Challs International Limited
Registered name: CHALLS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Challs International Group Limited groupChalls International Limited made £9m revenue and £301k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Challs International Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £9m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £301k profit and 25 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.8m | £9m |
| Cost of sales | £7m | £6.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £252k | £523k |
| Profit before tax | £162k | £344k |
| Profit after tax | £187k | £301k |
| Profit (best available) | £187k | £301k |
| Staff costs | £1m | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 25 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.9% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 28.5% | 28.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £378k | £361k |
| Profit per employee | £7.2k | £12.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲61.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.6k | £380 |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £5.4m |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £3.9m |
| Current assets | £5.8m | £5.6m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £530k | £384k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £361k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 43.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.4%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £5.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼89%
- Now £380
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- ▼28%
- Now £384k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £3.9m
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
- Challs International Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Challs International Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Primo Manufacturing 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 Dec 2023 (profit £301k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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