Colsan Limited
Registered name: COLSAN LIMITED
Colsan Limited made £598k revenue and £172k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Colsan Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £598k in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £172k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “renting and operating of housing association real estate” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 66 yrs · since 1960
- 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: “No individual or entity exercises ultimate control over the company. Searchgrade Limited and Portmount Property Limited each hold fifty issued ordinary shares in the company.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £572k | £587k | £598k |
| Cost of sales | £181k | £163k | — |
| Gross profit | £391k | £424k | £357k |
| Operating profit | £306k | £335k | £348k |
| Profit before tax | −£378k | £536k | £237k |
| Profit after tax | −£317k | £413k | £172k |
| Profit (best available) | −£317k | £413k | £172k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −55.5% | 70.4% | 28.8% |
| Gross margin | 68.4% | 72.3% | 59.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▲2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼58.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £45.2k | £128k | £339k |
| Net assets | £7.5m | £7.9m | £8.1m |
| Fixed assets | £9.8m | £10.1m | £10m |
| Current assets | £2.1m | £256k | £423k |
| Debtors | £109k | £91.9k | £41.7k |
| Deferred income | £95.1k | £92.7k | £95.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 28.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 59.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1677%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 16%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £8.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲165%
- Now £339k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £95.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £10m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Searchgrade Limited 25–50%
- Portmount Property Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £172k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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