A E Chapman & Son Limited
Registered name: A E CHAPMAN & SON LIMITED
A E Chapman & Son Limited made £9m revenue and £105k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
A E Chapman & Son Limited’s revenue fell 17% to £9m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £105k profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other intermediate products” and is based in Gatwick; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gatwick, South East
- Age
- 77 yrs · since 1949
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12m | £10.8m | £9m |
| Cost of sales | £9.7m | £9.3m | £7.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | £871k | −£190k | £32.3k |
| Profit before tax | £927k | £44.8k | £117k |
| Profit after tax | £219k | −£392k | £105k |
| Profit (best available) | £219k | −£392k | £105k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 13 | 10 | 9 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | −3.6% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | 19.3% | 14.1% | 16.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £926k | £1.1m | £996k |
| Profit per employee | £16.9k | −£39.1k | £11.7k |
| Cash conversion | −94.6% | — | 543.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.2% | ▼17.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼278.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼23.1% | ▼10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £12.9m | £10.2m | £9.9m |
| Net assets | £24m | £23.6m | £23.7m |
| Fixed assets | £14m | £16.8m | £16.9m |
| Current assets | £16.4m | £13.6m | £12.7m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.4m | £835k |
| Cash from operations | −£824k | £166k | £175k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £996k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 543.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 188.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.3%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £23.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼3%
- Now £9.9m
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £16.9m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £105k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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