POINT BLANK LIMITED
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Cash
£3.1M
+24.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£6.7M
+0.3% vs 2024
Employees
167
-2.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.4M
-36.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,904,768 | £9,597,883 | -3.1% | |
| Operating profit | £2,087,331 | £1,275,528 | -38.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,190,126 | £1,392,573 | -36.4% | |
| Net profit | £1,676,391 | £1,078,875 | -35.6% | |
| Cash | £2,470,163 | £3,073,952 | +24.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,322,515 | £9,625,146 | +15.7% | |
| Net assets | £6,691,838 | £6,710,146 | +0.3% | |
| Equity | £6,691,838 | £6,710,146 | +0.3% | |
| Average employees | 171 | 167 | -2.3% | |
| Wages | £4,609,144 | £4,584,606 | -0.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £187,455 | £194,036 | +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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 21.1% | 13.3% | |
| Net margin | 16.9% | 11.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.1% | 13.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.9% | 45.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.37x | 2.02x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PM+M Solutions for Business LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The School received £1.7m in Capital Funding from the OfS paid in two tranches from November 2025 to March 2026.”
- “The School completed the expansion of its campus in September 2024, a project that began in 2023.”
- “There still continues to be a risk to the number of international student numbers resulting from Brexit as it is now more difficult for international students to apply and receive visas.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKES, Max Julian | Secretary | 2005-09-05 | — | British |
| BLACK, David Peter | Director | 2020-02-25 | Jun 1955 | British |
| BROOKES, Max Julian | Director | 2004-04-01 | Oct 1966 | British |
| COWAN, Robert Amos | Director | 1994-08-30 | Nov 1965 | British |
| GOWER, Andrew Charles, Professor | Director | 2019-12-19 | Jul 1972 | British |
| HAMAD, Anwar | Director | 2023-01-03 | Jul 1987 | British |
| HARRIS, Keith | Director | 2019-12-19 | Oct 1951 | British |
| SANNIE, Mulika | Director | 2021-12-08 | Aug 1981 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COWAN, Robert Amos | Secretary | — | 2005-09-05 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-08-30 | 1994-08-30 |
| CONCATO, Jean Christophe | Director | 1994-08-30 | 1995-09-27 |
| COWAN, Cynthia Elizabeth | Director | 1999-08-19 | 2001-05-17 |
| COWAN, Laura Suzanne | Director | 2001-05-17 | 2005-09-05 |
| COWAN, Stanley | Director | 1995-09-27 | 1999-07-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert Amos Cowan | Individual | Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Point Blank Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 104 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.