Collins Seafoods North East Limited
Registered name: COLLINS SEAFOODS NORTH EAST LIMITED
Part of Seagold Limited groupCollins Seafoods North East Limited made £46.1m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Collins Seafoods North East Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £46.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.9m profit and 16 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs” and is based in Newton Aycliffe; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newton Aycliffe
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.7m | £42.5m | £46.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£29.3m | −£39.9m | −£43.4m |
| Gross profit | £388k | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | −£509k | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£517k | £1.5m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£475k | £1.3m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | −£475k | £1.3m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.6% | 3% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | 1.3% | 6.3% | 5.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £2m | £2.7m | £2.9m |
| Profit per employee | −£31.7k | £78.9k | £117k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲43.4% | ▲8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲48.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.9m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £117k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 16
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Seagold Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Collins Seafoods North East Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Collins Seafoods South West LtdFigures not disclosed
- Collins Seafoods Yorkshire LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Ice Fresh Seafood LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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