CORE HIGHWAYS (BARRIER) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-11 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£469K
-29.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+10.3% vs 2024
Employees
36
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£646K
-27.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- CORE HIGHWAYS (BARRIER) LIMITED 2024-01-10 → present
- BARRIER SERVICES LIMITED 1983-03-25 → 2024-01-10
- OPALFERN LIMITED 1983-02-02 → 1983-03-25
- OPALFERN LIMITED 1983-02-02 → 1983-03-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,085,276 | £15,315,288 | |
| Operating profit | £899,732 | £656,953 | |
| Profit before tax | £887,257 | £645,597 | |
| Net profit | £851,899 | £518,983 | |
| Cash | £668,366 | £468,772 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,199,571 | £5,675,146 | |
| Net assets | £5,024,963 | £5,543,946 | |
| Equity | £5,024,963 | £5,543,946 | |
| Average employees | 36 | 36 | |
| Wages | £1,515,394 | £2,314,156 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.9% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | 6.5% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.3% | 11.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.24x | 2.28x | |
| Interest cover | 72.12x | 57.85x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- 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 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONSULTANCY EXPRESS (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-03-06 | — | — |
| AMESBURY, Neil William | Director | 2008-04-06 | Feb 1964 | British |
| DIX, James Scott | Director | 2025-01-22 | Sep 1980 | British |
| EAST, Daniel James | Director | 2018-11-22 | Sep 1979 | British |
| PAVEY, Jason Edward | Director | 2024-08-02 | Dec 1970 | British |
| RAFFLES, Daniel | Director | 2013-09-01 | Dec 1979 | British |
| SMYTH, Alastair | Director | 2025-09-22 | Nov 1973 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIBSON, Barbara Ann | Secretary | — | 2018-11-22 |
| BLACK, Martin | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2015-09-28 |
| BROWN, Stephen Douglas | Director | — | 1997-11-28 |
| GIBSON, Barbara Ann | Director | — | 2018-11-22 |
| GIBSON, Philip James | Director | — | 2018-11-22 |
| HARTMAN, Michael Henry | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2022-09-01 |
| KENNEDY, Michael Patrick | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2023-10-06 |
| LEAR, Martin Anthony | Director | 2008-04-06 | 2016-11-30 |
| MCLAREN, Ian | Director | 2023-10-02 | 2025-01-22 |
| MUSSON, Terence David | Director | 2018-11-22 | 2025-05-31 |
| SKIFFINGTON, Eric | Director | — | 1997-11-28 |
| STEWART, Elizabeth Ann Kathleen, Ms. | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2025-10-07 |
| WILLIAMS, Andrew Ross | Director | 2021-05-01 | 2022-10-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Traffic Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-04-30 | Active |
| Amberon Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-11-22 | Ceased 2021-04-30 |
| Mrs Barbara Ann Gibson | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-11-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-01-10 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2024-01-10 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-10 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-01-10 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2023-10-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-12-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+17%
£13,085,276 £15,315,288
-
Cash
-29.9%
£668,366 £468,772
-
Net assets
+10.3%
£5,024,963 £5,543,946
-
Employees
0%
36 36
-
Operating profit
-27%
£899,732 £656,953
-
Profit before tax
-27.2%
£887,257 £645,597
-
Wages
+52.7%
£1,515,394 £2,314,156
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