Mark and Chappell Ltd.
Registered name: MARK AND CHAPPELL LTD.
Mark and Chappell Ltd. made £6.9m revenue and £193k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Mark and Chappell Ltd.’s revenue fell 1% to £6.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £193k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Luton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Luton, East of England
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7m | £6.9m |
| Cost of sales | £4.3m | £4.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £17.1k | £377k |
| Profit before tax | −£36.8k | £306k |
| Profit after tax | −£36.8k | £193k |
| Profit (best available) | −£36.8k | £193k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.5% | 2.8% |
| Gross margin | 37.9% | 39% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Profit per employee | −£9.2k | £48.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £986k | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £4.5m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £686k | £903k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £48.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.1%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲58%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £1.1m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £193k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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