Charles Best Photography Ltd
Registered name: CHARLES BEST PHOTOGRAPHY LTD
Charles Best Photography Ltd made £41.4k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Charles Best Photography Ltd reported £41.4k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025, up 116% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “other specialist photography” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £17.8k | £19.2k | £41.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £17.8k | £19.2k | £41.4k |
| Staff costs | £14.5k | £14.5k | £16.8k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £17.8k | £19.2k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | ▲7.9% | ▲116% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £30.8k | £39.8k | £17.5k |
| Net assets | £14.2k | £321 | £692 |
| Fixed assets | £1.2k | £3.8k | £2.7k |
| Current assets | £34.1k | £42.4k | £52.2k |
| Debtors | £3.3k | £2.5k | £34.7k |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jan 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
- —
- 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
- ▲116%
- Now £692
- Cash at bank
- ▼56%
- Now £17.5k
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼30%
- Now £2.7k
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Sources
Latest figures from AbridgedAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £41.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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