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BLACK FORD ENGINEERING LIMITED

Private Company Limited by Shares registered in 2017 in Listowel, Co. Kerry, CRO 604110.
It files accounts faster than 18% of similar companies.

Status
Active
Normal
Registered
12 May 2017
9 years old
Annual return
Up to date
next due 31 Mar 2027
Last accounts filed
312 days
after year end · sector median 248

Details

CRO number604110
Company typeLTD - Private Company Limited by Shares
Registered officeDUAGH VILLAGE, LISTOWEL,KERRY, LISTOWEL, KERRY, IRELAND
TownListowel · other companies there
CountyKerry
ActivityArchitecture and engineering (NACE 7112.0) · Professional, scientific and technical
Last annual return31 Mar 2026

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Timeline

  1. 31 Mar 2027Next annual return due
  2. 8 May 2025Accounts filed (year to 30 Jun 2024)
  3. 27 May 2024Accounts filed (year to 30 Jun 2023)
  4. 1 Nov 2022Accounts filed (year to 30 Jun 2022)
  5. 12 May 2017Incorporated

Financial statements filed

Days from year end to filing

01002003004002022: 12412420222023: 33233220232024: 3123122024

Orange = later than 330 days.

Year endReceived by CRODays after year end
30 Jun 20248 May 2025312
30 Jun 202327 May 2024332
30 Jun 20221 Nov 2022124

Over 330 days is later than the usual deadline (accounts made up to within 9 months of the annual return date, filed within 56 days). The accounts themselves can be bought from the CRO.

Company indicators

Derived from this company's CRO record and filing history. Percentiles compare it with the 5,335 active companies in architecture and engineering.

Filing discipline score
62 / 100
annual return up to date · files faster than 18% of peers · 67% of filings on time · activity median 82
Typical filing delay
312 days
median of 3 filings · latest 20 days faster · activity 247
Financial year end
June
54.8% of the activity use December
Next annual return
in 144 days
due 31 Mar 2027
Age: 9.5 years
89th pct
Filing speed: 312 days
18th pct

Further right = older, faster filer, busier address than peers.

Sector economy

How architecture and engineering is doing in official statistics. These figures describe the sector, not this company. Sector page.

Irish services confidence
+24.8
51st percentile since 2005 · EU +6.0 · Oct 2026
EU confidence, this activity
+6.7
53rd percentile since 2005 · +2.5 on a year · Oct 2026
People employed in the sector
43,200
-21.6% on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€1,178
+5.3% on a year · 2026 Q1
Services output volume
+7.0%
3 months to Aug 2026 vs a year earlier Professional, scientific and technical
Enterprises in the sector (CSO)
10,643
8.8% new in 2024 · 4.6 people each on average
Sector firms still trading after 5 years
58.2%
firms born 2019 · all sectors 53.2%
Sector enterprises in Co. Kerry
1,381
2.6% of Ireland's total (CSO)

Sources: European Commission Business and Consumer Surveys (balances, seasonally adjusted); CSO business demography, earnings, employment, output and price statistics (CC BY 4.0). A tag means the CSO only publishes the figure for a wider group.

Sector benchmarks

What a typical business in this line of work looks like, from CSO structural business statistics and earnings data. Averages for the whole sector, not figures for this company: CRO does not publish accounts figures as open data.

Turnover per enterprise
€1.7m
sector average, 2022
People per enterprise
4.1
sector average, 2022
Labour cost per employee
€65k
wages, PRSI and pensions, 2022
Operating surplus margin
17.3%
(value added − labour costs) / turnover, 2022
Value added per person
€129k
labour productivity, 2022
Median weekly pay, Co. Kerry
€835
this sector · county all sectors €635 · 2024
Value added per worker, South-West region
€160k
this sector group · all sectors €302k · 2024

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