Charles and Ivy Limited
Registered name: CHARLES AND IVY LIMITED
Charles and Ivy Limited made £15m revenue and £49.6k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Charles and Ivy Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £15m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £49.6k profit and 78 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 5 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) | — | — | £12.4m | £15m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £6.3m | £7.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £6.1m | £7.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£192k | £283k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£305k | £49.6k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£371k | £49.6k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£371k | £49.6k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.4m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 46 | 63 | 78 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −3% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 49.4% | 51.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £198k | £192k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£5.9k | £636 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲20.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲53.3% | ▲37% | ▲23.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £525k | £401k | £333k | £393k |
| Net assets | −£276k | £266k | £312k | −£545k |
| Fixed assets | £783k | £947k | £1.3m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £3.6m | £4.5m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £0 | £64.1k | £70k | £49.2k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £920k | £1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £192k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £636
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 12.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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
- ▼275%
- Now −£545k
- Cash at bank
- ▲18%
- Now £393k
- Headcount
- ▲24%
- Now 78
- Deferred income
- ▲111%
- Now £1.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▲32%
- Now £1.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Charles and Ivy Top Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £49.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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