Barnes Logistics (Cheshire) Limited
Registered name: BARNES LOGISTICS (CHESHIRE) LIMITED
Part of Barnes Group (Holdings) Limited groupBarnes Logistics (Cheshire) Limited made £375k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Barnes Logistics (Cheshire) Limited reported £375k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025, down 14% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 32 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Rochdale; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rochdale, North West
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1994
- 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 ultimate parent entity is Barnes Group (Holdings) Limited, which is parent for which publicly available consolidated financial statements are prepared which include the results of Barnes Logistics”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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&L | Full P&L | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.1m | £5.5m | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £4.5m | £4.6m | — | — |
| Gross profit | £673k | £827k | — | — |
| Operating profit | £204k | £383k | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £182k | £350k | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £79k | £239k | £436k | £375k |
| Profit (best available) | £79k | £239k | £436k | £375k |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 37 | 33 | 32 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 4.4% | — | — |
| Gross margin | 13.1% | 15.1% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £125k | £148k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £1.9k | £6.5k | £13.2k | £11.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.8% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲202.8% | ▲82.4% | ▼14.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.8% | ▼10.8% | ▼3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £85 | £166k | £625 | £179 |
| Net assets | £2m | £2.4m | £2.7m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £2.9m | £3.1m | £2.8m | £0 |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £1.2m | £1.4m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £743k | £794k | £651k |
| 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
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼71%
- Now £179
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 32
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £0
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Barnes Group (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Barnes Logistics (Cheshire) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Barnes Logistics LimitedRev. £9.3m · Profit £121k
- Nudl Software 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 Mar 2025 (profit £375k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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