BLACKS SOLICITORS LLP
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-14 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+227.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
+59.4% vs 2024
Employees
226
+10.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6M
+69.1% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,930,020 | £21,590,348 | |
| Operating profit | £2,967,655 | £5,525,601 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,522,165 | £5,954,547 | |
| Net profit | £3,522,165 | £5,954,547 | |
| Cash | £547,483 | £1,792,817 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,727,084 | £7,032,165 | |
| Net assets | £4,379,515 | £6,982,165 | |
| Equity | £4,379,515 | £6,982,165 | |
| Average employees | 204 | 226 | |
| Wages | £8,021,015 | £9,508,085 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.5% | 25.6% | |
| Net margin | 20.8% | 27.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 62.8% | 78.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 35.1% | 23.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.16x | 4.27x | |
| Interest cover | 25.66x | 54.67x |
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
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the members' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the limited liability partnership's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The year under review produced a series of records for the LLP, in terms of turnover, profit and growth.”
- “Our continued commitment to growth has meant larger premises are necessary to accommodate our growing headcount. ... post year end, the LLP has committed to a relocation to the 4th and 5th floors of the existing building at 29 King Street, which is due to take place in the Summer of 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, David Christopher | Llp Designated Member | 2004-10-12 | Jan 1968 | — |
| DYSON, Nicholas Mark | Llp Designated Member | 2011-04-01 | Oct 1974 | — |
| HOLDEN, Rebecca Kate | Llp Designated Member | 2026-04-01 | Jan 1983 | — |
| HUTCHINSON, Matthew | Llp Designated Member | 2022-04-01 | Sep 1981 | — |
| KELLY, Paul Andrew | Llp Designated Member | 2017-04-01 | Aug 1979 | — |
| LAIDLER, Elizabeth | Llp Designated Member | 2022-04-01 | Dec 1986 | — |
| LANCASTER, Paul | Llp Designated Member | 2011-04-01 | Nov 1975 | — |
| MAIDENS, Luke | Llp Designated Member | 2024-04-01 | Sep 1980 | — |
| MORTON, Richard | Llp Designated Member | 2022-04-01 | Dec 1971 | — |
| MOYES, Thomas Benjamin | Llp Designated Member | 2019-04-01 | Jul 1981 | — |
| PATEL, Lukman | Llp Designated Member | 2004-10-12 | Dec 1968 | — |
| RHODES, Nicholas John | Llp Designated Member | 2022-04-01 | Apr 1981 | — |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILMAN, David Alan | Llp Designated Member | 2004-10-12 | 2021-03-31 |
| GROSS, Oliver Orson | Llp Designated Member | 2004-10-12 | 2018-03-31 |
| HODGSON, David Rennie | Llp Designated Member | 2004-10-12 | 2015-03-31 |
| JOBBINGS, Martin Hague | Llp Designated Member | 2004-10-12 | 2008-03-31 |
| JORDAN, Katherine Ann | Llp Designated Member | 2004-10-12 | 2015-09-30 |
| PATERSON, David James | Llp Designated Member | 2015-04-01 | 2022-01-18 |
| PERCY, Ian Charles | Llp Designated Member | 2004-10-12 | 2010-03-31 |
| ROBINSON, Ann Elise | Llp Designated Member | 2004-10-12 | 2026-03-31 |
| SLEATH, Michael Raymond | Llp Designated Member | 2004-10-12 | 2009-03-31 |
| SMITH, Linda Ann | Llp Designated Member | 2004-10-12 | 2007-10-26 |
| WILFORD, Nicholas Geoffrey | Llp Designated Member | 2004-10-12 | 2015-08-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-01 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-04-01 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-31 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-06 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2024-04-11 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-31 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-24 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2022-10-21 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2022-10-21 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2022-10-21 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2022-03-31 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-07 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-11 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2021-06-11 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
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Turnover
+27.5%
£16,930,020 £21,590,348
-
Cash
+227.5%
£547,483 £1,792,817
-
Net assets
+59.4%
£4,379,515 £6,982,165
-
Employees
+10.8%
204 226
-
Operating profit
+86.2%
£2,967,655 £5,525,601
-
Profit before tax
+69.1%
£3,522,165 £5,954,547
-
Wages
+18.5%
£8,021,015 £9,508,085
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