Buster and Punch Limited
Registered name: BUSTER AND PUNCH LIMITED
Part of End Ordinary Group Limited groupBuster and Punch Limited made £11.1m revenue and a £1.8m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Buster and Punch Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £11.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £1.8m and 69 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.3m | £13.2m | £12.1m | £11.1m |
| Cost of sales | £6.5m | £4.8m | £4.9m | £4.9m |
| Gross profit | £9.8m | £8.5m | £7.2m | £6.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £1.4m | −£369k | −£1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £1.4m | −£377k | −£1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.1m | −£432k | −£1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.1m | −£432k | −£1.8m |
| Staff costs | £4.3m | £4.9m | £4.6m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 63 | 68 | 69 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10% | 8.3% | −3.6% | −15.8% |
| Gross margin | 60% | 64% | 59.3% | 55.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £259k | £210k | £179k | £161k |
| Profit per employee | £25.8k | £17.6k | −£6.4k | −£25.5k |
| Cash conversion | 197.4% | −1.2% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼18.9% | ▼8.3% | ▼8.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼32% | ▼139.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲7.9% | ▲1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.9m | £1.5m | £1.9m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £5.5m | £6.8m | £6.4m | £4.8m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £12.9m | £14.4m | £12m | £12m |
| Debtors | £230k | £276k | £211k | £229k |
| Cash from operations | £3.5m | −£16.7k | −£1.9m | −£68.2k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −15.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £161k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£25.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- 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
- ▼25%
- Now £4.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼23%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £1.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- End Ordinary Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Buster and Punch Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- End Ordinary Ebt LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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