What Barberry does

Barberry is a privately owned UK property development and investment company established in 1983 and headquartered in Belbroughton, West Midlands. The company operates across five core property sectors — industrial/logistics, commercial offices, residential (including build-to-rent and student accommodation), retail and leisure, and strategic land promotion — with an active industrial and logistics development pipeline of 3.6 million sq ft and Gross Development Value exceeding £650 million. Barberry also controls 520-600 acres of strategically located land with capacity to deliver approximately 3,500 new homes.

The company serves enterprise occupiers across logistics (DPD, Pall-Ex, Evri, Widem Logistics), advanced manufacturing and aerospace (Moog Controls, IMI Truflo Marine, Crown Equipment, Pilkington), retail (Home Bargains), and the public sector (Network Rail, Coventry University, Cheltenham Borough Council), typically via long-term leases of 10-25 years. Its investor client base includes major UK institutions such as British Land, M&G Real Estate, Helical PLC, BA Pension Fund, CBRE Global Investors, and LaSalle Investment Management, to whom completed assets are sold. Development capital is sourced through the company's own equity base, banking relationships with Santander, and a development capital partnership with Frontier Development Capital.

Barberry makes money through a hybrid model: one-time transactional revenue from speculative and pre-let development disposals (e.g., the £90m No. 1 Colmore Square sale, £37.5m West Hayden land sale), recurring rental income from held investment assets including the sale-and-leaseback show home portfolio, and capital gains on strategic land sales to housebuilders and councils. The business is delivered through direct enterprise relationships supported by retained property agents (Savills, M1 Agency, Fisher German, Wareing & Co), main contractors (Caddick, Vinci), and legal advisers (Gateley Legal, Eversheds Sutherland). As a privately held company with no external shareholders, Barberry positions itself as opportunity-driven rather than benchmark-constrained, with 11-50 employees supporting a multi-decade track record across UK regional markets.

Name

Barberry

Legal name

Barberry Developments Ltd

Website

https://barberry.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Barberry is a privately owned UK property development and investment company, founded 1983, operating across industrial/logistics, offices, residential, retail, and strategic land with a £650m+ GDV pipeline and a diversified enterprise occupier base.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Belbroughton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Property Development: Speculative and pre-let development of industrial, logistics, residential, retail, and office properties across the UK. The company develops properties to institutional specification and sells or leases them to occupiers and investors.
2. Property Investment: Acquisition and asset management of income-producing commercial properties. The company holds portfolios of residential apartments, retail parks, and industrial estates for rental income.
3. Sale and Leaseback: Purchase of show homes from housebuilders with leaseback arrangements, providing recurring rental income from residential properties across multiple UK locations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Barberry is a privately owned UK property development and investment company that develops, acquires, and manages industrial, logistics, commercial office, residential, retail/leisure, and strategic land assets. The company carries out both speculative and pre-let development, along with sale-leaseback and asset management, delivering institutional-quality buildings with EPC A/A+ and BREEAM Excellent/Outstanding sustainability credentials to occupiers and investors across the UK.

Product overview

Barberry is a privately owned property development and investment company based in the West Midlands, established in 1983. The company operates a multi-sector property portfolio across the UK, comprising five core product lines: Industrial/Logistics Developments (warehouses and distribution facilities including Barberry 92, Barberry 78, DPD Forrest Park, and Pall-Ex), Commercial Offices (city centre and business park offices including No. 1 Colmore Square), Residential Developments (build-to-rent apartments and student accommodation including Bishop Gate phases), Retail & Leisure (retail parks, hotels, and fitness facilities including Hotel Du Vin and Phoenix Retail Park), and Strategic Land (land promotion sites for residential and commercial development). The company maintains a 3.6 million sq ft industrial/logistics development pipeline with GDV exceeding £650 million and controls 520 acres of development land capable of delivering 3,500 new homes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industrial/Logistics Developments
• Commercial Offices
• Residential Developments
• Retail and Leisure Properties
• Strategic Land

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivered 3.6 million sq ft industrial/logistics development pipeline with £650 million+ GDV
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered key and supporting.

• Fisher GermankeyChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 24 April 2026Property management partner appointed to manage Barberry's investment portfolio, providing asset management and property management services.
• FusionsupportingOthersPartnered with Fusion, likely a development or construction partner, as shown in company partner logos on About Us page.
• RichardsonssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerProperty development partner for joint ventures, notably for Swift Valley Industrial Estate, Rugby project acquired in partnership.
• Gateley LegalsupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLegal services partner providing property law expertise for acquisitions, development, and transaction work.
• Eversheds Sutherland LLPsupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLegal services partner providing commercial and property legal support for complex transactions and developments.
• Vinci PLCsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerConstruction partner, as shown in company partner logos, likely for large-scale development projects.
• BennimanssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerConstruction partner for development projects, shown in company partner logos.
• Coventry UniversitykeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor client partner for student accommodation development. Barberry delivered Bishop Gate Phase 1 (£70m GDV) for Coventry University for 2018/19 academic year, with subsequent phases following.
• CaddicksupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerMain contractor partner for construction projects. Appointed for Barberry Midbox 78 (£17m Birmingham warehouse) and DPD unit at Forrest Park.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• IM Properties: Privately-held UK industrial, logistics and residential property developer headquartered in the Midlands. Highly comparable to Barberry given similar multi-sector mix, speculative and pre-let development model, regional UK focus, and privately-owned status with no external shareholders.
• St. Modwen Properties: Historically one of the UK's leading privately-owned property developers with a UK-wide industrial, logistics, residential and office portfolio before its 2021 acquisition by Blackstone. Closely matches Barberry's multi-sector, development-led model with industrial and residential exposure.
• SEGRO: Listed UK and European industrial/logistics REIT with a large UK development pipeline focused on big-box and mid-box logistics. Comparable to Barberry on the industrial/logistics development side and competes for similar occupier tenants across the UK.
• Tritax Big Box REIT: UK-listed REIT specialising in big-box logistics warehousing and development. Direct competitor for institutional-grade logistics occupiers and investment buyers in the same UK regions where Barberry develops mid-box and large distribution facilities.
• Caddick Group: Privately-owned Yorkshire-based property developer and contractor active across residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. Comparable multi-sector UK developer profile and also a current construction partner to Barberry on the £17m Birmingham warehouse project.
• Helical plc: UK-listed property investor and developer focused on London offices and industrial/logistics. Direct counterparty to Barberry on prior asset sales (purchased Stanbridge Buildings for £9.9m in 2014), and competes for similar UK investment and development opportunities.
• Ballymore Group: Large privately-owned UK and Irish property developer active across residential, commercial and mixed-use. Direct counterparty to Barberry on the 2007 One Colmore Row sale (£26m) and competes for similar Birmingham and UK regional development deals.
• Keepmoat: UK-focused residential developer and strategic land promoter. Comparable to Barberry on the residential and strategic land side of the portfolio, including housebuilder-style land disposals similar to the Yew Tree Village sale to Taylor Wimpey and Redrow.

Broad incumbents

• Goodman Group: Global industrial and logistics property group with significant UK operations including development, fund management, and investment. A larger incumbent competing for the same institutional logistics occupiers and investment buyers, but with broader geographic and product scope than Barberry.
• Peel Group: Large privately-held UK conglomerate with diversified property, infrastructure and land interests across the North West and beyond. Comparable in being privately-owned, opportunity-driven and active in UK strategic land, though materially larger and more diversified than Barberry.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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