Buyaparcel Limited
Registered name: BUYAPARCEL LIMITED
Part of Buyaparcel Limited groupBuyaparcel Limited made £23m revenue and £685k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
Buyaparcel Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £23m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £685k profit and 39 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Lowestoft; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lowestoft, East of England
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2014
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25m | £24.5m | £23m |
| Cost of sales | −£17.5m | −£16.9m | −£15.9m |
| Gross profit | £7.5m | £7.6m | £7.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £942k | £949k |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £929k | £918k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £696k | £685k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £696k | £685k |
| Employees (average) | 39 | 38 | 39 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.6% | 2.8% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 29.8% | 31% | 30.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £641k | £646k | £589k |
| Profit per employee | £29.5k | £18.3k | £17.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.8% | ▼6.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼39.5% | ▼1.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.6% | ▲2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £589k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Buyaparcel Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Godfreys I.T. Limited75–100%
- Buyaparcel Trustee Limited75–100%
- Buyaparcel Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Godfreys I.T. LimitedRev. £23m · Profit £685k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £685k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026