BLYTH VALLEY DISABLED FORUM LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-03 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£693K
+7.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+12.3% vs 2024
Employees
83
-4.6% lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £2,841,372 | £3,044,512 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £286,125 | £271,199 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £645,190 | £692,823 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £2,209,007 | £2,480,206 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £2,209,007 | £2,480,206 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | £2,209,007 | £2,480,206 | |
| Average employees | 109 | 114 | 102 | 109 | 87 | 83 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £2,164,475 | £2,285,198 |
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 10.1% | 8.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 5.7% | 5.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 16.45x | 17.56x |
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
- bk plus Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “The charity has improved upon its financial position, whilst providing a consistent level of of hours of care services. We continue to set ourselves a high standard of of care provision and received a 'good' report across all areas in the last audit by the CQC.”
- “With the extension completed, the charity are actively using the new facility for the provision of life skills training to young people from Blyth and the surrounding area.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLOUGH, John Lawrence | Secretary | 2015-09-24 | — | — |
| CLOUGH, John Lawrence | Director | 2014-11-19 | Sep 1951 | British |
| HOPPER, David Thomas | Director | 2015-10-01 | May 1942 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIMMONS, Richard John Charles | Secretary | 1997-03-20 | 2015-09-24 |
| CRAWFORD, Simpson | Director | 2000-12-06 | 2026-02-26 |
| GUNN, John | Director | 2018-12-19 | 2020-02-28 |
| HALL, Alan | Director | 2013-08-23 | 2018-10-31 |
| HOPPER, David Thomas | Director | 2008-07-02 | 2014-03-31 |
| KIRKUP, Margaret Maria | Director | 1997-05-07 | 2000-12-06 |
| NUTMAN, Belle | Director | 1997-03-20 | 1997-04-10 |
| SIMMONS, Richard John Charles | Director | 1998-06-04 | 2015-09-24 |
| WHITEMAN, Derek | Director | 1997-03-20 | 2003-02-12 |
| YOUNG, Ralph | Director | 1998-06-10 | 2007-11-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2019-07-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-07-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2019-03-29 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2019-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+7.1%
£2,841,372 £3,044,512
-
Cash
+7.4%
£645,190 £692,823
-
Net assets
+12.3%
£2,209,007 £2,480,206
-
Employees
-4.6%
87 83
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Wages
+5.6%
£2,164,475 £2,285,198
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