I W Critchley & Son Limited
Registered name: I W CRITCHLEY & SON LIMITED
I W Critchley & Son Limited made £1.5m revenue and £136k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
I W Critchley & Son Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £1.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £136k profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of dairy products, eggs and edible oils and fats” and is based in Chorley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chorley, North West
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2009
- 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 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | £738k | £687k |
| Gross profit | — | £767k | £773k |
| Operating profit | — | £144k | £184k |
| Profit before tax | — | £146k | £180k |
| Profit after tax | £220k | £109k | £136k |
| Profit (best available) | £220k | £109k | £136k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 7.2% | 9.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 51% | 52.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £100k | £97.4k |
| Profit per employee | £14.6k | £7.3k | £9.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼50.5% | ▲25.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £225k | £156k | £163k |
| Net assets | £344k | £294k | £277k |
| Fixed assets | £132k | £135k | £170k |
| Current assets | £418k | £302k | £311k |
| Debtors | £171k | £131k | £122k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £97.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.3%
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now £277k
- Cash at bank
- ▲5%
- Now £163k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲26%
- Now £170k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £136k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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