Bluestones Investment Group Limited
Registered name: BLUESTONES INVESTMENT GROUP LIMITED
Bluestones Investment Group Limited made £230k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Bluestones Investment Group Limited reported £230k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025, down 56% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 48 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Chester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chester, North West
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | — | £94.8m | £105m | £119m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2.8m | £511k |
| Profit after tax | £3.2m | £341k | £521k | £230k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.2m | £341k | £521k | £230k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.3m | £3.6m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 235 | 240 | 48 | 48 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £13.4k | £1.4k | £10.9k | £4.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼89.2% | ▲52.8% | ▼55.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.1% | ▼80% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £34.1k | £54.8k | £124k | £664k |
| Net assets | £809k | £729k | £5.8m | £5.7m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £1.3m | £9.3m | £9m |
| Current assets | £16.8m | £22.3m | £28.7m | £39.7m |
| Debtors | £2.1k | £17k | £52.4k | £157k |
| Deferred income | — | £1.9m | £1.7m | £2m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£4.4m | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £5.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲435%
- Now £664k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 48
- Deferred income
- ▲18%
- Now £2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (27)
- Apex Marketing Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Australasian Recruitment Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Big HR LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bluestones 09873516 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bluestones 360 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bluestones Complex Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bluestones Equity Partners LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bluestones Investment Group - Professional Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bluestones Investment Group - Specialist Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bluestones Logistics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bluestones Medical Recruitment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bluestones One Installations LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bluestones One Merchandising LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bluestones One Store Development LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bluestones Staffing N.i. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bluestones Supply Chain (North West) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bluestones Supply Chain LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Chad Harrison LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Connex Education Partnership Leicester LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Harrison Sands LtdFigures not disclosed
- Mep Resourcing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- NC Associates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Recruit Ready Partnership LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Recruitment Funding Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Classroom Partnership LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Greenhouse Learning and Development LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Zircon IT Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £230k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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