{"name":"G. COLLINS & SONS LIMITED","company_number":"03651851","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1998-10-19","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"First Floor 1 Des Roches Square, Witan Way, Witney, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, OX28 4BE","postcode":"OX28 4BE","sic_codes":[{"code":82990,"description":"Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified"}],"principal_activity":"The principal activity of the company continued to be that of retail jewellers.","previous_names":[{"name":"DRAWLANE LIMITED","changed_on":"1998-12-08"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 March","last_made_up_to":"2025-03-31","next_due":"2026-12-31"},"employees":{"count":39,"accounts_date":"2025-03-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-03-31","profit_loss":3095482,"net_assets":17108232,"cash":2893945,"average_employees":39},{"financial_date":"2024-03-31","profit_loss":3909199,"net_assets":17012750,"cash":3873313,"average_employees":38},{"financial_date":"2023-03-31","net_assets":17103551,"cash":4216226},{"financial_date":"2022-03-31","net_assets":16136334,"cash":6900635},{"financial_date":"2021-03-31","turnover":15810488,"net_assets":12217830,"cash":3963921}],"officers":{"current":3,"resigned":3,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":0,"outstanding":0},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"G. Collins & Sons is a financially robust, family-owned regional jeweller operating well above typical independent sector benchmarks in terms of revenue (£27.2m), margins (15.5% operating), and balance sheet strength (net assets £17.1m, current ratio 5.68x). However, FY25 revealed margin compression – gross margin declined ~2pp and operating profit fell 20% despite 6% revenue growth, driven by a 23% increase in administrative expenses likely linked to strategic renovation investment. The company's fortress balance sheet and premium market positioning provide significant resilience, but restoring margin progression will be critical to sustaining its above-sector returns in an environment of continued cost inflation and precious metal price volatility.","website":"http://www.gcollinsandsons.co.uk","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/g-collins-sons","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/g-collins-sons/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/g-collins-sons/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03651851","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/g-collins-sons/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/g-collins-sons/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/g-collins-sons/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/g-collins-sons/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/g-collins-sons"}