ADVENTURE FOREST GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£4.1m
-22.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4.4m
-17.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
868
-7.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£747k
-64.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,519,957 | £26,509,368 | £26,376,678 | -0.5% | |
| Operating profit | £3,312,169 | £1,866,378 | £526,569 | -71.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,549,267 | £2,129,915 | £746,737 | -64.9% | |
| Net profit | £2,971,690 | £1,556,620 | £544,753 | -65% | |
| Cash | £6,120,357 | £5,239,150 | £4,078,968 | -22.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,256,298 | £5,556,210 | £4,573,463 | -17.7% | |
| Net assets | £7,062,155 | £5,383,794 | £4,428,547 | -17.7% | |
| Equity | £7,062,155 | £5,383,794 | £4,428,547 | -17.7% | |
| Average employees | 968 | 934 | 868 | -7.1% | |
| Wages | £12,703,131 | £13,103,837 | £13,292,591 | +1.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £495,982 | £654,057 | £778,143 | +19% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.0% | 7.0% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 10.8% | 5.9% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 45.6% | 33.6% | 11.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.42x | 1.26x | 1.21x | |
| Interest cover | 85.67x | — | — |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ADVENTURE FOREST GROUP LIMITED 2006-07-10 → present
- BONDCO 1149 LIMITED 2006-03-21 → 2006-07-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services Limited, trading as Ensors
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accourting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ADVENTURE FOREST GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Adventure Forest Limited 100%
- Go Ape EOT Limited 100%
- Oystershell Inc 100%
Significant events
- “During the year ended 31 December 2025, the Group made payments against the deferred consideration totalling £1,500,000. Adventure Forest Limited contributed £1,500,000.”
- “On 20 February 2026, Adventure Forest Limited made a further payment of £1,150,265 against the deferred consideration from the distributable reserves generated in the year ended 31 December 2025. The Group expects to make future payments of deferred consideration on an annual basis providing that there are sufficient distributable reserves and cash when the payments fall due.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARDEN, Douglas | Secretary | 2021-11-04 | — | — |
| GARDEN, Douglas | Director | 2021-11-04 | Aug 1985 | British |
| GARROD, Bruce | Director | 2025-02-28 | Sep 1976 | British |
| HALL, Nicholas | Director | 2015-05-14 | Mar 1971 | British |
| O'BOYLE, Joanne Marie | Director | 2021-11-04 | Aug 1980 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Nicholas | Secretary | 2019-12-10 | 2021-11-04 |
| MAYHEW, Rebecca Kathleen Sarah | Secretary | 2006-09-20 | 2021-11-04 |
| BONDLAW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2006-03-21 | 2006-09-20 |
| DAVIES, Benjamin | Director | 2021-11-04 | 2025-09-30 |
| GALBRAITH, William James Kennedy | Director | 2006-09-20 | 2021-11-04 |
| IVEAGH, Arthur Edward, Lord | Director | 2006-09-20 | 2008-09-09 |
| MACE, David Champion | Director | 2016-03-08 | 2018-03-22 |
| MAYHEW, Jerome Patrick Burke, The Honourable | Director | 2006-09-20 | 2020-03-31 |
| MAYHEW, Rebecca Kathleen Sarah | Director | 2006-09-20 | 2021-11-04 |
| MAYHEW, Tristram Thomas Burke | Director | 2006-09-20 | 2021-11-04 |
| NOAKES, Jon | Director | 2019-01-15 | 2019-11-29 |
| ROSSITER, Paul Henry | Director | 2006-09-20 | 2017-03-21 |
| WREN, Stephen | Director | 2021-11-04 | 2022-02-25 |
| BONDLAW DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-03-21 | 2006-09-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go Ape Eot Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2021-10-21 | Active |
| Mr Tristram Thomas Burke Mayhew | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-10-21 |
| Mrs Rebecca Kathleen Sarah Mayhew | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-10-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-03-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-25 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
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Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.