CTR (Collections) Ltd
Registered name: CTR (COLLECTIONS) LTD
Part of CTR (Group) Limited groupCTR (Collections) Ltd made £11.1m revenue and £783k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
CTR (Collections) Ltd’s revenue fell 29% to £11.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £783k profit and 107 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of textiles” and is based in Uttoxeter; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Uttoxeter, West Midlands
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 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 |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.3m | £22.5m | £15.7m | £11.1m |
| Cost of sales | £18.6m | £16.2m | £10.9m | £5.9m |
| Gross profit | £6.6m | £6.2m | £4.8m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | £497k | £199k | £187k | £877k |
| Profit before tax | £432k | £154k | £81.2k | £786k |
| Profit after tax | £306k | £99.7k | £52.2k | £783k |
| Profit (best available) | £306k | £99.7k | £52.2k | £783k |
| Staff costs | £6.8m | £6.4m | £5.1m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 213 | 203 | 155 | 107 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 7% |
| Gross margin | 26.3% | 27.8% | 30.8% | 47% |
| Revenue per employee | £119k | £111k | £101k | £104k |
| Profit per employee | £1.4k | £491 | £337 | £7.3k |
| Cash conversion | −195.3% | −280.6% | 217.9% | 26.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.1% | ▼30.2% | ▼29.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼67.4% | ▼47.6% | ▲1400% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.7% | ▼23.6% | ▼31% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £127k | £230k | £483k | £487k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £928k | £562k | £103k |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £6.5m | £6.4m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £2.3m | £2.1m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | — | £73.2k | £64.9k | £44.5k |
| Cash from operations | −£970k | −£558k | £407k | £236k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £104k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 26.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.7%
- 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
- ▲51%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £487k
- Headcount
- ▼31%
- Now 107
- Deferred income
- ▼31%
- Now £44.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼82%
- Now £103k
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
- CTR (Group) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- CTR (Collections) Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- CTR (Enviro) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CTR (Europe) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CTR (Fulfillment) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CTR (Grading) LtdFigures not disclosed
- CTR Asset Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CTR Recover LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Returns House LtdFigures not disclosed
- Zoa Online LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £783k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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