BARTON PETROLEUM LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-20 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+3.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£20M
+5.1% vs 2024
Employees
84
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+8.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £114,226,996 | £119,552,150 | |
| Operating profit | £2,171,543 | £2,384,793 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,227,529 | £2,422,241 | |
| Net profit | £1,715,267 | £1,875,252 | |
| Cash | £7,835,684 | £8,092,121 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,997,538 | £21,088,805 | |
| Net assets | £19,230,064 | £20,205,316 | |
| Equity | £19,230,064 | £20,205,316 | |
| Average employees | 84 | 84 | |
| Wages | £3,243,497 | £3,851,074 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.9% | 11.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.28x | 2.21x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these assessments and having regard to the resources available to the entity, the directors have concluded that there is no material uncertainty and that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Significant events
- “Following the year end the Company acquired a property which will enable it to increase operational capacity for £2.06m”
- “During the financial year ended 31 March 2025, the Company opted to purchase electric and hybrid company vehicles instead of the petrol or diesel-powered cars acquired in prior years. This initiative was undertaken to support the Company's efforts to lower its carbon footprint.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURTON, Francesca Louise | Secretary | 2024-04-01 | — | — |
| BURTON, Lily Marie | Secretary | 1997-09-22 | — | 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 | — | Mar 1959 | British |
| MORIN, Clive | Director | 2022-12-05 | Feb 1969 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AYRES, Emma | Secretary | — | 1997-09-22 |
| BURTON, Donald James | Director | 1997-09-22 | 2016-02-10 |
| TOSELAND, Roger John | Director | — | 1997-09-22 |
| WHITE, Keith Malcolm | Director | — | 1996-03-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard James Burton | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-02-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-02-13 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-02-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+4.7%
£114,226,996 £119,552,150
-
Cash
+3.3%
£7,835,684 £8,092,121
-
Net assets
+5.1%
£19,230,064 £20,205,316
-
Employees
0%
84 84
-
Operating profit
+9.8%
£2,171,543 £2,384,793
-
Profit before tax
+8.7%
£2,227,529 £2,422,241
-
Wages
+18.7%
£3,243,497 £3,851,074
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers