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Company No. 01345422 · Incorporated 22 Dec 1977

Box & Charnock Limited

Registered name: BOX & CHARNOCK LIMITED

Part of Box & Charnock Holdings Ltd group

Box & Charnock Limited made £28.2m revenue and £93.4k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.

Box & Charnock Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £28.2m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £93.4k profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation” and is based in Bedford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection F · ConstructionSIC 43220Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Status
Active
Location
Bedford, South East
Age
48 yrs · since 1977
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Jun 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightBoring industryCash flow filed
Revenue
£28.2m
Growth ▲13.2%
Profit
£93.4k
Growth ▼79%
Profit margin
0.3%
Gross 5.4%
Employees
43
Change ▲7.5%
Profit / employee
£2.2k
Revenue/employee £656k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Jun 202230 Jun 202330 Jun 202430 Jun 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£31.6m£28.4m£24.9m£28.2m
Cost of sales£29.2m£26.3m£23.2m£26.7m
Gross profit£2.5m£2.1m£1.7m£1.5m
Operating profit£1.2m£453k£449k£98.8k
Profit before tax£1.2m£461k£471k£131k
Profit after tax£933k£423k£445k£93.4k
Profit (best available)£933k£423k£445k£93.4k
Staff costs£2.1m£2.1m£1.9m£2.3m
Employees (average)39444043
Ratios
Profit margin2.9%1.5%1.8%0.3%
Gross margin7.8%7.4%6.8%5.4%
Revenue per employee£811k£645k£623k£656k
Profit per employee£23.9k£9.6k£11.1k£2.2k
Cash conversion106.3%−531.7%−147.3%2119%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼10.3%▼12.3%▲13.2%
Profit growth—▼54.7%▲5.1%▼79%
Headcount growth—▲12.8%▼9.1%▲7.5%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£4m£1.6m£707k£2.7m
Net assets£5.2m£5.7m£6.1m£6.2m
Fixed assets£124k£84.5k£119k£144k
Current assets£16m£11.6m£10.5m£11.9m
Debtors£2.9m£2.1m£2.4m£2.6m
Deferred income£1.5m£1.4m£1.1m£1.2m
Cash from operations£1.2m−£2.4m−£662k£2.1m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
5.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£656k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£2.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
2119%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.5%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
4.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
9.1%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲2%
Now £6.2m
Cash at bank
▲289%
Now £2.7m
Headcount
▲8%
Now 43
Deferred income
▲9%
Now £1.2m
Fixed assets
▲20%
Now £144k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Box & Charnock Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
  2. Box & Charnock Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £93.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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