BLACKWELL ADVENTURE
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Cash
£327K
+34.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£636K
-4% vs 2024
Employees
38
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£26K
+67.7% 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 | £1,459,803 | £1,524,199 | +4.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£86,123 | £25,118 | +129.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£81,361 | -£26,252 | +67.7% | |
| Net profit | -£81,361 | -£26,252 | +67.7% | |
| Cash | £243,313 | £326,794 | +34.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £666,797 | £705,068 | +5.7% | |
| Net assets | £661,816 | £635,564 | -4% | |
| Equity | £661,816 | £635,564 | -4% | |
| Average employees | 38 | 38 | 0% | |
| Wages | £730,252 | £791,157 | +8.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 | -5.9% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | -5.6% | -1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -12.9% | 3.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.8% | 42.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.91x | 0.92x | |
| Interest cover | — | 0.48x |
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
- BLACKWELL ADVENTURE 2006-03-17 → present
- BLACKWELL COURT TRUST LIMITED 1980-12-15 → 2006-03-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- JW Hinks LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. A cash flow forecast to the end of 2026 shows a cash-positive result and an increase in cash balances to £383k. For these reasons, the charity continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “2025 was a very successful year for Blackwell Adventure. Demand remained strong... delivered the busiest summer in its history.”
- “The year saw continued investment in staff, activities and site infrastructure, alongside a successful leadership transition and strong forward bookings for 2026.”
- “New activities were introduced, facilities were improved, and important investment was made in energy resilience and staff accommodation.”
- “Appointment of Glen Probert as incoming Chief Executive.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPINKS, Anthony George | Secretary | 2022-06-01 | — | — |
| ALLEN, David Anthony | Director | 2018-05-14 | Feb 1958 | British |
| FENNELL, Paul Raymond | Director | 2015-07-31 | Sep 1947 | British |
| HARVERSON, Alexander David | Director | 2018-01-29 | Sep 1990 | British |
| JAMES, Tracey Denise | Director | 2025-06-25 | Feb 1964 | British |
| LLOYD, Andrew Keith | Director | 2018-05-14 | Jan 1974 | British |
| SPINKS, Anthony George | Director | 2021-01-25 | Apr 1952 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRYER, Thomas George | Secretary | — | 1993-05-31 |
| EDWARDS, Graham Keith | Secretary | 1993-06-01 | 1999-05-26 |
| FENNELL, Paul Raymond | Secretary | 2016-07-18 | 2017-03-20 |
| HART, James Thomas Lewis | Secretary | 2006-03-22 | 2016-07-18 |
| HUNTER, Karen Margaret | Secretary | 2017-03-20 | 2022-06-01 |
| SIMMS, Marion Netta | Secretary | 1999-05-26 | 2006-03-22 |
| CRADDOCK, Sally Claire | Director | 2006-03-22 | 2016-07-18 |
| CRYER, Thomas George | Director | — | 1993-05-31 |
| DESAI, Arjun Kumar | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2018-04-14 |
| EDWARDS, Graham Keith | Director | — | 1999-06-10 |
| FAGG, Maurice | Director | — | 1994-04-17 |
| GILBURN, David Alan | Director | 2008-08-27 | 2015-03-31 |
| HART, James Thomas Lewis | Director | 2000-09-30 | 2016-07-18 |
| HEMMINGS, Kenneth Keith Wilfred | Director | 2019-11-25 | 2025-05-14 |
| HIGGINSON, Gordon | Director | 1998-02-25 | 2002-06-12 |
| HOLLOWAY, Daryl Roger | Director | 2008-05-14 | 2015-06-01 |
| HOLLOWAY, Daryl Roger | Director | 1998-02-25 | 2006-03-22 |
| HUDSON, Robert Adrian | Director | — | 2000-09-30 |
| HUNTER, Karen Margaret | Director | 2016-07-18 | 2022-06-01 |
| KIMBERLEY, Brian Edward | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| MORCOM, Roger Michael | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2018-07-27 |
| PEEL, Gerald William | Director | 2006-02-08 | 2020-01-27 |
| PERRY, Peter Ambrose | Director | 2006-03-22 | 2013-12-31 |
| SHAYLOR, Graham | Director | 1993-06-01 | 1998-02-25 |
| SIMMS, Marion Netta | Director | 1999-05-26 | 2006-03-22 |
| TAYLOR, Peter Leslie | Director | — | 1998-02-25 |
| TAYLOR-STUPPLE, Louise | Director | 2019-11-25 | 2025-09-29 |
| THOMAS, Steven Garedd, Dr | Director | 2022-10-17 | 2025-06-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-06-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-06-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.