BLACKS OUTDOOR RETAIL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-01
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-17 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-03
Watchouts
Cash
£8M
+11.2% vs 2024
Net assets
-£27M
+1.3% vs 2024
Employees
1,194
-9.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£645K
+123.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BLACKS OUTDOOR RETAIL LIMITED 2012-01-11 → present
- AGHOCO 1070 LIMITED 2011-10-03 → 2012-01-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-01
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-03 | 2025-02-01 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £334,809,000 | £325,830,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,489,000 | £3,285,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,702,000 | £645,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,059,000 | £365,000 | |
| Cash | £7,076,000 | £7,870,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£12,635,000 | £78,446,000 | |
| Net assets | -£27,161,000 | -£26,796,000 | |
| Equity | -£27,161,000 | -£26,796,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,314 | 1,194 | |
| Wages | £18,815,000 | £15,649,000 |
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 | 2024-02-03 | 2025-02-01 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.4% | 1.0% | |
| Net margin | -0.6% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -11.8% | 4.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.81x | 2.37x | |
| Interest cover | 3.10x | 7.24x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have considered the factors noted above and are confident that the Company has adequate resources to continue to meet all liabilities as and when they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BLACKS OUTDOOR RETAIL LIMITED · parent
- Ultimate Outdoors Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASEY, Theresa | Secretary | 2023-04-11 | — | — |
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-10-08 | — | — |
| KNIGHTS, Stephen William | Director | 2025-10-23 | Apr 1966 | British |
| PLATT, Dominic James | Director | 2023-10-04 | Aug 1969 | British |
| SCHULTZ, Régis | Director | 2022-09-28 | Dec 1968 | French |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATCHELOR, Andrew John | Secretary | 2014-09-24 | 2015-10-01 |
| BEACHAM, Mark Derrick | Secretary | 2012-01-18 | 2012-03-16 |
| BRISLEY, Jane Marie | Secretary | 2012-01-09 | 2014-09-24 |
| CASSIDY, Nirma | Secretary | 2022-09-28 | 2023-04-10 |
| MAWDSLEY, Siobhan | Secretary | 2015-10-01 | 2022-09-22 |
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-10-03 | 2012-01-09 |
| BAGNALL, Lee Paul | Director | 2015-11-27 | 2025-03-11 |
| BOWN, Barry Colin | Director | 2012-02-09 | 2014-05-30 |
| COWGILL, Peter Alan | Director | 2012-01-09 | 2022-09-28 |
| GREENHALGH, Neil James | Director | 2018-11-01 | 2023-10-03 |
| GREENHALGH, Neil James | Director | 2012-01-09 | 2012-02-09 |
| HART, Roger | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2012-01-09 |
| JORDAN, Dominic Martin | Director | 2025-03-11 | 2025-03-19 |
| REEVE, Kenton Mark | Director | 2013-05-30 | 2015-04-30 |
| REYNOLDS, Julia | Director | 2012-01-12 | 2012-07-09 |
| SMALL, Brian Michael | Director | 2012-01-09 | 2018-10-31 |
| WILLIAMS, David Robert | Director | 2014-06-19 | 2015-11-27 |
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2011-10-03 | 2012-01-09 |
| INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2011-10-03 | 2012-01-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jd Outdoors Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-01-31 | Active |
| Jd Sports Fashion Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-01-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 88 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-04-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2025-02-01 vs 2024-02-03
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Turnover
-2.7%
£334,809,000 £325,830,000
-
Cash
+11.2%
£7,076,000 £7,870,000
-
Net assets
+1.3%
-£27,161,000 -£26,796,000
-
Employees
-9.1%
1,314 1,194
-
Operating profit
+120.6%
£1,489,000 £3,285,000
-
Profit before tax
+123.9%
-£2,702,000 £645,000
-
Wages
-16.8%
£18,815,000 £15,649,000
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