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Company No. 00148476 · Incorporated 18 Sep 1917

E.p.barrus Limited

Registered name: E.P.BARRUS LIMITED

Part of E. P. B. Holdings Limited group

E.p.barrus Limited made £87.7m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text

E.p.barrus Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £87.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.9m profit and 216 employees. The company is classified under “operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities” and is based in Bicester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 52103Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities
Status
Active
Location
Bicester, South East
Age
109 yrs · since 1917
Type
Private Limited Company

Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “E. P. B. Holdings Limited is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company.”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverageDoing more with lessBoring industry
Revenue
£87.7m
Growth ▲10.8%
Profit
£1.9m
Growth ▲102.5%
Profit margin
2.1%
Gross 26.4%
Employees
216
Change ▼5.3%
Profit / employee
£8.6k
Revenue/employee £406k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Sep 202330 Sep 202430 Sep 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£86.2m£79.2m£87.7m
Cost of sales£62m£57.1m£64.6m
Gross profit—£22.1m£23.1m
Operating profit—£1.3m£2m
Profit before tax£3.1m£1.2m£2.2m
Profit after tax£2.8m£923k£1.9m
Profit (best available)£2.8m£923k£1.9m
Staff costs£12.8m£12.3m£13.2m
Employees (average)228228216
Ratios
Profit margin3.2%1.2%2.1%
Gross margin—27.9%26.4%
Revenue per employee£378k£347k£406k
Profit per employee£12.1k£4k£8.6k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼8.2%▲10.8%
Profit growth—▼66.5%▲102.5%
Headcount growth—0%▼5.3%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.8m£2.7m£9.3m
Net assets£19.5m£20.4m£22.3m
Fixed assets£2.4m£2.2m£2.5m
Current assets£41.6m£36.7m£40.9m
Debtors£12.4m£12m£12.1m
Deferred income£4.5m£4m£5.6m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
2.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
26.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£406k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£8.6k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
2.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
6.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
13.8%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

Balance-sheet signals

Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.

Net assets
▲9%
Now £22.3m
Cash at bank
▲242%
Now £9.3m
Headcount
▼5%
Now 216
Deferred income
▲38%
Now £5.6m
Fixed assets
▲10%
Now £2.5m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. E. P. B. Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. E.p.barrus Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (5)

Sister companies (4)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026

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