CHELTON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-04 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£26M
+31% vs 2023
Net assets
£41M
+101.2% vs 2023
Employees
414
+1.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£47M
+31.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CHELTON LIMITED 2007-01-10 → present
- CHELTON(ELECTROSTATICS)LIMITED 1967-01-27 → 2007-01-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £117,436,000 | £140,460,000 | |
| Operating profit | £37,499,000 | £48,436,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £35,510,000 | £46,582,000 | |
| Net profit | £27,493,000 | £41,988,000 | |
| Cash | £19,605,000 | £25,683,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £79,425,000 | £95,535,000 | |
| Net assets | £20,615,000 | £41,472,000 | |
| Equity | £20,615,000 | £41,472,000 | |
| Average employees | 409 | 414 | |
| Wages | £23,100,000 | £23,309,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 31.9% | 34.5% | |
| Net margin | 23.4% | 29.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 47.2% | 50.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 81.8% | 69.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.28x | 2.48x | |
| Interest cover | 18.82x | 26.13x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company meets its day to day working capital and operating cash requirements from its own resources. At year ended 30 September 2024 it had £25,683,000 of cash and cash equivalents after paying a dividend to its immediate parent of £24,331,000 during the year. The directors have considered the robustness of the company's financial forecasts and projections, factoring in potential downside scenarios in trading performance and related cash flow generation. As such the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has sufficient resources to continue in operation until 30 September 2026.”
Group structure
- CHELTON LIMITED · parent
- Chelton Defence Communications Limited 100%
- Chelton CTS Limited 100%
- European Antennas Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The conflict in the Middle East, which commenced during this financial year, is not expected to have any material impact on the operations of the Company in the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTHUR, George | Secretary | 2025-03-10 | — | — |
| BRIDGEMAN, Hannah | Director | 2025-03-10 | Aug 1988 | British |
| BURKE, James | Director | 2024-06-20 | Dec 1977 | British |
| WYNNE, Sarah Louise | Director | 2021-01-15 | Nov 1973 | American |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARBER, Christopher Martin | Secretary | — | 2006-11-01 |
| BRIDGEMAN, Hannah Louise | Secretary | 2021-12-08 | 2025-03-10 |
| DYER, Phillip Andrew Joseph | Secretary | 2012-09-24 | 2021-12-08 |
| JOSEY, Alan | Secretary | 2006-11-01 | 2012-09-24 |
| POPE, John Michael | Secretary | — | 2008-03-04 |
| ABBOTT, Jason Mark | Director | 2021-03-11 | 2024-06-20 |
| AMPS, Timothy Paul | Director | 2008-01-07 | 2012-09-24 |
| BEALEY, Matthew Edward | Director | 2018-09-06 | 2021-03-23 |
| BOJARZIN, Thorsten | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2005-11-04 |
| BRIERLEY, Michael Peter | Director | 1993-11-01 | 2010-11-23 |
| BROOKS, Sally Fiona | Director | 2013-06-06 | 2018-07-20 |
| BROWNING, Guy Richard | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2007-06-18 |
| BULLEY, David Robert | Director | 2016-12-23 | 2021-03-11 |
| BURWOOD, Thomas Hugh | Director | 2006-05-16 | 2011-12-30 |
| CAHILL, Frederick John, Mr. | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2016-12-23 |
| COOPER, Geoffrey Charles | Director | — | 2005-06-20 |
| ESPLIN-JONES, Christopher John | Director | 1995-02-14 | 2003-09-01 |
| GARNER, Nicholas | Director | 2023-09-04 | 2024-11-01 |
| GARVEY, Thomas Brendan | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2016-11-30 |
| GREY, Ronald | Director | — | 1993-01-29 |
| GRIFFITHS, David Alun | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2000-04-01 |
| HOGAN, Paul Anthony | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2006-05-17 |
| IRESON, David Brian | Director | — | 1997-09-19 |
| JEWELL, Christopher Adrian | Director | 2006-11-29 | 2008-01-01 |
| JONES, Tracy Maria | Director | 2021-06-29 | 2022-07-27 |
| JOSEY, Alan | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2012-09-24 |
| KAHN, Paul Emmanuel, Mr. | Director | 2018-05-08 | 2020-04-06 |
| LONG, Paul David | Director | — | 2009-02-17 |
| MEREDITH, David Arnold | Director | — | 1993-10-31 |
| PICKIN, Simon David | Director | 2011-04-04 | 2014-09-01 |
| SHAW, Christopher John | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2011-04-04 |
| SKINNER, Stephen John | Director | 2008-10-13 | 2011-01-31 |
| WALTON, Anthony Joseph | Director | 2006-05-16 | 2008-01-01 |
| WATERS, Declan John | Director | 2022-07-27 | 2023-09-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transdigm European Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-01-05 | Active |
| Lockman Electronic Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-01-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 222 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+19.6%
£117,436,000 £140,460,000
-
Cash
+31%
£19,605,000 £25,683,000
-
Net assets
+101.2%
£20,615,000 £41,472,000
-
Employees
+1.2%
409 414
-
Operating profit
+29.2%
£37,499,000 £48,436,000
-
Profit before tax
+31.2%
£35,510,000 £46,582,000
-
Wages
+0.9%
£23,100,000 £23,309,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers