Chapel Beck Limited
Registered name: CHAPEL BECK LIMITED
Chapel Beck Limited made £141m revenue and £5.6m profit in the year to 29 Jun 2025.
Chapel Beck Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £141m in the year to 29 Jun 2025, with £5.6m profit and 1,187 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Penrith; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Penrith, North West
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 29 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2024 | 29 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £142m | £139m | £139m | £141m |
| Cost of sales | −£110m | −£105m | −£105m | −£104m |
| Gross profit | £31.9m | £34.7m | £34.7m | £37.1m |
| Operating profit | £6.5m | £7.7m | £7.7m | £8.9m |
| Profit before tax | £5.1m | £6.5m | £6.5m | £8.2m |
| Profit after tax | £3.4m | £4.4m | £4.4m | £5.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.4m | £4.4m | £4.4m | £5.6m |
| Employees (average) | 1,164 | 1,198 | 1,198 | 1,187 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 22.5% | 24.9% | 24.9% | 26.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £122k | £116k | £116k | £119k |
| Profit per employee | £2.9k | £3.7k | £3.7k | £4.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2% | — | ▲1.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲30% | — | ▲26.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.9% | — | ▼0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £119k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.7k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 1,187
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Westmorland LimitedRev. £141m · Profit £5.6m
- Westmorland Chapel Farm LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 29 Jun 2025 (profit £5.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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