Barkwell Plumbing & Heating Limited
Registered name: BARKWELL PLUMBING & HEATING LIMITED
Part of Barkwell Plumbing and Heating Holdings Limited groupBarkwell Plumbing & Heating Limited made £19.3m revenue and £69.2k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Barkwell Plumbing & Heating Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £19.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £69.2k profit and 105 employees. The company is classified under “plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation” and is based in Okehampton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Okehampton, South West
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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: “Barkwell Properties Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.7m | £16.3m | £19.3m |
| Cost of sales | £13.1m | £13.8m | £16.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2.5m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£238k | −£22.5k | £209k |
| Profit after tax | −£248k | −£95k | £69.2k |
| Profit (best available) | −£248k | −£95k | £69.2k |
| Staff costs | £5.7m | £5.3m | £5.2m |
| Employees (average) | 130 | 105 | 105 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.6% | −0.6% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 16.4% | 15.5% | 14.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £121k | £155k | £183k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.9k | −£905 | £659 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.1% | ▲18% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼19.2% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £685k | £2.3m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £3.1m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £7.4m | £9.3m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £3.2m | £4.1m |
| Cash from operations | £377k | £2m | £543k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £183k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £659
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.4%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲14%
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 105
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £1.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Barkwell Plumbing and Heating Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Barkwell Plumbing & Heating 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £69.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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