Charles Taylor Trading Ltd
Registered name: CHARLES TAYLOR TRADING LTD
Part of CTT Holdings Limited groupCharles Taylor Trading Ltd made £9.8m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Charles Taylor Trading Ltd’s revenue fell 4% to £9.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.5m profit and 63 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Cheddleton, Leek,; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheddleton, Leek,, West Midlands
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate parent company at the balance sheet date was CTT Holdings Limited as a result of its 100% shareholding in the company. Consolidated financial statements can be obtained from its registere”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.1m | £10.4m | £10.2m | £9.8m |
| Cost of sales | £7.6m | £5.4m | £5.7m | £5.5m |
| Gross profit | £5.5m | £5m | £4.6m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | £4.3m | £3.5m | £2.6m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £4.2m | £3.5m | £2.7m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £3.4m | £2.9m | £2m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.4m | £2.9m | £2m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.8m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 49 | 55 | 63 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 26.2% | 27.4% | 19.4% | 15.6% |
| Gross margin | 41.7% | 47.9% | 44.8% | 43.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £208k | £212k | £186k | £156k |
| Profit per employee | £54.3k | £58.2k | £36.2k | £24.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20.4% | ▼1.7% | ▼4.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼16.7% | ▼30.2% | ▼23.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼22.2% | ▲12.2% | ▲14.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.8m | £873k | £1.7m | £890k |
| Net assets | £6.6m | £3.5m | £3.5m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £6.6m | £4m | £4.2m | £3.2m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £1.6m | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £346k | £118k | £127k | £158k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £156k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.4%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼46%
- Now £890k
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 63
- Deferred income
- ▲24%
- Now £158k
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £2.2m
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
- CTT Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Charles Taylor Trading 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).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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