The Village Chippy Sussex Limited
Registered name: THE VILLAGE CHIPPY SUSSEX LIMITED
The Village Chippy Sussex Limited made £127k revenue and £1.8k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
The Village Chippy Sussex Limited’s revenue fell 15% to £127k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.8k profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “take-away food shops and mobile food stands” and is based in Horsham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Horsham, South East
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £152k | £150k | £127k |
| Cost of sales | — | £64.3k | £52.7k |
| Gross profit | — | £85.3k | £74.1k |
| Operating profit | — | £7.2k | £3.1k |
| Profit before tax | — | £6.2k | £2.2k |
| Profit after tax | £2.8k | £5.8k | £1.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.8k | £5.8k | £1.8k |
| Staff costs | £38k | £40.1k | — |
| Employees (average) | — | 5 | 9 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 3.9% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 57% | 58.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £29.9k | £14.1k |
| Profit per employee | — | £1.2k | £196 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.3% | ▼15.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲112.2% | ▼69.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲80% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £10.6k | £4.2k |
| Net assets | −£4.4k | £1.5k | £3.3k |
| Fixed assets | £27k | £22.1k | £18.6k |
| Current assets | £9.7k | £14.9k | £26.1k |
| Debtors | — | £1.1k | £19.9k |
| Deferred income | — | £3.5k | £7.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 58.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £14.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £196
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.7%
- 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
- ▲118%
- Now £3.3k
- Cash at bank
- ▼61%
- Now £4.2k
- Headcount
- ▲80%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- ▲105%
- Now £7.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £18.6k
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 Mar 2025 (profit £1.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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