BLACKROCK FUND MANAGERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-19 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£35M
-36.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£129M
+65.8% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£45M
+64.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £434,395,000 | £737,683,000 | |
| Operating profit | £23,443,000 | £41,873,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £27,300,000 | £44,823,000 | |
| Net profit | £20,884,000 | £51,239,000 | |
| Cash | £54,755,000 | £34,557,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £77,827,000 | £129,066,000 | |
| Equity | £77,827,000 | £129,066,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.4% | 5.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 6.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 92.7% | 82.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.08x | 1.22x | |
| Interest cover | 1302.39x | 2463.12x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte 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.”
Significant events
- “AUM has increased by 24% to £254.5bn as at 31 December 2024 (2023: £205.7bn) primarily due to positive market performance and net new business inflows in the year.”
- “Total revenue increased by 69.8% to £737.7m in the year ended 31 December 2024 (2023: £434.4m) principally due to increased performance fees.”
- “Profit after tax increased by 145.0% from £20.9m in 2023 to £51.2m in 2024.”
- “The Company is within the scope of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") Pillar Two model rules (the Global Anti-Base Erosion Rules, or "GloBE"). Pillar Two legislation came into effect on 1st January 2024 in the UK, the jurisdiction in which the Company operates.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 60 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKROCK COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-03-30 | — | — |
| EDGAR, Donald | Director | 2020-11-14 | Sep 1965 | British |
| HALE, Thomas Stephen | Director | 2024-04-16 | Jun 1986 | British |
| HOCTOR-DUNCAN, Alexander Charles | Director | 2025-10-01 | Aug 1971 | British |
| HODGSON, Timothy Neil | Director | 2025-11-01 | Feb 1978 | British |
| LEWIS, Andrew Michael | Director | 2025-01-13 | Dec 1968 | British |
| PICKERING, Alison Louise | Director | 2026-04-24 | Dec 1976 | British |
| SABIN, Sheree Layla | Director | 2023-08-18 | Oct 1979 | British |
| SEYMOUR, Melanie Jane | Director | 2024-12-03 | Nov 1966 | British |
Show 60 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CABAN, Agnieszka | Secretary | 2012-11-15 | 2015-12-18 |
| CRAIG, Gregor Alexander | Secretary | 2012-11-15 | 2014-05-15 |
| DYKE, Adrian Brettell | Secretary | 2007-01-29 | 2012-11-20 |
| HALL, Nicholas Charles Dalton | Secretary | 2006-09-29 | 2009-05-29 |
| LEWIS, Bernadette | Secretary | 2003-04-25 | 2003-12-01 |
| LEWIS, Bernadette | Secretary | 2002-11-14 | 2003-04-25 |
| MCALL, Barbara Anne | Secretary | 2000-08-10 | 2002-09-26 |
| PERKINS, Helen Margaret | Secretary | 1994-05-05 | 1998-09-30 |
| RAIVADERA, Dipa | Secretary | 2003-04-23 | 2003-12-01 |
| SEARLE, Debra Anne | Secretary | 1998-09-30 | 2003-12-01 |
| STREET, Geoffrey | Secretary | — | 1994-05-05 |
| MERRILL LYNCH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-11-28 | 2006-09-29 |
| ANDREWS, Rick Paul | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2002-12-09 |
| BAMPING, Graham David | Director | 2002-03-04 | 2025-12-19 |
