BLACKFORD ANALYSIS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-28 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-14
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£15M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BLACKFORD ANALYSIS LIMITED 2010-06-23 → present
- MACROCOM (1016) LIMITED 2010-06-14 → 2010-06-23
Profit before tax
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 | £7,807,805 | £1,060,379 | |
| Operating profit | -£10,251,561 | -£14,916,193 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,098,659 | -£15,454,388 | |
| Net profit | -£2,759,765 | -£15,454,388 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | £0 | £0 | |
| 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 | -131.3% | -1406.7% | |
| Net margin | -35.3% | -1457.4% | |
| Interest cover | -111.37x | -26.62x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' 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 company'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
- “In the prior period, 109,171 1p ordinary shares were issued for a total consideration of £1,429,935. The proceeds of these share issues resulted in an increase to the share premium account in the prior period of £1,428,844”
- “Other reserves relate to a capital contribution received during the prior period of £1,853,888. This amount was received in full by 31 December 2023 and represents non-repayable amounts from the company's parent undertaking.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MFMAC SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-11-21 | — | — |
| HOLROYD, James Robert | Director | 2024-07-18 | Apr 1977 | British |
| HOMOLYA, Tibor Kazmer | Director | 2023-02-08 | Apr 1982 | German |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACKEAN, Robert Mackintosh | Secretary | 2013-10-10 | 2019-10-31 |
| RUTHERFORD, Scott Liston | Secretary | 2019-10-31 | 2024-11-21 |
| AMBROGIO, Edgardo Nelson | Director | 2024-04-01 | 2026-05-01 |
| BOWIE, David Malcolm | Director | 2012-10-10 | 2020-01-04 |
| CHIN, Conrad Blair | Director | 2010-07-15 | 2024-07-18 |
| DEWIT, Richard William | Director | 2023-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
| HEAVENS, Alan Francis, Professor | Director | 2010-07-15 | 2017-03-02 |
| KRUGER, Gerd | Director | 2023-02-08 | 2024-03-31 |
| MACKEAN, Robert Mackintosh | Director | 2012-10-10 | 2019-10-31 |
| MCKELLAR, Keith Alexander James | Director | 2010-07-15 | 2012-09-07 |
| NASH, Christopher John | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2023-02-09 |
| PANTER, Benjamin David, Dr | Director | 2010-06-14 | 2025-09-03 |
| RUTHERFORD, Scott Liston | Director | 2019-10-31 | 2025-09-03 |
| SALVADOR, Alexandre Joaquim Olivier | Director | 2023-02-08 | 2023-10-24 |
| YOUNGER, Simon Clovis | Director | 2018-02-15 | 2023-02-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayer Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-02-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 210 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-21 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-07-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 4
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