Ian Coley Sporting Limited
Registered name: IAN COLEY SPORTING LIMITED
Part of RBR Group Limited groupIan Coley Sporting Limited made £5.3m revenue and £255k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2026.
Ian Coley Sporting Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £5.3m in the year to 28 Feb 2026, with £255k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of sports goods, fishing gear, camping goods, boats and bicycles” and is based in Hungerford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hungerford, South East
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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: “RBR Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 | 28 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.2m | £4.6m | £5.1m | £5.3m |
| Cost of sales | £3.1m | £3.3m | £3.5m | £3.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | £83.6k | £114k | £87.2k | £300k |
| Profit before tax | £85.3k | £120k | £91.3k | £310k |
| Profit after tax | £111k | £113k | £35.3k | £255k |
| Profit (best available) | £111k | £113k | £35.3k | £255k |
| Staff costs | £663k | £782k | £846k | £917k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 2.5% | 0.7% | 4.8% |
| Gross margin | 27.3% | 28.6% | 30% | 32% |
| Revenue per employee | £280k | £256k | £281k | £266k |
| Profit per employee | £7.4k | £6.3k | £2k | £12.8k |
| Cash conversion | 382.4% | −1392% | −15.2% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.6% | ▲10% | ▲5.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2.1% | ▼68.8% | ▲623.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20% | 0% | ▲11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £427k | £360k | £296k | £291k |
| Net assets | £4m | £3.7m | £3.7m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £2.9m | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £2.7m | £2.8m | £3m |
| Debtors | £130k | £66.6k | £76.3k | £49.2k |
| Deferred income | £348k | £58.1k | £94.8k | £53.1k |
| Cash from operations | £320k | −£1.6m | −£13.3k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £266k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 52.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £291k
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- ▼44%
- Now £53.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £2.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- RBR Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ian Coley Sporting Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Bailey Robinson Holdings LimitedRev. £12.7m · Profit £100k
- Roxton Bailey Robinson LimitedRev. £5.5m · Profit £70k
- RBR Arden Shoot LimitedRev. £1.4m · Profit £7k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2026 (profit £255k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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