BARNWOOD GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£19m
+100.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£10m
+3.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
228
+1.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.3m
-35.2% lowest in 3 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of BARNWOOD GROUP LIMITED's latest filing
Barnwood Group broke £118m in turnover this year, but thinner margins pushed profit down. Still, cash in the bank doubled — and the Gloucester contractor handed £2m straight to its Employee Ownership Trust. 🏗️📈
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £121,938,269 | £103,170,148 | £118,064,134 | +14.4% | |
| Operating profit | £4,317,707 | £4,654,671 | £2,739,433 | -41.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,504,314 | £5,070,344 | £3,284,561 | -35.2% | |
| Net profit | £3,412,087 | £4,046,396 | £2,386,512 | -41% | |
| Cash | £10,332,475 | £9,517,055 | £19,103,096 | +100.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,759,515 | £11,150,677 | £12,317,293 | +10.5% | |
| Net assets | £6,875,447 | £9,921,843 | £10,308,355 | +3.9% | |
| Equity | £6,875,447 | £9,921,843 | £10,308,355 | +3.9% | |
| Average employees | 214 | 225 | 228 | +1.3% | |
| Wages | £12,193,653 | £12,842,495 | £13,952,907 | +8.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £367,645 | £728,818 | £560,110 | -23.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £128,124 | £152,426 | £78,010 | -48.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £214,653 | £195,030 | £259,715 | +33.2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.5% | 4.5% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 3.9% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 55.6% | 41.7% | 22.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.1% | 67.6% | 74.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.15x | 1.32x | 1.25x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BARNWOOD GROUP LIMITED 2004-08-02 → present
- BARNWOOD HOLDINGS LIMITED 1997-12-29 → 2004-08-02
- QUAYSHELFCO 618 LIMITED 1997-04-28 → 1997-12-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the group and company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources available to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The group therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- BARNWOOD GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Barnwood Limited 100%
- Barnwood Shopfitting Limited 100%
- Barnwood General Works Limited 100%
- Beechmore Developments Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The decision to acquire Ambrose House in 2026, co-locating the General Works and Construction teams and releasing 1 Hucclecote, was taken with a view to long-term operational collaboration and value rather than short-term cost.”
- “In April 2026, the company made a contribution of £2,000,000 to the Barnwood Group Employee Ownership Trust, an Employee Ownership Trust set up for the benefit of the employees of the group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, Matthew James | Secretary | 2020-01-13 | — | — |
| CAREY, Simon William | Director | 2006-09-29 | Mar 1963 | British |
| EVANS, Peter Francis | Director | 2006-09-29 | Aug 1958 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Matthew James | Director | 2020-01-13 | Jun 1986 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Peter Mark | Secretary | 1998-08-01 | 2020-01-13 |
| LEWIS, Raymond John | Secretary | 1997-12-02 | 1998-07-31 |
| NQH (CO SEC) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-04-28 | 1997-12-02 |
| EVANS, Peter Mark | Director | 2006-09-29 | 2021-08-20 |
| EVANS, Thomas Francis | Director | 1997-12-02 | 2006-09-29 |
| GABB, Christopher David John | Director | 1997-12-02 | 2014-01-07 |
| HOWELL, Graham George | Director | 1997-12-02 | 2008-09-19 |
| LEWIS, Raymond John | Director | 1997-12-02 | 1998-07-31 |
| YOUNG, Alan Christopher | Director | 1997-12-02 | 1998-11-30 |
| NQH LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-04-28 | 1997-12-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnwood Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-07-31 | Active |
| Mr Simon William Carey | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-07-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-10-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-10-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2020-06-24 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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