Bufa Composites UK Ltd.
Registered name: BUFA COMPOSITES UK LTD.
Bufa Composites UK Ltd. made £35.5m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Bufa Composites UK Ltd.’s revenue fell 13% to £35.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “agents specialized in the sale of other particular products” and is based in Manningtree; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manningtree, East of England
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £44.5m | £40.8m | £40.7m | £35.5m |
| Cost of sales | £36.4m | £33.2m | £33.1m | £29.2m |
| Gross profit | £8m | £7.6m | £7.5m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | £3.5m | £2.7m | £2.6m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £3.5m | £2.8m | £2.6m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £2.8m | £2.1m | £2m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.8m | £2.1m | £2m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 36 | 36 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.4% | 5.2% | 4.9% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | 18.1% | 18.6% | 18.5% | 17.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £960k |
| Profit per employee | £79.1k | £59.2k | £55.3k | £34.4k |
| Cash conversion | −123.4% | −112.4% | −68.8% | −164.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.2% | ▼0.3% | ▼12.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼25.2% | ▼6.6% | ▼36.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £1.7m | £1.1m | £981k |
| Net assets | £6.8m | £6.4m | £6.2m | £5.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £877k | £652k | £502k |
| Current assets | £13.8m | £12.7m | £12.4m | £10.3m |
| Debtors | £7.5m | £6.7m | £7.6m | £6m |
| Deferred income | £840k | £775k | £901k | £677k |
| Cash from operations | −£4.3m | −£3.1m | −£1.8m | −£2.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £960k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £34.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −164.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.9%
- 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
- ▼12%
- Now £5.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼13%
- Now £981k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- ▼25%
- Now £677k
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £502k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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