Colaren Homes Ltd.
Registered name: COLAREN HOMES LTD.
Colaren Homes Ltd. made £9.8m revenue and £438k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Colaren Homes Ltd.’s revenue fell 13% to £9.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £438k profit and 34 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Fraserburgh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Fraserburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13m | £12.2m | £11.3m | £9.8m |
| Cost of sales | £9.9m | £9.3m | £8.9m | £7.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £2.9m | £2.3m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1.2m | £562k | £584k |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.2m | £584k | £587k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1m | £445k | £438k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1m | £445k | £438k |
| Staff costs | £726k | £456k | £529k | £400k |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 36 | 37 | 34 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.2% | 8.2% | 4% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | 24.2% | 23.9% | 20.6% | 19.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £372k | £340k | £304k | £289k |
| Profit per employee | £34.3k | £28k | £12k | £12.9k |
| Cash conversion | −133.9% | −231% | 79.3% | 10.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.3% | ▼8% | ▼12.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼16.1% | ▼55.8% | ▼1.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.9% | ▲2.8% | ▼8.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £4.1m | £2.6m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £10.2m | £11.1m | £11.3m | £11.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £12m | £12.6m | £12.1m | £12.1m |
| Debtors | £55.2k | £5.8k | £22.6k | £38k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.1m | −£2.9m | £446k | £58.9k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £289k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 10.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £11.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼40%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £1.8m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £438k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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