Buzzworks Hospitality Limited
Registered name: BUZZWORKS HOSPITALITY LIMITED
Part of Alchemy Special Opportunities LLP groupBuzzworks Hospitality Limited made £26.1m revenue and a £1.3m loss in the year to 4 May 2025.
Buzzworks Hospitality Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £26.1m in the year to 4 May 2025, with a loss of £1.3m. The company is classified under “public houses and bars” and is based in Kilmarnock; we hold 6 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kilmarnock, Scotland
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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 | 1 May 2022 | 28 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2023 | 28 Apr 2024 | 4 May 2024 | 4 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.6m | £18.6m | £18.6m | £23.5m | £23.5m | £26.1m |
| Cost of sales | £4.4m | −£5.2m | £5.2m | −£6.4m | −£6.4m | −£7.2m |
| Gross profit | £12.2m | £13.4m | £13.4m | £17m | £17m | £18.8m |
| Operating profit | — | £666k | — | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £190k | £190k | £118k | £118k | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £304k | £304k | £74.8k | £74.8k | −£1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £304k | £304k | £74.8k | £74.8k | −£1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 312 | — | 405 | — | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||||
| Profit margin | 10.2% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | −5% |
| Gross margin | 73.6% | 71.9% | 71.9% | 72.5% | 72.5% | 72.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £53.2k | — | £46k | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £5.4k | — | £750 | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.3% | ▲12.3% | ▲25.9% | — | ▲11.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼82% | ▼82% | ▼75.4% | — | ▼1832% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲29.8% | — | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||||
| Cash at bank | £351k | — | £171k | — | — | — |
| Net assets | £1.7m | — | £3.2m | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £15m | — | £20.8m | — | — | — |
| Debtors | £8.5k | — | £15k | — | — | — |
| Deferred income | £396k | — | £904k | — | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 72.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Alchemy Special Opportunities LLPultimate parent50–75%
- Volvic Topco Limited75–100%
- Volvic Midco 1 Limited75–100%
- Volvic Midco 2 Limited75–100%
- Volvic Bidco Limited75–100%
- Buzzworks Holdings Group Limited75–100%
- Buzzworks Holdings Limited75–100%
- Buzzworks Hospitality Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- T&co LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tspaces LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Buzzworks Inns LimitedRev. £10.3m · Profit −£751k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 4 May 2025 (profit −£1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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