Collection agencies
UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.
Company snapshot
What this shows: the size and current activity of this classification, plus recent formations, company age, revenue coverage, and trade participation.
All companies
1147
Active companies
826
Formed in latest 12 months
140
Median active-company age
6.3 years
Revenue known
17
Importers
3
Exporters
0
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,147 |
| Active companies | 826 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 140 |
| Importers | 3 |
| Exporters | 0 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 17 known, 809 unknown (2.1%).
Company formations
What this shows: monthly incorporations and dissolutions from 1 January 2024, including companies of every current status.
Latest ten months shown in the chart
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 10 | 10 |
| 2025-12 | 9 | 6 |
| 2026-01 | 14 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 17 | 10 |
| 2026-03 | 13 | 10 |
| 2026-04 | 9 | 10 |
| 2026-05 | 5 | 13 |
| 2026-06 | 10 | 9 |
| 2026-07 | 17 | 20 |
| 2026-08 | 10 | 6 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values. Companies House Active records with dormant accounts are shown as Dormant; the remaining Companies House Active records are shown as Active. Blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 745 |
| Dissolved | 308 |
| Dormant | 81 |
| Liquidation | 11 |
| In Administration | 2 |
Active companies by UK region
What this shows: active companies with a known ITL2 region. The UK map falls back to a bar chart if map data cannot be loaded.
Top values shown in the chart
| ITL2 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| Inner London - West | 84 |
| Inner London - East | 73 |
| Greater Manchester | 59 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 40 |
| West Midlands | 40 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 35 |
| West Yorkshire | 34 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 31 |
| Essex | 28 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 28 |
Geography coverage: 822 known, 4 unknown (99.5%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
Top values shown in the chart
| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 458 |
| 1m-15m | 73 |
| 15m-54m | 6 |
| 54m+ | 10 |
Revenue-range coverage: 547 known, 279 unknown (66.2%).
Company size and employees
What this shows: active companies by published size category and by reported employee count.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 294 |
| Small | 220 |
| Medium | 4 |
| Large | 15 |
| Holding | 1 |
| Dormant | 81 |
Company-size coverage: 615 known, 211 unknown (74.5%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 143 |
| 1–9 | 333 |
| 10–49 | 19 |
| 50–249 | 7 |
| 250+ | 5 |
Employee coverage: 507 known, 319 unknown (61.4%).
Active-company age
What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.
Top values shown in the chart
| Age band | Companies |
|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 136 |
| 1–3 years | 153 |
| 3–5 years | 73 |
| 5–10 years | 202 |
| 10–20 years | 166 |
| 20+ years | 96 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 826 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
Classification breakdown
What this shows: active companies across the next taxonomy level; direct assignments are labelled separately. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Directly assigned to this segment | 826 |
International trade
What this shows: active-company participation in imports and exports, followed by the ten HS2 categories involving the most distinct companies.
Top values shown in the chart
| Trade participation | Companies |
|---|---|
| Importer only | 3 |
| Neither | 823 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 2 | £693,216,439 | 2022-03-01 – 2023-06-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 2 | £56,404,327 | 2023-06-01 – 2025-12-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
No usable exports category data is available.
Business and digital traits
What this shows: active companies identified with selected ownership, business-model, and online-presence traits.
Values shown in the chart with data coverage
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 42 | 706 | 120 | 85.5% |
| Holding company | 1 | 706 | 120 | 85.5% |
| Solo founder | 430 | 706 | 120 | 85.5% |
| Ecommerce | 0 | 1 | 825 | 0.1% |
| Website | 1 | 1 | 825 | 0.1% |
| 0 | 1 | 825 | 0.1% |
Leading active companies
What this shows: the ten active companies with the highest non-missing revenue, with company number used as the deterministic tie-breaker.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Sigma Connected Ltd | £96,558,652 |
| Eurocollect Ltd | £17,603,820 |
| Pastdue Credit Solutions Limited | £16,898,436 |
| Bw Legal Services Limited | £16,167,839 |
| Uk Search Limited | £15,246,024 |
| Bill Gosling Outsourcing Limited | £9,853,951 |
| Sopra Steria Financial Services Limited | £6,991,000 |
| Controlaccount Ltd | £6,585,429 |
| J.p. Dawkins Limited | £608,436 |
| Searchlight Collections Limited | £191,577 |
Revenue coverage: 17 known, 809 unknown (2.1%).
Related classifications
What this shows: sibling classifications ranked by distinct active companies, excluding the current node. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Other business support | 226,718 |
| Office admin support | 15,191 |
| Exhibition organizers | 7,582 |
| Conference organizers | 6,475 |
| Packaging services | 3,136 |
| Document & office support | 2,129 |
| Call centers | 1,797 |
| Credit bureaus | 93 |
SIC classification
SIC 82911 — Activities of collection agencies
Includes
collection of payments for claims and remittance of payments collected to the clients, such as bill or debt collection services