Cheviot Trees Limited
Registered name: CHEVIOT TREES LIMITED
Cheviot Trees Limited made £17.1m revenue and £3m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Cheviot Trees Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £17.1m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £3m profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “plant propagation” and is based in Berwick Upon Tweed; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Berwick Upon Tweed, Scotland
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.9m | £12.7m | £15.4m | £17.1m |
| Operating profit | £2.9m | £2.4m | £4m | £3.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £2.3m | £4.3m | £4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £1.8m | £3.2m | £3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £1.8m | £3.2m | £3m |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 47 | 51 | 57 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 19.7% | 14.5% | 20.8% | 17.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £231k | £248k | £271k | £294k |
| Profit per employee | £45.5k | £36k | £56.3k | £51k |
| Cash conversion | −86.5% | −110.5% | −119.7% | −98.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▲21.9% | ▲10.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼14.2% | ▲74.9% | ▼7.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.5% | ▲11.8% | ▲1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £3m | £5.9m | £5.6m |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £7.6m | £10m | £8.7m |
| Fixed assets | £4.3m | £4.9m | £5.1m | £6.4m |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £5.2m | £8.2m | £8.3m |
| Debtors | £118k | £44.8k | £388k | £324k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.5m | −£2.6m | −£4.8m | −£3.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £294k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £51k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −98.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 37.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £8.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼5%
- Now £5.6m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲24%
- Now £6.4m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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