Blair International Ltd
Registered name: BLAIR INTERNATIONAL LTD
Part of Cairn Delivery Service Limited groupBlair International Ltd made £11.6m revenue and £11.5k profit in the year to 5 Apr 2025.
Blair International Ltd’s revenue grew 3% to £11.6m in the year to 5 Apr 2025, with £11.5k profit and 88 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Ballymena; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ballymena, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2017
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 5 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.3m | £11.7m | £11.3m | £11.6m |
| Cost of sales | £10.3m | £11m | £11m | £11m |
| Gross profit | £1m | £694k | £297k | £617k |
| Profit before tax | £503k | £104k | −£375k | £108k |
| Profit after tax | £410k | £167k | −£302k | £11.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £410k | £167k | −£302k | £11.5k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £3.3m | £3.4m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 100 | 101 | 99 | 88 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.6% | 1.4% | −2.7% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 9% | 5.9% | 2.6% | 5.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £113k | £116k | £114k | £132k |
| Profit per employee | £4.1k | £1.6k | −£3.1k | £130 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.1% | ▼3.6% | ▲2.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼59.4% | ▼281.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1% | ▼2% | ▼11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £11.1k | £8.5k | £9k | £9.5k |
| Net assets | £899k | £1.1m | £763k | £451k |
| Fixed assets | £4.3m | £5m | £4.2m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.2m | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £1.9m | £2m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £35k | £26.3k | £17.5k | £8.8k |
| Cash from operations | £860k | £859k | £853k | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £132k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £130
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 27.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- 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
- ▼41%
- Now £451k
- Cash at bank
- ▲6%
- Now £9.5k
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 88
- Deferred income
- ▼50%
- Now £8.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £3.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cairn Delivery Service Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Blair International Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 5 Apr 2025 (profit £11.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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