Ist Power Limited
Registered name: IST POWER LIMITED
Part of Ist Power Holdings Limited groupIst Power Limited made £18.1m revenue and £3m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Ist Power Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £18.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £3m profit and 104 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electric motors, generators and transformers” and is based in Leicestershire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicestershire, East Midlands
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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.
Key figures
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 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.1m | £16.9m | £18.4m | £18.1m |
| Cost of sales | £9m | £9.9m | £11m | £10.9m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £6.9m | £7.3m | £7.2m |
| Operating profit | £3.1m | £4.1m | £4.2m | £3.7m |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | £4.1m | £4.3m | £3.8m |
| Profit after tax | £2.6m | £3.3m | £3.2m | £3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.6m | £3.3m | £3.2m | £3m |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.7m | £4.1m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 94 | 94 | 98 | 104 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 18.4% | 19.3% | 17.4% | 16.3% |
| Gross margin | 36% | 41.1% | 39.9% | 39.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £150k | £180k | £188k | £174k |
| Profit per employee | £27.6k | £34.7k | £32.6k | £28.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.4% | ▲8.9% | ▼1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲25.7% | ▼2.1% | ▼7.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲4.3% | ▲6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £2.9m | £2.2m | £3.6m |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £7.6m | £8.3m | £9.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £10.3m | £9.6m | £11.3m |
| Debtors | £3m | £3.5m | £4.1m | £3.7m |
| Deferred income | £218k | £291k | £244k | £365k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £174k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £28.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.5%
- 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 £9.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲63%
- Now £3.6m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 104
- Deferred income
- ▲50%
- Now £365k
- Fixed assets
- ▲20%
- Now £1.4m
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
- Ist Power Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ist Power Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Evengold Properties LtdFigures not disclosed
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 2025 (profit £3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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