P J Chaffin Limited
Registered name: P J CHAFFIN LIMITED
Part of Infrastructure Service Partners Holdings Limited groupP J Chaffin Limited made £14.3m revenue and £580k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
P J Chaffin Limited’s revenue grew 35% to £14.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £580k profit and 92 employees. The company is classified under “support services to forestry” and is based in Polegate; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Polegate, South East
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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.
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 | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £10.6m | £14.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £7.3m | £10.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.2m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £639k | £727k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £581k | £665k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £412k | £580k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £412k | £580k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £3.2m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 72 | 72 | 73 | 92 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 30.7% | 28.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £145k | £155k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £5.6k | £6.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲34.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲40.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲1.4% | ▲26% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9k | £12.1k | £324k | £971k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £650k | £647k | £454k | £794k |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £3.2m | £4.8m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £219k | £208k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £155k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.3%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲199%
- Now £971k
- Headcount
- ▲26%
- Now 92
- Deferred income
- ▼5%
- Now £208k
- Fixed assets
- ▲75%
- Now £794k
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
- Infrastructure Service Partners Holdings Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Infrastructure Service Partners Group Limited75–100%
- P J Chaffin Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Ecosylva Consultancy LimitedFigures 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 Dec 2025 (profit £580k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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