BL MERTHYR LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-06 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-22
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£59M
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£10M
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £6,142,721 | £9,110,530 | |
| Operating profit | — | £4,907,952 | £5,459,677 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £9,685,014 | £10,344,874 | |
| Net profit | — | £6,916,236 | £16,183,903 | |
| Cash | — | £2,573,714 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £52,614,160 | £58,997,273 | |
| Net assets | — | £46,442,198 | £58,997,273 | |
| Equity | £41,030,702 | £46,442,198 | £58,997,273 | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2023-12-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 79.9% | 59.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 112.6% | 177.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 9.3% | 9.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.09x | 0.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | 2.38x | 3.91x |
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 — the current trading name was adopted 2024-09-04
- BL MERTHYR LIMITED 2024-09-04 → present
- CORONA VULCAN MERTHYR LIMITED 2021-05-19 → 2024-09-04
- HAMMERSON (MERTHYR) LIMITED 2008-08-04 → 2021-05-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors consider that the Company has adequate resources to continue trading for the foreseeable future, and a working capital cycle enabling the Company to meet all liabilities as they fall due. Accordingly, they believe the going concern basis is an appropriate one.”
Significant events
- “On 3 September 2024, the Company was subject to a corporate acquisition resulting in a change of ownership and the Company becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of The British Land Company PLC. The acquisition resulted in a change of the Company name, effective from 03 September 2024, and a reshaping of management and operational strategies.”
- “The accounting period has been extended to align with the Group. The current accounting period is a long period ending on 31 March 2025 and includes the results of operations for the extended accounting period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRITISH LAND COMPANY SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-09-03 | — | — |
| MCCLURE, Keith | Director | 2024-09-03 | Jul 1990 | British |
| MOUNTFORD, Charles Alexander Richard | Director | 2024-09-03 | Sep 1980 | British |
| PINKSTONE, James Michael | Director | 2024-09-03 | May 1987 | British |
| REED, Matthew James | Director | 2024-09-03 | May 1980 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAYDON, Stuart John | Secretary | 2008-08-04 | 2011-09-22 |
| HAMMERSON COMPANY SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-09-23 | 2021-05-19 |
| ASHTON, Michael | Director | 2020-02-03 | 2020-03-27 |
| ATKINS, David John | Director | 2008-08-04 | 2009-10-01 |
| AUSTIN, Warren Stuart | Director | 2014-04-25 | 2021-05-19 |
| BEANEY, Thomas | Director | 2020-02-03 | 2021-05-19 |
| BERGER-NORTH, Andrew John | Director | 2008-10-08 | 2020-08-07 |
| BOURGEOIS, Mark Richard | Director | 2019-04-30 | 2021-05-19 |
| COCHRANE, Thomas | Director | 2020-08-07 | 2021-05-19 |
| COLE, Peter William Beaumont | Director | 2008-08-04 | 2019-04-30 |
| DAWES, Anthony John | Director | 2021-05-19 | 2022-03-21 |
| EMERY, Jonathan Michael | Director | 2008-08-04 | 2008-10-08 |
| HUTCHINGS, Lawrence Francis | Director | 2008-10-08 | 2012-09-28 |
| JEPSON, Martin Clive | Director | 2008-10-08 | 2011-07-31 |
| MAALDE, Paras | Director | 2021-05-19 | 2024-09-03 |
| MELLER, Rose Belle Claire | Director | 2021-05-19 | 2024-09-03 |
| MOISE, Jamie | Director | 2022-03-21 | 2024-09-03 |
| SCOTT HARDIE, Nicholas Alan | Director | 2008-08-04 | 2011-10-14 |
| SHAW, Richard Geoffrey | Director | 2014-04-25 | 2021-05-19 |
| THOMSON, Andrew James Gray | Director | 2008-08-04 | 2014-03-19 |
| TRAVIS, Simon Charles, Mr. | Director | 2020-02-03 | 2021-05-19 |
| WILLIAMSON, Dominic Ian | Director | 2021-05-19 | 2024-09-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bl Retail Warehousing Holding Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-09-03 | Active |
| Brookfield Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Voting 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2021-05-19 | Ceased 2024-09-03 |
| Hammerson Uk Properties Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-05-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-04 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-05 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-04 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-08-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
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.