Essex Waterways Navigation Trust
Registered name: ESSEX WATERWAYS NAVIGATION TRUST
Essex Waterways Navigation Trust made £750k revenue and £310k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Essex Waterways Navigation Trust’s revenue was £750k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £310k profit and 26 employees. The company is classified under “other amusement and recreation activities” and is based in Chelmsford.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelmsford, East of England
- Age
- 1 yr · since 2024
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. 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 2025 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £750k |
| Cost of sales | −£25.8k |
| Gross profit | £724k |
| Operating profit | £310k |
| Profit before tax | £310k |
| Profit after tax | £310k |
| Profit (best available) | £310k |
| Employees (average) | 26 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | 41.4% |
| Gross margin | 96.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £28.8k |
| Profit per employee | £11.9k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Net assets | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 41.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 96.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £28.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.9k
- 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
- —
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Essex Waterways LimitedRev. £926k · Profit £303k
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 £310k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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