Chelsom Limited
Registered name: CHELSOM LIMITED
Part of Golden Age Holdings Limited groupChelsom Limited made £11.4m revenue and £40.7k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Chelsom Limited’s revenue was £11.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £40.7k profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments)” and is based in Blackpool; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackpool, North West
- Age
- 67 yrs · since 1959
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate parent company of Chelsom Limited is Golden Age Holdings Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.6m | £11.5m | £11.4m |
| Cost of sales | £5.1m | £6.3m | £6.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £5.1m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | −£634k | £513k | £81k |
| Profit before tax | −£626k | £503k | £56.6k |
| Profit after tax | −£473k | £357k | £40.7k |
| Profit (best available) | −£473k | £357k | £40.7k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 62 | 67 | 62 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −5.5% | 3.1% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 40.3% | 44.6% | 44.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £139k | £171k | £184k |
| Profit per employee | −£7.6k | £5.3k | £656 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲32.8% | ▼0.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼88.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.1% | ▼7.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £486k | £222k | £344k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £260k | £364k | £428k |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £5.2m | £5.3m |
| Debtors | £408k | £553k | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £782k | £302k | £41.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £184k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £656
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.4%
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲55%
- Now £344k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- ▼86%
- Now £41.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▲18%
- Now £428k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Golden Age Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Chelsom 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 Dec 2024 (profit £40.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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