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Company description
BLUE ARROW LTD. is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 10 November 1959; registered for 66 years; registered office reported in LONDON, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 78200 · Temporary employment agency activities.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 19 procurement records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- BLUE ARROW LTD.
- Company number
- 00641659
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 40 total · 3 outstanding · 37 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 March 2026Next accounts due
31 December 2027Last statement made up to
31 December 2025Next statement due
14 January 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- -10.4%
- Mean bonus gap
- -31.1%
- Women receiving bonus
- 14.3%
- Men receiving bonus
- 12.6%
- Women in top quartile
- 26.8%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 31.2%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 39.7%
- Women in lower quartile
- 49.8%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 5000 to 19,9997.9% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9999.3% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9994.4% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9994.0% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9993.9% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9998.1% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9996.9% median hourly gap
- 20,000 or more7.7% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 6 October 2025 – 5 April 2026
- Filed
- 29 April 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 0 days
- Longest standard term
- 90 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 6 April 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £1,227,226
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £1,546,022
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £762,250
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £240,988
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 36.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 90 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
45
- Other payment-term information
No
- Dispute resolution process
Disputes are handled by the Shared Services accounts payable function. Should an invoice be disputed the supplier will receive either an email or phone call which will indicate the query causing the dispute. Once any missing information or a corrected invoice is received the team will process and pay as due.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 47.0 average days to pay10.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay81.0% outside terms
- 64.0 average days to pay82.0% outside terms
- 59.0 average days to pay90.0% outside terms
- 61.0 average days to pay51.0% outside terms
- 46.0 average days to pay50.0% outside terms
- 48.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay16.0% outside terms
- 29.0 average days to pay10.0% outside terms
- 26.0 average days to pay10.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay17.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- BLUE ARROW LTD.
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- RSS GLOBAL LIMITED
- Statement period
- 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Approved
- 21 July 2026
- Sectors
- Healthcare and pharmaceuticals Professional and administrative services and supplies, including legal, consulting and accounting services
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Not reported as covered
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- Over £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 21 July 2026
Policies described
Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees Prohibits compulsory overtime Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents
Training described
Your whole organisation Your front line staff Human resources Executive-level staff Procurement staff
Worker engagement and working conditions
Workers within your organisation
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app
Demonstrated progress
No use of umbrella companies unless members of SafeRec Compliance audit per branch annually which will cover checks Review of shared bank accounts, addresses.
Earlier linked statements (1)
- BLUE ARROW LTD.31 December 2020
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Blue Arrow Ltd.
Registration Z6093861
- Registered from
- 2 November 2001
- Current end date
- 1 November 2026
- Trading names
- Please can you you remove Corestaff from this registration
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
07 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Provision of Catering Agency Staff
NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY · ocds-b5fd17-79119fdc-30b9-4a29-8304-1b81f7aa1de9
- Supplier named in award
- Blue Arrow Ltd
- Award value
- £400,000
- Contract period
- 1 July 2026 – 30 June 2030
- Published
- 26 June 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79600000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-79119fdc-30b9-4a29-8304-1b81f7aa1de9-2026-06-26T08:56:34+01:00
Temporary Recruitment Services
UNIVERSITY OF KEELE · ocds-b5fd17-6af8df6a-44e5-461a-bf42-0aa86a905bf4
- Supplier named in award
- Blue Arrow Limited.
