Chisholm & Winch (Contracts) Ltd
Registered name: CHISHOLM & WINCH (CONTRACTS) LTD
Part of Charente Holdings Limited groupChisholm & Winch (Contracts) Ltd made £33m revenue and £219k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Chisholm & Winch (Contracts) Ltd’s revenue grew 95% to £33m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £219k profit and 29 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Essex; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Essex, London
- Age
- 64 yrs · since 1962
- 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 company's ultimate controlling party, is its parent company Charente Holdings Limited, which is incorporated in the United Kingdom.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £16.9m | £33m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £14.3m | £29.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.6m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £266k | £298k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £255k | £299k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £186k | £219k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £186k | £219k |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 24 | 27 | 29 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 1.1% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 15.3% | 11.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £626k | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £6.9k | £7.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 43.3% | −1196% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲95.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲17.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4% | ▲12.5% | ▲7.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £376k | £353k | £73.2k | £3.4m |
| Net assets | £849k | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £89k | £69.9k | £70.6k | £78.1k |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £3.4m | £7.6m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £3.1m | £2.9m | £7m | £4m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £115k | −£3.6m |
| 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
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −1196%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲4510%
- Now £3.4m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 29
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £78.1k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Charente Holdings Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Chisholm & Winch (Contracts) Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Chisholm & Winch LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £219k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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