Barcham Trees PLC
Registered name: BARCHAM TREES PLC
Barcham Trees PLC made £9m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2024.
Barcham Trees PLC’s revenue grew 6% to £9m in the year to 30 Apr 2024, with £1.3m profit and 76 employees. The company is classified under “silviculture and other forestry activities” and is based in Ely; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ely, East of England
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1994
- Type
- Public Limited Company
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.8m | £8.4m | £9m |
| Cost of sales | £5m | £5m | £4.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £3.4m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £954k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £954k | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £2.7m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 76 | 76 | 76 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 19.7% | 11.3% | 14.1% |
| Gross margin | 48.8% | 40.6% | 45.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £128k | £111k | £118k |
| Profit per employee | £25.3k | £12.5k | £16.7k |
| Cash conversion | 84.7% | 52% | 77.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.5% | ▲6.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼50.4% | ▲32.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £1.4m | £3.6m |
| Net assets | £5.2m | £5.5m | £7.6m |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £3m | £3.4m |
| Current assets | £4m | £3.8m | £6.4m |
| Debtors | £556k | £593k | £1m |
| Deferred income | £302k | £128k | £75.9k |
| Cash from operations | £1.9m | £583k | £1.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £118k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 77.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 38.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.4%
- 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
- ▲40%
- Now £7.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲156%
- Now £3.6m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 76
- Deferred income
- ▼41%
- Now £75.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▲14%
- Now £3.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2024 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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