COLLINS EARTHWORKS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-18 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-04
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
+130.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£62M
+20.6% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
396
+15.5% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£14M
+586.2% highest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-11-30 | 2020-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £70,942,100 | £81,791,206 | £97,500,638 | £179,225,643 | |
| Operating profit | £1,150,089 | £12,432,292 | £2,741,152 | £15,410,928 | |
| Profit before tax | £123,234 | £11,294,865 | £1,980,985 | £13,593,060 | |
| Net profit | -£524,315 | £9,605,211 | £1,170,195 | £11,006,257 | |
| Cash | £1,323,645 | £8,242,914 | £2,468,610 | £5,690,529 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,060,625 | £46,034,468 | £74,179,953 | £82,492,627 | |
| Net assets | £22,332,450 | £31,904,061 | £51,629,756 | £62,256,838 | |
| Equity | £22,332,450 | £31,904,061 | £51,629,756 | £62,256,838 | |
| Average employees | 239 | 264 | 343 | 396 | |
| Wages | £8,970,805 | £9,191,381 | £15,340,664 | £18,979,111 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £136,398 | £194,634 | £296,619 | £519,018 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
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Turnover
+83.8%
£97,500,638 £179,225,643
highest in 4 filed years
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Cash
+130.5%
£2,468,610 £5,690,529
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Net assets
+20.6%
£51,629,756 £62,256,838
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+15.5%
343 396
highest in 4 filed years
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Operating profit
+462.2%
£2,741,152 £15,410,928
highest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+586.2%
£1,980,985 £13,593,060
highest in 4 filed years
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Wages
+23.7%
£15,340,664 £18,979,111
highest in 4 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-11-30 | 2020-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 15.2% | 2.8% | 8.6% | |
| Net margin | -0.7% | 11.7% | 1.2% | 6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.1% | 27.0% | 3.7% | 18.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 51.7% | 48.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.21x | 1.31x | |
| Interest cover | 1.10x | 10.79x | 3.39x | 8.24x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COLLINS EARTHWORKS LIMITED 2006-09-19 → present
- COLLINS CONTRACTORS PLANT HIRE LIMITED 2000-10-04 → 2006-09-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the balance sheet date the company had a significant cash balance of £5,690,529 and a strong net current asset position of £11,875,679. At the time of signing these accounts, the directors have considered going concern position and consider that the company will continue to trade for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Our cultural change programme through good and bad observation reporting has resulted in an AFR of Zero.”
- “ROSPA Gold Award for the sixth consecutive year.”
- “Maintained ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO45001 accreditations as well as Constructionline Platinum Members, SMAS, SAFE contractor and CHAS Accreditations.”
- “Achilles Carbon Reduce Certification achieved in line with ISO14064.”
- “Completed and submitted an ESOS assessment.”
- “We have commenced work on the new Head Office build at Ripley. This will be a bespoke 3 storey building with 35,000 sq. ft workshop facility and external works. Construction works are due to finalise in Spring 2026 weather dependant.”
- “We have invested heavily in both hybrid and all electric technology in both our plant and company vehicles where possible.”
- “A replacement of 10 internal combustion engine company cars (ICEVs) in the past 12 months with electric vehicles.”
- “We are currently involved with Volvo in the development of fully electric road sweepers with the potential to be the first to trial them in the UK.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, Nicola Jane | Secretary | 2005-11-01 | — | British |
| CAVE, Jack Gareth | Director | 2017-01-01 | Jun 1992 | British |
| GAFFNEY, Padraig Joseph | Director | 2009-06-01 | Sep 1971 | Irish |
| GOODWIN, Jill Marie | Director | 2017-01-01 | Jun 1980 | British |
| GREEN, Adam | Director | 2026-04-06 | Nov 1996 | British |
| GUNN, Laurie George | Director | 2026-04-06 | Sep 1996 | British |
| GUNN, Sonny Louis | Director | 2026-04-06 | Mar 1998 | British |
| KAY, Amanda | Director | 2024-01-22 | May 1968 | British |
| LEA, Andrew | Director | 2024-01-22 | Dec 1982 | British |
| NAYLOR, Wayne Thomas | Director | 2023-01-03 | Sep 1980 | British |
| PROCTER, Adam Simon Mark | Director | 2015-01-01 | Oct 1979 | British |
| WHARMBY, Mary | Director | 2020-04-02 | Jan 1969 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, David Greville | Secretary | 2000-10-04 | 2005-11-01 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-10-04 | 2000-10-04 |
| COLLINS, David Greville | Director | 2000-10-04 | 2025-10-16 |
| COLLINS, Lynne | Director | 2000-10-04 | 2005-11-01 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-10-04 | 2000-10-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jack Gareth Cave | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, Significant influence | 2025-08-21 | Active |
| Mr David Greville Collins | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-08-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-19 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-03-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.