Buoyant Group Limited
Registered name: BUOYANT GROUP LIMITED
Buoyant Group Limited made £11.2m revenue and a £286k loss in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Buoyant Group Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £11.2m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with a loss of £286k and 72 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of other personal and household goods” and is based in Keighley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Keighley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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) | £13.8m | £12.6m | £11.9m | £11.2m |
| Cost of sales | £6.2m | £5.7m | £4.8m | £5.3m |
| Gross profit | £7.6m | £6.9m | £7m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | −£62.1k | −£191k | £422k | −£356k |
| Profit before tax | −£101k | −£244k | £398k | −£375k |
| Profit after tax | −£33.2k | −£198k | £294k | −£286k |
| Profit (best available) | −£33.2k | −£198k | £294k | −£286k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £2.8m | £2.9m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 129 | 106 | 97 | 72 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.2% | −1.6% | 2.5% | −2.5% |
| Gross margin | 55.2% | 55.1% | 59.3% | 52.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £107k | £119k | £122k | £156k |
| Profit per employee | −£257 | −£1.9k | £3k | −£4k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −81.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.6% | ▼5.8% | ▼5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼197.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼17.8% | ▼8.5% | ▼25.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £215k | £243k | £80.5k | £183k |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £2.6m | £2.6m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £802k |
| Current assets | £9.5m | £6.5m | £6.5m | £4.8m |
| Debtors | £7.8m | £5m | £5.2m | £3.3m |
| Deferred income | £3.5m | £1.8m | £1.5m | £894k |
| Cash from operations | £167k | −£455k | −£343k | −£441k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £156k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 29.8%
- 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
- ▼20%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲128%
- Now £183k
- Headcount
- ▼26%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- ▼41%
- Now £894k
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £802k
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 −£286k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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