Swire Renewable Energy Limited
Registered name: SWIRE RENEWABLE ENERGY LIMITED
Part of John Swire & Sons Limited groupSwire Renewable Energy Limited made £10.2m revenue and £12.9k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Swire Renewable Energy Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £10.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £12.9k profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electric motors, generators and transformers” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.8m | £10.9m | £10.2m |
| Cost of sales | £11.6m | £8.8m | £7.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.2m | £2.1m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £676k | £556k | £512k |
| Profit before tax | £675k | £485k | £36.8k |
| Profit after tax | £546k | £376k | £12.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £546k | £376k | £12.9k |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 49 | 69 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.3% | 3.5% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 9.5% | 19.1% | 27.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £400k | £222k | £148k |
| Profit per employee | £17.1k | £7.7k | £187 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15% | ▼6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼31.2% | ▼96.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲53.1% | ▲40.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £139k | £789k | £990k |
| Net assets | £766k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £186k | £209k | £90.9k |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £3.5m | £6.4m |
| Debtors | £566k | £2.5m | £3.7m |
| Deferred income | £63k | £151k | £374k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £148k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £187
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 36.3%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲26%
- Now £990k
- Headcount
- ▲41%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- ▲148%
- Now £374k
- Fixed assets
- ▼56%
- Now £90.9k
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
- John Swire & Sons Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Swire Renewable Energy Holdings Limited75–100%
- Swire Renewable Energy Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Sre Blades UK LimitedFigures 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 31 Dec 2024 (profit £12.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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