Charter Central Services Limited
Registered name: CHARTER CENTRAL SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Esab Corporation groupCharter Central Services Limited made £1.8m revenue and a £164k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Charter Central Services Limited’s revenue fell 28% to £1.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £164k and 6 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Waltham Cross; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Waltham Cross
- Age
- 68 yrs · since 1958
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.7m | £2.4m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | −£898k | £1.1m | −£48k |
| Profit before tax | −£862k | £1.3m | −£46k |
| Profit after tax | −£929k | £1.3m | −£164k |
| Profit (best available) | −£929k | £1.3m | −£164k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 7 | 6 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −56.1% | 51.4% | −9.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £166k | £349k | £292k |
| Profit per employee | −£92.9k | £179k | −£27.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲47.4% | ▼28.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼113.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼30% | ▼14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £292k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£27.3k
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Esab Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Colfax UK Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Charter Consolidated Holdings Limited75–100%
- Charter Limited75–100%
- Charter Consolidated Limited75–100%
- Charter Central Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Cast LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Central Mining & Investment Corporation Limited(The)Figures not disclosed
- Central Mining Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£164k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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