Ben Challum Limited
Registered name: BEN CHALLUM LIMITED
Part of McCallum Stewart Limited groupBen Challum Limited made £50.6k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Ben Challum Limited reported £50.6k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 1 employee. The company is classified under “mixed farming”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scotland
- Age
- 84 yrs · since 1942
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate controlling party is the parent company D M Stewart Limited.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | — | £15.2k | −£138k | — |
| Profit before tax | — | −£214k | −£267k | — |
| Profit after tax | — | −£214k | −£267k | £50.6k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£214k | −£267k | £50.6k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | −£214k | −£267k | £50.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £313k | £108k | £37.9k | £462k |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £2m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.1m | £764k | £657k |
| Current assets | £1.1m | £893k | £958k | £1.1m |
| Debtors | £0 | £20.2k | £25.2k | £2.6k |
| Cash from operations | — | £208k | £96.6k | −£172k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £50.6k
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1120%
- Now £462k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £657k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- McCallum Stewart Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- D M Stewart Limited75–100%
- Ben Challum Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £50.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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