Barnack Estates UK Limited
Registered name: BARNACK ESTATES UK LIMITED
Part of Barnack Estates Employee Trustees Limited groupBarnack Estates UK Limited made £22.2m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2026. read from filing text
Barnack Estates UK Limited’s revenue grew 48% to £22.2m in the year to 30 Apr 2026, with £2.3m profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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 is”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 | 30 Apr 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.7m | £34.4m | £16.7m | £15m | £22.2m |
| Cost of sales | £16.1m | £24.8m | £13.3m | £11.9m | £18.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £9.6m | £3.4m | £3.1m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £4m | £9m | £2.8m | £2.4m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | £4m | £8.8m | £2.8m | £2.4m | £3m |
| Profit after tax | £3.2m | £7.1m | £2.1m | £1.8m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.2m | £7.1m | £2.1m | £1.8m | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | £633k | £877k | £960k | £812k | £782k |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 15.5% | 20.7% | 12.8% | 12% | 10.2% |
| Gross margin | 22% | 28% | 20.4% | 20.9% | 17% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £2.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.7m |
| Profit per employee | £200k | £445k | £142k | £129k | £174k |
| Cash conversion | −157% | −48.4% | −214.1% | 33.7% | −39.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲66.5% | ▼51.6% | ▼9.8% | ▲47.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲122% | ▼70.1% | ▼15.2% | ▲25.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼6.3% | ▼6.7% | ▼7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £5.9m | £6.3m | £5.7m | £4.2m | £4.2m |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £10m | £7.1m | £8.9m | £10.7m |
| Fixed assets | £95.4k | £87.2k | £102k | £97.9k | £77.9k |
| Current assets | £13.9m | £16.6m | £11.5m | £14.5m | £14.2m |
| Debtors | £883k | £1.1m | £971k | £1.5m | £342k |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.1m | £703k | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£6.3m | −£4.3m | −£5.9m | £804k | −£1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £174k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −39.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £10.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £4.2m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼20%
- Now £77.9k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Barnack Estates Employee Trustees Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Barnack Estates Holdings Limited75–100%
- Barnack Estates UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2026 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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