Barnwood Limited
Registered name: BARNWOOD LIMITED
Part of Barnwood Holdings Limited groupBarnwood Limited made £117m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Barnwood Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £117m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.1m profit and 228 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- South West
- Age
- 62 yrs · since 1963
- 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. From the filing: “Barnwood Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £95.8m | £122m | £103m | £117m |
| Cost of sales | £85.6m | £107m | £87.5m | £101m |
| Gross profit | £10.2m | £15m | £15.5m | £15.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £4.3m | £4.5m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £3.3m | £3.6m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £3.3m | £3.6m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £11.7m | £13.9m | £14.8m | £16.7m |
| Employees (average) | 198 | 214 | 225 | 228 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 10.7% | 12.3% | 15% | 13.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £484k | £572k | £458k | £512k |
| Profit per employee | £6.6k | £15.3k | £16.1k | £9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲27.7% | ▼15.8% | ▲13.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲150% | ▲11.1% | ▼43.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.1% | ▲5.1% | ▲1.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.2m | £6.8m | £6.7m | £11.2m |
| Net assets | £2m | £4.3m | £5.9m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | £935k | £1.5m | £2.2m | £2.8m |
| Current assets | £25.5m | £27.8m | £23.8m | £33m |
| Debtors | £10.5m | £11.3m | £11.5m | £13.8m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £512k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.8%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲66%
- Now £11.2m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 228
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲25%
- Now £2.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Barnwood Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Barnwood Group Limited75–100%
- Barnwood Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Beechmore Developments LimitedRev. £1.3m · Profit £81.9k
- Barnwood General Works LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Barnwood Shopfitting LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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