BLAENAVON FORGINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.3m
+9.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£21m
+26.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
189
+8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.4m
-7.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £35,344,000 | £46,127,000 | £51,405,000 | +11.4% | |
| Operating profit | £2,850,000 | £629,000 | £5,396,000 | +757.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,656,000 | £5,854,000 | £5,393,000 | -7.9% | |
| Net profit | £2,070,000 | £4,916,000 | £4,425,000 | -10% | |
| Cash | £1,554,000 | £2,130,000 | £2,340,000 | +9.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,200,000 | £26,419,000 | £31,464,000 | +19.1% | |
| Net assets | £11,914,000 | £16,830,000 | £21,255,000 | +26.3% | |
| Equity | £11,914,000 | £16,830,000 | £21,255,000 | +26.3% | |
| Average employees | 156 | 175 | 189 | +8% | |
| Wages | £6,026,000 | £6,870,000 | £7,791,000 | +13.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £227,000 | £282,000 | £272,000 | -3.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £12,000 | £13,000 | £13,000 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | £239,000 | £282,000 | £272,000 | -3.5% |
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 | 8.1% | 1.4% | 10.5% | |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 10.7% | 8.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.4% | 2.4% | 17.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.6% | 54.8% | 50.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.14x | 2.55x | 2.86x | |
| Interest cover | 14.69x | 1.44x | — |
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
- BLAENAVON FORGINGS LIMITED 2019-06-03 → present
- DONCASTERS UK FABRICATIONS LIMITED 2019-01-18 → 2019-06-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the Directors are satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to continue to meet its obligations as they fall due. Accordingly the accounts of the Company have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Following the sale of Forged Solutions Group by Arlington Capital Partners to J.F.Lehman & Company, from 27th February 2026 the ultimate controlling party is JFL Equity Investors VI L.P.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHOUDHRY, Ahsan Ahmed I | Director | 2026-05-11 | Dec 1975 | American |
| HARMAN, Clark Alexander | Director | 2026-02-27 | Nov 1975 | American |
| HATCHER, Robert Benjamin | Director | 2026-02-27 | Jun 1989 | American |
| MCIVOR, Benjamin Steven Timothy | Director | 2020-02-18 | Dec 1974 | British |
| RATTNER, David Leonard | Director | 2026-05-11 | Mar 1964 | American |
| SCHMIDT, Alec Michael | Director | 2026-02-27 | Sep 1992 | American |
| SMITH, Lee Johnathan | Director | 2020-02-18 | May 1972 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOLYNEUX, Ian | Secretary | 2019-01-18 | 2019-11-15 |
| ALBERS, Henry | Director | 2021-03-26 | 2026-02-27 |
| HINKS, Duncan Andrew | Director | 2020-02-18 | 2026-02-27 |
| HINKS, Duncan Andrew | Director | 2019-01-18 | 2019-03-27 |
| MANOS, Peter Michael | Director | 2019-11-15 | 2026-02-27 |
| MOLYNEUX, Ian | Director | 2019-01-18 | 2019-11-15 |
| OXNARD, Lisa Marie | Director | 2019-01-18 | 2019-11-15 |
| SON, Erica | Director | 2019-11-15 | 2021-03-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aero Forgings Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-11-15 | Active |
| Dundee Holdco 4 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-05-31 | Ceased 2019-11-15 |
| Doncasters Aerospace Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-01-18 | Ceased 2019-05-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 71 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-03-14 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 3
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.