CHAUVET EUROPE LIMITED
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Cash
£13m
+165.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£39m
+23% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
144
+2.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£10m
-4.7% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £75,056,102 | £75,333,070 | £75,048,262 | -0.4% | |
| Operating profit | £9,900,336 | £11,036,195 | £10,055,932 | -8.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £9,223,543 | £10,689,298 | £10,190,778 | -4.7% | |
| Net profit | £5,140,797 | £7,583,349 | £7,076,696 | -6.7% | |
| Cash | £2,776,899 | £4,910,101 | £13,027,466 | +165.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,531,100 | £31,981,580 | £39,254,206 | +22.7% | |
| Net assets | £24,299,382 | £31,741,927 | £39,029,288 | +23% | |
| Equity | £24,299,382 | £31,741,927 | £39,029,288 | +23% | |
| Average employees | 124 | 140 | 144 | +2.9% | |
| Wages | £11,429,151 | £7,181,683 | £7,404,724 | +3.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £4,422,000 | £347,877 | £243,745 | -29.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £8,000 | £8,692 | £8,750 | +0.7% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.2% | 14.6% | 13.4% | |
| Net margin | 6.8% | 10.1% | 9.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 40.4% | 34.5% | 25.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.8% | 19.5% | 20.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.18x | 4.85x | 4.81x | |
| Interest cover | 11.82x | 22.80x | — |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have performed cash flow forecasts covering a period of 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. ... As a result the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- CHAUVET EUROPE LIMITED · parent
- ChamSys Limited 100%
- Chauvet Germany GmbH 100%
- Chauvet France SAS 100%
- Chauvet Europe Spain S.L.U 100%
Significant events
- “On 4 September 2025 Chamsys Limited acquired the trade and assets of ARKAOS NV/SA.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKSBANK, Michael Craig | Secretary | 2018-08-03 | — | — |
| BROOKSBANK, Michael Craig | Director | 2022-10-12 | Jun 1968 | British |
| CHAUVET, Albert | Director | 2009-12-16 | Aug 1965 | American |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAUVET, Berenice | Director | 2009-12-16 | 2016-03-29 |
| SCHAFLER, Richard Scott | Director | 2016-03-29 | 2022-10-12 |
| SCHNADIG, David | Director | 2016-03-29 | 2022-10-12 |
| STEIN, Jonathan | Director | 2016-03-29 | 2022-10-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Lawrence Schnadig | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-10-12 |
| Mr Jeffrey Adam Lipsitz | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-10-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 61 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-07 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-08-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-25 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-10-25 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-10-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.