Barlow Search Limited
Registered name: BARLOW SEARCH LIMITED
Barlow Search Limited made £95.9k revenue and a £42.6k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2024.
Barlow Search Limited’s revenue fell 66% to £95.9k in the year to 31 Jan 2024, with a loss of £42.6k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Warrington; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- Location
- Warrington, North West
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £282k | £95.9k |
| Cost of sales | £240k | £136k |
| Gross profit | £41.7k | −£40.6k |
| Operating profit | £41.7k | −£40.6k |
| Profit before tax | £40.7k | −£42.6k |
| Profit after tax | £34k | −£42.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £34k | −£42.6k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 12.1% | −44.5% |
| Gross margin | 14.8% | −42.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £70.4k | £47.9k |
| Profit per employee | £8.5k | −£21.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼66% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼225.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.6k | £0 |
| Net assets | £2.9k | £1.9k |
| Fixed assets | £30.6k | £30.2k |
| Current assets | £65.4k | £42.8k |
| Debtors | £1 | £1 |
| Deferred income | £1.4k | £1.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −44.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −42.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £47.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£21.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 31.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼34%
- Now £1.9k
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Headcount
- ▼50%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £1.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £30.2k
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 31 Jan 2024 (profit −£42.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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