Charles River Laboratories Holdings Limited
Registered name: CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Charles River Nederland Bv groupCharles River Laboratories Holdings Limited made £6.8m profit in the year to 27 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Charles River Laboratories Holdings Limited reported £6.8m profit in the year to 27 Dec 2025, up 200% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “non-trading company” and is based in Kent; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kent, South East
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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. From the filing: “Charles River Nederland B.V.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Dec 2023 | 28 Dec 2024 | 27 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — |
| Operating profit | £10.7m | £6.5m | £6.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.9m | £2.3m | £6.9m |
| Profit after tax | £2.9m | £2.3m | £6.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.9m | £2.3m | £6.8m |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | ▼21.6% | ▲200% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £39.7m | £236m | £226m |
| Fixed assets | £221m | £221m | £221m |
| Current assets | £40m | £15.4m | £5.2m |
| Debtors | £25.7m | £15.4m | £5.2m |
| Deferred income | £17k | £16k | £17k |
| Source | Full · bulk data Aug 2025 | Full · bulk data Aug 2025 | Full · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £226m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲6%
- Now £17k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £221m
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
- Charles River Nederland Bv (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Charles River Laboratories Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Biofocus Dpi (Holdings) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Celsis Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from Full for the year to 27 Dec 2025 (profit £6.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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