BLAKEBROOK LTD
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Cash
£4.9m
-19.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£6.1m
-13% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
88
-5.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.1m
-2,436.3% lowest in 3 filed years
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 | £16,812,023 | £12,085,023 | £10,005,219 | -17.2% | |
| Operating profit | £1,001,709 | -£63,289 | -£1,272,266 | -1,910.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,032,516 | £46,133 | -£1,077,813 | -2,436.3% | |
| Net profit | £827,644 | £451,855 | -£913,676 | -302.2% | |
| Cash | £4,517,709 | £6,069,405 | £4,907,294 | -19.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,685,696 | £7,267,552 | £6,287,209 | -13.5% | |
| Net assets | £6,589,308 | £7,041,163 | £6,127,487 | -13% | |
| Equity | £6,589,308 | £7,041,163 | £6,127,487 | -13% | |
| Average employees | 100 | 93 | 88 | -5.4% | |
| Wages | £4,963,579 | £4,890,027 | £4,717,457 | -3.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £254,724 | £297,702 | £246,709 | -17.1% |
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 | 6.0% | -0.5% | -12.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 3.7% | -9.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.0% | -0.9% | -20.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 21.1% | 24.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.72x | 5.25x | 4.25x |
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 5 times since incorporation
- BLAKEBROOK LTD 2020-01-24 → present
- PHIXOS LIMITED 2017-11-14 → 2020-01-24
- RESOURCE GROUP LTD 2003-11-06 → 2017-11-14
- BLAKEBROOK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1997-12-29 → 2003-11-06
- KELTER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1992-02-10 → 1997-12-29
- ABCHANGE LIMITED 1991-11-29 → 1992-02-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- BLAKEBROOK LTD · parent
- Phixos Limited 100%
- Symbiotics Limited 100%
- Real-Time Consultants Limited 100%
- Real Time Consultants International Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LARKIN, John Leo | Secretary | 1996-03-25 | — | British |
| LARKIN, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2007-01-01 | Dec 1956 | British |
| LARKIN, John Leo | Director | 1996-03-25 | Jan 1957 | British |
| MINIHAN, John Gerard | Director | 2011-09-01 | Aug 1967 | British |
| STOKES, Susanne Helen | Director | 2019-04-01 | Dec 1978 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILBERT, Simon John Charles | Secretary | 1991-12-06 | 1996-03-25 |
| RUTLAND DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-11-29 | 1991-12-06 |
| BROADBENT-JONES, John | Director | 1992-06-03 | 1998-11-27 |
| GILBERT, Simon John Charles | Director | 1991-12-06 | 1997-06-06 |
| GOTT, Reginald Lawrence | Director | 2012-06-18 | 2016-01-29 |
| HUNTER, Robert Edward | Director | 2008-06-27 | 2016-01-15 |
| KEEGAN, Kevin | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2009-01-31 |
| LEATHERLAND, Adrian James | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2014-04-16 |
| MARTIN, Paul | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2012-11-30 |
| PRICE, Richard Charles | Director | 1991-12-06 | 2007-01-01 |
| RUTLAND DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-11-29 | 1991-12-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blakebrook Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 177 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-01-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-11 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2023-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-01-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2019-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.