Collins Design and Build Limited
Registered name: COLLINS DESIGN AND BUILD LIMITED
Collins Design and Build Limited made £11.1m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Collins Design and Build Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £11.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.1m profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Pontrilas; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Pontrilas, West Midlands
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2009
- 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: “The ultimate controlling party is P H Collins”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £14.8m | £10.3m | £11.1m |
| Cost of sales | £6.7m | £12.5m | £8m | £7.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.3m | £2.4m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | — | £722k | £966k | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | −£379k | £655k | £985k | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | — | £655k | £739k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£379k | £655k | £739k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2m | £1.6m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 43 | 33 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 4.4% | 7.1% | 9.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 15.4% | 22.8% | 28.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £344k | £313k | £335k |
| Profit per employee | −£7.6k | £15.2k | £22.4k | £32.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | −284.5% | −230.3% | −122.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼30.1% | ▲7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲12.9% | ▲46.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼14% | ▼23.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £276k | £490k | £1.9m | £2.5m |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.6m | £2.8m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £606k | £538k | £512k | £450k |
| Current assets | £6.4m | £4.9m | £4.9m | £6.2m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2.5m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £533k | £110k | £233k | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | £2.4m | −£2.1m | −£2.2m | −£1.7m |
| 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
- 9.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £335k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £32.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −122.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.1%
- 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 £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲32%
- Now £2.5m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▲384%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £450k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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