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BLUE MACHINERY (SPARES) LIMITED

#04597499 · Active · Incorporated 2002-11-21 (23y 11m) · Last filing 2026-09-24 (1mo ago)
Basic Materials · SIC 08990 · B Mining & Quarrying · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 12 months) · Confirmation due 2026-12-05 (in 2 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£2.3m

-13.4% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£8.7m

-2.9% lowest in 3 filed years

Employees

36

-2.7% lowest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£1.9m

+2.8% vs 2024

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £20,078,646£18,088,446£18,634,912 +3%
Operating profit £2,335,166£1,897,398£1,925,117 +1.5%
Profit before tax £2,335,166£1,894,271£1,946,519 +2.8%
Net profit £1,889,226£1,433,172£1,481,016 +3.3%
Cash £2,476,818£2,697,839£2,335,697 -13.4%
Total assets less current liabilities £9,411,325£9,071,594£8,808,126 -2.9%
Net assets £9,352,502£9,010,162£8,749,806 -2.9%
Equity £9,352,502£9,010,162£8,749,806 -2.9%
Average employees 403736 -2.7%
Wages £1,700,178£1,617,881£1,654,606 +2.3%
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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 11.6%10.5%10.3%
Net margin 9.4%7.9%7.9%
Return on capital employed 24.8%20.9%21.9%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 20.9%21.2%20.8%
Current ratio 4.74x4.64x4.76x

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 2 times since incorporation

  1. BLUE MACHINERY (SPARES) LIMITED 2008-06-10 → present
  2. BLUE MACHINERY (SPARES) PLC 2008-06-10 → 2008-06-10
  3. SPARES UK PLC 2002-11-21 → 2008-06-10

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Corr & Corr
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The company is trading profitably, has significant financial resources together with an established customer base. As a consequence the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 7 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
CAREY, Austin Paul Daniel Director 2003-03-12 Nov 1970 British
MAXWELL, Brian Victor Director 2003-03-12 May 1959 British
MCGEARY, Patrick Oliver Director 2003-03-12 May 1952 British
Show 7 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
DONNELLY, Eugene John Secretary 2003-03-12 2025-07-07
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD Corporate Nominee Secretary 2002-11-21 2002-11-25
BIRD, Lynn Joan Director 2007-01-03 2008-03-31
DONNELLY, Eugene John Director 2003-03-12 2025-07-07
SAVAGE, Roderick Director 2007-01-03 2007-03-30
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD Corporate Nominee Director 2002-11-21 2002-11-25
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD Corporate Nominee Director 2002-11-21 2002-11-25

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Blue Machinery (Group) Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-11-21 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 97 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2020-03-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2020-03-05 CC04 Statement of companys objects
Date Type Category Description
2026-09-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-12-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-07-24 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-24 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2024-11-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-11-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-09-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-12-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-10-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-12-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2020-11-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-10-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-07-16 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2020-07-16 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2020-03-05 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2020-03-05 CC04 change-of-constitution Statement of companys objects
2020-03-02 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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