G & a Barnie Group Limited
Registered name: G & A BARNIE GROUP LIMITED
Part of G & a Barnie Group Holdings Limited groupG & a Barnie Group Limited made £52.9m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
G & a Barnie Group Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £52.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.7m profit and 426 employees. The company is classified under “electrical installation”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scotland
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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: “The ultimate parent company is G &”
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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £43.5m | £36.3m | £46.9m | £52.9m |
| Cost of sales | £21.6m | £14.4m | £18.9m | £20.9m |
| Gross profit | £21.8m | £21.9m | £28m | £32m |
| Operating profit | £3.2m | £711k | £2.7m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | £681k | £2.7m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.6m | £521k | £2.2m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.6m | £521k | £2.2m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £14.6m | £15.6m | £19.1m | £22.8m |
| Employees (average) | 327 | 340 | 386 | 426 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | 1.4% | 4.8% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 50.2% | 60.2% | 59.7% | 60.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £133k | £107k | £122k | £124k |
| Profit per employee | £7.8k | £1.5k | £5.8k | £4k |
| Cash conversion | −40.8% | −298.3% | −95.3% | −110.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.5% | ▲29.2% | ▲12.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼79.6% | ▲330.6% | ▼24.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4% | ▲13.5% | ▲10.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £780k | £1.6m | £506k |
| Net assets | £8.5m | £8.2m | £10.5m | £10.5m |
| Fixed assets | £3m | £3.6m | £4.4m | £5.3m |
| Current assets | £12.9m | £10.8m | £14.9m | £17m |
| Debtors | £5.9m | £5m | £6.4m | £6.3m |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £881k | £975k | £1.5m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.3m | −£2.1m | −£2.6m | −£2.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £124k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −110.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.9%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £10.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼68%
- Now £506k
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 426
- Deferred income
- ▲49%
- Now £1.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲21%
- Now £5.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- G & a Barnie Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- G & a Barnie Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Bar - Com (Inverness) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bar - Tec (Scotland) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Barres LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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