Charles Ransford & Son Limited
Registered name: CHARLES RANSFORD & SON LIMITED
Charles Ransford & Son Limited made £17.5m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Charles Ransford & Son Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £17.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £2.3m profit and 56 employees. The company is classified under “sawmilling and planing of wood” and is based in Bishops Castle; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bishops Castle, West Midlands
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1974
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.2m | £17m | £17.5m |
| Cost of sales | £12.6m | £12.9m | £13m |
| Gross profit | £6.6m | £4.1m | £4.6m |
| Profit before tax | £3.4m | £2.4m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £2m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £2m | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £3.5m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 56 | 56 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 12.3% | 11.6% | 13.1% |
| Gross margin | 34.5% | 23.9% | 26.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £337k | £304k | £313k |
| Profit per employee | £41.4k | £35.4k | £41.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.4% | ▲3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼16% | ▲16.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.8% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £7.5m | £10.2m | £12.6m |
| Net assets | £31.8m | £33.7m | £36m |
| Fixed assets | £14.1m | £13.5m | £13.2m |
| Current assets | £20.7m | £23.4m | £27.2m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Cash from operations | £4.7m | £3.2m | £2.9m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £313k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £41.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 75.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.4%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £36m
- Cash at bank
- ▲24%
- Now £12.6m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £13.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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