Collins Construction Ltd
Registered name: COLLINS CONSTRUCTION LTD
Part of Collins 2017 Limited groupCollins Construction Ltd made £108m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Collins Construction Ltd’s revenue fell 13% to £108m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.3m profit and 141 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Croydon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Croydon, London
- Age
- 70 yrs · since 1956
- 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: “Collins 2017 Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £124m | £145m | £124m | £108m |
| Cost of sales | £115m | £134m | £113m | £95.7m |
| Gross profit | £9.4m | £11.3m | £11m | £12.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £2.1m | £44.1k | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £2m | £363k | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £1.1m | £2.4m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £1.1m | £2.4m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £12.9m | £14.1m | £14.7m | — |
| Employees (average) | 154 | 167 | 150 | 141 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 0.8% | 2% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | 7.6% | 7.8% | 8.8% | 11.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £806k | £870k | £827k | £766k |
| Profit per employee | £9.2k | £6.9k | £16.3k | £9k |
| Cash conversion | 25.2% | −38.8% | 788.8% | −300.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.1% | ▼14.6% | ▼12.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼19.4% | ▲113.4% | ▼48.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.4% | ▼10.2% | ▼6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £12.4m | £11.2m | £11m | £8.9m |
| Net assets | £9.6m | £10.8m | £11.9m | £14.5m |
| Fixed assets | £890k | £919k | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £49.1m | £46.4m | £46.8m | £39.1m |
| Debtors | £19.5m | £20.5m | £17.5m | £16.7m |
| Deferred income | £229k | £210k | £972k | £245k |
| Cash from operations | £396k | −£797k | £348k | −£6.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £766k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −300.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.5%
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £14.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼19%
- Now £8.9m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 141
- Deferred income
- ▼75%
- Now £245k
- Fixed assets
- ▲49%
- Now £1.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Collins 2017 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Collins Construction Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Collins Tech 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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