C H G South West Limited
Registered name: C H G SOUTH WEST LIMITED
Part of C H G South West Holdings Limited groupC H G South West Limited made £5m revenue and £264k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026. read from filing text
C H G South West Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £5m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £264k profit and 40 employees. The company is classified under “electrical installation” and is based in Bridport; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bridport, South West
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.7m | £4.1m | £4.6m | £5m |
| Cost of sales | £2.4m | £2.8m | £3.6m | £3.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £404k | £422k | £272k | £315k |
| Profit before tax | £404k | £432k | £272k | — |
| Profit after tax | £355k | £412k | £201k | £264k |
| Profit (best available) | £355k | £412k | £201k | £264k |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 37 | 38 | 40 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.6% | 10.2% | 4.3% | 5.3% |
| Gross margin | 33.8% | 30.8% | 23.2% | 23.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £108k | £110k | £122k | £125k |
| Profit per employee | £10.4k | £11.1k | £5.3k | £6.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.1% | ▲14.4% | ▲7.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲16.1% | ▼51.3% | ▲31.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.8% | ▲2.7% | ▲5.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £435k | £218k | £324k | £486k |
| Net assets | £729k | £1.1m | £431k | £295k |
| Fixed assets | £53.4k | £34.2k | £25.4k | £9k |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £1.6m | £1.1m | £981k |
| Debtors | £513k | £300k | £683k | £293k |
| Deferred income | £32.6k | £36k | £71.8k | £102k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £125k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- 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
- ▼31%
- Now £295k
- Cash at bank
- ▲50%
- Now £486k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 40
- Deferred income
- ▲42%
- Now £102k
- Fixed assets
- ▼65%
- Now £9k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- C H G South West Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- C H G South West Employees Trustees Limited75–100%
- C H G South West Holdings Limited75–100%
- C H G South West Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- C H G South West Employees Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £264k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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