BF INTER LTD
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Cash
£6m
+333.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£13m
+123.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
158
+1.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£12m
+263.2% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £22,942,390 | £24,909,354 | £24,634,295 | -1.1% | |
| Operating profit | £4,334,561 | £3,431,425 | £2,513,612 | -26.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,336,581 | £3,420,596 | £12,422,897 | +263.2% | |
| Net profit | £3,696,733 | £2,951,379 | £12,147,877 | +311.6% | |
| Cash | £1,513,148 | £1,383,652 | £6,000,024 | +333.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,401,063 | £6,282,168 | £13,309,296 | +111.9% | |
| Net assets | £4,815,467 | £5,766,846 | £12,865,227 | +123.1% | |
| Equity | £4,815,467 | £5,766,846 | £12,865,227 | +123.1% | |
| Average employees | 150 | 155 | 158 | +1.9% | |
| Wages | £12,911,053 | £14,037,620 | £14,550,059 | +3.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £872,885 | £797,333 | £781,681 | -2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £26,640 | £28,275 | £43,437 | +53.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £502,245 | £509,808 | £520,860 | +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 | 18.9% | 13.8% | 10.2% | |
| Net margin | 16.1% | 11.8% | 49.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 80.3% | 54.6% | 18.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.5% | 40.1% | 20.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.28x | 2.52x | 5.11x | |
| Interest cover | 85.08x | 35.89x | 28.84x |
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
- Kendall Wadley LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- BF INTER LTD · parent
- Blackfinch Corporate Services Limited 100%
- Blackfinch Financial Limited 100%
- Blackfinch Group Limited 100%
- Blackfinch Investments Limited 100%
- Origin Investments Limited 100%
- ires Solutions Ltd 100%
- Blackfinch Adaptations plc 100%
- Blackfinch Holdings Limited 100%
- Origin 2 Limited 100%
- Blackfinch Asset Management Limited 100%
- Blackfinch Trustees Limited 100%
- Blackfinch Nominees Limited 100%
- Blackfinch Energy Transition Nominees Limited 100%
- Blackfinch Ventures Nominees Limited 100%
- Fitzroy Agency Limited 100%
- Fitzroy Lending Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Disposal of business resulting in profit of £9,999,999.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOK, Richard James | Director | 2016-09-11 | Jan 1978 | British |
| SIMMONDS, Richard Leonard | Director | 2016-09-11 | Dec 1979 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard Leonard Simmonds | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-09-11 | Active |
| Mr Richard James Cook | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-09-11 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 40 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | RPCH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-09-22 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.