COLLINS RIVER ENTERPRISES LIMITED

Active
Company number 03713645Private limited companyIncorporated 1999

Key figures

£18,375,151+19.5%
Net assets 2025
+19.5%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
05 m10 m15 m20 m20242025

† COLLINS RIVER ENTERPRISES LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 50300

Where the company stands among the 334 active companies whose first SIC code is 50300 (Inland passenger water transport).

Net assets£18,375,151
Higher than 97% · median £35,600
Total assets£106,186,751
Higher than 99% · median £129,801
Cash£19,311,220
Higher than 99% · median £37,264
Employees485
Higher than 99% · median 2
Company age27.7 years
Older than 73% · median 19.5 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. THE MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR COMPANY LIMITED£115.2m
  2. LARNE HARBOUR LIMITED£41.2m
  3. COLLINS RIVER ENTERPRISES LIMITED£18.4m
  4. WOODS RIVER CRUISES LIMITED£16.8m
  5. WINDERMERE LAKE CRUISES LIMITED£12m
  6. CRAFT LEISURE LIMITED£7.3m
  7. HOBBS OF HENLEY LIMITED£6m
  8. BLACK PRINCE HOLIDAYS LIMITED£5.5m
  9. THE DARTMOUTH-KINGSWEAR FLOATING BRIDGE COMPANY LIMITED£4.9m
  10. CAPITAL PLEASURE BOATS LIMITED£4.9m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 334. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: COLLINS RIVER ENTERPRISES LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

COLLINS RIVER ENTERPRISES LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 03713645. It was incorporated on 15 Feb 1999. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (E14). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is inland passenger water transport (50300).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £54,071,253. Profit for the year was £2,994,510. Net assets were £18,375,151, up 19.5% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £19,311,220. Total assets were £106,186,751 and total liabilities £86,363,203. The company had an average of 485 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 334 active companies whose first SIC code is 50300: By net assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £35,600). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £129,801). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £37,264). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 2). It is older than 73% of them (median age 19.5 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED since 2021. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £23.1k. It is recorded as the recipient of 4 central government grants worth £2.7m, mainly from Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly rubber, furniture and lighting, stone, plaster and cement articles. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 15% lower than for men.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 1 of 25 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 9 Mar 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover47,070,39654,071,253
Profit for the year6,736,3392,994,510
Cash at bank and in hand7,452,62819,311,220
Total assets80,947,160106,186,751
Total liabilities65,566,51986,363,203
Net assets / total equity15,380,64118,375,151
Average number of employees480485

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

2 contracts

COLLINS RIVER ENTERPRISES LIMITED is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED since 2021. Their combined published value is £23.1k.

Contracts
  1. CS21624 - Private Charter, Breakfast, Lunch & Afternoon TeaUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £9,224
  2. CS21623 - Chartered Agreement - Vessel HireUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £13,845

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

4 grants

COLLINS RIVER ENTERPRISES LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 4 central government grants since 2021, together worth £2.7m.

Funders
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
3 grants · £2.6m
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 grant · £107.9k
Grants
  1. Zero-emission Electric Freight Vessel & Charging InfrastructureDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £1,970,933 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme
  2. Zero Emission Cross River FerryDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £214,862 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme
  3. Zero Emission Cross River FerryDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £400,540 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme
  4. CLIPPER 2.0: ECONOMICAL AND TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF DECARBONISATION HIGH-SPEED PUBLIC WATER TRANSPORT ON THE RIVER THAMESDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £107,887 · UKRI - Innovate - Scheme 21/22

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 15% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 21% lower
Median bonus pay
women 40% lower
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter39% womenLower middle35% womenUpper middle28% womenUpper pay quarter21% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 6.1% lower
women 11.2% lower
2023/24
women 15% lower
women 15% lower
2022/23
women 23.1% lower
women 23.4% lower
2021/22
women 48.5% lower
women 54% lower
2020/21
women 2.8% lower
women 15.6% lower
2019/20
women 20.9% lower
women 20.2% lower
2018/19
women 22.1% lower
women 15.1% lower
2017/18
women 23.7% lower
women 16.9% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Route
Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 5 of the last 12 months on record, most recently July 2026. Main goods: rubber, furniture and lighting, stone, plaster and cement articles, aluminium and machinery.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

6 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £54.1m, net assets £18.4m, 485 employees
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £47.1m, net assets £15.4m, 480 employees
  3. Tc Uk Bidco Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Ansco Transport Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Ansco Transport Limited registered as a person with significant control
  6. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.