| CHARRINGTON, Nicholas James | Director | 1993-05-06 | 2000-04-19 |
| CLARKE, Richard James Scott | Director | — | 1998-11-30 |
| COOK, Martin Brian | Director | 2018-05-02 | 2020-10-30 |
| CORLEY, Elizabeth Pauline Lucy | Director | 2002-07-10 | 2004-03-18 |
| CORRIGALL, Stuart | Director | 2021-01-13 | 2023-05-02 |
| CULLEN, William Iain | Director | 2017-12-14 | 2025-01-31 |
| DAMM, Rudolph Andrew | Director | 2014-03-27 | 2018-12-31 |
| DEDMAN, Michael William | Director | 1996-01-12 | 2001-10-09 |
| DITCHBURN, Caron Lesley, Ms. | Director | 2017-09-07 | 2019-05-17 |
| EMERY, Kenneth William | Director | 1995-11-14 | 1998-12-31 |
| GEIKIE COBB, Peter | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2002-06-12 |
| GEIKIE COBB, Peter | Director | 1995-05-31 | 2000-01-12 |
| GRANT, Frederick | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| HALL, Nicholas Charles Dalton | Director | 2001-08-02 | 2017-05-31 |
| HARRISON, Bruce | Director | 2021-04-29 | 2022-08-19 |
| HAYES, Robert Aidan Roche | Director | 2014-02-18 | 2021-01-13 |
| HENRY, Karen | Director | 2023-03-03 | 2024-01-24 |
| HIGGINS, Anita Mary | Director | 2011-02-10 | 2014-05-19 |
| HOCTOR DUNCAN, Alexander Charles | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2012-05-30 |
| HUNTER JOHNSTON, Andrew Malcolm | Director | 1998-04-17 | 2000-02-18 |
| IDE, Julian David Frederick | Director | 2000-08-16 | 2001-07-31 |
| IRONMONGER, Kevin Robert | Director | 2008-12-05 | 2012-05-16 |
| JONES, Michael Howard | Director | 1999-08-10 | 2004-02-29 |
| LAWRENCE, Adrian Michael | Director | 2012-05-21 | 2025-04-30 |
| LITTLEJOHNS, Christopher Martin | Director | 1995-05-31 | 2000-11-23 |
| MACLAUGHLIN, Sheila | Director | 2007-09-10 | 2010-02-28 |
| MEPHAM, Helga Nia | Director | 2019-11-26 | 2024-06-30 |
| MORRISSEY, Michael Peter | Director | 1998-05-07 | 2002-02-08 |
| MULLINS, Keith Richard | Director | 2001-05-09 | 2001-11-08 |
| NEWTON, Stephen Ralph George | Director | — | 1996-06-21 |
| PARSLOE, John | Director | — | 1992-09-10 |
| PRIDEAUX, Charles Christopher | Director | 2002-07-10 | 2010-05-06 |
| ROSIER, Frederick David Stewart | Director | — | 2002-05-31 |
| ROYDS, Richard George | Director | 2004-02-16 | 2007-07-01 |
| ROYDS, Richard George | Director | — | 2001-11-01 |
| STENNING, Antony John | Director | 2003-05-13 | 2016-12-13 |
| STEWART, Michael John Nicholas | Director | — | 1996-02-07 |
| TRACEY, Elizabeth Emma | Director | 2000-02-16 | 2018-02-28 |
| VAN BERKEL, Guido Matthieu Peter Maria | Director | 2012-03-13 | 2014-03-27 |
| WAKE, Karen Elizabeth | Director | — | 1996-09-09 |
| WATKINS, Louise | Director | 2020-02-07 | 2020-11-16 |
| WATKINS, Louise | Director | 2018-05-16 | 2019-03-01 |
| WITHERS, Gary Nigel | Director | 1999-08-10 | 2001-04-30 |
| WOOD, Susan Mary | Director | — | 1996-01-01 |
| WOOLF, Barry William | Director | 1992-10-12 | 2000-06-19 |
| ZEMEK, Margaret Theodora | Director | 2015-06-02 | 2025-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackrock Investment Management (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 278 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-04-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+69.8%
£434,395,000 £737,683,000
-
Cash
-36.9%
£54,755,000 £34,557,000
-
Net assets
+65.8%
£77,827,000 £129,066,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+78.6%
£23,443,000 £41,873,000
-
Profit before tax
+64.2%
£27,300,000 £44,823,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers