Charter Consolidated Limited
Registered name: CHARTER CONSOLIDATED LIMITED
Part of Esab Corporation groupCharter Consolidated Limited made £0 revenue and £248m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Charter Consolidated Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £248m profit. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Waltham Cross; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Waltham Cross
- Age
- 61 yrs · since 1964
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Operating profit | £90k | £0 | £0 |
| Profit before tax | £28.4m | £0 | £248m |
| Profit after tax | £28.4m | £0 | £248m |
| Profit (best available) | £28.4m | £0 | £248m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
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- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
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- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Esab Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Colfax UK Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Charter Consolidated Holdings Limited75–100%
- Charter Limited75–100%
- Charter Consolidated Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Cast LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Central Mining & Investment Corporation Limited(The)Figures not disclosed
- Central Mining Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Charter Central Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Swift-Cut Automation LimitedRev. £6.2m · Profit £86.9k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £248m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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