Blue Arrow Ltd.
Private Limited Company · London
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 1959Private Limited Company
Financial position
Accounts to 2026-03-27 · GBP · Company accounts
Net assets
£50,834,000
Cash
£168,000
Turnover
£194,254,000
Profit / loss
£730,000
Current assets
£134,697,000
Creditors < 1 year
£84,821,000
Equity
£50,834,000
Average employees
8,279
Balance-sheet trend
GBP · companyFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
Some figures were read by AI from scanned accounts, so small errors are possible. View the filed accounts
| Reported figures | 2026-03-27Company · AI-read | 2025-03-28Company · AI-read |
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| Balance sheet | ||
| Net assets | £50,834,000 | £50,104,000 |
| Equity | £50,834,000 | £50,104,000 |
| Share capital | £26,500,000 | £26,500,000 |
| Retained earnings | £21,874,000 | £21,144,000 |
| Assets | ||
| Fixed assets | £2,429,000 | £2,383,000 |
| Property, plant & equipment | £1,261,000 | £1,160,000 |
| Current assets | £134,697,000 | £164,791,000 |
| Cash at bank | £168,000 | £204,000 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors within one year | £84,821,000 | £116,158,000 |
| Creditors after one year | £620,000 | £714,000 |
| Net current assets | £49,800,000 | £48,501,000 |
| Assets less current liabilities | £52,229,000 | £50,884,000 |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Turnover | £194,254,000 | £178,862,000 |
| Cost of sales | £166,221,000 | £149,809,000 |
| Gross profit | £28,033,000 | £29,053,000 |
| Administrative expenses | £25,563,000 | £22,244,000 |
| Operating profit | £2,470,000 | £6,809,000 |
| Interest receivable | £2,000 | £14,000 |
| Interest payable | £1,488,000 | £1,697,000 |
| Profit before tax | £984,000 | £5,126,000 |
| Tax | £254,000 | £909,000 |
| Profit / loss | £730,000 | £4,217,000 |
| Operating costs | ||
| Depreciation | £88,000 | £211,000 |
| Amortisation | £9,000 | — |
| Operating lease charges | £591,000 | £595,000 |
| Audit fees | £71,000 | £68,000 |
| People & pay | ||
| Average employees | 8,279 | 8,063 |
| Staff costs | £182,086,000 | £163,597,000 |
| Wages & salaries | £163,642,000 | £150,652,000 |
| Social security costs | £16,448,000 | £11,031,000 |
| Pension costs | £1,996,000 | £1,914,000 |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2026-03-27 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Clean (unmodified)
- Immediate parent
- Blue Arrow Holdings Limited
- Ultimate parent
- Twenty20 Capital Investments Limited
- Ultimate controlling party
- Twenty20 Capital Investments Limited Directors, Mr I J Munro and Mr T N Ramus
- Accounts
- FRS 101
- Approved
- 2026-08-04, signed by P G Thomas
Subsidiaries (1)
- Blue Arrow Financial Services Limited · 100% · 33 Soho Square, London, W1D 3QU, United Kingdom
Turnover by segment (6)
- Temporary placements: 192,441 (000s) (2026-03-27)
- Permanent placements: 1,813 (000s) (2026-03-27)
- Temporary placements: 176,824 (000s) (2025-03-28)
- Permanent placements: 2,038 (000s) (2025-03-28)
- United Kingdom: 194,254 (000s) (2026-03-27)
- United Kingdom: 178,862 (000s) (2025-03-28)
Borrowings (2)
- Group invoice discounting facility with Close Brothers · £85m
- Further loan facility made available to the RSS Global group · up to £10m · available up to 31 December 2027
Share classes (2)
- 26,500,000 Ordinary of £1.00 each
- 26,500,000 Ordinary of £1.00 each
Events after the year end (1)
- There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the period end.
Contingent liabilities (1)
- The Company has given cross guarantees as part of the group's invoice discount facility. As at 27 March 2026 the aggregate amount outstanding against the facility was £46,695,900 (28 March 2025: £49,906,998).
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
3 outstanding chargesFloating · created 2025-11-05
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OutstandingAll Assets · created 2023-03-03
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OutstandingFloating · created 2023-03-03
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OutstandingShow 37 satisfied / released
All Assets · created 2021-12-17 · satisfied 2023-03-09
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2019-03-05 · satisfied 2023-03-09
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2015-11-06 · satisfied 2023-03-09
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2015-07-30 · satisfied 2016-11-15
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2014-11-10 · satisfied 2016-11-15
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2014-03-06 · satisfied 2016-11-15
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2013-02-26 · satisfied 2016-11-15
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2008-05-06 · satisfied 2016-11-15
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2007-04-27 · satisfied 2016-11-15
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SatisfiedUnknown · created 2004-11-23 · satisfied 2017-04-27
£52,000 AND ALL OTHER MONIES DUE OR TO B ECOME DUE FROM THE COMPANY TO THE CHARGE E
SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2004-04-29 · satisfied 2007-06-15
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SatisfiedFloating · created 2004-04-29 · satisfied 2011-05-11
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SatisfiedUnknown · created 2001-06-28 · satisfied 2007-04-25
£3,217.80 DUE FROM THE COMPANY TO THE CH ARGEE
SatisfiedProperty · created 2000-08-31 · satisfied 2004-05-18
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 1997-03-27 · satisfied 2000-08-23
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 1991-06-03 · satisfied 1997-12-24
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