Barnett Silos Limited
Registered name: BARNETT SILOS LIMITED
Part of W&R Barnett Holdings Limited groupBarnett Silos Limited made £8.4m revenue and a £119k loss in the year to 31 Jul 2024.
Barnett Silos Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £8.4m in the year to 31 Jul 2024, with a loss of £119k and 3 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of grain, unmanufactured tobacco, seeds and animal feeds” and is based in Belfast; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8m | £8.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£8.5m | −£8.3m |
| Gross profit | −£500k | £156k |
| Operating profit | −£736k | −£211k |
| Profit before tax | −£736k | −£211k |
| Profit after tax | −£652k | −£119k |
| Profit (best available) | −£652k | −£119k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −8.1% | −1.4% |
| Gross margin | −6.2% | 1.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.7m | £2.8m |
| Profit per employee | −£217k | −£39.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 1.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.8m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£39.5k
- 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 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- W&R Barnett Holdings Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- W.& R. Barnett, Limited75–100%
- Barnett Silos Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Brumor LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ceres (East Midlands) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ceres (Ni) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ceres 2012 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ceres Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ceres PH LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Precision Liquids LimitedFigures not disclosed
- W & R Barnett Trading LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2024 (profit −£119k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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