Chambers and Cook (European Services) Limited
Registered name: CHAMBERS AND COOK (EUROPEAN SERVICES) LIMITED
Chambers and Cook (European Services) Limited made £25.9m revenue and £22k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Chambers and Cook (European Services) Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £25.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £22k profit. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Witton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Witton, West Midlands
- Age
- 58 yrs · since 1968
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.7m | £28.6m | £25.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£24.5m | −£24m | −£22.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.3m | £4.6m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £624k | £514k | £110k |
| Profit before tax | £546k | £431k | £35.3k |
| Profit after tax | £468k | £313k | £22k |
| Profit (best available) | £468k | £313k | £22k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | 1.1% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 17.7% | 16.2% | 14.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.7% | ▼9.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼33.1% | ▼93% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
Subsidiaries (5)
- Chambers and Cook (Eastern) LimitedIn AdministrationFigures not disclosed
- Chambers and Cook (Midlands) LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Chambers and Cook Freight LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Chambers and Cook LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Transporte Internationale LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- Neill & Brown (Shipping) LimitedHessle · Freight transport by road
- Revenue
- £25.7m
- Profit
- £132k
- Staff
- 64
- Campeys of Selby LimitedSelby · Freight transport by road
- Revenue
- £25.6m
- Profit
- £403k
- Staff
- 180
- SFG Forwarding LimitedBelfast · Freight transport by road
- Revenue
- £25.5m
- Profit
- £733k
- Staff
- 40
- Montgomery Transport LimitedCo Antrim · Freight transport by road
- Revenue
- £25.4m
- Profit
- £1.7m
- Staff
- 153
- Coastal Global Logistics LimitedFelixstowe · Freight transport by road
- Revenue
- £26.4m
- Profit
- £1.4m
- Staff
- 17
- I2I by Citipost LimitedBelvedere · Freight transport by road
- Revenue
- £25.1m
- Profit
- £518k
- Staff
- 48
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £22k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.