BARROUGH LIMITED
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Cash
£154k
-9.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£16m
-241.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
8
+14.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£9.9m
-28.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Directors recognise the Company's reliance on financial support from Blenheim Finance Limited in order to meet its liabilities as they fall due, which is not legally binding and therefore support could be withdrawn and the intercompany balance with Blenheim Finance Limited is repayable on demand. This condition indicates that a material uncertainty exists which may cast significant doubt over the Company's ability to continue as a going concern and therefore its ability to discharge its liabilities and realise its assets in the normal course of business.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,549,903 | £20,835,158 | £10,456,191 | -49.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£5,805,140 | -£5,577,978 | -£7,991,300 | -43.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,678,319 | -£7,741,242 | -£9,929,004 | -28.3% | |
| Net profit | -£6,133,742 | -£8,440,641 | -£10,748,067 | -27.3% | |
| Cash | £1,183,487 | £170,463 | £154,135 | -9.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,570,884 | -£3,838,898 | -£14,014,500 | -265.1% | |
| Net assets | £5,549,002 | -£4,560,179 | -£15,554,844 | -241.1% | |
| Equity | £5,549,002 | -£4,560,179 | -£15,554,844 | -241.1% | |
| Average employees | 6 | 7 | 8 | +14.3% | |
| Wages | £222,228 | £336,446 | £330,610 | -1.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -25.7% | -26.8% | -76.4% | |
| Net margin | -27.2% | -40.5% | -102.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -104.2% | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 93.5% | 106.1% | 122.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.43x | 0.27x | 0.24x | |
| Interest cover | -3.10x | -2.58x | -4.12x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- BARROUGH LIMITED 1999-04-21 → present
- TEMPLECO 428 LIMITED 1999-03-11 → 1999-04-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Directors recognise the Company's reliance on financial support from Blenheim Finance Limited in order to meet its liabilities as they fall due, which is not legally binding and therefore support could be withdrawn and the intercompany balance with Blenheim Finance Limited is repayable on demand. This condition indicates that a material uncertainty exists which may cast significant doubt over the Company's ability to continue as a going concern and therefore its ability to discharge its liabilities and realise its assets in the normal course of business.”
Group structure
- BARROUGH LIMITED · parent
- Barrough Hospitality Limited 100%
- Blenheim Estates Properties Limited 100%
- Blenheim Industrial Property Limited 100%
- Vanbrugh Homes Construction Limited 100%
- Blenheim Estate Homes Limited 100%
- Blenheim Begbroke 2 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 10 April 2026 Barrough Hospitality Limited purchased a property for £3.8m. A 40-year lease will subsequently be granted to Blenheim Parliamentary 1994 Settlement, with a lease premium of £2.0m to be recognised on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Paperwork for the lease premium will be finalised in August 2026.”
- “At 31 March 2026, the Group had a £2.5m bank guarantee in place to support the acquisition of a property by Blenheim Estates Properties Limited during the year. The guarantee is no longer required following completion of the acquisition during the year and no further payments will be made following the year-end date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPARE, Stephen James | Secretary | 2017-02-13 | — | — |
| CARTER, Heather Rosemary | Director | 2017-02-13 | Sep 1962 | British |
| FILE, Roger Leslie | Director | 2017-02-13 | Dec 1963 | British |
| HARE, Dominic Michael | Director | 2017-02-13 | Feb 1969 | British |
| SPENCER CHURCHILL, Edward Albert Charles, Lord | Director | 2003-11-27 | Aug 1974 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARE, Dominic Michael | Secretary | 2003-11-27 | 2017-02-13 |
| TAYLOR, Timothy John | Secretary | 1999-04-09 | 2003-11-27 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-03-11 | 1999-04-09 |
| FERNANDES, Ingrid Connie | Director | 2023-05-26 | 2025-01-01 |
| GRAY, David Andrew | Director | 1999-04-09 | 2003-05-23 |
| HOY, John Francis Dudley | Director | 2003-05-23 | 2016-12-30 |
| THOMPSON, Anthony John | Director | 1999-04-09 | 2021-11-16 |
| TEMPLE DIRECT LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-03-11 | 1999-04-09 |
| WITHERS TRUST CORPORATION LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2011-01-19 | 2021-11-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanbrugh Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-07-08 | Active |
| Vanbrugh Trustees No 2 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-07-08 | Active |
| Vanbrugh Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2016-07-08 | Active |
| Blenheim Trustee Company No 1 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2016-07-08 | Active |
| Blenheim Trustee Company No 2 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2016-07-08 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-06-05 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-06-05 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.