Calachem Ltd
Registered name: CALACHEM LTD
Part of Aur Portfolio Iii Se & Co Kgaa groupCalachem Ltd made £63m revenue and £460k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2022.
Calachem Ltd’s revenue grew 32% to £63m in the year to 31 Dec 2022, with £460k profit and 110 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Manchester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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: “CalaChem Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £47.7m | £63m |
| Cost of sales | £45.5m | £58.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | −£11.2m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£9.7m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£7.9m | £460k |
| Profit (best available) | −£7.9m | £460k |
| Staff costs | £7.6m | £5.7m |
| Employees (average) | 160 | 110 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −16.5% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 4.7% | 7.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £298k | £573k |
| Profit per employee | −£49.1k | £4.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲32% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼31.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £3.4m |
| Net assets | £13.7m | £14.2m |
| Fixed assets | £9.5m | £9.8m |
| Current assets | £18.9m | £14.8m |
| Debtors | £9.4m | £8.1m |
| Deferred income | £3m | £4.8m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £573k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.9%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £14.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲82%
- Now £3.4m
- Headcount
- ▼31%
- Now 110
- Deferred income
- ▲59%
- Now £4.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £9.8m
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
- Aur Portfolio Iii Se & Co Kgaa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Calachem Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2022 (profit £460k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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