Churchill China PLC
Registered name: CHURCHILL CHINA PLC
Churchill China PLC made £76.3m revenue and £4.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Churchill China PLC’s revenue fell 3% to £76.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.4m profit and 12 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Stoke-on-Trent; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- Type
- Public 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £82.3m | £78.3m | £76.3m |
| Operating profit | £10.3m | £8m | £5.6m |
| Profit before tax | £10.8m | £8.5m | £6m |
| Profit after tax | £7.7m | £6.4m | £4.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £7.7m | £6.4m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | — | 13 | 12 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.4% | 8.1% | 5.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £6m | £6.4m |
| Profit per employee | — | £490k | £363k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.9% | ▼2.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼17.5% | ▼31.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼7.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £6.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £363k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- Churchill Ceramics (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Churchill China (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Churchill Fine Bone China (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Churchill Housewares LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Crown Clarence LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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