The Collegiate Trust Trading Limited
Registered name: THE COLLEGIATE TRUST TRADING LIMITED
Part of The Collegiate Trust groupThe Collegiate Trust Trading Limited made £2.6m revenue and £7.4k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
The Collegiate Trust Trading Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £2.6m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £7.4k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Purley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Purley, London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.6m | £2.2m | £2.6m |
| Cost of sales | £749k | £1m | −£1.3m |
| Gross profit | £852k | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | −£21k | £11.2k | £7.4k |
| Profit before tax | — | £11.2k | £7.4k |
| Profit after tax | −£21k | £11.2k | £7.4k |
| Profit (best available) | −£21k | £11.2k | £7.4k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.3% | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 53.2% | 52.3% | 51.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £2.6m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £7.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲35.3% | ▲21.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼34.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £112k | £65.3k | — |
| Net assets | £546 | £11.8k | — |
| Current assets | £308k | £267k | — |
| Debtors | £26.8k | £47k | — |
| Deferred income | £1.7k | £13.2k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Collegiate Trustultimate parent75–100%
- The Collegiate Trust Trading Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £7.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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