Chapman Freeborn Holdings Limited
Registered name: CHAPMAN FREEBORN HOLDINGS LIMITED
Chapman Freeborn Holdings Limited made £243m revenue and £4.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Chapman Freeborn Holdings Limited’s revenue fell 26% to £243m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.8m profit and 412 employees. The company is classified under “freight air transport” and is based in Gatwick; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gatwick, South East
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £385m | £327m | £243m |
| Cost of sales | −£309m | −£265m | −£188m |
| Gross profit | £75.9m | £62.8m | £54.8m |
| Operating profit | £27m | £11.1m | £4.7m |
| Profit before tax | £25.7m | £9.9m | £4.3m |
| Profit after tax | £18.1m | £7.6m | £4.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £18.1m | £7.6m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 419 | 430 | 412 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.7% | 2.3% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 19.7% | 19.2% | 22.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £919k | £761k | £590k |
| Profit per employee | £43.1k | £17.6k | £11.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15% | ▼25.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼58.1% | ▼36.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▼4.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £590k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.6k
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now 412
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Chapman Freeborn International LimitedRev. £10.7m · Profit £43.9m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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