Buxted Construction Limited
Registered name: BUXTED CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Buxted Construction Limited made £92.8m revenue and £5.1m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Buxted Construction Limited’s revenue was £92.8m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £5.1m profit and 89 employees. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings” and is based in NR Uckfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- NR Uckfield, South East
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £95m | £96.2m | £92.6m | £92.8m |
| Cost of sales | £74.1m | £72.8m | £73.1m | £73.3m |
| Gross profit | £20.9m | £23.4m | £19.6m | £19.6m |
| Operating profit | £10.9m | £9.6m | £8m | £5.8m |
| Profit before tax | £11m | £9.7m | £9.5m | £7.3m |
| Profit after tax | £8.9m | £7.8m | £6.7m | £5.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £8.9m | £7.8m | £6.7m | £5.1m |
| Staff costs | £12m | £15.5m | £13.3m | £14.8m |
| Employees (average) | 93 | 93 | 89 | 89 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.3% | 8.1% | 7.3% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | 22% | 24.3% | 21.1% | 21.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £1m | £1m | £1m | £1m |
| Profit per employee | £95.4k | £84.1k | £75.6k | £57.6k |
| Cash conversion | 55.1% | 132.6% | 86.4% | 254.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.2% | ▼3.7% | ▲0.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼11.8% | ▼13.9% | ▼23.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼4.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £42.9m | £45.2m | £47.2m | £57.2m |
| Net assets | £26.2m | £30.8m | £33.2m | £35.1m |
| Fixed assets | £10.9m | £16.1m | £16.1m | £16.8m |
| Current assets | £58.5m | £59.6m | £65.4m | £70.2m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £4m | £4m | £3.6m |
| Deferred income | £483k | £659k | £691k | £738k |
| Cash from operations | £6m | £12.7m | £6.9m | £14.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £57.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 254.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £35.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲21%
- Now £57.2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 89
- Deferred income
- ▲7%
- Now £738k
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £16.8m
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 Jul 2025 (profit £5.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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