BLYTON HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-03 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-19
Watchouts
Cash
£20M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£23M
Equity attributable
Employees
454
Average over period
Profit before tax
£6M
Period ending 2024-12-31
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
- BLYTON HOLDINGS LIMITED 2016-12-19 → present
- BESSHELFCO (1) LIMITED 2016-09-20 → 2016-12-19
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 | £232,926,000 | £257,860,000 | |
| Operating profit | £13,019,000 | £9,421,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,730,000 | £5,511,000 | |
| Net profit | £7,324,000 | £3,957,000 | |
| Cash | £17,636,000 | £19,908,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,533,000 | £29,279,000 | |
| Net assets | £20,853,000 | £22,531,000 | |
| Equity | £20,853,000 | £22,531,000 | |
| Average employees | 444 | 454 | |
| Wages | £19,752,000 | £19,774,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 3.1% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 34.7% | 32.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 81.1% | 81.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.04x | 0.97x | |
| Interest cover | 3.88x | 2.33x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The business has adequate financial headroom, funded by its cash reserves and overdraft facility. The overdraft is renewable on an annual basis with the next renewal due July 2025. There is no foreseeable reason why this would not be renewed if required. The adoption of new vehicle stock is supported by a manufacturer floor plan facility.”
Group structure
- BLYTON HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Keltruck Limited 100%
- Telford Trucks Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 24 March 2025, a new loan of £20m was drawn down by the new Ultimate Parent Company, Kirrin Holdings Limited, which is party to the security disclosed in note 22.”
- “On 28 October 2024 the Company was acquired by Kirrin Holdings Limited. Kirrin Holdings Limited is the immediate and ultimate parent from this date.”
- “RM Watson (Appointed 28 October 2024)”
- “SC Fletcher (Appointed 28 October 2024)”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOKINIS, Alec Alexandros | Secretary | 2017-09-22 | — | — |
| FLETCHER, Stephen Christopher | Director | 2024-10-28 | Oct 1980 | British |
| JOYNES, Tracey Ann | Director | 2016-09-20 | Aug 1967 | British |
| KELLY, Christopher Dimitri | Director | 2016-09-20 | Jun 1978 | British |
| LATHAM, Ian | Director | 2025-05-01 | Oct 1963 | British |
| MORGAN, David Simon | Director | 2016-09-20 | Oct 1965 | British |
| WARNER, Russell Michael | Director | 2016-09-20 | Oct 1970 | British |
| WATSON, Rebecca Marie | Director | 2024-10-28 | Oct 1985 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KELLY, Michael Stephen | Director | 2016-09-20 | 2022-03-18 |
| NICHOLLS, Antony | Director | 2019-01-03 | 2022-02-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirrin Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-28 | Active |
| Mr Christopher Joseph Kelly | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-11-21 | Ceased 2024-10-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 77 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-29 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-17 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-11-12 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-11-12 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-11-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-27 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-11-23 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2022-11-23 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2022-11-23 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 3
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31