | 2024-12-20 | — |
| CYM760433 | Carmarthenshire | Leasehold | 2018-12-18 | — |
| CYM97511 | Gwynedd | Freehold | 1997-03-19 | — |
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