BB LEGAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-15 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£200K
+80.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
-38.8% vs 2024
Employees
149
+2.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£449K
-38.1% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £13,091,222 | — | — | £9,361,757 | £9,349,192 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,762,634 | — | — | £271,279 | -£211,381 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,609,070 | £2,476,850 | £387,094 | £725,675 | £448,978 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,315,506 | — | £282,304 | £533,942 | £329,440 | |
| Cash | — | — | £95,582 | £129,068 | £438,449 | £110,804 | £200,473 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £3,874,120 | £4,837,542 | £4,199,913 | £3,744,442 | £1,980,654 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £1,062,076 | £2,597,052 | £2,580,607 | £2,676,559 | £1,638,609 | |
| Equity | £582,111 | £485,298 | £1,062,076 | £2,597,052 | £2,580,607 | £2,676,559 | £1,638,609 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 223 | 220 | 187 | 145 | 149 | |
| Wages | — | — | £6,585,097 | £6,926,474 | £6,153,807 | £4,820,135 | £5,109,638 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £342,603 | £418,058 | £305,820 | £245,390 | £238,887 |
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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
-0.1%
£9,361,757 £9,349,192
-
Cash
+80.9%
£110,804 £200,473
-
Net assets
-38.8%
£2,676,559 £1,638,609
-
Employees
+2.8%
145 149
-
Operating profit
-177.9%
£271,279 -£211,381
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-38.1%
£725,675 £448,978
-
Wages
+6%
£4,820,135 £5,109,638
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 | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 13.5% | — | — | 2.9% | -2.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 10.0% | — | — | 5.7% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 45.5% | — | — | 7.2% | -10.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 60.1% | 67.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.19x | 1.58x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 6.06x | — | — | 0.63x | -0.72x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- BB LEGAL LIMITED · parent
- Accident Angels Ltd 100%
- Birchall Blackburn Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The firm reviewed its office footprint, resulting in the closure of one location during the year and the planned relocation of operations at another site in the coming year.”
- “There was a group re-structure during the year resulting in a related company de-merging from MRF Legal Limited and being acquired; as part of this re-structure there was a waiver of part of an intra-group debtor balance of £928,732 which has been treated as a distribution.”
- “There are debentures from group companies held with the Bank that takes a first charge over all assets and undertakings of the business.”
- “The company has provided an unlimited guarantee in respect of the operating leases of a related company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PICKERING, Paul Edward | Secretary | 2010-09-17 | — | British |
| FOXFORD, Michael John | Director | 2010-07-01 | Dec 1962 | British |
| MACCRACKEN, Catherine Leah | Director | 2010-09-17 | Mar 1969 | British |
| PICKERING, Paul Edward | Director | 2015-05-01 | Jan 1973 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYCE, Moira Kathleen | Director | 2010-09-17 | 2018-07-19 |
| LOPEZ, Carlos Ramon | Director | 2010-09-17 | 2015-01-25 |
| PATTON, Jamie | Director | 2010-09-17 | 2019-10-09 |
| RATTRAY, Andrew Carberry | Director | 2010-09-17 | 2022-09-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrf Legal Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-09-09 | Active |
| Mr Michael John Foxford | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-09-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 91 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-10-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-10-13 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-10-13 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-10-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-01 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-10-13 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2022-10-13 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2022-10-13 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2022-10-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-10-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-10-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-10-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-10-13 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2022-10-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.