BLAKEDOWN ENVIRONMENT & LEISURE LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-14 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+266.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+8.2% vs 2023
Employees
108
+5.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£683K
+21.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- BLAKEDOWN ENVIRONMENT & LEISURE LTD 2020-02-11 → present
- BLAKEDOWN ENVIRONMENT & LEISURE PLC 2009-08-08 → 2020-02-11
- BLAKEDOWN HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1995-06-19 → 2009-08-08
- BLAKEDOWN LANDSCAPES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1968-06-25 → 1995-06-19
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £40,428,718 | £38,235,592 | |
| Operating profit | £701,104 | £798,631 | |
| Profit before tax | £562,671 | £682,664 | |
| Net profit | £409,373 | £502,065 | |
| Cash | £363,210 | £1,330,679 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,280,446 | £5,798,840 | |
| Net assets | £4,092,825 | £4,429,890 | |
| Equity | £4,092,825 | £4,429,890 | |
| Average employees | 102 | 108 | |
| Wages | £4,874,640 | £5,464,079 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.7% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.3% | 13.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 81.0% | 80.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.02x | 1.01x | |
| Interest cover | 4.29x | 6.89x |
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
- Kirk Newsholme
- 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 and the parent 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
- BLAKEDOWN ENVIRONMENT & LEISURE LTD · parent
- Blakedown Landscapes (SE) Limited 100%
- Blakedown Sport & Play Limited 100%
- Thornbury Sports Limited 100%
- Blakedown Landscapes Limited 100%
- Advantage Sports Maintenance Limited 100%
- Advantage Maintenance Limited 100%
- Environment & Leisure Limited 100%
- Blakedown Sports Limited 100%
- Envirosport Surfaces Limited 100%
- Town Grass Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company is investing in long term collaborations with specialists to minimise it's carbon footprint with the long term aim to achieve net zero.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLINT, Antony John | Secretary | 2013-12-01 | — | — |
| BUCKINGHAM, Stephen William | Director | — | May 1954 | British |
| FARMER, Gordon Anthony | Director | 2018-07-01 | May 1970 | British |
| HOOK, Paul Graham | Director | 2014-09-01 | Feb 1958 | British |
| WELLBELOVE, Christopher Francis, Mr. | Director | 2018-07-01 | Oct 1983 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELANEY, Stephen Edward | Secretary | 2004-08-04 | 2013-11-01 |
| HOLLOWAY, Anthony John | Secretary | 2004-01-01 | 2004-08-04 |
| PHILP, Donald Mackintosh | Secretary | — | 2004-01-01 |
| BARFOOT, Nicholas | Director | 2002-04-30 | 2006-08-31 |
| CHANDLER, Leslie Harold | Director | 1995-09-01 | 2000-03-21 |
| CHANDLER, Leslie Harold | Director | — | 1993-12-10 |
| DELANEY, Stephen Edward | Director | 2004-10-07 | 2013-11-01 |
| HOLLOWAY, Anthony John | Director | — | 2004-12-02 |
| KENYON, Paul Larence | Director | 2014-10-06 | 2018-07-01 |
| PHILP, Donald Mackintosh | Director | — | 2004-01-01 |
| SMITH, David James | Director | — | 2004-03-31 |
| UPTON, Barry Andrew | Director | — | 1991-09-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen William Buckingham | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-02-11 CERT10 Certificate re registration public limited company to private
- 2020-02-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2020-02-11 RR02 Reregistration public to private company
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-04-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2020-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-02-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-02-11 | CERT10 | change-of-name | Certificate re registration public limited company to private | |
| 2020-02-11 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2020-02-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-02-11 | RR02 | change-of-name | Reregistration public to private company | |
| 2019-11-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
-5.4%
£40,428,718 £38,235,592
-
Cash
+266.4%
£363,210 £1,330,679
-
Net assets
+8.2%
£4,092,825 £4,429,890
-
Employees
+5.9%
102 108
-
Operating profit
+13.9%
£701,104 £798,631
-
Profit before tax
+21.3%
£562,671 £682,664
-
Wages
+12.1%
£4,874,640 £5,464,079
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