Michael Barugh Steel Stockholding Limited
Registered name: MICHAEL BARUGH STEEL STOCKHOLDING LIMITED
Part of MBSS Trustee Limited groupMichael Barugh Steel Stockholding Limited made £8.8m revenue and £157k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Michael Barugh Steel Stockholding Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £8.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £157k profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of metals and metal ores” and is based in East Yorkshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- East Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.4m | £13.8m | £10.4m | £8.8m |
| Cost of sales | £12.9m | £11.7m | £8.6m | £7.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £2m | £1.8m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £609k | £608k | £239k |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £465k | £468k | £157k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £465k | £468k | £157k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £1.7m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 33 | 32 | 30 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | 3.4% | 4.5% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 21.6% | 14.9% | 16.9% | 16.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £529k | £418k | £325k | £293k |
| Profit per employee | £44.7k | £14.1k | £14.6k | £5.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.9% | ▼24.6% | ▼15.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼66.4% | ▲0.6% | ▼66.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.5% | ▼3% | ▼6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £1.6m | £2.2m | £217k |
| Net assets | £3.4m | £3.3m | £3.6m | £882k |
| Fixed assets | £395k | £301k | £210k | £155k |
| Current assets | £6.9m | £5.5m | £5.1m | £2.4m |
| Debtors | £3.7m | £2.5m | £1.7m | £1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £293k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.8%
- 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
- ▼75%
- Now £882k
- Cash at bank
- ▼90%
- Now £217k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼26%
- Now £155k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- MBSS Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- M.B.S.S. Limited75–100%
- Michael Barugh Steel Stockholding Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £157k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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