Chemigraphic Limited
Registered name: CHEMIGRAPHIC LIMITED
Part of NVM III GP LLP groupChemigraphic Limited made £17.1m revenue and £428k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Chemigraphic Limited’s revenue fell 22% to £17.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £428k profit and 101 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus” and is based in Crawley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Crawley, South East
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- 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: “Chemigraphic (Bidco) Limited”
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) | £26m | £21.9m | £17.1m |
| Cost of sales | £20.2m | £16.5m | £12m |
| Gross profit | £5.8m | £5.3m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £1.5m | £790k |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £953k | £495k |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £774k | £428k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £774k | £428k |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | £4m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 107 | 113 | 101 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.6% | 3.5% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 22.2% | 24.4% | 29.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £243k | £193k | £170k |
| Profit per employee | £13.7k | £6.8k | £4.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.8% | ▼21.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼47.2% | ▼44.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.6% | ▼10.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £130k | £38.6k | £207k |
| Net assets | −£2.4m | −£1.7m | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £587k | £521k | £857k |
| Current assets | £12.1m | £7.6m | £6.9m |
| Debtors | £4.2m | £3m | £2.8m |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.2m | £807k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £170k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.6%
- 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 £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲435%
- Now £207k
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 101
- Deferred income
- ▼31%
- Now £807k
- Fixed assets
- ▲64%
- Now £857k
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
- NVM III GP LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Chemigraphic (Topco) Limited75–100%
- Chemigraphic (Bidco) Limited75–100%
- Chemigraphic Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- CRS Electronics 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £428k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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