TRANSDEV BLAZEFIELD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-14 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£16M
+431% vs 2023
Employees
1,305
-5.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£998K
+71.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- TRANSDEV BLAZEFIELD LIMITED 2007-12-06 → present
- BLAZEFIELD HOLDINGS LIMITED 1991-08-02 → 2007-12-06
- CAZAUBON LIMITED 1991-04-26 → 1991-08-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £86,964,000 | £90,286,000 | |
| Operating profit | £599,000 | £2,495,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,504,000 | -£998,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,832,000 | -£552,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,429,000 | £31,840,000 | |
| Net assets | -£4,706,000 | £15,579,000 | |
| Equity | -£4,706,000 | £15,579,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,381 | 1,305 | |
| Wages | £41,270,000 | £41,559,000 |
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 | 0.7% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | -4.4% | -0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.1% | 7.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 113.4% | 73.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.48x | 0.52x | |
| Interest cover | 0.15x | 0.71x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis as they expect that the Company and the Group will continue to operate for the foreseeable future. Consequently, the Directors believe the Company and Group will continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future and the going concern basis of accounting has been adopted.”
Group structure
- TRANSDEV BLAZEFIELD LIMITED · parent
- Rossendale Transport Limited 100%
- Keighley & District Travel Limited 100%
- Harrogate & District Travel Limited 100%
- Yorkshire Coastliner Limited 100%
- Lancashire United Limited 100%
- Burnley & Pendle Travel Limited 100%
- Team Pennine Limited 100%
- Transdev York Limited 100%
- Transdev Claims Investigations Limited 100%
- Blazefield Travel Group Limited 100%
- Blazefield Buses Limited 100%
Significant events
- “To this end the Company started to take delivery of buses purchased through the Department for Transports Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) Scheme in Q4 2024.”
- “On 17 January 2025, the assets of Reliance Motor Services were purchased by the Company for £1.1m.”
- “On 02 July 2025, the Rethmann Group announced that it had finalized the acquisition from Caisse des Dépôts of an additional 32% stake in Transdev, resulting in the Rethmann Group now holding a 66% stake in Transdev SA.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Andrew | Director | 2023-04-03 | Nov 1971 | British |
| CHANUSSOT, Guillaume Robert Emilien | Director | 2023-12-01 | Feb 1983 | French |
| ROHARD, Henri-Vincent Jean-Francois Hubert | Director | 2023-02-09 | Oct 1979 | French |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DALE, Mark Alan | Secretary | 2020-03-16 | 2023-01-13 |
| KING, Seth | Secretary | 2019-02-11 | 2019-06-30 |
| MCNAUGHT, Nadean | Secretary | 2017-02-01 | 2018-10-18 |
| SMITH, Clive Richard | Secretary | 1991-12-02 | 2000-12-29 |
| TEMPLE, Julie Karen | Secretary | 2000-12-29 | 2009-03-16 |
| WALLACE, James Keillor | Secretary | 2009-03-16 | 2017-02-01 |
| WILDE, Stuart David | Secretary | 1991-06-24 | 1991-12-02 |
| DICKINSON DEES | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-04-26 | 1991-06-24 |
| ALEXANDER, David Brian | Director | 1998-06-10 | 2008-12-16 |
| BEAUMONT, Charles | Director | 2006-01-04 | 2011-05-10 |
| BELFIELD, Kevin John | Director | 2006-01-04 | 2006-11-24 |
| BROGDEN, Peter Ian | Director | 2007-09-20 | 2020-02-06 |
| CARE, Timothy James | Nominee Director | 1991-04-26 | 1991-06-24 |
| DALE, Mark Alan | Director | 2020-03-16 | 2023-01-13 |
| EGGLETON, Nigel Wilfrid | Director | 2008-12-16 | 2013-12-05 |
| FEARNLEY, Giles Robin | Director | 1991-06-24 | 2009-08-18 |
| GILBERT, Martin James | Director | 2008-06-19 | 2018-02-28 |
| GILLESPIE, Peter Colin | Director | 2006-01-04 | 2007-09-20 |
| HORGAN, David Gerard | Director | 2020-01-02 | 2021-06-30 |
| HORNBY, Alex Lloyd | Director | 2015-04-16 | 2023-05-28 |
| HURRY, David John | Director | 1997-08-12 | 2005-12-23 |
| IRVINE, Gordon Duncan | Director | 2013-12-01 | 2020-04-03 |
| JAFFARD, Pierre | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2024-07-15 |
| JOSLIN, John Arthur | Director | 1997-08-12 | 2004-04-30 |
| KING, Seth | Director | 2019-03-08 | 2019-06-30 |
| MCNAUGHT, Nadean | Director | 2017-01-11 | 2018-10-18 |
| MORRELL, Siobhan Mary | Director | 2019-03-11 | 2021-08-12 |
| MULLINS, Michael Patrick | Director | 1997-08-12 | 2013-12-23 |
| PERIN, Francois Xavier | Director | 2006-01-04 | 2008-03-18 |
| RAMBAUD, Louis Frederic Marie Joseph | Director | 2020-01-02 | 2021-06-30 |
| REVILL, Russell George | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2018-09-27 |
| ROBERTS, Ralph Hubert | Director | 1991-08-12 | 1999-07-30 |
| ROBERTSON-HOWARD, Ferguson | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2019-07-04 |
| SMITH, Clive Richard | Director | 1991-12-02 | 2000-12-29 |
| STEVENS, Nigel William Haines | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2018-02-28 |
| WALLACE, James Keillor | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2017-02-01 |
| WILDE, Stuart David | Director | 1991-06-24 | 2008-01-14 |
| WREN, Paul | Director | 2006-01-04 | 2008-01-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transdev Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 234 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-31 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-31 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-12-31 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 3
- 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
+3.8%
£86,964,000 £90,286,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+431%
-£4,706,000 £15,579,000
-
Employees
-5.5%
1,381 1,305
-
Operating profit
+316.5%
£599,000 £2,495,000
-
Profit before tax
+71.5%
-£3,504,000 -£998,000
-
Wages
+0.7%
£41,270,000 £41,559,000
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