BLUE SKY INTERMODAL (UK) LTD.
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Cash
£7.6m
USD 10,293,995
-37% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£22m
USD 29,737,453
-2% vs 2024
Employees
41
+2.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£880k
USD 1,185,870
-73.2% lowest in 3 filed years
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 | £116,448,246 | £138,999,343 | £127,327,286 | -8.4% | |
| Operating profit | £8,127,040 | £10,538,173 | £9,450,742 | -10.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,673,080 | £3,289,846 | £880,052 | -73.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,937,567 | £2,591,737 | £1,068,226 | -58.8% | |
| Cash | £8,007,438 | £12,135,120 | £7,639,328 | -37% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £100,921,814 | £120,920,380 | £140,726,245 | +16.4% | |
| Net assets | £19,643,678 | £22,523,097 | £22,068,611 | -2% | |
| Equity | £19,643,678 | £22,523,097 | £22,068,611 | -2% | |
| Average employees | 38 | 40 | 41 | +2.5% | |
| Wages | £3,461,274 | £4,934,035 | £3,931,886 | -20.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £966,159 | £2,050,801 | £1,182,504 | -42.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £15,087 | £18,555 | £17,173 | -7.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £431,795 | £901,283 | £506,464 | -43.8% |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.742 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 7.0% | 7.6% | 7.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 1.9% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.1% | 8.7% | 6.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 86.1% | 87.3% | 87.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 0.78x | 0.96x | |
| Interest cover | 1.49x | 1.43x | 1.07x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe the group has adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- BLUE SKY INTERMODAL (UK) LTD. · parent
- Blue Sky Intermodal (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Blue Sky Container Investments Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “management determined that the useful economic life of container assets is greater than initially assessed, and as such deemed a reduction in the straight line depreciation rate to 4.8% per annum... The reduction in the depreciation charge for the year was approximately $2.9m.”
- “Keith Hotston resigned as a director on 27 May 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEWLETT-LANKSHEAR, Suzanne Claire | Secretary | 2011-10-01 | — | — |
| MORNARD, Geoffrey James | Director | 2002-11-27 | Aug 1959 | British |
| STRIBLEY, Nigel John | Director | 2002-11-27 | Apr 1953 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRIBLEY, Nigel John | Secretary | 2002-11-27 | 2011-09-30 |
| BIMLER, Daniel Kay Hinnerk, Dr | Director | 2013-01-14 | 2017-07-01 |
| HOTSTON, Keith James | Director | 2004-06-22 | 2026-05-27 |
| LEISIBACH, Beat | Director | 2018-06-20 | 2023-10-03 |
| ROTH, Heinz | Director | 2004-02-09 | 2018-06-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Keith James Hotston | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-12-01 |
| P&R Equipment & Finance Corp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-09-16 |
| Mr Nigel John Stribley | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Geoffrey James Mornard | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 254 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-05-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-06-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- 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.