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.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Canterbury, South East
- Age
- 72 yrs · since 1954
- 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 | 11 Oct 2022 | 11 Oct 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full 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) | 68 | 61 | 60 | 65 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 41.6% | −0.8% | 14.9% | 7% |
| Gross margin | 16.7% | 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 conversion | 16.1% | — | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
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.
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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