Barco Limited
Registered name: BARCO LIMITED
Part of Barco Nv groupBarco Limited made £3.7m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Barco Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £3.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.3m profit and 24 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Bracknell; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bracknell, South East
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.2m | £3.3m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £37.1k | £154k | £168k |
| Profit before tax | £940k | £337k | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £866k | £253k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £866k | £253k | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.5m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 25 | 24 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 27.1% | 7.6% | 34.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £139k | £133k | £156k |
| Profit per employee | £37.7k | £10.1k | £53.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.9% | ▲12.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼70.8% | ▲403.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.7% | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £7.6m | £7.9m | £4.1m |
| Fixed assets | £3.5m | £3.5m | £3.7m |
| Debtors | £4.5m | £4.7m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £104k | £77.3k | £110k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 34.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £156k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £53.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 98.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 29.4%
- 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
- ▼47%
- Now £4.1m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- ▲43%
- Now £110k
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £3.7m
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
- Barco Nv (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Barco 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 31 Dec 2024 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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