Barmans Holdings Limited
Registered name: BARMANS HOLDINGS LIMITED
Barmans Holdings Limited made £9.5m revenue and a £215k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Barmans Holdings Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £9.5m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £215k and 60 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in Bury ST. Edmunds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bury ST. Edmunds, East of England
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.4m | £10.5m | £9.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | −£9.2m | −£8.1m | −£7.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.1m | £2.4m | £2m |
| Operating profit | — | £244k | −£434k | −£61k |
| Profit before tax | — | £82.4k | −£642k | −£246k |
| Profit after tax | £437k | £283k | −£584k | −£215k |
| Profit (best available) | £437k | £283k | −£584k | −£215k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 73 | 60 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 2.3% | −5.6% | −2.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 25.3% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £144k | £158k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£8k | −£3.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼14.8% | ▼10.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼35.2% | ▼306.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼17.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £85 | £30 | — | — |
| Net assets | £106k | £21.7k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £3.9m | £3.9m | — | — |
| Current assets | £85 | £1k | — | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £158k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.6k
- 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
- ▼18%
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Barmans LimitedRev. £12.4m · Profit £326k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£215k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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