Chester Wool Holdings Ltd
Registered name: CHESTER WOOL HOLDINGS LTD
Chester Wool Holdings Ltd made £19.4m revenue and £4.9m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Chester Wool Holdings Ltd’s revenue fell 9% to £19.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £4.9m profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Chester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chester, North West
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.3m | £21.4m | £19.4m |
| Cost of sales | £12.8m | £13.2m | £11.4m |
| Gross profit | £8.5m | £8.2m | £8m |
| Operating profit | £7m | £6m | £6.1m |
| Profit before tax | £7.3m | £6.6m | £6.6m |
| Profit after tax | £5.7m | £5m | £4.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.7m | £5m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 14 | 15 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 26.9% | 23.3% | 25.1% |
| Gross margin | 39.8% | 38.4% | 41.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Profit per employee | £382k | £357k | £326k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.6% | ▼9.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼12.9% | ▼2.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.7% | ▲7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £11.5k | £25.9k | £4.7k |
| Net assets | £5.2k | £5.4k | £15k |
| Fixed assets | £1k | £1k | £1k |
| Current assets | £30.5k | £44.9k | £53.7k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £20.9k | £35.3k | £37k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 25.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £326k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▲179%
- Now £15k
- Cash at bank
- ▼82%
- Now £4.7k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £37k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £1k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Chester Wool Company LtdRev. £13.6m · Profit £4.2m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £4.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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