BLUE MARLIN BRAND DESIGN LIMITED
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Executive summary
Blue Marlin Brand Design Limited possesses valuable heritage and market positioning in the premium brand design space, but faces an acute profitability and liquidity challenge evidenced by a £335k loss in FY2025 and growing dependence on group funding. The company's strategic trajectory hinges on restoring margin discipline, formalising its intercompany financial structure, and pivoting toward structural growth markets—sustainable packaging and digital brand experience—where its core competencies create genuine competitive advantage. Without decisive action on profitability, the substantial deferred tax asset and intercompany obligations represent material risks to long-term viability.
Shareholders' funds
£911,557
Balance sheet as at 2024-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1993-08-25
- Employees
- 9 (2024 accounts)
- Registered office
- Page Barn, Newbury, Nr Frome, Somerset, BA11 3RG
- Postcode
- BA11 3RG
- Capital
- 45,100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-25
- Next due by
- 2027-09-08
Nature of business (SIC)
- 74100 specialised design activities
Officers 3 current · 11 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by BARRACUDA HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z9637022 (Tier 2), registered since 2006.
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Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BLUE MARLIN PACKAGING DESIGN LIMITED | 2003-09-09 |
| ISTRO LIMITED | 1993-09-27 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THE TRAMSHED, BEEHIVE YARD WALCOT STREET, BATH, SOMERSET BA1 5BB | 2006-10-23 |
| CIRCUS MEWS HOUSE, CIRCUS MEWS, BATH, SOMERSET BA1 2PW | 2005-03-29 |
| 5 PALACE YARD MEWS, BATH, BA1 2NH | 1998-08-25 |
| NO 1 PALACE YARD MEWS, BATH, BA1 2NH | 1996-01-24 |
| VALE HOUSE, LOVES HILL, TIMSBURY, BATH BA3 1EU | 1994-01-06 |
| SCEPTRE COURT, 40 TOWER HILL, LONDON, EC3N 4BB | 1993-10-29 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 235 similar companies in BA
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (9 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1993.
No.4 of the largest specialised design activities companies in Bath →
Competitors Bath
This company ranks 4 among specialised design activities in Bath.
The class of 1993
49%
of the 25,071 companies incorporated in 1993 are still active today; 48% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2019-12-06
- Where
- Somerset
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WS89730 | Somerset | Leasehold | 2019-12-06 | — |
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