Chalke Valley Watercress Limited
Registered name: CHALKE VALLEY WATERCRESS LIMITED
Chalke Valley Watercress Limited made £117k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Chalke Valley Watercress Limited reported £117k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025, up 4% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 14 employees. The company is classified under “growing of other non-perennial crops” and is based in Wiltshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wiltshire, South West
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £187k | £96.6k | £112k | £117k |
| Profit (best available) | £187k | £96.6k | £112k | £117k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £12.4k | £6.9k | £8.6k | £8.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼48.3% | ▲16.2% | ▲4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.7% | ▼7.1% | ▲7.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £322k | £330k | £332k | £285k |
| Net assets | £353k | £390k | £435k | £434k |
| Fixed assets | £38.9k | £34.4k | £59k | £110k |
| Current assets | £414k | £426k | £422k | £369k |
| Debtors | £75.3k | £76.9k | £72.8k | £73.3k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Apr 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
- £8.3k
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £434k
- Cash at bank
- ▼14%
- Now £285k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲87%
- Now £110k
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Sources
Latest figures from AbridgedAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £117k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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