BLACK SWAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+80.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£40M
+84% vs 2024
Employees
843
+4.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+24.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,334,317 | £35,113,122 | |
| Operating profit | £3,493,132 | £3,821,498 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,778,837 | £2,217,810 | |
| Net profit | £974,575 | £1,545,411 | |
| Cash | £675,677 | £1,221,791 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £54,377,301 | £78,598,150 | |
| Net assets | £21,624,720 | £39,783,995 | |
| Equity | £21,624,720 | £39,783,995 | |
| Average employees | 808 | 843 | |
| Wages | £17,522,211 | £19,788,201 |
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.8% | 10.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.4% | 4.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.55x | 1.57x | |
| Interest cover | 2.03x | 2.37x |
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
- Lovewell Blake LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through its cash balances and bank loan facility. The directors have prepared profit and cash flow forecasts for a period through to December 2026. These indicate that the company will continue to operate within its currently available bank facility throughout that period. Based on the above, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BLACK SWAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Black Swan Care Group Limited 100%
- E.J.P. Interests Limited 100%
- Black Swan Property Group Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, the company has acquired one additional care home.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURTON, Brett William | Secretary | 1991-06-18 | — | British |
| BURTON, Brett William | Director | 1991-06-18 | Dec 1966 | British |
| HILL, Clive Robert | Director | 1994-04-06 | Sep 1956 | British |
| LYONS, Thomas Bruce | Director | 2016-02-02 | Sep 1980 | British |
| WEBSTER, Susan | Director | 2019-12-16 | Dec 1975 | Scottish |
| WINFIELD, Steve | Director | 1991-06-18 | Nov 1955 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-06-18 | 1991-06-18 |
| MURPHY, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 1998-04-28 | 2002-09-28 |
| PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-06-18 | 1991-06-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Swan Topco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-11-23 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 199 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-20 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2021-07-13 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2021-07-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
+8.6%
£32,334,317 £35,113,122
-
Cash
+80.8%
£675,677 £1,221,791
-
Net assets
+84%
£21,624,720 £39,783,995
-
Employees
+4.3%
808 843
-
Operating profit
+9.4%
£3,493,132 £3,821,498
-
Profit before tax
+24.7%
£1,778,837 £2,217,810
-
Wages
+12.9%
£17,522,211 £19,788,201
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