Columb Limited
Registered name: COLUMB LIMITED
Columb Limited made £376k revenue and £36.1k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Columb Limited’s revenue grew 66% to £376k in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £36.1k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings” and is based in Chelmsford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelmsford, East of England
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2016
- 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £480k | £267k | £226k | £376k |
| Cost of sales | £124k | £76.7k | £10.9k | £276k |
| Gross profit | £355k | £190k | £215k | £99.9k |
| Operating profit | £212 | £3k | £38k | £36.1k |
| Profit before tax | £212 | £3k | £38k | £36.1k |
| Profit after tax | £212 | £3k | £38k | £36.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £212 | £3k | £38k | £36.1k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0% | 1.1% | 16.8% | 9.6% |
| Gross margin | 74.1% | 71.3% | 95.2% | 26.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £53.3k | £53.4k | £75.3k | £125k |
| Profit per employee | £24 | £598 | £12.7k | £12k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼44.3% | ▼15.4% | ▲66.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1310% | ▲1170% | ▼4.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼44.4% | ▼40% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £212 | £3k | £38k | £567 |
| Net assets | £212 | £3k | £38k | £36.1k |
| Fixed assets | — | — | £30.3k | £13.3k |
| Current assets | £212 | £3k | £38k | £16.2k |
| Debtors | — | — | — | £15.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £125k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £36.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▼99%
- Now £567
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼56%
- Now £13.3k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £36.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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