Colby Strategies Limited
Registered name: COLBY STRATEGIES LIMITED
Colby Strategies Limited made £303k revenue and £101k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Colby Strategies Limited’s revenue fell 28% to £303k in the year to 31 May 2025, with £101k profit. The company is classified under “financial intermediation not elsewhere classified” and is based in Ingatestone; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ingatestone, East of England
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £419k | £304k | £419k | £303k |
| Cost of sales | £126k | £21.5k | −£46.3k | −£14.3k |
| Gross profit | £293k | £282k | £372k | £289k |
| Operating profit | £185k | £119k | £234k | £139k |
| Profit before tax | £187k | £118k | £230k | £140k |
| Profit after tax | £107k | £92.3k | £171k | £101k |
| Profit (best available) | £107k | £92.3k | £171k | £101k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 25.6% | 30.4% | 40.7% | 33.4% |
| Gross margin | 69.9% | 92.9% | 88.9% | 95.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £419k | £304k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £107k | £92.3k | — | — |
| Cash conversion | −73.3% | −52.7% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼27.5% | ▲37.9% | ▼27.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼14% | ▲84.8% | ▼40.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £211k | £197k | — | — |
| Net assets | £364k | £382k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £85.7k | £85.1k | — | — |
| Current assets | £427k | £492k | — | — |
| Debtors | £216k | £295k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£135k | −£62.5k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 33.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 95.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Cash at bank
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £101k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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