Symphony Holdings Limited
Registered name: SYMPHONY HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of W&R Barnett Holdings Limited groupSymphony Holdings Limited made £333m revenue and £16.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Symphony Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £333m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £16.5m profit and 1,685 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Barnsley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £339m | £320m | £333m |
| Cost of sales | −£323m | −£310m | −£311m |
| Operating profit | £15.1m | £14.9m | £21.8m |
| Profit before tax | £15.1m | £15.6m | £22.1m |
| Profit after tax | £11.3m | £13.5m | £16.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £11.3m | £13.5m | £16.5m |
| Employees (average) | 1,715 | 1,683 | 1,685 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 4.2% | 5% |
| Revenue per employee | £197k | £190k | £198k |
| Profit per employee | £6.6k | £8k | £9.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.5% | ▲4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲18.7% | ▲22.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.9% | ▲0.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £198k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.8k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲0%
- Now 1,685
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- W&R Barnett Holdings Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- W.& R. Barnett, Limited75–100%
- Ceres PH Limited50–75%
- Symphony Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Ashes Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Park Springs Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Symphony Group PLCFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £16.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026