Colin Barnes Signs Limited
Registered name: COLIN BARNES SIGNS LIMITED
Colin Barnes Signs Limited made £48.6k revenue and a £1.4k loss in the year to 5 Apr 2025.
Colin Barnes Signs Limited’s revenue grew 38% to £48.6k in the year to 5 Apr 2025, with a loss of £1.4k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Waltham Abbey; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Waltham Abbey, East of England
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 | 5 Apr 2022 | 5 Apr 2023 | 5 Apr 2024 | 5 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £47.5k | £32.3k | £35.3k | £48.6k |
| Profit after tax | −£5.6k | −£5k | −£1.1k | −£1.4k |
| Profit (best available) | −£5.6k | −£5k | −£1.1k | −£1.4k |
| Staff costs | £42.1k | £27.8k | £27.6k | £31.6k |
| Employees (average) | — | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −11.8% | −15.6% | −3.1% | −3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £10.8k | £17.6k | £24.3k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£1.7k | −£548 | −£721 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼32% | ▲9.1% | ▲37.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼33.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | −£34.3k | −£39.3k | −£40.4k | −£38.9k |
| Fixed assets | £7 | £7 | £7 | £7 |
| Current assets | £1.3k | £465 | £1.2k | £2.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £24.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£721
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now −£38.9k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £7
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 5 Apr 2025 (profit −£1.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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