BARTON BUSES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-15 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£503K
+0.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
+17.2% vs 2023
Employees
230
-2.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BARTON BUSES LIMITED 1989-05-18 → present
- MARCHPRIDE LIMITED 1989-02-14 → 1989-05-18
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 | £15,351,000 | £16,886,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,906,000 | £3,023,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £2,029,000 | £2,028,000 | |
| Cash | £500,000 | £503,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,549,000 | £11,169,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,521,000 | £11,154,000 | |
| Equity | £9,521,000 | £11,154,000 | |
| Average employees | 236 | 230 | |
| Wages | £8,724,000 | £10,005,000 |
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 | 18.9% | 17.9% | |
| Net margin | 13.2% | 12.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.4% | 27.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.10x | 2.30x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company continues to be profitable and has net assets of £11.2m (2023: £9.5m). The wider Wellglade group made a profit in the year after tax of £9.2m, has net assets of £71.7m and has considerable financial resources. The Board have reviewed the Group's forecasts, which include this company, for an appropriate period making due consideration of the associated risks and uncertainties and are confident that the company is in a strong position. Having considered the factors above, the directors believe with reasonable certainty that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and accordingly continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUTTON, Graham | Secretary | 1996-01-12 | — | British |
| BEANEY, Andrew John | Director | 2023-07-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
| KING, Brian Robert | Director | — | Mar 1944 | British |
| LASHFORD, Philip Timothy | Director | 2025-04-01 | Jun 1976 | British |
| MORGAN, Richard Ian | Director | — | Apr 1951 | British |
| MORGAN, Tom Richard | Director | 2023-03-01 | Jan 1987 | English |
| SUTTON, Graham | Director | 1996-01-12 | Mar 1960 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAY, Raymond | Secretary | — | 1996-01-12 |
| BICKERTON, John Simon | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| COUNSELL, Jeffrey | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2023-02-28 |
| DAY, Raymond | Director | — | 1996-01-12 |
| YEO, Derek Trevor | Director | — | 1994-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard Ian Morgan | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Brian Robert King | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-19 | 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+10%
£15,351,000 £16,886,000
-
Cash
+0.6%
£500,000 £503,000
-
Net assets
+17.2%
£9,521,000 £11,154,000
-
Employees
-2.5%
236 230
-
Operating profit
+4%
£2,906,000 £3,023,000
-
Wages
+14.7%
£8,724,000 £10,005,000
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