Chabe Limited
Registered name: CHABE LIMITED
Chabe Limited made £18m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Chabe Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £18m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.4m profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “taxi operation” and is based in West Drayton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Drayton, London
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £17.6m | £18m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £12.9m | £13m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.6m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.6m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £942k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £942k | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £3.5m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 50 | 64 | 69 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5.4% | 8.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 26.3% | 27.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £274k | £260k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £14.7k | £21k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 97.5% | −26.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲2.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲53.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲61.3% | ▲28% | ▲7.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £251k | £1.7m | £3m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | −£692k | £334k | £1.3m | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £530k | £1.3m | £1.2m | £799k |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £3.5m | £5.2m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £292k | £261k | £372k | £481k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £2.1m | −£574k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £260k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −26.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- 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
- ▲114%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼35%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- ▲29%
- Now £481k
- Fixed assets
- ▼31%
- Now £799k
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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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