Colsec Limited
Registered name: COLSEC LIMITED
Part of Omega (Uk) Holdings Ltd groupColsec Limited made £7.9m revenue and £209k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Colsec Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £7.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £209k profit and 47 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Whyteleafe; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Whyteleafe, London
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1974
- 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: “Omega (U.K.) Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, has a 90% interest in the equity share capital at 31 December 2025. Copies of the parent's financial statements may be obtaine”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £7.2m | £7.3m | £8m | £7.9m |
| Cost of sales | £5.1m | £4.9m | £5.7m | £5.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | £467k | £617k | £369k | £283k |
| Profit before tax | £466k | £620k | £386k | £285k |
| Profit after tax | £380k | £492k | £273k | £209k |
| Profit (best available) | £380k | £492k | £273k | £209k |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 47 | 49 | 47 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.3% | 6.8% | 3.4% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 29.8% | 33.3% | 28.8% | 28.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £147k | £155k | £162k | £168k |
| Profit per employee | £7.8k | £10.5k | £5.6k | £4.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1% | ▲9.1% | ▼0.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲29.5% | ▼44.6% | ▼23.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.1% | ▲4.3% | ▼4.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £549k | £1.5m | £388k | £684k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £217k | £223k | £210k | £161k |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £3.2m | £2.9m | £2.8m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1m | £1.8m | £1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £168k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.5%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲76%
- Now £684k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 47
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £161k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Omega (Uk) Holdings Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Colsec Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £209k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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