Buccaneer Holdings Limited
Registered name: BUCCANEER HOLDINGS LIMITED
Buccaneer Holdings Limited made £11.4m revenue and a £233k loss in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text
Buccaneer Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £11.4m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with a loss of £233k and 270 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in NR Cheltenham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- NR Cheltenham, South West
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.2m | £10.9m | £11.4m |
| Cost of sales | £2.8m | £3.1m | £3.2m |
| Gross profit | £7.4m | £7.8m | £8.2m |
| Operating profit | £310k | £283k | −£258k |
| Profit before tax | £262k | £264k | −£275k |
| Profit after tax | £122k | £126k | −£233k |
| Profit (best available) | £122k | £126k | −£233k |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £4.9m | £5.2m |
| Employees (average) | 240 | 263 | 270 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 1.2% | −2.1% |
| Gross margin | 72.8% | 71.8% | 71.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £42.6k | £41.4k | £42.1k |
| Profit per employee | £507 | £480 | −£862 |
| Cash conversion | −70.5% | −355.9% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.4% | ▲4.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲3.9% | ▼284.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.6% | ▲2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £4.4m | £4.4m | £5.4m |
| Fixed assets | £5.3m | £5.3m | £6.3m |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £1.8m | £2.2m |
| Debtors | £3.8k | £4.3k | £2.2k |
| Deferred income | £186k | £0 | £31k |
| Cash from operations | −£218k | −£1m | −£659k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 71.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £42.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£862
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 55.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £5.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲29%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 270
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £31k
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £6.3m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit −£233k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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