No 5 Chambers Limited
Registered name: NO 5 CHAMBERS LIMITED
No 5 Chambers Limited made £10.4m revenue and £57k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
No 5 Chambers Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £10.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £57k profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £10.4m | £10.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £8.8m | £8.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£302k | £211k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£344k | £170k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£461k | £57k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£461k | £57k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £3.7m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 71 | 77 | 80 | 75 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −4.4% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 84.5% | 85.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £130k | £139k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£5.8k | £759 |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | −875.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲0.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.5% | ▲3.9% | ▼6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £568k | £306k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £706k | £578k | £117k | £174k |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.3m | £2.2m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £2.2m | £2m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £420k | £524k | £598k | £745k |
| Deferred income | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.9m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£967k | −£1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 85.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £139k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £759
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −875.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 25.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 18.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- 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
- ▲49%
- Now £174k
- Cash at bank
- ▲263%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- ▲41%
- Now £1.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▲17%
- Now £2.6m
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 Sep 2025 (profit £57k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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