- Award value
- £400,000
- Contract period
- 15 December 2025 – 14 December 2027
- Published
- 17 February 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79600000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-6af8df6a-44e5-461a-bf42-0aa86a905bf4-2026-02-17T12:28:08Z
Provision of Agency Workers and Recruitment Services
LANCASHIRE RENEWABLES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-2e122caa-0f1b-4c1d-8364-a99f0992a0b6
- Supplier named in award
- Blue Arrow Ltd
- Award value
- £3,600,000
- Contract period
- 23 September 2024 – 22 August 2028
- Published
- 10 September 2024
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79600000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-2e122caa-0f1b-4c1d-8364-a99f0992a0b6-2024-09-10T14:21:23+01:00
Temporary Recruitment
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY · ocds-b5fd17-ba237cda-3fdd-4c62-a65f-a7a144931730
- Supplier named in award
- Blue Arrow
- Award value
- £155,000
- Contract period
- 3 April 2024 – 31 August 2024
- Published
- 16 April 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79600000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-ba237cda-3fdd-4c62-a65f-a7a144931730-2024-04-16T14:22:53+01:00
Registry Temporary Staffing
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY · ocds-b5fd17-616ccca3-ca17-4350-a734-612d83372f7e
- Supplier named in award
- Blue Arrow LTD
- Award value
- £120,000
- Contract period
- 23 May 2023 – 22 May 2024
- Published
- 23 November 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79600000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-616ccca3-ca17-4350-a734-612d83372f7e-2023-11-23T09:06:19Z
Invigilator for Exams
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY · ocds-b5fd17-7c8e2278-0929-43f7-abfd-3dde718fd37c
- Supplier named in award
- Blue Arrow Ltd
- Award value
- £400,000
- Contract period
- 8 January 2024 – 7 January 2028
- Published
- 18 December 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79600000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-7c8e2278-0929-43f7-abfd-3dde718fd37c-2023-12-18T09:18:31Z
Blue Arrow Exam Invigilation
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY · ocds-b5fd17-3c663092-db16-4ab6-a308-991d3babf62c
- Supplier named in award
- Blue Arrow Ltd
- Award value
- £90,000
- Contract period
- 9 February 2023 – 9 February 2024
- Published
- 17 February 2023
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 75121000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-3c663092-db16-4ab6-a308-991d3babf62c-2023-02-17T14:38:36Z
Contract for the Provision of Staffing for the Commonwealth Games to the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-630919e6-417c-4d0a-a826-fef32e5ebeb1
- Supplier named in award
- Blue Arrow Ltd.
- Award value
- £64,000
- Contract period
- 1 July 2022 – 31 August 2022
- Published
- 6 September 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79620000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-630919e6-417c-4d0a-a826-fef32e5ebeb1-2022-09-06T15:06:34+01:00
Catering Agency Staff
MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY · ocds-b5fd17-5494dd39-773b-4f85-8749-faa1666c0fb9
- Supplier named in award
- Blue Arrow Ltd
- Award value
- £200,000
- Contract period
- 23 May 2022 – 22 May 2023
- Published
- 24 June 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79620000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-5494dd39-773b-4f85-8749-faa1666c0fb9-2022-06-24T11:21:04+01:00
Cirrus Consortium Agency Labour & Recruitment Services Framework 2019
CIRRUS PURCHASING LTD · ocds-b5fd17-bec3e902-4766-4da3-8e84-0fe612c0547f
- Supplier named in award
- Blue Arrow Ltd
- Award value
- £0
- Contract period
- 12 March 2019 – 11 March 2023
- Published
- 2 April 2019
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79620000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-bec3e902-4766-4da3-8e84-0fe612c0547f-2019-04-02T17:35:05+01:00
Agency Labour and Recruitment Framework
First Ark Group · ocds-b5fd17-e8ea9f51-fa92-4744-865f-125a876c0dca
- Supplier named in award
- Blue Arrow Ltd
- Award value
- £0
- Contract period
- 3 July 2018 – 2 July 2022
- Published
- 26 July 2018
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79610000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e8ea9f51-fa92-4744-865f-125a876c0dca-2018-07-26T16:35:18+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Blue Arrow Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England And Wales
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom (England And Wales)
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 2586484
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
Rss Global Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Laws Of England And Wales
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 14526152
- Notified
- 3 March 2023
- Ceased
- 3 March 2023
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09 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
10 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
11 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Weston College Recruitment Agency Framework
Weston College · updated 24 September 2026
- Tender value
- £500,000
- Awards
- 6
Temporary agency staff
University of the West of England · updated 22 September 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
PP-10161 Harris Federation Permanent and Contingency Staffing
HARRIS FEDERATION · updated 3 September 2026
- Tender value
- £160,000,000
- Awards
- 12
Temporary and Permanent Staffing 2 Framework
CRESCENT PURCHASING LIMITED · updated 19 August 2026
- Tender value
- £150,000,000
- Awards
- 6
The Provision of Campus Staff Support Services
University of Bedfordshire · updated 21 January 2026
- Tender value
- £1,666,666.67
- Awards
- 1
Recruitment Agency Framework
Derby College Group · updated 17 December 2025
- Tender value
- £3,500,000
- Awards
- 1
Recruitment Framework
LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY · updated 28 August 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 10
Provision of Agency Workers and Recruitment Services
LANCASHIRE RENEWABLES LIMITED · updated 10 September 2024
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
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13 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
15 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
8 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
16 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Detected change
Accounts due date: 2026-12-31 → 2027-12-31
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
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