BARTON PETROLEUM (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Cash
£8.8M
+4.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£22M
+5.4% vs 2024
Employees
103
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.7M
+2.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £116,667,387 | £122,272,939 | +4.8% | |
| Operating profit | £2,528,571 | £2,611,315 | +3.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,591,304 | £2,659,356 | +2.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,965,297 | £2,033,971 | +3.5% | |
| Cash | £8,486,158 | £8,836,880 | +4.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,014,884 | £23,301,800 | +5.8% | |
| Net assets | £21,187,612 | £22,321,583 | +5.4% | |
| Equity | £21,187,612 | £22,321,583 | +5.4% | |
| Average employees | 103 | 103 | 0% | |
| Wages | £3,940,576 | £4,529,596 | +14.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £184,914 | £271,892 | +47% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.2% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.5% | 11.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.86x | 1.84x |
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
- BARTON PETROLEUM (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 2004-04-07 → present
- HOWPER 482 LIMITED 2004-03-15 → 2004-04-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- BARTON PETROLEUM (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- Barton Petroleum Limited 100%
- F.W. Abbott Limited 100%
- MK Oils Limited 100%
- Cotswold Fuels Limited 100%
- Cotswold Petroleum Limited 100%
- Lodge Farm Properties Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the year end the Company acquired a property which will enable it to increase operational capacity for £2.06m”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURTON, Francesca Louise | Secretary | 2024-04-01 | — | — |
| BURTON, Lily Marie | Secretary | 2004-04-06 | — | British |
| BURTON, Lawrence James | Director | 2022-12-05 | Apr 1991 | British |
| BURTON, Oliver John | Director | 2022-12-05 | Apr 1995 | British |
| BURTON, Richard James | Director | 2004-04-06 | Mar 1959 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-03-15 | 2004-04-06 |
| BURTON, Donald James | Director | 2004-04-06 | 2016-02-10 |
| HP DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-03-15 | 2004-04-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Oliver John Burton | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-31 | Active |
| Mr Lawrence James Burton | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-31 | Active |
| Mr Richard James Burton | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 66 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-15 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.