Cheshire Retail (NW) Ltd
Registered name: CHESHIRE RETAIL (NW) LTD
Cheshire Retail (NW) Ltd made £14.8m revenue and £154k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Cheshire Retail (NW) Ltd’s revenue fell 13% to £14.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £154k profit and 183 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating” and is based in ST. Helens; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Helens, North West
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 | 30 Jun 2021 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.8m | £14.3m | £17.5m | £17.1m | £14.8m |
| Cost of sales | £9.3m | £11.2m | £13.3m | £12.8m | £11.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £3.1m | £4.2m | £4.3m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £747k | £303k | £553k | £685k | £225k |
| Profit before tax | £743k | £195k | £553k | £684k | £226k |
| Profit after tax | £570k | £151k | £428k | £513k | £154k |
| Profit (best available) | £570k | £151k | £428k | £513k | £154k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £2.4m | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 120 | 141 | 168 | 168 | 183 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 4.8% | 1.1% | 2.5% | 3% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 21.4% | 21.5% | 23.9% | 25% | 24.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £98.4k | £102k | £104k | £102k | £81.1k |
| Profit per employee | £4.8k | £1.1k | £2.5k | £3.1k | £844 |
| Cash conversion | 111.4% | 173.7% | −314.4% | −45.8% | −143.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.3% | ▲22.1% | ▼2% | ▼13.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼73.6% | ▲183.9% | ▲19.9% | ▼69.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.5% | ▲19.1% | 0% | ▲8.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £589k | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2m | £2.4m | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £572k | £533k | £480k | £476k | £463k |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £3.9m | £3.5m | £3.7m | £3.5m |
| Debtors | £19.8k | £35.8k | £38.1k | £60.1k | £5.3k |
| Deferred income | £85.3k | £70.7k | £89.3k | £72k | £76.2k |
| Cash from operations | £832k | £526k | −£1.7m | −£314k | −£323k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £81.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £844
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −143.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 183
- Deferred income
- ▲6%
- Now £76.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £463k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £154k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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