BOWKER BLACKBURN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-18 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£6M
+2.6% vs 2023
Employees
96
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£203K
+407.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BOWKER BLACKBURN LIMITED 2006-05-04 → present
- CLOCK GARAGE (ACCRINGTON) LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 2006-05-04
- AMPLAMP LIMITED 1978-04-24 → 1981-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £64,975,000 | £75,640,000 | |
| Operating profit | £339,000 | £620,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £40,000 | £203,000 | |
| Net profit | £69,000 | £229,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,988,000 | £10,224,000 | |
| Net assets | £6,093,000 | £6,253,000 | |
| Equity | £6,093,000 | £6,253,000 | |
| Average employees | 96 | 96 | |
| Wages | £3,275,000 | £3,762,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.5% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.8% | 6.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.43x | 1.37x | |
| Interest cover | 0.72x | 1.02x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “In 2024 the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) began an investigation into Discretionary Commission Arrangements (DCAs) within automotive finance. The Company ceased sales involving DCAs following their banning in 2021. In October 2024, the Court of Appeal then ruled that any historic DCAs had been paid illegally unless they were paid with the customer's fully informed consent.”
- “during 2024 the Company ceased the sale of Guaranteed Asset Protection ("GAP") insurance to customers following the FCA highlighting concerns regarding the value of premiums paid by customer as a proportion of claims being paid.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEE, Andrew John | Secretary | 2018-11-30 | — | — |
| BOWKER, Anthony Paul | Director | 1996-12-13 | Apr 1968 | British |
| BOWKER, Kenneth Neil | Director | 1996-12-13 | Apr 1965 | British |
| BOWKER, Kenneth Neil | Director | — | Mar 1944 | British |
| BOWKER, William Henry | Director | 1996-12-13 | May 1960 | British |
| ECCLES, Christopher James Kojak | Director | 2012-08-01 | Mar 1975 | British |
| GEE, Andrew John | Director | 2019-02-01 | Jun 1965 | British |
| GORNALL, Benjamin John | Director | 2022-01-01 | Nov 1986 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALSALL, Richard Charles Wright | Secretary | 1997-03-25 | 2005-07-14 |
| THOMASON, Darren | Secretary | 2005-07-17 | 2018-11-30 |
| TURNER, Michael Clifton | Secretary | — | 1997-02-28 |
| BOWKER, William Henry | Director | — | 2017-09-18 |
| HALSALL, Richard Charles Wright | Director | 1994-05-05 | 2005-07-14 |
| HEPPENSTALL, David | Director | — | 2000-06-02 |
| LOWE, Antony Charles | Director | 1998-05-15 | 2007-01-17 |
| THOMASON, Darren | Director | 2006-04-20 | 2018-11-30 |
| WALKER, Iain | Director | — | 1993-10-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W H Bowker Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2018-11-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2018-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+16.4%
£64,975,000 £75,640,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+2.6%
£6,093,000 £6,253,000
-
Employees
0%
96 96
-
Operating profit
+82.9%
£339,000 £620,000
-
Profit before tax
+407.5%
£40,000 £203,000
-
Wages
+14.9%
£3,275,000 £3,762,000
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