FORWARD MICROSYSTEMS LIMITED Financials
- Company number
- 01836276CopyCopy
- Registered office
- Forward House, 185 Thurncourt Road, Leicester LE5 2NG
- Incorporated
- 26/07/1984
Company snapshot
- Status
- Active
- Employees
- 18 (2025)
- Latest financial data
- 2025
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Financial highlights
Latest reported figures. Okredo holds filed data for 2021–2025.
Net Assets
0.44%vs 20242024: £356.15K
Total Assets
-11.49%vs 20242024: £772.14K
Cash in Bank
-22.64%vs 20242024: £161.75K
Total Liabilities
-21.68%vs 20242024: £403.43K
Employees
0vs 20242024: 18
In 2025, FORWARD MICROSYSTEMS LIMITED reported net assets of £357.73K. The same filing shows total assets of £683.41K, cash in bank of £125.12K and total liabilities of £315.98K. Reported headcount was 18 in 2025. Total Assets fell from £772.14K in 2024 to £683.41K in 2025 (-11.49%). Okredo holds filed figures for 2021–2025; the table below lists every reported indicator by year. See every reported indicator by year.
Financial performance
Pick a measure to see how it has moved across the reported years, with the year-on-year change beneath it.
Net Assets
0.44%from £356.15K in 2024Year-on-year change
Net Assets as filed for 2021–2025. Every figure in this chart is also in the financial history table.
3-year financial trend (2023–2025)
How the figures FORWARD MICROSYSTEMS LIMITED filed moved across the three reported years 2023, 2024 and 2025 — measured end to end rather than year on year.
Net Assets
+6.7%vs 2023+3.3% a year compound (CAGR)
Cash in Bank
+16%vs 2023+7.7% a year compound (CAGR)
Total Assets
-11.7%vs 2023-6.1% a year compound (CAGR)
Total Liabilities
-25.3%vs 2023-13.6% a year compound (CAGR)
Employees
-5.3%vs 2023-1Biggest increase
Cash in Bank+16%
£107.85K in 2023 to £125.12K in 2025
Biggest decrease
Total Liabilities-25.3%
£423.09K in 2023 to £315.98K in 2025
FORWARD MICROSYSTEMS LIMITED's filings pull in both directions between 2023 and 2025. The steepest rise came in cash in bank, pointing to a more liquid cash position, set against a fall in total liabilities, pointing to lighter outstanding obligations. See the full year-by-year figures.
Ratios from the filed figures
Calculated from FORWARD MICROSYSTEMS LIMITED's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from — nothing here is estimated or industry-averaged.
- Net assets to total assets
- 52.35%2025
- Reported net assets divided by reported total assets, for the latest year both were filed. Shows how much of the asset base is not financed by liabilities.
- Liabilities to total assets
- 46.24%2025
- Total liabilities divided by reported total assets, for the latest year both were available. Shows how much of the asset base is funded by obligations.
- Cash to liabilities
- 39.60%2025
- Reported cash in bank divided by total liabilities for the same year. Shows what share of outstanding obligations the reported cash balance would cover.
- Cash to total assets
- 18.31%2025
- Reported cash in bank divided by reported total assets, for the latest year both were filed.
Financial history
Every indicator Okredo tracks, year by year.
Reported financial indicators for FORWARD MICROSYSTEMS LIMITED by year. Amounts are as filed; a dash means the figure was not reported for that year.
| Indicator | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Assets£ | 456.87K | 375.05K | 335.32K | 356.15K | 357.73K |
| Total Assets£ | 996.65K | 879.32K | 774.36K | 772.14K | 683.41K |
| Cash in Bank£ | 344.75K | 269.99K | 107.85K | 161.75K | 125.12K |
| Total Liabilities£ | 539.78K | 488.07K | 423.09K | 403.43K | 315.98K |
| Employees | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
FORWARD MICROSYSTEMS LIMITED financials: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own filed figures.
Yes. Okredo holds filed figures for FORWARD MICROSYSTEMS LIMITED covering 2021–2025, across 5 reported indicators. The most recent reported year is 2025.
FORWARD MICROSYSTEMS LIMITED reported net assets of £357.73K for 2025. That compares with £356.15K in 2024, a change of 0.44%.
FORWARD MICROSYSTEMS LIMITED reported total assets of £683.41K for 2025. That compares with £772.14K in 2024, a change of -11.49%.
FORWARD MICROSYSTEMS LIMITED reported cash in bank of £125.12K for 2025. That compares with £161.75K in 2024, a change of -22.64%.
FORWARD MICROSYSTEMS LIMITED reported 18 employees in 2025, compared with 18 in 2024.
Between 2023 and 2025, FORWARD MICROSYSTEMS LIMITED's net assets rose by 6.7%, cash in bank rose by 16%, total assets fell by 11.7% and total liabilities fell by 25.3%. Net assets compounded at 3.3% a year across the two years to 2025, from £335.32K to £357.73K. Reported headcount went from 19 in 2023 to 18 in 2025 (-1).
Okredo holds reported figures for the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. Where an indicator was not reported for a given year, the financial history table shows a dash rather than a value.