Barons Pub Company Ltd
Registered name: BARONS PUB COMPANY LTD
Barons Pub Company Ltd made £19.6m revenue and £79.6k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
Barons Pub Company Ltd’s revenue fell 2% to £19.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £79.6k profit and 508 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in Esher; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Esher, London
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.4m | £20m | £19.6m |
| Cost of sales | £12.3m | £13.3m | £13m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £6.7m | £6.6m |
| Operating profit | £562k | £695k | £630k |
| Profit before tax | £235k | £309k | £237k |
| Profit after tax | £108k | £259k | £79.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £108k | £259k | £79.6k |
| Staff costs | £7.7m | £8m | £7.9m |
| Employees (average) | 418 | 465 | 508 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.6% | 1.3% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 33.1% | 33.4% | 33.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £43.9k | £42.9k | £38.6k |
| Profit per employee | £258 | £556 | £157 |
| Cash conversion | 213.2% | 128% | 101.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.7% | ▼1.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲139.8% | ▼69.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.2% | ▲9.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £773k | £83.2k |
| Net assets | £1m | £886k | £757k |
| Fixed assets | £7.3m | £7.2m | £6.9m |
| Current assets | £2.1m | £1.4m | £666k |
| Debtors | £26.9k | £168k | £1.6k |
| Deferred income | £509k | £578k | £465k |
| Cash from operations | £1.2m | £890k | £639k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £38.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £157
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 101.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 35.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼15%
- Now £757k
- Cash at bank
- ▼89%
- Now £83.2k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 508
- Deferred income
- ▼20%
- Now £465k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £6.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit £79.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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