BARKERS ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-18 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-04
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-18.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
+12% vs 2023
Employees
175
-2.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+30.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BARKERS ENGINEERING LIMITED 2000-07-04 → present
- W.H.BARKER & SON ENGINEERS LIMITED 1958-01-20 → 2000-07-04
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,233,000 | £25,768,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,317,000 | £1,669,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,229,000 | £1,606,000 | |
| Net profit | £934,000 | £1,218,000 | |
| Cash | £1,942,000 | £1,585,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £6,003,000 | £6,722,000 | |
| Equity | £6,003,000 | £6,722,000 | |
| Average employees | 179 | 175 | |
| Wages | £5,500,000 | £5,875,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 6.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 4.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.2% | 14.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.69x | 1.73x | |
| Interest cover | 14.63x | 21.68x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due during the going concern period, and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATTERBURY, Karen Lorraine | Secretary | 2024-10-29 | — | — |
| BINSTEAD, Allan | Director | 2025-06-20 | Jan 1968 | British |
| LAST, Robert John | Director | 2026-02-09 | Nov 1970 | British |
| SAVAGE, Adam Peter | Director | 2021-09-22 | Mar 1980 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUSTWICK, David Edward | Secretary | — | 1998-09-30 |
| BURR, Christopher John | Secretary | 2004-01-30 | 2005-07-05 |
| DOWNS, John Kenneth | Secretary | 2000-01-01 | 2004-01-30 |
| HAYHURST, Fred | Secretary | 2007-01-04 | 2007-02-28 |
| HAYHURST, Fred | Secretary | 2006-10-27 | 2007-02-28 |
| HENDERSON, Charles Alex | Secretary | 2015-01-01 | 2024-10-29 |
| HUMPHREYS, John Christopher | Secretary | 2007-02-28 | 2015-01-01 |
| HUMPHREYS, John Christopher | Secretary | 2005-07-05 | 2006-10-27 |
| JARVIS, Kenneth John | Secretary | 1998-10-01 | 1998-12-31 |
| ALLEN, Michael | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2011-12-08 |
| BEANEY, Andrew John | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2022-01-31 |
| BURR, Christopher John | Director | 2001-07-26 | 2008-03-11 |
| CLARKE, Katherine Rebecca | Director | 2022-10-06 | 2026-02-05 |
| DALE, Gerald | Director | 2001-02-23 | 2019-02-22 |
| DOWNS, John Kenneth | Director | 2004-02-02 | 2010-06-25 |
| EVERETT, Howard Caile | Director | — | 2003-12-31 |
| FAIRHURST, Andrew | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2007-03-12 |
| GROVE, David Leslie | Director | 1999-06-21 | 2007-04-11 |
| KAY, Malcolm Trevor | Director | — | 1992-10-01 |
| MUIR, Derek William | Director | 2002-04-24 | 2018-08-01 |
| PEGLER, Mark | Director | 2008-03-11 | 2018-08-01 |
| PRICE, Michael Charles | Director | 1992-10-01 | 1999-09-30 |
| RIDGWAY, Russell | Director | 2004-08-01 | 2022-01-19 |
| ROWE, Andrew Nicholas | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2025-06-20 |
| SARA, Michael Edward | Director | — | 1998-06-10 |
| SIMPSON, Roger William | Director | 1992-01-14 | 2001-02-23 |
| SPANN, David Robert | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2022-03-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobaco Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-12-23 | Active |
| Atg Access Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-09-27 | Ceased 2024-12-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-1.8%
£26,233,000 £25,768,000
-
Cash
-18.4%
£1,942,000 £1,585,000
-
Net assets
+12%
£6,003,000 £6,722,000
-
Employees
-2.2%
179 175
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Operating profit
+26.7%
£1,317,000 £1,669,000
-
Profit before tax
+30.7%
£1,229,000 £1,606,000
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Wages
+6.8%
£5,500,000 £5,875,000
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