Charles Bentley & Son Limited
Registered name: CHARLES BENTLEY & SON LIMITED
Part of Charles Bentley Properties Limited groupCharles Bentley & Son Limited made £25.4m revenue and £740k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Charles Bentley & Son Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £25.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £740k profit and 133 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments)” and is based in Loughborough; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Loughborough, East Midlands
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- 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: “The immediate and ultimate parent company is Charles Bentley Properties Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. This is the smallest and largest group which prepares consolidated accounts ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.6m | £23m | £25.4m |
| Cost of sales | £17.2m | £16.7m | £18.7m |
| Gross profit | £7.4m | £6.3m | £6.8m |
| Operating profit | £467k | £263k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £245k | £72.7k | £998k |
| Profit after tax | £178k | £66k | £740k |
| Profit (best available) | £178k | £66k | £740k |
| Staff costs | — | £4.5m | £5m |
| Employees (average) | 128 | 133 | 133 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 0.3% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | 30% | 27.5% | 26.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £192k | £173k | £191k |
| Profit per employee | £1.4k | £496 | £5.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.1% | ▲10.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼62.9% | ▲1021% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.9% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £259k | £129k | £984k |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £5.3m | £6.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2.3m | £3.8m |
| Current assets | £9.2m | £11.8m | £12.6m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £4.1m | £3.9m |
| Deferred income | £373k | £437k | £490k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £191k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.4%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £6.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲660%
- Now £984k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 133
- Deferred income
- ▲12%
- Now £490k
- Fixed assets
- ▲67%
- Now £3.8m
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
- Charles Bentley Properties Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Charles Bentley & Son Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Marxman 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 31 Mar 2026 (profit £740k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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