BARWOOD DEVELOPMENT SECURITIES LIMITED
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Cash
£1.9m
+239.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£17m
+13.5% vs 2024
Employees
14
+7.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.8m
-74.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-08-12.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,573,722 | £7,516,225 | -57.2% | |
| Operating profit | £10,702,766 | £2,844,611 | -73.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £10,912,236 | £2,790,019 | -74.4% | |
| Net profit | £8,197,533 | £2,064,108 | -74.8% | |
| Cash | £567,415 | £1,928,523 | +239.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,335,964 | £17,400,072 | +13.5% | |
| Net assets | £15,335,964 | £17,400,072 | +13.5% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 13 | 14 | +7.7% | |
| Wages | £2,091,756 | £2,119,088 | +1.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £990,304 | £1,323,857 | +33.7% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 60.9% | 37.8% | |
| Net margin | 46.6% | 27.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 69.8% | 16.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | -59.4% | -30.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.66x | 1.47x | |
| Interest cover | — | 6.48x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BARWOOD DEVELOPMENT SECURITIES LIMITED 2009-11-03 → present
- SEEBECK 38 LIMITED 2009-08-12 → 2009-11-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers CI LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- BARWOOD DEVELOPMENT SECURITIES LIMITED · parent
- Barwood Strategic Land II LLP 5%
- Barwood Land SW MK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “After the reporting date, Barwood Development Securities Limited, the Company, received loans totalling £2,680,000 from CRESSFIII LP. These loans were provided to support working capital requirements. The loans carry a return of 20% per annum and have no fixed repayment date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APEX GROUP SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-06-25 | — | — |
| BROADHEAD, Bertram Richard | Director | 2017-10-20 | Jun 1983 | British |
| CAUSER, James Douglas | Director | 2018-11-16 | Mar 1975 | British |
| DORRIAN, Sam | Director | 2017-10-20 | Oct 1982 | British |
| GIBBINS, Jamie | Director | 2010-02-05 | Apr 1971 | British |
| MARCOZ, Rinaldo Enrico | Director | 2025-06-04 | Aug 1970 | British |
| MARTIN, Sean Peter | Director | 2025-06-04 | Feb 1965 | British |
| WALSH, Thomas Edward Lockyer | Director | 2017-10-20 | Jun 1977 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREENSLADE, Joanna Avril | Secretary | 2009-12-03 | 2017-10-20 |
| EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-08-12 | 2017-10-20 |
| CASSELS, Bradley David | Director | 2009-11-26 | 2017-09-29 |
| CHAPMAN, Henry Brian | Director | 2009-11-23 | 2017-10-20 |
| GREENSLADE, Joanna Avril | Director | 2009-12-03 | 2017-10-20 |
| RUDGE, Alan James | Director | 2009-11-23 | 2010-12-22 |
| WEINER, Matthew Simon | Director | 2009-11-26 | 2017-10-20 |
| ZANT-BOER, Ian Leslie | Director | 2009-08-12 | 2009-11-23 |
| EMW DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2009-08-12 | 2009-11-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bp Alteris 2 Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2017-10-20 | Ceased 2018-03-08 |
| Development Securities (Investment Ventures) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-07-11 | Ceased 2017-10-20 |
| Barwood Ventures Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-07-11 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-02-11 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-01-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-16 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-01-16 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-08-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.