CCHG Ltd
Registered name: CCHG LTD
CCHG Ltd made £55.2m revenue and £5.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
CCHG Ltd’s revenue grew 19% to £55.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £5.1m profit and 557 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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: “In the opinion of the directors there is no single controlling party.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £36m | £46.3m | £55.2m |
| Cost of sales | £16.5m | £20.8m | £23.6m |
| Gross profit | £19.5m | £25.5m | £31.6m |
| Operating profit | — | £3.4m | £6.1m |
| Profit before tax | £859k | £3.4m | £6.3m |
| Profit after tax | £466k | £2.3m | £5.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £466k | £2.3m | £5.1m |
| Staff costs | — | £11.6m | £14.1m |
| Employees (average) | 395 | 478 | 557 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 5% | 9.3% |
| Gross margin | 54.1% | 55% | 57.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £91k | £96.8k | £99k |
| Profit per employee | £1.2k | £4.8k | £9.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | 157.1% | −126.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲28.7% | ▲19.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲391.9% | ▲123.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21% | ▲16.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £899k | £4.1m | £6.8m |
| Net assets | £13.4m | £15.2m | £19.5m |
| Fixed assets | £11m | £10.4m | £10.5m |
| Current assets | £9.9m | £13m | £16.7m |
| Debtors | £122k | £441k | £1m |
| Deferred income | £387k | £27.9k | £144k |
| Cash from operations | £3m | £5.3m | −£7.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £99k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −126.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- 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
- ▲28%
- Now £19.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲67%
- Now £6.8m
- Headcount
- ▲17%
- Now 557
- Deferred income
- ▲418%
- Now £144k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £10.5m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Erhenderson LtdFigures not disclosed
- Rt812 LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 2024 (profit £5.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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