Charles Church Developments Limited
Registered name: CHARLES CHURCH DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
Part of Persimmon Public Limited Company groupCharles Church Developments Limited made £602m revenue and £34.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Charles Church Developments Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £602m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £34.1m profit. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings” and is based in York; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- York
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1974
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £377m | £480m | £602m |
| Cost of sales | −£303m | −£395m | −£517m |
| Gross profit | £73.9m | £84.4m | £85.4m |
| Operating profit | £53.2m | £58m | £52.1m |
| Profit before tax | £52.1m | £54.3m | £50.3m |
| Profit after tax | £37m | £34.5m | £34.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £37m | £34.5m | £34.1m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.8% | 7.2% | 5.7% |
| Gross margin | 19.6% | 17.6% | 14.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲27.3% | ▲25.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼6.6% | ▼1.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.2%
- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
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- Now —
- Deferred income
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- Now —
- Fixed assets
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- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Persimmon Public Limited Companyultimate parent75–100%
- Persimmon Finance Limited50–75%
- Persimmon Holdings Limited75–100%
- Charles Church Developments Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Charles Church LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Charles Church Southern LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pentra LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (20)
- Beazer Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Horsebridge Network Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Persimmon (City Developments) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Persimmon Homes (Anglia) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Persimmon Homes (East Midlands) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Persimmon Homes (East Scotland) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Persimmon Homes (East Yorkshire) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Persimmon Homes (Mercia) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Persimmon Homes (Midlands) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Persimmon Homes (North East) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Persimmon Homes (North Midlands) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Persimmon Homes (North West) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Persimmon Homes (South Coast) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Persimmon Homes (South East) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Persimmon Homes (South West) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Persimmon Homes (South Yorkshire) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Persimmon Homes (Thames Valley) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Persimmon Homes (West Yorkshire) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Persimmon Homes (Yorkshire) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Persimmon Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £34.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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