Collier Group (Essex) Limited
Registered name: COLLIER GROUP (ESSEX) LIMITED
Collier Group (Essex) Limited made £12.6m revenue and £105k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Collier Group (Essex) Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £12.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £105k profit and 45 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials” and is based in Colchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester, East of England
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2019
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.2m | £12.4m | £12.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£9.4m | −£9.7m | −£9.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £2.7m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£57k | −£250k | £85.8k |
| Profit after tax | −£30.9k | −£192k | £105k |
| Profit (best available) | −£30.9k | −£192k | £105k |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 48 | 45 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.3% | −1.5% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 22.8% | 22.1% | 25% |
| Revenue per employee | £272k | £259k | £279k |
| Profit per employee | −£688 | −£4k | £2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.7% | ▲0.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.7% | ▼6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £279k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.3k
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now 45
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Collier & Catchpole LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Collier Hire LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £105k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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