BARDEN NETWORK ENGINEERING LIMITED

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

• Turnover

  -44.5%

  £10,843,982 → £6,020,286

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Cash

  -41.9%

  £5,330,738 → £3,096,584

• Net assets

  -37.4%

  £8,784,306 → £5,501,411

  lowest in 6 filed years

• Employees

  -43.1%

  174 → 99

  lowest in 6 filed years

• Operating profit

  -178.6%

  £549,806 → -£432,325

• Profit before tax

  -160.2%

  £598,833 → -£360,334

• Wages

  -41.6%

  £6,159,681 → £3,596,723

  lowest in 6 filed years

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

1. BARDEN NETWORK ENGINEERING LIMITED 1995-05-15 → present
2. LUXURYFRUIT LIMITED 1995-03-29 → 1995-05-15

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Azets Audit Services

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has access to adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. The directors are satisfied with the recognition as contingent liabilities of the amounts guaranteed by the company, in respect of liabilities of All Tel Communications Limited Employee Ownership Trust.”

Significant events

• “Demand increased quarter by quarter on the openreach fibre build programs. However, the build on the VMO2 nexfibre contract slowed, and then came to a complete end in December 2024.”
• “Overall sales decreased by 44.5%, but remain at a sufficiently high level to be indicative of ongoing demand from new and existing customers during the year.”
• “The operating loss was £432,325 for the year. The average number of employees decreased from 174 to 99.”
• “During the year gifts of £3,025,000 (2024: £1,025,000) were made to the Trust referred to in the Employee Ownership Trust note, and have been treated as a gift from equity.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.