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Company No. 00538910 · Incorporated 5 Oct 1954

Chandler & Dunn Limited

Registered name: CHANDLER & DUNN LIMITED

Chandler & Dunn Limited made £7.6m revenue and £531k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Chandler & Dunn Limited’s revenue was £7.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £531k profit and 65 employees. The company is classified under “mixed farming” and is based in Canterbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection A · Agriculture, forestry and fishingSIC 01500Mixed farming
Status
Active
Location
Canterbury, South East
Age
72 yrs · since 1954
Type
Private Limited Company
Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

IndependentCash flow filed
Revenue
£7.6m
Growth —
Profit
£531k
Growth —
Profit margin
7%
Gross 26.4%
Employees
65
Change —
Profit / employee
£8.2k
Revenue/employee £116k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to11 Oct 202211 Oct 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£5.7m£6m£8.6m£7.6m
Cost of sales£4.8m£5.3m£6.9m£5.6m
Gross profit£959k£717k£1.8m£2m
Operating profit£2.3m−£325k£380k£882k
Profit before tax£2.4m−£84.9k£1.7m£835k
Profit after tax£2.4m−£49.1k£1.3m£531k
Profit (best available)£2.4m−£49.1k£1.3m£531k
Staff costs—£1.8m£2.3m£2m
Employees (average)68616065
Ratios
Profit margin41.6%−0.8%14.9%7%
Gross margin16.7%12%20.3%26.4%
Revenue per employee£84.5k£98.1k£144k£116k
Profit per employee£35.2k−£805£21.4k£8.2k
Cash conversion16.1%—185.4%102.5%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲4.2%——
Profit growth—▼102%——
Headcount growth—▼10.3%——
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£3.5m£475k£577k£1.2m
Net assets£10.1m£10.1m£11.3m£12.2m
Fixed assets£6.1m£9.7m£11.1m£11.4m
Current assets£5.6m£3.1m£2.9m£3.9m
Debtors£81.3k£47.8k£80.2k£214k
Deferred income£83.1k£50.7k£69.4k£149k
Cash from operations£371k−£533k£704k£904k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
7%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
26.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£116k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£8.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
102.5%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
151.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
2.8%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 £12.2m
Cash at bank
—
Now £1.2m
Headcount
—
Now 65
Deferred income
—
Now £149k
Fixed assets
—
Now £11.4m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £531k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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