BLACHFORD UK LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-07-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-04-16
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£617
-89.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£139K
-77.9% vs 2024
Employees
78
-25% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£491K
+51.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-04-16.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,451,243 | £9,401,289 | |
| Operating profit | -£800,073 | -£310,464 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,003,753 | -£490,939 | |
| Net profit | -£1,003,753 | -£490,939 | |
| Cash | £5,879 | £617 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,918,504 | £1,757,208 | |
| Net assets | £630,020 | £139,081 | |
| Equity | £630,020 | £139,081 | |
| Average employees | 104 | 78 | |
| Wages | £3,269,483 | £2,531,765 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £236,610 | £175,598 |
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 2025-10-31 vs 2024-10-31
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Turnover
-10%
£10,451,243 £9,401,289
-
Cash
-89.5%
£5,879 £617
-
Net assets
-77.9%
£630,020 £139,081
-
Employees
-25%
104 78
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Operating profit
+61.2%
-£800,073 -£310,464
-
Profit before tax
+51.1%
-£1,003,753 -£490,939
-
Wages
-22.6%
£3,269,483 £2,531,765
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 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -7.7% | -3.3% | |
| Net margin | -9.6% | -5.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -41.7% | -17.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.81x | 0.79x | |
| Interest cover | -3.93x | -1.72x |
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
- BLACHFORD UK LTD 2017-02-01 → present
- TMAT LIMITED 2009-05-07 → 2017-02-01
- ENSCO 732 LIMITED 2009-04-02 → 2009-05-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hawsons Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After due consideration of all relevant factors, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Additionally, the company has obtained a letter of support from the parent company acknowledging continued financial support for a period of not less than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- BLACHFORD UK LTD · parent
- H&H Acoustics Limited 100%
- TMAT Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACHFORD, John | Director | 2014-12-12 | Apr 1937 | Canadian |
| MCCOY, David | Director | 2014-12-12 | Jul 1966 | Canadian |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARSHALL, Jeremy Robert | Secretary | 2009-04-21 | 2010-02-16 |
| HBJGW SECRETARIAL SUPPORT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-04-02 | 2009-04-21 |
| BAWDEN, Laura Dee | Director | 2015-10-28 | 2025-02-19 |
| BURNELL, Ian William | Director | 2009-04-21 | 2010-02-16 |
| GEE, David Malcolm | Director | 2010-02-24 | 2014-12-12 |
| GREGORY, Christopher | Director | 2010-11-02 | 2011-10-26 |
| GRENFELL, James Bruce | Director | 2010-11-02 | 2011-10-26 |
| LIPPITT, Jason Mark | Director | 2009-04-21 | 2021-11-01 |
| MARSHALL, Jeremy Robert | Director | 2009-04-21 | 2010-02-16 |
| RAMSBOTTOM, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2010-02-24 | 2014-12-12 |
| THOMPSON, Patrick | Director | 2021-11-01 | 2025-07-31 |
| WARD, Michael James | Director | 2009-04-02 | 2009-04-21 |
| HBJGW INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2009-04-02 | 2009-04-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jason Mark Lippitt | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-11-01 |
| Mrs Laura Dee Bawden | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-10-31 |
| Dr John Blachford | Individual | voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr David Mccoy | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 111 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.