Evolution Water Services Ltd.
Registered name: EVOLUTION WATER SERVICES LTD.
Part of Tic Midco Limited groupEvolution Water Services Ltd. made £8.8m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Evolution Water Services Ltd.’s revenue was £8.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.6m profit. The company is classified under “water collection, treatment and supply” and is based in Buckinghamshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Buckinghamshire, South East
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £8.8m | £8.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£4.3m | −£4.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.5m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 84 | 84 | 94 | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 19.9% | 18.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 50.9% | 48.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £94.1k | — |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £18.7k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼7.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲11.9% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.1m | £924k | £1.2m | — |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £3.8m | £4.2m | — |
| Fixed assets | £306k | £332k | £430k | — |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £4.8m | £4.9m | — |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.5m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Tic Midco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Tic Pledgeco Limited75–100%
- Tic Bidco Limited75–100%
- Puma Topco Limited75–100%
- Puma Bidco Limited75–100%
- Phenna Group Topco Limited75–100%
- Phenna Group Midco 1 Limited75–100%
- Phenna Group Midco 2 Limited75–100%
- Phenna Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Ews Bidco Limited75–100%
- Evolution Water Services Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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