A Collected Man Limited
Registered name: A COLLECTED MAN LIMITED
A Collected Man Limited made £31.2m revenue and £653k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
A Collected Man Limited’s revenue grew 68% to £31.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £653k profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.9m | £12.2m | £18.6m | £31.2m |
| Cost of sales | £19.8m | £9.9m | £16.4m | £28m |
| Gross profit | £3.1m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £3.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | −£145k | −£675k | £882k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | −£145k | −£577k | £653k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | −£145k | −£577k | £653k |
| Staff costs | £855k | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 17 | 15 | 13 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.2% | −1.2% | −3.1% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 13.6% | 18.9% | 11.8% | 10.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.3m | £716k | £1.2m | £2.4m |
| Profit per employee | £120k | −£8.5k | −£38.4k | £50.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼46.8% | ▲52.4% | ▲68.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼112.1% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲70% | ▼11.8% | ▼13.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £3.7m | £3.2m | £3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £446k | £560k | £483k | £323k |
| Current assets | £6.9m | £6.6m | £6.3m | £9.1m |
| Debtors | £374k | £716k | £1.1m | £3.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£504k | £859k | £1.1m | £372k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £50.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.4%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼13%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼33%
- Now £323k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £653k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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