COLT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-04-24
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£430M
+219.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£4B
+105.4% vs 2023
Employees
6,658
+18.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£249M
-358.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-04-24.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,663,500,000 | £2,191,600,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£70,000,000 | -£60,700,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£54,200,000 | -£248,700,000 | |
| Net profit | £123,800,000 | -£347,500,000 | |
| Cash | £134,800,000 | £430,400,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,728,300,000 | £4,822,300,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,728,300,000 | £3,550,400,000 | |
| Equity | £1,728,300,000 | £3,550,400,000 | |
| Average employees | 5,626 | 6,658 | |
| Wages | £385,400,000 | £496,300,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £5,000,000 | £5,200,000 |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+31.7%
£1,663,500,000 £2,191,600,000
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Cash
+219.3%
£134,800,000 £430,400,000
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Net assets
+105.4%
£1,728,300,000 £3,550,400,000
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Employees
+18.3%
5,626 6,658
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Operating profit
+13.3%
-£70,000,000 -£60,700,000
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Profit before tax
-358.9%
-£54,200,000 -£248,700,000
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Wages
+28.8%
£385,400,000 £496,300,000
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -4.2% | -2.8% | |
| Net margin | 7.4% | -15.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.1% | -1.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.5% | 38.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.18x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | -1.04x | -0.70x |
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
- COLT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 2018-10-01 → present
- COLT INTERIM HOLDINGS LIMITED 2018-08-22 → 2018-10-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors confirm that the Company has reasonable expectations that it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Therefore, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the Annual Report. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- COLT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Colt Group Holdings Limited 1%
- Colt Technology Services Australia Pty Ltd 1%
- Colt Technology Services GmbH 1%
- KVH Telecom Holding SRL 1%
- Colt Technology Services N.V. 1%
- KVH Asia Limited (in Members' Voluntary Liquidation) 1%
- Asia Global Telecom Finance 1%
- Branch of Colt Technology Services GmbH (Bulgaria)
- Colt Technology Services GmbH - Branch Bulgaria
- Colt Technology Services Limited 1%
- Colt Technology Services (Dalian) Co., Ltd
- Branch of Colt Technology Services GmbH - Branch Zagreb (Croatia)
- Colt Technology Services GmbH - sdružovatel na Colte Technology Services GmbH - Branch Zagreb (Chorvatsko) - společník sdružovatelů - Česká republika
- Colt Technology Services A/S
- Colt Technology Services Oy
- Colt Technology Services 1%
- Colt DCS Developments France SAS
- Colt Data Centre Services France
- Colt Technology Services GmbH 1%
- Colt Data Centre Services Germany GmbH
- Colt Lux Group Holding S.à r.l. 1%
- Colt Lux MP S.à r.l. 1%
- MarketPrizm Group S.à r.l. 1%
- Colt Technology Services Limited 1%
- Colt Data Centre Services Hong Kong Limited
- Branch of Colt Technology Services GmbH (Hungary)
- Colt Technology Services India Private Limited
- Colt Network Services India Private Limited
- Colt DCS India LLP
- Colt Technology Services Limited 1%
- Colt Data Centre Services UK Limited (dba Colt Data Centre Services Ireland)
- Colt Technology Services S.p.A. 1%
- Colt Technology Services Co., Ltd. 1%
- MarketPrizm Japan Co., Ltd. 1%
- Colt Data Centre Services Japan G.K.
- Colt Technology Services Korea Limited
- Colt Technology Services B.V. 1%
- Colt Technology Services Netherlands B.V. 1%
- Colt Technology Services AS
- Colt Technology Services GmbH (spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością) Oddział w Polsce
- Colt Technology Services Unipessoal Lda
- Colt Technology Services RO S.R.L.
- Colt Technology Services Pte. Ltd.
