G. Collins & Sons Limited
Registered name: G. COLLINS & SONS LIMITED
G. Collins & Sons Limited made £27.2m revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
G. Collins & Sons Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £27.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3.1m profit and 39 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Witney; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Witney, South East
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 parent company of G Collins & Sons Limited is”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.5m | £26.8m | £25.6m | £27.2m |
| Cost of sales | £14.9m | £16.9m | £16.3m | £17.9m |
| Gross profit | £9.6m | £9.8m | £9.2m | £9.3m |
| Operating profit | £6.4m | £6.2m | £5.1m | £4.2m |
| Profit before tax | £6.4m | £6.2m | £5.1m | £4.2m |
| Profit after tax | £5.2m | £5m | £3.9m | £3.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.2m | £5m | £3.9m | £3.1m |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 38 | 38 | 39 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 21.2% | 18.6% | 15.3% | 11.4% |
| Gross margin | 39.3% | 36.7% | 36.1% | 34.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £680k | £704k | £673k | £697k |
| Profit per employee | £144k | £131k | £103k | £79.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.4% | ▼4.5% | ▲6.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼4.3% | ▼21.3% | ▼20.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.6% | 0% | ▲2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.9m | £4.2m | £3.9m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £16.1m | £17.1m | £17m | £17.1m |
| Fixed assets | £838k | £952k | £1.1m | £821k |
| Current assets | £19.5m | £21.9m | £20.8m | £20.1m |
| Debtors | £296k | £1.1m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £589k | £722k | £719k | £608k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £697k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £79.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £17.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼25%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- ▼15%
- Now £608k
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £821k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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