BLADE MOTOR GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-13 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£285K
-70.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-45.6% vs 2023
Employees
124
-8.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
-160.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BLADE MOTOR GROUP LIMITED 2007-01-15 → present
- BLADE MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED 1995-06-02 → 2007-01-15
- BYFIELD LIMITED 1995-04-03 → 1995-06-02
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 | £107,185,406 | £82,430,963 | |
| Operating profit | £3,027,571 | -£745,941 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,247,349 | -£1,365,079 | |
| Net profit | £1,603,323 | -£1,272,564 | |
| Cash | £956,838 | £285,339 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,977,694 | £5,939,047 | |
| Net assets | £2,788,777 | £1,516,213 | |
| Equity | £2,788,777 | £1,516,213 | |
| Average employees | 135 | 124 | |
| Wages | £5,199,823 | £4,333,657 |
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 | 2.8% | -0.9% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | -1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 101.7% | -12.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 65.8% | 95.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.42x | 0.93x | |
| Interest cover | 3.88x | -1.20x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the business has returned to profit during 2025 and the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BLADE MOTOR GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Heritage Logistics LLP 95%
Significant events
- “In October 2024, the company provided notice of its intention to close its Ineos Dorchester and Ineos Gloucester businesses. These businesses were closed in January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POSGATE, David | Secretary | 2024-05-14 | — | — |
| HINALLAS, Nicholas | Director | 2019-04-13 | Jan 1963 | British |
| NEULAENDER, Richard Luis | Director | 2019-04-13 | Jun 1968 | British |
| WALSH, John Christopher | Director | 2019-04-13 | Apr 1964 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLANAGAN, Rachel Clare | Secretary | 1995-04-06 | 2019-04-13 |
| LISTER, Brian | Secretary | 2019-04-13 | 2024-05-14 |
| ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-04-03 | 1995-04-06 |
| BROWN, Ian Leslie | Director | 1997-06-13 | 2002-10-16 |
| FLANAGAN, Michael John | Director | 1995-04-06 | 2019-04-13 |
| FLANAGAN, Rachel Clare | Director | 1999-04-27 | 2019-04-13 |
| ICETON, Ian Gordon | Director | 1995-08-22 | 1996-06-21 |
| MARTIN, Jerry | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2020-11-09 |
| OVENDEN, David Michael | Director | 1996-06-21 | 1997-06-13 |
| ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-04-03 | 1995-04-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blade Motor Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company |
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
-23.1%
£107,185,406 £82,430,963
-
Cash
-70.2%
£956,838 £285,339
-
Net assets
-45.6%
£2,788,777 £1,516,213
-
Employees
-8.1%
135 124
-
Operating profit
-124.6%
£3,027,571 -£745,941
-
Profit before tax
-160.7%
£2,247,349 -£1,365,079
-
Wages
-16.7%
£5,199,823 £4,333,657
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