Charcroft Electronics Limited
Registered name: CHARCROFT ELECTRONICS LIMITED
Charcroft Electronics Limited made £13.8m revenue and £842k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Charcroft Electronics Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £13.8m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £842k profit and 83 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts” and is based in Powys; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Powys, Wales
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1974
- 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 | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.2m | £14.7m | £15.3m | £13.8m |
| Cost of sales | £8.3m | £9.9m | £9.6m | £8.4m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £4.8m | £5.7m | £5.3m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £810k | £1m | £1.1m | £842k |
| Profit (best available) | £810k | £1m | £1.1m | £842k |
| Employees (average) | 71 | 79 | 90 | 83 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.6% | 6.9% | 7.2% | 6.1% |
| Gross margin | 32.4% | 32.5% | 37.4% | 38.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £172k | £186k | £170k | £166k |
| Profit per employee | £11.4k | £12.8k | £12.3k | £10.1k |
| Cash conversion | −94% | 7% | −71.7% | −213.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.1% | ▲4.5% | ▼10.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲24.6% | ▲9.5% | ▼23.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.3% | ▲13.9% | ▼7.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £713k | £411k | £394k |
| Net assets | £5.7m | £6m | £6.4m | £6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £534k | £477k | £569k | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £8.4m | £8.5m | £7.2m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £3.3m | £3.1m | £2.8m |
| Cash from operations | −£953k | £89.4k | −£1.1m | −£2.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £166k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −213.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.5%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼4%
- Now £394k
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲183%
- Now £1.6m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £842k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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