Chayter Holdings Limited
Registered name: CHAYTER HOLDINGS LIMITED
Chayter Holdings Limited made £29.8m revenue and £680k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Chayter Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £29.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £680k profit and 302 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Witney; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Witney, South East
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.3m | £30.4m | £29.2m | £29.8m |
| Cost of sales | £23.1m | £22.9m | £22.6m | £22.3m |
| Gross profit | £6.2m | £7.4m | £6.6m | £7.5m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £2.2m | £596k | £867k |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £2.3m | £642k | £906k |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.8m | £483k | £680k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.8m | £483k | £680k |
| Employees (average) | 325 | 328 | 319 | 302 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.5% | 5.8% | 1.7% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 21.2% | 24.5% | 22.7% | 25.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £90.1k | £92.6k | £91.7k | £98.7k |
| Profit per employee | £4.9k | £5.3k | £1.5k | £2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.7% | ▼3.8% | ▲2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲9% | ▼72.4% | ▲40.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.9% | ▼2.7% | ▼5.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £10k | £10k | £10k | £10k |
| Fixed assets | £10k | £10k | £10k | £10k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £98.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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 £10k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 302
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £10k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Chris Hayter Transport LimitedRev. £29.8m · Profit £680k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £680k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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