BARNES COMMERCIAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-04 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-21
Watchouts
Cash
£274K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£227K
Equity attributable
Employees
5
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£53K
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
We draw your attention to note 1 of the financial statements which describes the preparation of financial statements on a non-going concern basis. As described in note 1, the trade and assets of the company have been hived up into another group entity during the period. As a result, the directors have concluded that it is no longer appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BARNES COMMERCIAL LIMITED 2019-05-15 → present
- LIFESURE COMMERCIAL LIMITED 2019-03-27 → 2019-05-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £191,258 | £220,208 | |
| Operating profit | -£98,395 | -£56,398 | |
| Profit before tax | -£32,258 | -£53,317 | |
| Net profit | -£193,642 | -£40,318 | |
| Cash | £167,453 | £273,953 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £187,194 | £539,057 | |
| Net assets | -£712,806 | £226,876 | |
| Equity | -£712,806 | £226,876 | |
| Average employees | 7 | 5 | |
| Wages | £145,908 | £129,909 |
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 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -51.4% | -25.6% | |
| Net margin | -101.2% | -18.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -52.6% | -10.5% | |
| Current ratio | 6.45x | 20.98x | |
| Interest cover | -1.50x | — |
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
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw your attention to note 1 of the financial statements which describes the preparation of financial statements on a non-going concern basis. As described in note 1, the trade and assets of the company have been hived up into another group entity during the period. As a result, the directors have concluded that it is no longer appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 1 September 2023, Lifesure Limited, the parent company of Barnes Commercial Limited, was acquired by Gallagher Holdings (UK) Limited and the trade and assets of Barnes Commercial Limited were hived up during the period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, Nicholas George Robert | Director | 2024-09-02 | May 1974 | British |
| WHITTINGHAM, James Oliver | Director | 2023-12-01 | Aug 1977 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNES, Simon David | Director | 2019-05-23 | 2023-09-01 |
| HUGHES, Louise Marie | Director | 2023-09-29 | 2025-02-24 |
| LONG, Nicholas John | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2020-10-26 |
| PARSONS, Sarah | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2023-12-01 |
| REA, Michael Peter | Director | 2023-12-22 | 2024-09-02 |
| REID, Paul | Director | 2019-03-27 | 2024-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lifesure Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-03-27 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 49 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-05-09 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-05-09 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-05-09 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-05-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-02-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 3
- 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 2023-06-30