CHP Supplies Limited
Registered name: CHP SUPPLIES LIMITED
CHP Supplies Limited made £14.3m revenue and £799k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
CHP Supplies Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £14.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £799k profit and 54 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies” and is based in Lancashire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lancashire, North West
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- 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 company”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16m | £16.6m | £15m | £14.3m |
| Cost of sales | £12.1m | £12.8m | £11.6m | £11.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £3.8m | £3.4m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £998k | £404k | £296k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1m | £737k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £925k | £827k | £605k | £799k |
| Profit (best available) | £925k | £827k | £605k | £799k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 59 | 59 | 54 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.8% | 5% | 4% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | 24.4% | 22.8% | 22.9% | 21.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £271k | £281k | £254k | £266k |
| Profit per employee | £15.7k | £14k | £10.3k | £14.8k |
| Cash conversion | −77.4% | −90.3% | −358.8% | −153.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.5% | ▼9.5% | ▼4.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼10.6% | ▼26.9% | ▲32.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▼8.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.2m | £3.8m | £5m | £3.3m |
| Net assets | £8.4m | £9.1m | £9.6m | £10.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3.1m | £3m | £3.1m | £5.8m |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £8.7m | £8.9m | £6.9m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £2.2m | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £39k | £34.1k | £29.7k | £35.9k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£902k | −£1.4m | −£456k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £266k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −153.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 40.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.5%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £10.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼34%
- Now £3.3m
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- ▲21%
- Now £35.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▲84%
- Now £5.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £799k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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