Chattertons Legal Services Limited
Registered name: CHATTERTONS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Chattertons Group Holdings Limited groupChattertons Legal Services Limited made £14.1m revenue and £2.9m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Chattertons Legal Services Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £14.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £2.9m profit and 190 employees. The company is classified under “solicitors” and is based in Horncastle; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Horncastle, East Midlands
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2015
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.2m | £14.4m | £13.6m | £14.1m |
| Cost of sales | £5.7m | £5.8m | £5.7m | £6.4m |
| Gross profit | £9.5m | £8.6m | £7.9m | £7.7m |
| Operating profit | £4.7m | £3.3m | £2m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £4.8m | £4.7m | £5.1m | £3.9m |
| Profit after tax | £3.9m | £3.7m | £3.8m | £2.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.9m | £3.7m | £3.8m | £2.9m |
| Staff costs | £7.4m | £7.7m | £7.7m | £8.8m |
| Employees (average) | 206 | 195 | 189 | 190 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 26% | 26% | 28% | 20.8% |
| Gross margin | 62.4% | 59.5% | 58.3% | 54.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £73.7k | £73.7k | £72.1k | £74.2k |
| Profit per employee | £19.1k | £19.1k | £20.2k | £15.5k |
| Cash conversion | −82.8% | −91.2% | −102.5% | −211.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.3% | ▼5.1% | ▲3.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼5.2% | ▲2.4% | ▼23.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.3% | ▼3.1% | ▲0.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.3m | £5.6m | £7.1m | £6.5m |
| Net assets | £7.8m | £9.5m | £11.3m | £11.2m |
| Fixed assets | £710k | £666k | £625k | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £10.1m | £12.8m | £14.8m | £14.8m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£3.9m | −£3m | −£2m | −£3.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 54.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £74.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −211.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £11.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼9%
- Now £6.5m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 190
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲127%
- Now £1.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Chattertons Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Chattertons Group Limited75–100%
- Chattertons Legal Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Page Nelson LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Chattertons Professional Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Chattertons Trustee Corporation LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Chattertons Wealth Management 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £2.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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