BLACKOUT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Cash
£4.4m
-2% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.7m
+12% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
82
+2.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.7m
-23.5% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | — | £13,360,569 | £12,580,723 | -5.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,155,128 | £1,601,717 | -25.7% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £2,276,486 | £1,741,968 | -23.5% | |
| Net profit | — | £1,711,781 | £1,304,464 | -23.8% | |
| Cash | £3,033,274 | £4,500,020 | £4,410,518 | -2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,369,988 | £5,541,014 | £6,084,273 | +9.8% | |
| Net assets | £3,989,770 | £5,130,455 | £5,744,870 | +12% | |
| Equity | £3,989,770 | £5,130,455 | £5,744,870 | +12% | |
| Average employees | 72 | 80 | 82 | +2.5% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £1,221,266 | £1,576,150 | +29.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £239,739 | £469,895 | +96% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £404,252 | £413,246 | +2.2% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 16.1% | 12.7% | |
| Net margin | — | 12.8% | 10.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 38.9% | 26.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 30.1% | 30.0% | 27.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.49x | 3.24x | 3.48x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- BLACKOUT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2023-03-23 → present
- TRACKOUT LIMITED 2011-06-10 → 2023-03-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- 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 group'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
- BLACKOUT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Blackout Limited 100%
- Blackout Europe Limited 100%
- Blackout Global Limited 100%
- Blackout SARL 95%
Significant events
- “Dividends of £550,000 were voted by the company post year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRAIN, Christopher Robert | Director | 2023-04-27 | Feb 1959 | British |
| MONKS, Kevin George | Director | 2023-04-27 | Dec 1972 | British |
| PEISSEL, Dominic Jean | Director | 2023-04-27 | Jun 1963 | British,French |
| TUCK, Stephen John | Director | 2011-06-10 | Jul 1952 | British |
| WARD, Richard Steven | Director | 2023-04-27 | Jan 1958 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Caroline Smith | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-03-31 | Active |
| Stephen John Tuck | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 47 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-05-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-03-23 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-20 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-04-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-04-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-03-23 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2022-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.