Charter Limited
Registered name: CHARTER LIMITED
Part of Esab Corporation groupCharter Limited made £0 revenue and a £4.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Charter Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £4.1m. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Waltham Cross; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Waltham Cross
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £0 |
| Operating profit | −£102k | −£163k |
| Profit before tax | £309k | −£4.1m |
| Profit after tax | £309k | −£4.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £309k | −£4.1m |
| Employees (average) | — | — |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▼1417% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
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- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
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- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Now —
- Headcount
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- Now —
- 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 Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Swift-Cut Automation LimitedRev. £6.2m · Profit £86.9k
- Charter Consolidated 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 −£4.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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