BLUE GROUP COLLECTIVE LIMITED
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Cash
£155k
-54.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.1m
+7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
118
+9.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£812k
+16.9% highest 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 | £19,366,673 | £21,117,999 | £21,940,627 | +3.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,002,497 | £1,017,976 | £1,121,492 | +10.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £748,377 | £694,999 | £812,467 | +16.9% | |
| Net profit | £565,363 | £508,739 | £585,413 | +15.1% | |
| Cash | £112,586 | £342,313 | £154,863 | -54.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,887,511 | £5,168,774 | £4,892,902 | -5.3% | |
| Net assets | £1,858,353 | £1,930,576 | £2,064,755 | +7% | |
| Equity | £1,858,353 | £1,930,576 | £2,064,755 | +7% | |
| Average employees | 99 | 108 | 118 | +9.3% | |
| Wages | £4,033,091 | £4,563,146 | £5,341,229 | +17.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £146,022 | £211,035 | £197,818 | -6.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £1,101 | £31,282 | £22,824 | -27% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £95,133 | — | — |
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 | 5.2% | 4.8% | 5.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 2.4% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.5% | 19.7% | 22.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.8% | 82.0% | 80.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.81x | 0.76x | 0.76x | |
| Interest cover | 3.93x | 3.15x | 3.63x |
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
- BLUE GROUP COLLECTIVE LIMITED 2022-09-30 → present
- JD CONTAINERLIFT HOLDINGS LIMITED 2013-03-22 → 2022-09-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Henderson & Company
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 group's and the parent 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.”
Group structure
- BLUE GROUP COLLECTIVE LIMITED · parent
- Containerlift Holdings Limited 100%
- Tokamak Transport Ltd 90%
- McMillan Engineering Limited 76.15%
Significant events
- “The geo-political unrest has only worsened since 2022, primarily due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and more recently, significant unrest in the Middle East. We expect fuel prices to remain uncertain because of this.”
- “Higher inflation and wage inflation will continue to put demands on us all.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Joost Anton | Director | 2013-03-22 | Jan 1974 | British |
| BAKER, Tanya | Director | 2023-03-21 | Jun 1977 | British |
| CLEAVER, Richard Terry | Director | 2020-10-28 | Sep 1978 | British |
| CROFT, Stuart Ashley | Director | 2021-02-19 | May 1982 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOGICON LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2014-10-01 | 2025-07-29 |
| CUTMORE, Darren | Director | 2013-03-22 | 2020-11-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Joost Anton Baker | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-10-01 | Active |
| Mrs Tanya Baker | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 51 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-01-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-01-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-09-30 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-06 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-01-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-01-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-30 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
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.