BLACKFRIARS SECURITIES (BRIGHTON) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-11 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£74K
-22% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+3.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
3
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£242K
-4.6% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-04-01 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £299,439 | — | £307,562 | £299,439 | |
| Operating profit | — | £238,703 | — | £222,623 | £208,915 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £94,183 | — | £253,551 | £241,996 | |
| Net profit | — | £82,679 | — | £149,030 | £182,997 | |
| Cash | — | £72,353 | — | £94,821 | £73,989 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £5,433,663 | — | £5,658,012 | £5,878,509 | |
| Net assets | — | £5,069,820 | — | £5,218,850 | £5,401,847 | |
| Equity | — | £5,069,820 | — | £5,218,850 | £5,401,847 | |
| Average employees | — | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £0 | £0 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-2.6%
£307,562 £299,439
-
Cash
-22%
£94,821 £73,989
-
Net assets
+3.5%
£5,218,850 £5,401,847
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
0%
3 3
-
Operating profit
-6.2%
£222,623 £208,915
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-4.6%
£253,551 £241,996
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 | 2022-04-01 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 79.7% | — | 72.4% | 69.8% | |
| Net margin | — | 27.6% | — | 48.5% | 61.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 4.4% | — | 3.9% | 3.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 10.5% | 10.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 10.41x | 11.17x | |
| Interest cover | — | 3.70x | — | 2.25x | 1.79x |
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
- BLACKFRIARS SECURITIES (BRIGHTON) LIMITED 2000-07-28 → present
- LUDGATE 235 LIMITED 2000-04-28 → 2000-07-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors note that the company is trading adequately and has sufficient working capital and other finance available to continue trading for a period of not less than 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. As such, the directors believe that there are no significant uncertainties in their assessment of whether the business is a going concern and therefore have prepared the accounts on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “There are no subsequent events that require disclosure or adjustments to the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRADLEY, Darren Colin | Director | 2000-08-18 | Dec 1969 | British |
| HALLAM, James Perry | Director | 2017-11-01 | Feb 1978 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUCE RADCLIFFE, Godfrey Martin | Secretary | 2000-08-07 | 2000-08-18 |
| HALLAM, Lubka | Secretary | 2005-07-01 | 2007-02-08 |
| WHITE, Daniel Peter | Secretary | 2000-08-18 | 2005-07-01 |
| LUDGATE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2000-04-28 | 2000-08-07 |
| BEATON BROWN, Leslie Lewis | Director | 2000-08-02 | 2000-08-18 |
| BEATON-BROWN, Linda Ann | Director | 2000-08-02 | 2000-08-18 |
| HASTINGS, Michael Stuart | Director | 2000-08-18 | 2024-12-31 |
| LUDGATE NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2000-04-28 | 2000-08-02 |
| LUDGATE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD | Corporate Director | 2000-04-28 | 2000-08-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cromwell (2003) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-12-31 | Active |
| Albemarle Securities Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-06-28 | Ceased 2019-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 96 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-11-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-27 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2022-01-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
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.