Barretts Top Co Limited
Registered name: BARRETTS TOP CO LIMITED
Barretts Top Co Limited made £263m revenue and £308k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Barretts Top Co Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £263m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £308k profit and 438 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Canterbury; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Canterbury, South East
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2023
- 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 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £260m | £263m |
| Cost of sales | −£229m | −£230m |
| Gross profit | £31.8m | £33.1m |
| Operating profit | £377k | £2m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.4m | £602k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.3m | £308k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.3m | £308k |
| Employees (average) | 464 | 438 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.5% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 12.2% | 12.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £561k | £601k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.9k | £703 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £601k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £703
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 438
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Barretts of Canterbury LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £308k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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