Chelmsford Van Hire Limited
Registered name: CHELMSFORD VAN HIRE LIMITED
Chelmsford Van Hire Limited made £473k revenue and £120k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025. read from filing text
Chelmsford Van Hire Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £473k in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £120k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “buying and selling of own real estate” and is based in Chelmsford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelmsford, East of England
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £482k | £473k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £73.6k | £57.2k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £408k | £416k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £106k | £175k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £104k | £166k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £104k | £120k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £104k | £120k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 21.5% | 25.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 84.7% | 87.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £161k | £158k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £34.5k | £40k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲16% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £217k | £386k | £360k | £278k |
| Net assets | £749k | £845k | £949k | £843k |
| Fixed assets | £460k | £453k | £746k | £569k |
| Current assets | £386k | £446k | £412k | £444k |
| Debtors | £6.3k | £12.2k | £4.9k | £4.4k |
| Deferred income | £3.3k | £3.7k | £4.2k | £4.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 25.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 87.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £158k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £40k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 120.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now £843k
- Cash at bank
- ▼23%
- Now £278k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £4.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £569k
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 28 Feb 2025 (profit £120k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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