Barton Cold-Form (UK) Limited
Manufacture of fasteners and screw machine products · Gloucester
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 2009Private Limited Company
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Company accounts
Net assets
£4,154,414
Cash
£129,764
Turnover
£10,247,791
Profit / loss
−£2,157,243
Current assets
£3,772,569
Creditors < 1 year
£1,009,372
Equity
£4,154,414
Average employees
50
Balance-sheet trend
GBP · companyFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
Some figures were read by AI from scanned accounts, so small errors are possible. View the filed accounts
| Reported figures | 2025-12-31Company · AI-read | 2024-12-31Company · AI-read |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net assets | £4,154,414 | −£13,591,110 |
| Equity | £4,154,414 | −£13,591,110 |
| Share capital | £1 | £1 |
| Retained earnings | −£15,748,354 | −£13,591,111 |
| Assets | ||
| Fixed assets | £1,391,217 | £2,267,160 |
| Intangible assets | £8,314 | £19,793 |
| Property, plant & equipment | £1,382,903 | £2,247,367 |
| Current assets | £3,772,569 | £4,228,909 |
| Cash at bank | £129,764 | £133,947 |
| Debtors | £1,762,133 | £355,839 |
| Stock | £1,880,672 | £3,739,123 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors within one year | £1,009,372 | £14,518,511 |
| Creditors after one year | — | £5,568,668 |
| Net current assets | £2,763,197 | −£10,289,602 |
| Assets less current liabilities | £4,154,414 | −£8,022,442 |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Turnover | £10,247,791 | £10,033,679 |
| Cost of sales | £8,494,624 | £8,308,457 |
| Gross profit | £1,753,167 | £1,725,222 |
| Distribution costs | £345,716 | £185,019 |
| Administrative expenses | £2,391,432 | £2,481,225 |
| Other operating income | £220,000 | — |
| Operating profit | −£2,370,840 | −£1,663,215 |
| Interest payable | £19,674 | £1,482,188 |
| Profit before tax | −£2,391,882 | −£3,145,403 |
| Tax | £234,639 | £728,856 |
| Profit / loss | −£2,157,243 | −£2,416,547 |
| Operating costs | ||
| Depreciation | £610,602 | £616,451 |
| Amortisation | £11,479 | £11,479 |
| Operating lease charges | £289,559 | £290,814 |
| Audit fees | £28,246 | £27,000 |
| People & pay | ||
| Average employees | 50 | 49 |
| Staff costs | £2,175,270 | £2,320,640 |
| Wages & salaries | £1,869,310 | £2,044,072 |
| Social security costs | £230,091 | £196,907 |
| Pension costs | — | £79,661 |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Clean (unmodified)
- Immediate parent
- Optimas OE Solutions Holding LLC
- Ultimate controlling party
- AIPCF V Feeder LP
- Accounts
- FRS 102
- Approved
- 2026-08-10, signed by H J McGrath
Turnover by segment (6)
- United Kingdom: 5,704,513 (2025-12-31)
- European Union: 499,832 (2025-12-31)
- Rest of the World: 4,043,446 (2025-12-31)
- United Kingdom: 5,853,607 (2024-12-31)
- European Union: 615,665 (2024-12-31)
- Rest of the World: 3,564,407 (2024-12-31)
Share classes (1)
- 1 Ordinary of £1
Events after the year end (1)
- Post year end, the Optimas International Group, headed up by Optimas OE Solutions Ltd, was split out of the existing Optimas group and sold to Exponent Private Equity Partners LLP.
Contingent liabilities (1)
- Barton Cold-Form (UK) Limited is party to a cross guarantee, held by Ally Bank, over the $159,375,000 term loans that were issued to Optimas OE Solutions Holdings LLC over all assets that are not otherwise secured by the bank.
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
1 outstanding chargesAll Assets · created 2026-07-29
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OutstandingShow 5 satisfied / released
All Assets · created 2022-01-31 · satisfied 2026-07-22
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2022-01-31 · satisfied 2026-07-22
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SatisfiedFloating · created 2014-01-28 · satisfied 2015-11-05
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2011-03-16 · satisfied 2014-01-30
All monies
SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2009-09-22 · satisfied 2012-02-08
All monies
Satisfied