BLUE3 (GLOUCESTERSHIRE FIRE) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-27 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-13
Watchouts
Cash
£990K
+1,184% vs 2023
Net assets
£293K
+229.8% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£210K
-21% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 | £1,707,673 | £1,496,950 | |
| Operating profit | £229,208 | £170,576 | |
| Profit before tax | £266,166 | £210,215 | |
| Net profit | £207,820 | £154,986 | |
| Cash | £77,131 | £990,395 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,334,691 | £15,387,388 | |
| Net assets | -£225,632 | £292,813 | |
| Equity | -£225,632 | £292,813 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 13.4% | 11.4% | |
| Net margin | 12.2% | 10.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.4% | 1.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 101.2% | 98.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.09x | 1.88x | |
| Interest cover | 0.18x | 0.14x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Wellden Turnbull Limited
- 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Samantha | Secretary | 2025-10-08 | — | — |
| CHEADLE, Jayne | Secretary | 2013-06-28 | — | — |
| DUNDAS, John Craig | Director | 2026-02-01 | Feb 1975 | British |
| KNOWLES, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2024-07-01 | Oct 1972 | British |
| LOTTER, Jessabel Piera | Director | 2026-03-01 | Nov 1994 | British |
| THORNE, Alexander Victor | Director | 2019-11-01 | Mar 1989 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPMAN, Ian Greg | Secretary | 2012-12-21 | 2013-06-28 |
| GEORGE, Philip Roger Perkins | Secretary | 2010-06-23 | 2012-12-21 |
| MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-05-25 | 2010-06-23 |
| BARNETT, Richard Ian | Director | 2022-11-04 | 2025-01-01 |
| BARNETT, Richard Ian | Director | 2018-01-30 | 2021-02-08 |
| CARDEN, Simon Dennis | Director | 2011-03-10 | 2013-06-28 |
| CLANCY, Richard Simon Muir | Director | 2023-05-05 | 2024-02-09 |
| CROFT, David John | Director | 2011-03-10 | 2013-06-28 |
| DRIVER, Ross William | Director | 2014-02-14 | 2020-05-15 |
| EXAKOUSTIDOU, Angeliki Maria | Director | 2022-09-26 | 2025-10-10 |
| FOOT, David Alexander John, Mr. | Director | 2020-05-15 | 2022-03-29 |
| FRENCH, Neil Peter Donaldson, Dr | Director | 2012-08-24 | 2013-06-28 |
| GEORGE, Philip Roger Perkins | Director | 2010-06-23 | 2011-03-15 |
| GILL, Christopher Mark David | Director | 2020-07-31 | 2023-05-05 |
| HAWKINS, Kevin Stuart | Director | 2024-02-09 | 2024-07-01 |
| HAWKINS, Kevin Stuart | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2020-07-31 |
| HAWKINS, Kevin Stuart | Director | 2013-12-04 | 2018-05-08 |
| HOLDEN, Mark Geoffrey David | Director | 2013-06-28 | 2023-05-04 |
| LEANING, Richard John | Director | 2011-03-10 | 2011-12-01 |
| LUFKIN, Antonia Maxine | Director | 2025-10-10 | 2026-03-01 |
| NEWTON, Robert James | Director | 2013-06-28 | 2014-02-14 |
| NUTTALL, Richard | Director | 2012-07-25 | 2013-06-28 |
| POUPARD, Natalia | Director | 2019-01-31 | 2019-11-01 |
| PRONGUE, Phillippa Jane Wilton | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2013-06-28 |
| REID, Jordan Luke | Director | 2025-01-01 | 2026-02-01 |
| ROPER, Anthony Charles | Director | 2013-06-28 | 2017-11-02 |
| SIMON, Jeremy Paul | Director | 2012-08-24 | 2013-06-28 |
| TOWNSEND, Philip Andrew | Director | 2011-03-10 | 2012-08-24 |
| TURNBULL, Rachel Louise | Director | 2017-11-02 | 2018-10-31 |
| ULLA, Naseer | Director | 2021-02-08 | 2022-11-04 |
| ULLA, Naseer | Director | 2018-05-08 | 2019-07-01 |
| ULLA, Naseer | Director | 2013-06-28 | 2013-12-04 |
| WEGENER, Elena Giorgiana | Director | 2018-10-31 | 2019-01-31 |
| WHISCOMBE, Phil John | Director | 2011-03-10 | 2012-07-25 |
| WOOLLEY, Martin John Treemoon | Director | 2011-03-10 | 2012-01-12 |
| YUILL, William George Henry | Director | 2010-05-25 | 2010-06-23 |
| MITRE DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2010-05-25 | 2010-06-23 |
| MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2010-05-25 | 2010-06-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue3 (Gloucestershire Fire) (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-03-27 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-03-27 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
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Turnover
-12.3%
£1,707,673 £1,496,950
-
Cash
+1,184%
£77,131 £990,395
-
Net assets
+229.8%
-£225,632 £292,813
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-25.6%
£229,208 £170,576
-
Profit before tax
-21%
£266,166 £210,215
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