BLYTHSWOOD CARE

1. BLYTHSWOOD CARE 2018-03-29 → present
2. BLYTHSWOOD CARE 2017 2017-12-11 → 2018-03-29

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors, having made due and careful enquiry, are of the opinion that the group has adequate working capital to execute its operations over the next 12 months. The directors, therefore, have made an informed judgement, at the time of approving the financial statements, that there is a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”

Group structure

1. BLYTHSWOOD CARE · parent
   1. Blythswood Trading Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Charity shops and recycling
   2. Blythswood Ireland Limited 100% · Northern Ireland · works in partnership with Blythswood Care
   3. Blythswood Care 1993

Significant events

• “Working family turn to foodbank: The harsh reality of the rise in the cost of living means that people in work are likely to be referred to foodbanks. That was the experience of Paula and David, helped by Blythswood's South East Edinburgh Foodbank.”
• “Girl who started late now training to be a nurse: An orphan in Kenya who went through primary school with support from Blythswood is now training to be a nurse.”
• “Shoe Box Appeal: This aid included 85,515 Christmas shoeboxes, all of which were sent out before the end of the year.”
• “Aid Relief: In all, 650 tonnes of aid were delivered. Of this amount, 159 tonnes was shoeboxes, and the bulk of the remaining balance was 3 fire engines and rescue equipment that went to Ukraine.”
• “Charity Shops: BTL began the year with 17 charity shops and ended the year with 16 as we closed our Oban charity shop.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -1.4%

  £3,486,844 → £3,436,374

• Cash

  -4.4%

  £1,320,722 → £1,262,510

• Net assets

  -5.3%

  £2,636,268 → £2,497,013

• Employees

  -9.1%

  143 → 130

• Wages

  +13.4%

  £2,585,535 → £2,932,150

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