Colne Radio Community Interest Company
Registered name: COLNE RADIO COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
Colne Radio Community Interest Company made £78.1k revenue and £1.6k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Colne Radio Community Interest Company’s revenue grew 120% to £78.1k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.6k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “radio broadcasting” and is based in Colchester; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester, East of England
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Community Interest Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.8k | £55.6k | £2.6k | £35.5k | £78.1k |
| Cost of sales | — | £45.7k | £0 | £28.8k | £67.1k |
| Gross profit | £3.8k | £10k | £2.6k | £6.8k | £11k |
| Operating profit | −£6.7k | £3.2k | −£4.5k | −£132 | £1.2k |
| Profit before tax | −£6.7k | £3.2k | −£4.5k | −£132 | £1.6k |
| Profit after tax | −£6.7k | £3.2k | −£4.5k | −£132 | £1.6k |
| Profit (best available) | −£6.7k | £3.2k | −£4.5k | −£132 | £1.6k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −177.8% | 5.8% | −172.7% | −0.4% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 17.9% | 100% | 19% | 14.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1377% | ▼95.3% | ▲1265% | ▲119.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼240.6% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £5.1k | £10.1k | £5.5k | £28.9k | £33.2k |
| Net assets | £6.1k | £9.3k | £4.8k | £4.7k | £6.3k |
| Fixed assets | £1.6k | £1.4k | £1.3k | £1.2k | £1k |
| Current assets | £5.1k | £21.5k | £5.6k | £29k | £33.6k |
| Debtors | — | £11.4k | £80 | £120 | £440 |
| Deferred income | — | — | — | £24.4k | £27.9k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.1%
- 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
- 1.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 35.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▲35%
- Now £6.3k
- Cash at bank
- ▲15%
- Now £33.2k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲14%
- Now £27.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £1k
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 Dec 2025 (profit £1.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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