ERNEST BARNES LIMITED

Active
Company number 06783488Private limited companyIncorporated 2009

Key figures

−£8,564-190.0%
Net assets 2025/26
-20 k-10 k010 k2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26

Like most small UK companies, ERNEST BARNES LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2025/26

Sector comparison

SIC 43999

Where the company stands among the 46,861 active companies whose first SIC code is 43999 (Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.).

Net assets−£8,564
Lower than 91% · median £14,797
Total assets£33,202
Lower than 61% · median £56,172
Employees6
Higher than 85% · median 1
Company age17.8 years
Older than 82% · median 7.5 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. LAST MILE INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED£701.2m
  2. PREMIER MARINAS LIMITED£393.9m
  3. P. FLANNERY PLANT HIRE (OVAL) LIMITED£206.4m
  4. PICKERINGS HIRE LIMITED£151m
  5. O'HALLORAN & O'BRIEN LIMITED£142.4m
  6. CALA HOMES COMMUNITIES (CROWTHORNE) LIMITED£127.5m
  7. SCH PROJECTS LIMITED£123.6m
  8. SELWOOD LTD£119.5m
  9. FERN TRADING DEVELOPMENT LIMITED£116.8m
  10. SELECT PLANT HIRE COMPANY LIMITED£106.5m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 46,861. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: ERNEST BARNES LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

ERNEST BARNES LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 06783488. It was incorporated on 6 Jan 2009. Its status is active. The registered office is in Maidenhead (SL6). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other specialised construction activities n.e.c. (43999).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025/26 (period ending 31 Jan 2026); the company files micro-entity accounts. Net assets were −£8,564, down 190% on the previous year. Total assets were £33,202 and total liabilities £31,152. The company had an average of 6 employees. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2020/21–2025/26).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 46,861 active companies whose first SIC code is 43999: By net assets it ranks lower than 91% of them (median £14,797). By total assets it ranks lower than 61% of them (median £56,172). By number of employees it ranks higher than 85% of them (median 1). It is older than 82% of them (median age 7.5 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as the supplier in one public contract award notice, from City of London Corporation. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £32.6k.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 1 current director. 2 persons with significant control are registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Oct 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 13 Jan 2027.

Filed accounts2020/21–2025/26
2021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26
Cash at bank and in hand11,54918,1945,161——
Total assets31,28841,41818,06831,06533,202
Total liabilities———22,52731,152
Net assets / total equity-12,497-8,455-11,0869,517-8,564
Average number of employees34556

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

1 contract

ERNEST BARNES LIMITED is named as a supplier in 1 public contract award notice from City of London Corporation. Its published value is £32.6k.

Contract
  1. Specialist conservation repair works to Grade II listed former animal pound at Hampstead Heath.‡City of London Corporation · £32,645

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

History

12 events
  1. Financial year 2025/26 endedAccounts: net assets −£8,564, 6 employees
  2. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £9,517, 5 employees
  3. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: net assets −£11.1k, 5 employees
  4. Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: net assets −£8,455, 4 employees
  5. Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: net assets −£12.5k, 3 employees
  6. Financial year 2020/21 endedAccounts: net assets £7,281, 2 employees
  7. Mr David Pope registered as a person with significant control
  8. Ms Karen Loughran registered as a person with significant control
Earlier events (4)
  1. David POPE resignedDirector
  2. David POPE appointedDirector
  3. Karen LOUGHRAN appointedDirector
  4. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.