BLUE ARROW LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-28
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£204K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£50M
Equity attributable
Employees
8,063
Average over period
Profit before tax
£5M
Period ending 2025-03-28
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BLUE ARROW LTD. 2000-06-28 → present
- BLUE ARROW PERSONNEL SERVICES LIMITED 1982-10-12 → 2000-06-28
- BARNET AGENCY LIMITED 1959-11-10 → 1982-10-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £269,307,000 | £178,862,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £6,809,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £5,126,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £4,217,000 | |
| Cash | £146,000 | £204,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £46,123,000 | £50,884,000 | |
| Net assets | £45,887,000 | £50,104,000 | |
| Equity | £45,887,000 | £50,104,000 | |
| Average employees | 10,420 | 8,063 | |
| Wages | £229,244,000 | £150,652,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.8% | |
| Net margin | — | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 13.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.43x | 1.42x | |
| Interest cover | — | 4.01x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the Directors have reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BLUE ARROW LTD. · parent
- Blue Arrow Financial Services Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS, Phillip Gary | Director | 2024-04-18 | Dec 1978 | British |
| WATSON, Rebecca Jane | Director | 2023-03-03 | Apr 1969 | British |
| RSS GLOBAL LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2024-06-19 | — | — |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRAHAMSON, John David | Secretary | 1996-04-17 | 1999-05-04 |
| BELL, Keith Charles | Secretary | — | 1996-04-17 |
| MARTIN, Christopher Paul | Secretary | 1999-05-04 | 2003-04-30 |
| WATSON, Rebecca Jane | Secretary | 2003-04-30 | 2023-03-05 |
| ABRAHAMSON, John David | Director | 1996-04-17 | 1999-07-06 |
| ADAMS, Mark Ian | Director | 2002-05-22 | 2004-09-06 |
| BARN, Janet | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2003-04-30 |
| BARN, Janet Iris | Director | — | 1993-11-30 |
| BRAILEY, Geoffrey Ian | Director | 1996-04-13 | 1999-03-25 |
| BRIANT, Timothy | Director | 2020-02-20 | 2023-03-03 |
| BURCHALL, Andrew Jeremy | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2014-07-31 |
| CORNISH, Diana Frederica | Director | 1996-07-11 | 2001-11-05 |
| CROSSWELL, Michael Stephen | Director | — | 1996-07-10 |
| DOYLE, Desmond Mark Christopher | Director | 2003-02-17 | 2009-05-14 |
| EDEN, Roger Charles | Director | 1996-04-17 | 1999-03-25 |
| EUSTACE, Deborah Ellen | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2002-01-04 |
| KEEGAN, Kevin | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2001-03-29 |
| LAKE, David Anthony | Director | 1999-05-04 | 2001-08-03 |
| MARSH, Nigel Philip | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2005-12-01 |
| MARTIN, Christopher Paul | Director | 2001-08-03 | 2003-04-30 |
| MARTYN, Diane Julie | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2000-11-20 |
| MARVIN, Irene Patricia | Director | — | 1996-07-10 |
| MCBRIDE, Stuart John | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2008-12-31 |
| MCDONNELL, Peter James | Director | 1999-08-12 | 2002-03-28 |
| MEE, Darren | Director | 2015-04-20 | 2016-07-28 |
| MEHTA, Michael Subodh | Director | 2023-03-03 | 2023-12-31 |
| MORTON, Lynn | Director | — | 1998-02-04 |
| MUNRO, Ian James | Director | 2024-03-27 | 2024-04-05 |
| MUNRO, Ian James | Director | 2023-03-03 | 2024-03-27 |
| NUNES, Stephen Alexander | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2005-09-15 |
| RAMUS, Tristan Nicholas | Director | 2023-03-03 | 2024-05-24 |
| ROBERTSON, Julia | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2023-03-03 |
| ROWLEY, John | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2008-10-07 |
| SARSON, Michael Robert | Director | 1998-11-30 | 2003-12-01 |
| STORY, Wayne | Director | 2002-05-22 | 2005-04-08 |
| SUSSAMS, Cheryl Anne | Director | 1998-07-01 | 1999-12-13 |
| TOMLINSON, Gavin Malcolm | Director | — | 1997-01-30 |
| WALKER, Charles | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2001-03-29 |
| WATSON, Rebecca Jane | Director | 2003-02-17 | 2023-03-03 |
| WEBB, Jamie Benjamin | Director | 2023-03-03 | 2024-05-24 |
| WILFORD, Alison Louise | Director | 2016-07-28 | 2018-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rss Global Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-03-03 | Ceased 2023-03-03 |
| Blue Arrow Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 321 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-04 | AP02 | officers | Appoint corporate director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-13 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-03 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-28 vs 2024-03-31