BLACKFORD ANALYSIS LIMITED
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Cash
£3.2m
+18% vs 2024
Net assets
-£32m
-146.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
111
-0.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£19m
-22.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £7,807,805 | £1,060,379 | £666,137 | -37.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£10,251,561 | -£14,916,193 | -£17,422,398 | -16.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,098,659 | -£15,454,388 | -£18,909,194 | -22.4% | |
| Net profit | -£2,759,765 | -£15,454,388 | -£18,909,194 | -22.4% | |
| Cash | — | £2,676,598 | £3,159,311 | +18% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | -£12,913,336 | -£31,822,530 | -146.4% | |
| Net assets | — | -£12,913,336 | -£31,822,530 | -146.4% | |
| Equity | £0 | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | — | 112 | 111 | -0.9% | |
| Wages | — | £8,340,770 | £10,486,784 | +25.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £911,951 | £1,142,340 | +25.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £29,000 | £50,222 | +73.2% | |
| Highest paid director | £0 | £283,150 | £547,014 | +93.2% |
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 | -131.3% | — | — | |
| Net margin | -35.3% | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 469.8% | 967.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.20x | 0.10x | |
| Interest cover | — | -26.62x | -12.04x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BLACKFORD ANALYSIS LIMITED 2010-06-23 → present
- MACROCOM (1016) LIMITED 2010-06-14 → 2010-06-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has received written confirmation from its parent undertaking that no demand will be made for repayment of amounts owed to them of £34,393,097 at 31 December 2025 for at least twelve months... The parent undertaking has also pledged to continue to provide financial support”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MFMAC SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-11-21 | — | — |
| AMBROGIO, Edgardo Nelson | Director | 2024-04-01 | Nov 1977 | Italian |
| HOLROYD, James Robert | Director | 2024-07-18 | Apr 1977 | British |
| HOMOLYA, Tibor Kazmer | Director | 2023-02-08 | Apr 1982 | German |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACKEAN, Robert Mackintosh | Secretary | 2013-10-10 | 2019-10-31 |
| RUTHERFORD, Scott Liston | Secretary | 2019-10-31 | 2024-11-21 |
| BOWIE, David Malcolm | Director | 2012-10-10 | 2020-01-04 |
| CHIN, Conrad Blair | Director | 2010-07-15 | 2024-07-18 |
| DEWIT, Richard William | Director | 2023-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
| HEAVENS, Alan Francis, Professor | Director | 2010-07-15 | 2017-03-02 |
| KRUGER, Gerd | Director | 2023-02-08 | 2024-03-31 |
| MACKEAN, Robert Mackintosh | Director | 2012-10-10 | 2019-10-31 |
| MCKELLAR, Keith Alexander James | Director | 2010-07-15 | 2012-09-07 |
| NASH, Christopher John | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2023-02-09 |
| PANTER, Benjamin David, Dr | Director | 2010-06-14 | 2025-09-03 |
| RUTHERFORD, Scott Liston | Director | 2019-10-31 | 2025-09-03 |
| SALVADOR, Alexandre Joaquim Olivier | Director | 2023-02-08 | 2023-10-24 |
| YOUNGER, Simon Clovis | Director | 2018-02-15 | 2023-02-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayer Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-02-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 213 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-26 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-21 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-07-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.