R. Bunton Limited
Registered name: R. BUNTON LIMITED
Part of Bunton Plant Hire Limited groupR. Bunton Limited made £7.7m revenue and a £260k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
R. Bunton Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £7.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £260k and 66 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment” and is based in Harecroft; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Harecroft, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.9m | £8.1m | £7.2m | £7.7m |
| Cost of sales | £5.8m | £7.3m | £6.5m | £6.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £836k | £770k | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £99.2k | −£45.4k | −£307k | −£17.4k |
| Profit before tax | −£64.4k | −£246k | −£503k | −£202k |
| Profit after tax | £193k | −£495k | −£411k | −£260k |
| Profit (best available) | £193k | −£495k | −£411k | −£260k |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.4m | £3m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 78 | 79 | 66 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | −6.1% | −5.7% | −3.4% |
| Gross margin | 16.5% | 10.3% | 10.6% | 16.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £88.9k | £103k | £110k | £116k |
| Profit per employee | £2.5k | −£6.3k | −£6.2k | −£3.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.1% | ▼10.8% | ▲6.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼357.4% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.3% | ▼16.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £259k | £143k | £39.9k | £32.6k |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £3.6m | £3.1m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £7.5m | £6.4m | £5.9m | £5.5m |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £4.2m | £3.8m | £3.6m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £149k | £261k | £191k | £246k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £116k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 71.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.2%
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼18%
- Now £32.6k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- ▲29%
- Now £246k
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £5.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bunton Plant Hire Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- R. Bunton Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Bunton Civil & Construction LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£260k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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