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Company No. 06903391 · Incorporated 12 May 2009

Busy Bees Holdings Limited

Registered name: BUSY BEES HOLDINGS LIMITED

Part of Eagle Superco Limited group

Busy Bees Holdings Limited made £5.5m revenue and a £12.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Busy Bees Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 57% to £5.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £12.1m and 11 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Burntwood; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 70100Activities of head offices
Status
Active
Location
Burntwood, West Midlands
Age
17 yrs · since 2009
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.

Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “Eagle Target Limited”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£5.5m
Growth ▲56.8%
Profit
−£12.1m
Growth —
Profit margin
−219.9%
Gross −48.9%
Employees
11
Change ▲83.3%
Profit / employee
−£1.1m
Revenue/employee £501k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£3.3m£3.5m£5.5m
Cost of sales£2.1m£3.6m£8.2m
Gross profit£1.3m−£92k−£2.7m
Operating profit−£7.5m−£1.3m−£12.4m
Profit before tax−£11.9m−£3.8m−£12.1m
Profit after tax−£11.9m−£3.8m−£12.1m
Profit (best available)−£11.9m−£3.8m−£12.1m
Staff costs£1.9m£3.3m£7.3m
Employees (average)6611
Ratios
Profit margin−360.6%−108.3%−219.9%
Gross margin37.7%−2.6%−48.9%
Revenue per employee£552k£586k£501k
Profit per employee−£2m−£635k−£1.1m
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲6.2%▲56.8%
Headcount growth—0%▲83.3%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£235k£4.8m£11.6m
Net assets£165m£161m£149m
Fixed assets£485m£532m£619m
Current assets£9.4m£12.6m£20.1m
Debtors£295k£15k£312k
Deferred income£23.7m£27.6m£33.6m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−219.9%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
−48.9%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£501k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£1.1m
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
11227%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
609.2%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
5.7%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼8%
Now £149m
Cash at bank
▲144%
Now £11.6m
Headcount
▲83%
Now 11
Deferred income
▲22%
Now £33.6m
Fixed assets
▲17%
Now £619m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Eagle Superco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Eagle Topco Limited75–100%
  3. Eagle Holdco Limited75–100%
  4. Eagle Newco Limited75–100%
  5. Eagle Midco Limited75–100%
  6. Eagle Bidco Limited75–100%
  7. Eagle Target Limited75–100%
  8. Busy Bees Holdings Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (37)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£12.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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