Barings Limited
Registered name: BARINGS LIMITED
Barings Limited made £2.2m revenue and a £22.8m loss in the year to 29 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Barings Limited’s revenue grew 486% to £2.2m in the year to 29 Mar 2025, with a loss of £22.8m and 116 employees. The company is classified under “solicitors” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2009
- 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: “On 14 July 2025, all issued share capital of the company was transferred to Mr Robert Lee Whitehead.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 30 Mar 2024 | 29 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £380k | £374k | £2.2m |
| Cost of sales | £5.8m | £6.7m | £15m |
| Gross profit | −£5.5m | −£6.4m | −£12.8m |
| Operating profit | −£11.1m | −£12.9m | −£21.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£11.8m | −£13m | −£22.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£11.8m | −£13.1m | −£22.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£11.8m | −£13.1m | −£22.8m |
| Staff costs | £2m | £3m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 78 | 86 | 116 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −3090% | −3491% | −1038% |
| Gross margin | −1434% | −1701% | −584.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £4.9k | £4.4k | £18.9k |
| Profit per employee | −£151k | −£152k | −£196k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.6% | ▲485.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.3% | ▲34.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £132k | £59.2k | £95.2k |
| Net assets | −£11m | −£24.1m | −£46.3m |
| Fixed assets | £95.8k | £76.3k | £29.2k |
| Current assets | £36.5m | £44.1m | £47m |
| Debtors | £35.2m | £43.7m | £46.6m |
| Deferred income | £1.7m | £300k | £150k |
| Cash from operations | £23.4m | £19.9m | £24.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1038%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −584.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £18.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£196k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2128%
- 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 −£46.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲61%
- Now £95.2k
- Headcount
- ▲35%
- Now 116
- Deferred income
- ▼50%
- Now £150k
- Fixed assets
- ▼62%
- Now £29.2k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 29 Mar 2025 (profit −£22.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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