Barton Firtop Engineering Co Limited
Registered name: BARTON FIRTOP ENGINEERING CO LIMITED
Part of TDR Capital LLP groupBarton Firtop Engineering Co Limited made £20.8m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Barton Firtop Engineering Co Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £20.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2m profit and 99 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Kidderminster; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kidderminster, West Midlands
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- 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: “The company's ultimate parent company at the balance sheet date was Barton Firtop Holdings (UK) Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. Copies of group accounts can be obtained from the Co”
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 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.4m | £14.1m | £17.4m | £20.8m |
| Cost of sales | £5m | £7.6m | £8.5m | £11.3m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £6.6m | £8.9m | £9.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £1.5m | £2.7m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £1.5m | £2.8m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £1.3m | £2.7m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £1.3m | £2.7m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £3.9m | £4.8m | £5.2m |
| Employees (average) | 84 | 90 | 100 | 99 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 18.6% | 9.3% | 15.3% | 9.7% |
| Gross margin | 52.1% | 46.5% | 51.1% | 45.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £124k | £157k | £174k | £210k |
| Profit per employee | £23.1k | £14.6k | £26.7k | £20.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲35.7% | ▲23.3% | ▲19.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼32.3% | ▲102.8% | ▼24.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▲11.1% | ▼1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.6m | £998k | £3.6m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £12.3m | £13.1m | £14.5m | £15.5m |
| Fixed assets | £6.1m | £6.2m | £863k | £3.1m |
| Current assets | £8.7m | £9.9m | £18.7m | £16.2m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £4.5m | £4.8m | £5.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £210k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.8%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £15.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼58%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 99
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲258%
- Now £3.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- TDR Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- TDR Capital Nominees 2021 Limited50–75%
- Corpacq Group Limited75–100%
- Corpacq Holdings Limited75–100%
- Corpacq Midco Limited75–100%
- Corpacq Limited75–100%
- Corpacq Finance Limited75–100%
- 1SPS Holdco 1 Ltd75–100%
- 1SPS Bidco 1 Ltd75–100%
- Barton Firtop Holdings (UK) Limited75–100%
- Barton Firtop Engineering Co Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- RGR Fabricating and Welding Services LimitedRev. — · Profit £256k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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