John Chorley & Company,limited
Registered name: JOHN CHORLEY & COMPANY,LIMITED
Part of Caldwells Limited groupJohn Chorley & Company,limited made £13.9m revenue and a £200k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
John Chorley & Company,limited’s revenue fell 3% to £13.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with a loss of £200k and 40 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Cheshire; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheshire, North West
- Age
- 102 yrs · since 1924
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.7m | £25.1m | £16.9m | £14.3m | £13.9m |
| Cost of sales | £18.6m | £20.4m | £14.6m | £12.5m | £12.4m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £4.8m | £2.4m | £1.9m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | £1.8m | £7k | £121k | −£203k |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £1.8m | −£14.9k | £84.8k | −£235k |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £1.4m | −£12.7k | £63.6k | −£200k |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £1.4m | −£12.7k | £63.6k | −£200k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £2.4m | £2.2m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 58 | 52 | 41 | 40 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | 5.7% | −0.1% | 0.4% | −1.5% |
| Gross margin | 21.4% | 19.1% | 14% | 13.2% | 10.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £402k | £434k | £326k | £350k | £347k |
| Profit per employee | £34.2k | £24.5k | −£243 | £1.6k | −£5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6% | ▼32.7% | ▼15.3% | ▼3.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29.6% | ▼100.9% | — | ▼415.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.7% | ▼10.3% | ▼21.1% | ▼2.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £481k | £495k | £763k | £654k | £598k |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £3m | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £942k | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £10.1m | £9.7m | £7.6m | £6.8m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £5.2m | £5m | £3.3m | £2.9m | £3.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £347k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.2%
- 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
- ▼7%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼9%
- Now £598k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 40
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲24%
- Now £1.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Caldwells Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- John Chorley & Company,limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit −£200k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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