Collingwood-Batchellor Limited
Registered name: COLLINGWOOD-BATCHELLOR LIMITED
Collingwood-Batchellor Limited made £10.8m revenue and £928k profit in the year to 1 Feb 2026. read from filing text
Collingwood-Batchellor Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £10.8m in the year to 1 Feb 2026, with £928k profit and 96 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in Surrey; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Surrey, South East
- Age
- 59 yrs · since 1966
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jan 2022 | 29 Jan 2023 | 28 Jan 2024 | 2 Feb 2025 | 1 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.6m | £11.4m | £11.7m | £11.2m | £10.8m |
| Cost of sales | £5m | £5.8m | £6.1m | £5.6m | £5.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £5.6m | £5.6m | £5.6m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £2m | £2m | £2m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £928k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £928k |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 111 | 97 | 99 | 99 | 96 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 13.7% | 13.5% | 12.4% | 13.1% | 8.6% |
| Gross margin | 48.1% | 48.9% | 48% | 49.9% | 50.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £86.4k | £118k | £118k | £113k | £113k |
| Profit per employee | £11.8k | £15.9k | £14.7k | £14.9k | £9.7k |
| Cash conversion | 132.1% | 67.2% | 57% | 79.9% | 73.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.1% | ▲2.5% | ▼4.1% | ▼3.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲17.4% | ▼5.6% | ▲1.4% | ▼37% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.6% | ▲2.1% | 0% | ▼3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £3.7m | £3.6m | £3.3m | £3.3m | £2.4m |
| Net assets | £5m | £6.1m | £7m | £7.9m | £8.4m |
| Fixed assets | £6.4m | £6.8m | £7.4m | £10.5m | £11.6m |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £5.5m | £5.2m | £5.1m | £4.3m |
| Debtors | £134k | £140k | £193k | £177k | £178k |
| Deferred income | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Cash from operations | £2.2m | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.6m | £1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £113k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 73.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 106.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 12.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £8.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼28%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 96
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £11.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Gatwick Self Storage LimitedFigures not disclosed
- H.G. Scadgell 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 1 Feb 2026 (profit £928k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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