The Chuckling Cheese Company Limited
Registered name: THE CHUCKLING CHEESE COMPANY LIMITED
The Chuckling Cheese Company Limited made £8.4m revenue and £836k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
The Chuckling Cheese Company Limited’s revenue grew 45% to £8.4m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £836k profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of dairy products, eggs and edible oils and fats” and is based in Skegness; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Skegness, East of England
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 28 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £4.4m | £5.8m | £8.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | £2m | £3m | £4.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.3m | £2.8m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £516k | £874k | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | £343k | £716k | £985k |
| Profit after tax | — | £319k | £593k | £836k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £319k | £593k | £836k |
| Employees (average) | 56 | 58 | 62 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 7.3% | 10.3% | 10% |
| Gross margin | — | 53.8% | 48% | 41.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £75.1k | £92.8k | £144k |
| Profit per employee | — | £5.5k | £9.6k | £14.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲32.1% | ▲45.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲85.7% | ▲41.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.6% | ▲6.9% | ▼6.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £199k | £384k | £351k | £498k |
| Net assets | £71.8k | £331k | £936k | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £383k | £346k | £271k | £235k |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £1.6m | £2.2m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £8.6k | £52k | £423k | £501k |
| Deferred income | £3.5k | £16.4k | £28.8k | £27.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £144k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6%
- 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
- ▲97%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲42%
- Now £498k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- ▼5%
- Now £27.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £235k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £836k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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