Swale Heating Limited
Registered name: SWALE HEATING LIMITED
Part of Volt Topco (CP) Limited groupSwale Heating Limited made £347k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2023 (revenue not disclosed).
Swale Heating Limited reported £347k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2023, up 342% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 371 employees. The company is classified under “plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The company was controlled throughout the”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £34.8m | £37.1m |
| Profit before tax | £84.2k | £513k |
| Profit after tax | £78.6k | £347k |
| Profit (best available) | £78.6k | £347k |
| Staff costs | £13.5m | £15m |
| Employees (average) | 359 | 371 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £219 | £936 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▲341.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £3m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £370k | £340k |
| Current assets | £13.4m | £13.7m |
| Debtors | £5.2m | £5.7m |
| Deferred income | £443k | £406k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £936
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲12%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼32%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 371
- Deferred income
- ▼8%
- Now £406k
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £340k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Volt Topco (CP) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Volt Holdco (CP) Limited75–100%
- Volt Midco (CP) Limited75–100%
- Sureserve Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Sureserve Group Limited75–100%
- Sureserve Holdings Limited75–100%
- Sureserve Compliance Holdings Limited75–100%
- Swale Heating Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Swale Heating Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Energy Academy LtdLiquidationRev. — · Profit −£69.5k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2023 (profit £347k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.