Buxton Brewery Limited
Registered name: BUXTON BREWERY LIMITED
Part of Snap Growth Limited groupBuxton Brewery Limited made £4.4m revenue and a £399k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Buxton Brewery Limited’s revenue was £4.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £399k and 58 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of beer” and is based in Bolton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bolton, North West
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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. From the filing: “The company's parent company is Snap Growth Limited and its registered office is 4th Floor Unit 5b The Parklands, Bolton, United Kingdom, BL6 4SD.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £2m | £4.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £1.2m | £3.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £807k | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £86.6k | −£390k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £75.3k | −£424k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £49.8k | −£399k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £49.8k | −£399k |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 51 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 2.4% | −9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 39.4% | 25.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £40.2k | £76.2k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £977 | −£6.9k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £0 | £56k | £64.5k |
| Net assets | £1 | £1 | £213k | £314k |
| Fixed assets | — | £0 | £540k | £1.1m |
| Current assets | — | £1 | £502k | £392k |
| Debtors | — | £0 | £212k | £76k |
| Deferred income | — | £0 | £75.6k | £19.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £76.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 25.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- 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
- —
- Now £314k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £64.5k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £19.6k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £1.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Snap Growth Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Buxton Brewery Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Marketplace Taphouse LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- Set Visions 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 −£399k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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