Blackburn V.e. Limited
Registered name: BLACKBURN V.E. LIMITED
Blackburn V.e. Limited made £1.1m revenue and £38k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Blackburn V.e. Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £1.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £38k profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1998
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The immediate controlling party of the company is Abbeyfield V.E. Limited, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom. A copy of their financial statements can be obtained from Mere Way, Ruddington ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £862k | £924k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Cost of sales | £240k | £256k | £291k | £306k |
| Gross profit | £622k | £668k | £776k | £805k |
| Operating profit | −£7k | £12k | £69k | £46k |
| Profit before tax | −£8k | £13k | £74k | £51k |
| Profit after tax | −£8k | £13k | £62k | £38k |
| Profit (best available) | −£8k | £13k | £62k | £38k |
| Staff costs | £337k | £373k | £403k | £437k |
| Employees (average) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.9% | 1.4% | 5.8% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 72.2% | 72.3% | 72.7% | 72.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £66.3k | £71.1k | £82.1k | £74.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£615 | £1k | £4.8k | £2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.2% | ▲15.5% | ▲4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲376.9% | ▼38.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲15.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4k | £3k | £2k | £2k |
| Net assets | −£25k | −£12k | £50k | £50k |
| Fixed assets | £153k | £162k | £148k | £120k |
| Current assets | £89k | £165k | £230k | £321k |
| Debtors | £52k | £118k | £193k | £251k |
| Deferred income | £50k | £79k | £48k | £73k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 72.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £74.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.6%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- 0%
- Now £50k
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £2k
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- ▲52%
- Now £73k
- Fixed assets
- ▼19%
- Now £120k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Abbeyfield V.e. Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £38k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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