P.H. Buxton & Sons Limited
Registered name: P.H. BUXTON & SONS LIMITED
P.H. Buxton & Sons Limited made £3.8m revenue and £158k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
P.H. Buxton & Sons Limited’s revenue grew 25% to £3.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £158k profit and 21 employees. The company is classified under “floor and wall covering” and is based in Brighton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brighton, South East
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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) | £3.6m | £3.7m | £3.1m | £3.8m |
| Cost of sales | £2.6m | £2.5m | £2.1m | £2.6m |
| Gross profit | £1m | £1.2m | £986k | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £222k | £248k | £83k | £218k |
| Profit before tax | £214k | £242k | £77.9k | £212k |
| Profit after tax | £166k | £175k | £49.9k | £158k |
| Profit (best available) | £166k | £175k | £49.9k | £158k |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.6% | 4.7% | 1.6% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | 28.8% | 31.8% | 32.2% | 31.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £163k | £168k | £146k | £182k |
| Profit per employee | £7.6k | £8k | £2.4k | £7.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.3% | ▼17.2% | ▲24.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5.3% | ▼71.5% | ▲217.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼4.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £318k | £369k | £366k | £401k |
| Net assets | £519k | £589k | £546k | £605k |
| Fixed assets | £126k | £160k | £217k | £249k |
| Current assets | £952k | £983k | £901k | £1.2m |
| Debtors | £547k | £530k | £452k | £657k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £182k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £605k
- Cash at bank
- ▲10%
- Now £401k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £249k
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- P.H. Buxton Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £158k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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