Chepstow Plant International Limited
Registered name: CHEPSTOW PLANT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Chepstow Plant International Limited made £34.1m revenue and a £459k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Chepstow Plant International Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £34.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £459k and 134 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft” and is based in Ind Estate Caldicot; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ind Estate Caldicot, Wales
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.5m | £38.3m | £34.1m |
| Cost of sales | £26.7m | £22.4m | £17.9m |
| Gross profit | £15.8m | £15.9m | £16.3m |
| Operating profit | £4.7m | £1m | £3.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | −£3.6m | −£537k |
| Profit after tax | £2m | −£2.9m | −£459k |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | −£2.9m | −£459k |
| Staff costs | £8.1m | £8.6m | £7.5m |
| Employees (average) | 161 | 141 | 134 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.8% | −7.6% | −1.4% |
| Gross margin | 37.2% | 41.4% | 47.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £264k | £271k | £255k |
| Profit per employee | £12.6k | −£20.7k | −£3.4k |
| Cash conversion | −516.1% | −1660% | −411.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.9% | ▼10.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼243.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.4% | ▼5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £66k | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £21.5m | £18.6m | £18.1m |
| Fixed assets | £80.2m | £77.9m | £67.8m |
| Current assets | £13.9m | £11.3m | £11m |
| Debtors | £9.9m | £9.4m | £8.3m |
| Deferred income | £394k | £315k | £712k |
| Cash from operations | −£24.1m | −£16.9m | −£14.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £255k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −411.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 198.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.3%
- 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 £18.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲19%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 134
- Deferred income
- ▲126%
- Now £712k
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £67.8m
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 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£459k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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