Ruby Gas Ltd
Registered name: RUBY GAS LTD
Part of East Pines Holdings Ltd groupRuby Gas Ltd made £19.3m revenue and a £127k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Ruby Gas Ltd’s revenue fell 24% to £19.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £127k and 157 employees. The company is classified under “trade of gas through mains” and is based in Fleetwood; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Fleetwood, North West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 immediate parent company is”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £25.3m | £19.3m |
| Cost of sales | £8.8m | £13m | £16.4m | £12.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £8.9m | £7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£4.5m | £393k |
| Profit before tax | £623k | £9.3m | −£4.8m | £144k |
| Profit after tax | £457k | £7.1m | −£6.7m | −£127k |
| Profit (best available) | £457k | £7.1m | −£6.7m | −£127k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 143 | 112 | 145 | 157 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −26.4% | −0.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 35.1% | 36.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £175k | £123k |
| Profit per employee | £3.2k | £63k | −£46.2k | −£811 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼23.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1446% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼21.7% | — | ▲8.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £2.7m | £800k | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £6.8m | £13.9m | £175k | £47.7k |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £26.3m | £27.6m | £28.1m | £28.6m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £1.7m | £921k | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £1.2m | £742k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £123k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£811
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- 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
- ▼73%
- Now £47.7k
- Cash at bank
- ▲140%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 157
- Deferred income
- ▼40%
- Now £742k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £1.3m
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
- East Pines Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- East Pines Energy Investments Limited75–100%
- Ruby Energy Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Ruby Gas Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Ruby Electricity LtdRev. £91.4m · Profit £7.5m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£127k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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