Colnaghi UK Ltd
Registered name: COLNAGHI UK LTD
Part of Colnaghi Holding Ltd groupColnaghi UK Ltd made £47.8m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Colnaghi UK Ltd’s revenue grew 59% to £47.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.7m profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “operation of arts facilities” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 2021 | 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 | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.5m | £23.5m | £24.9m | £30m | £47.8m |
| Cost of sales | £7.7m | £21.1m | £21.1m | £22.2m | £41.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £2.4m | £3.9m | £7.8m | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | −£1.1m | −£366k | £589k | £5.2m | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.2m | −£701k | £16.3k | £5.2m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.2m | −£701k | £16.3k | £5.2m | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.2m | −£701k | £16.3k | £5.2m | £2.7m |
| Staff costs | £581k | £658k | £481k | £400k | £447k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −12.3% | −3% | 0.1% | 17.4% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | 18.4% | 10.1% | 15.6% | 26.1% | 12.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £949k | £2.4m | £3.1m | £3.3m | £5.3m |
| Profit per employee | −£117k | −£70.1k | £2k | £579k | £296k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲147.8% | ▲6.1% | ▲20.4% | ▲59.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲31925% | ▼49% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼20% | ▲12.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £443k | £1.6m | £1.9m | £856k | £941k |
| Net assets | £1m | £336k | £352k | £5.6m | £8.2m |
| Fixed assets | £11.2k | £13.1k | £23.3k | £19.2k | £32.3k |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £13.6m | £13.3m | £22.9m | £12.6m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £411k | £389k | £675k | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £2m | £2m | £2m | £10m | £1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £5.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £296k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- 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
- ▲48%
- Now £8.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲10%
- Now £941k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- ▼90%
- Now £1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲69%
- Now £32.3k
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
- Colnaghi Holding Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Colnaghi UK Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Colnaghi Insurance Brokers LtdFigures not disclosed
- PND London LtdFigures 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 £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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