Da Forgie
Registered name: DA FORGIE
Part of S & R Forgie Limited groupDa Forgie made £25.2m revenue and £876k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Da Forgie’s revenue grew 3% to £25.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £876k profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies” and is based in Limavady; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Limavady, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Private Unlimited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The parent company of DA Forgie at 31 March 2025 was S & R Forgie Limited, a company incorporated in Northern Ireland. The registered office of S & R Forgie Limited is 16a Seacoast Road, Limavady, Uni”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.6m | £25.2m |
| Cost of sales | £21.1m | £21.7m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £859k | £876k |
| Profit (best available) | £859k | £876k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 49 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 14.4% | 14% |
| Revenue per employee | £493k | £515k |
| Profit per employee | £17.2k | £17.9k |
| Cash conversion | 90% | −185.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £2.5m |
| Net assets | £7m | £7.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2m |
| Current assets | £12.4m | £12.6m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | £79.2k | £76.9k |
| Cash from operations | £1.1m | −£2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £515k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −185.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.4%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £7.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲58%
- Now £2.5m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £76.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- S & R Forgie Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Da Forgiethis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £876k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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