Chas. Long & Son (Aggregates) Limited
Registered name: CHAS. LONG & SON (AGGREGATES) LIMITED
Chas. Long & Son (Aggregates) Limited made £31.1m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Chas. Long & Son (Aggregates) Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £31.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.3m profit and 77 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other intermediate products” and is based in Richmond; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Richmond, North East
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.8m | £26.4m | £28.9m | £31.1m |
| Cost of sales | £21.7m | £24.5m | £25.1m | £26.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £1.9m | £3.8m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | £879k | £678k | £1.9m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | £891k | £597k | £2m | £3m |
| Profit after tax | £809k | £424k | £1.6m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £809k | £424k | £1.6m | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.5m | £4.3m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 80 | 79 | 81 | 77 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 1.6% | 5.6% | 7.5% |
| Gross margin | 8.7% | 7.3% | 13.1% | 15.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £297k | £334k | £356k | £404k |
| Profit per employee | £10.1k | £5.4k | £19.9k | £30.1k |
| Cash conversion | 55.4% | 283.3% | 129.8% | 114.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.2% | ▲9.3% | ▲7.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼47.6% | ▲279.9% | ▲44.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.3% | ▲2.5% | ▼4.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.3m | £3.1m | £4.3m |
| Net assets | £7.2m | £7.5m | £9m | £11.3m |
| Fixed assets | £6.1m | £6.3m | £6.5m | £7.5m |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £7m | £9m | £10.6m |
| Debtors | £4.3m | £4.5m | £4.6m | £4.8m |
| Deferred income | £7.5k | £24.8k | £24.6k | £26.4k |
| Cash from operations | £487k | £1.9m | £2.4m | £3.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £404k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £30.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 114.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.5%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £11.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲39%
- Now £4.3m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- ▲7%
- Now £26.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▲14%
- Now £7.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Cleveland Readymix LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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