Busby Partners Limited
Registered name: BUSBY PARTNERS LIMITED
Busby Partners Limited made £9.7m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Busby Partners Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £9.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.4m profit and 121 employees. The company is classified under “growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds” and is based in Swadlincote; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Swadlincote, East Midlands
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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) | £6.9m | £8.3m | £8.1m | £9.7m |
| Cost of sales | £5.3m | £5.8m | £6m | £7m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £2.4m | £2.1m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £984k | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £937k | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £706k | £853k | £1m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £706k | £853k | £1m | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £3.2m | £3.5m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 110 | 117 | 116 | 121 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.2% | 10.3% | 12.5% | 14.2% |
| Gross margin | 23.7% | 29.4% | 25.9% | 27.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £62.7k | £70.6k | £69.5k | £80.2k |
| Profit per employee | £6.4k | £7.3k | £8.7k | £11.4k |
| Cash conversion | −113.4% | −224.5% | −138.5% | −83.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.8% | ▼2.4% | ▲20.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲20.8% | ▲18.5% | ▲37% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.4% | ▼0.9% | ▲4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £1.5m | £1.3m | £3.3m |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £5.4m | £5.4m | £5.7m |
| Fixed assets | £4.6m | £4.4m | £4.1m | £3.9m |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £4.9m | £5.1m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £194k | £33.8k | £35.9k | £62k |
| Deferred income | £14k | £14k | £14k | £15.9k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£2.7m | −£1.8m | −£1.5m |
| 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
- 14.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £80.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −83.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 40%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £5.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲152%
- Now £3.3m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 121
- Deferred income
- ▲14%
- Now £15.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £3.9m
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 £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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