- Colt Technology Services Singapore Pte Ltd
- Branch of Colt Technology Services GmbH Slovakia
- Group Lumen South Africa (PTY) Ltd
- Lumen Technologies Iberia SA
- Lumen Technologies Estonia OÜ
- Lumen Technologies Finland Oy
- Lumen Technologies France SAS
- Lumen Technologies Germany GmbH
- Qwest Germany GmbH
- Lumen Technologies NL BV, Greek branch
- Lumen Technologies Hungary távközlési
- CenturyLink Communications Iceland ehf
- Lumen Technologies EMEA Ireland Limited
- CenturyLink Communications PEC Services Europe Limited
- Lumen Technologies PEC Services Ireland Limited
- Lumen Technologies Israel Ltd
- Colt Data Centre Services Italy S.r.l
- Lumen Technologies Italia S.r.l
- Colt Data Centre Services Japan Operating G K
- Lumen East Africa Limited
- Colt Data Centre Services Holdings S.a.r.l. LUX 4
- CenturyLink Communications PEC Lux I S.à r.l.
- CenturyLink Communications PEC Lux II S.à r.l.
- CenturyLink Europe B.V.
- Colt Group Holdings Limited
- Level 3 Holdings B.V.
- Lumen Technologies Nl. B.V.
- Qwest Holdings B.V.
- Lumen Technologies Norge A/S
- Lumen Technologies Poland Sp zoo
- CenturyLink Communications Espana S.A.
- Colt Data Centre Services RO S.R.L.
- Lumen Technologies Romania S.R.L.
- Lumen Technologies d.o.o. Beograd-ogranak Beograd
- CenturyLink Communications Slovakia spol S.r.o.
- CenturyLink Communications storitve d.o.o.
- Lumen Technologies Iberia SA
- CenturyLink Communications AB
- Lumen Taksoj Horzon
- Lumen Technologies Europe Limited
- Lumen Technologies UK Limited
- Level 3 Communications Limited
- Camelot Landing, L.L.C
- Colt Assemble GmbH
- Fibernet UK Limited 1%
- Colt Telecom Holdings Limited 1%
- Colt Telecom Finance Switzerland 1%
- Colt Finance Euro 1%
- Colt Netherlands Holding Limited 1%
Significant events
- “On 16 April 2024, the Group entered into an agreement to sell six data centres across key European cities to a data centre provider. Headquartered in the Netherlands. In addition, the Group will divest two data centres in London to a UK-based data centre operator. Refer to Note 17 of the Colt Group’s financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRIFFIN PAIN, Caroline Emma | Secretary | 2018-11-30 | — | — |
| AVERY, John Dalton | Director | 2024-01-01 | Aug 1964 | American |
| COHEN, Timothy Michael | Director | 2025-02-28 | Aug 1969 | American |
| GILDER, Keri Renee | Director | 2020-07-01 | Apr 1974 | American |
| JOHNSON, Abigail | Director | 2018-11-30 | Dec 1961 | American |
| NEFF, Stephen | Director | 2024-01-01 | Feb 1952 | American |
| STREETER, Suzanne Kristina | Director | 2024-01-01 | Jan 1974 | American |
| UHRIG, Jennifer Stonestreet | Director | 2018-11-30 | Mar 1961 | American |
| WILENS, Michael Engber | Director | 2018-11-30 | Aug 1953 | American |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHENGAPEN, Esmee Alicen Devi | Secretary | 2018-09-11 | 2018-11-30 |
| CARR, Gary Stephen | Director | 2018-08-22 | 2018-11-30 |
| DE VAUCLEROY, Jacques | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2023-07-31 |
| EALES, Hugo Martin | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2019-07-30 |
| GALTIERI, Alessandro | Director | 2018-08-22 | 2018-11-30 |
| GRIVNER, Carl James | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2020-06-30 |
| HASLAM, Simon Mark | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2019-06-30 |
| JILLA, Cyrus David | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2019-03-31 |
| LAGARCE, Jeffrey Paul, Mr. | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| MACDONALD, Bradley Lane | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2022-12-23 |
| SPEIRS, Grant Robert Fairlie | Director | 2019-06-30 | 2020-12-31 |
| TILBROOK, Richard Martin | Director | 2018-08-22 | 2018-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 68 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-07-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-31 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2023-07-31 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2023-07-31 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2023-07-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.