Barco Sales Limited
Registered name: BARCO SALES LIMITED
Part of Barco Holdings Limited groupBarco Sales Limited made £13.7m revenue and £613k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Barco Sales Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £13.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £613k profit and 41 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.8m | £14.5m | £12.9m | £13.7m |
| Cost of sales | £10.5m | £10.5m | £9.5m | £10.2m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £4m | £3.4m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £1.2m | £666k | £730k |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.2m | £708k | £796k |
| Profit after tax | £805k | £892k | £564k | £613k |
| Profit (best available) | £805k | £892k | £564k | £613k |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 44 | 43 | 41 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.4% | 6.1% | 4.4% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | 29% | 27.7% | 26.7% | 25.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £330k | £330k | £301k | £335k |
| Profit per employee | £17.9k | £20.3k | £13.1k | £15k |
| Cash conversion | −157.2% | −28% | −148.7% | −142.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.1% | ▼11.1% | ▲6.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲10.8% | ▼36.8% | ▲8.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.2% | ▼2.3% | ▼4.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.4m | £2.7m | £3.6m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £9.5m | £10.4m | £11m | £11.6m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £2.1m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £13.6m | £11.9m | £12.4m | £13.1m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £2.1m | £2m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £175k | £133k | £111k | £124k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.6m | −£341k | −£990k | −£1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £335k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −142.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.7%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
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
- ▲6%
- Now £11.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼53%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 41
- Deferred income
- ▲11%
- Now £124k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £1.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Barco Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Barco Sales Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Barco (International) LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Barco Wholesale LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Starfisch Records LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £613k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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