BLACKBURN V.E. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2K
-33.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£50K
+516.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
13
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£74K
+469.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £809,000 | — | — | — | £924,000 | £1,067,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£15,000 | — | — | — | £12,000 | £69,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£16,000 | — | — | — | £13,000 | £74,000 | |
| Net profit | -£28,000 | — | — | — | £13,000 | £62,000 | |
| Cash | £6,000 | — | — | — | £3,000 | £2,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£79,000 | — | — | — | -£7,000 | £54,000 | |
| Net assets | -£81,000 | — | — | — | -£12,000 | £50,000 | |
| Equity | -£81,000 | -£33,000 | -£17,000 | -£25,000 | -£12,000 | £50,000 | |
| Average employees | 13 | — | — | — | 13 | 13 | |
| Wages | £285,000 | — | — | — | £334,000 | £360,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £94,000 | — | — | — | £108,000 | £109,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+15.5%
£924,000 £1,067,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-33.3%
£3,000 £2,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+516.7%
-£12,000 £50,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
0%
13 13
-
Operating profit
+475%
£12,000 £69,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+469.2%
£13,000 £74,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+7.8%
£334,000 £360,000
highest in 3 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.9% | — | — | — | 1.3% | 6.5% | |
| Net margin | -3.5% | — | — | — | 1.4% | 5.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.0% | — | — | — | -171.4% | 127.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 103.7% | 86.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.49x | 0.71x |
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
- UHY Hacker Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Despite having net current liabilities at the year end, the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis on the grounds that the directors of Abbeyfield V.E. Limited have confirmed their continued support for at least 12 months following the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company is also continuing to invest in the latest Essilor ophthalmic equipment including optical coherence tomography (OCT) machines as we strive to offer customers the most comprehensive Eye Test experience in the market.”
- “The company is showcasing an increasing range of iconic EssilorLuxottica eyewear brands such as Rayban, Persol and Oakley along with the latest Transitions photochromic lens technology.”
- “The company is underpinning colleague learning and experience through the use of the Leonardo learning platform to provide digital learning resources across a range of product, industry and company related subjects.”
- “As the integration activities continue, the company will increasingly benefit from being part of the EssilorLuxottica group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBEYFIELD VE LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-12-31 | — | — |
| HOOTON, Richard | Director | 2000-02-01 | Aug 1972 | British |
| MALIK, Jawad Akbar | Director | 1999-12-04 | Dec 1966 | British |
| ABBEYFIELD VE LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1998-12-31 | — | — |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLAN, Ranald George | Director | 2017-10-01 | 2023-04-13 |
| HYDE, Philip Martin | Director | 2023-04-13 | 2025-08-18 |
| LAWSON, Jonathan Robert | Director | 2012-08-15 | 2013-07-11 |
| MCGHEE, Daniel | Director | 2023-04-13 | 2025-08-18 |
| NOBLE, Stephen Mark | Director | 2013-07-09 | 2017-09-30 |
| LINKMEL V.E. LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1998-12-31 | 2023-04-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeyfield V.E. Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Jawad Akbar Malik | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 93 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-12 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-07-11 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-07-11 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2023-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.