Thrift Energy Limited
Registered name: THRIFT ENERGY LIMITED
Part of Thrift Energy Group Limited groupThrift Energy Limited made £20.4m revenue and £3.4m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Thrift Energy Limited’s revenue grew 55% to £20.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3.4m profit and 31 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Gateshead; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gateshead, North East
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £13.2m | £20.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £8.3m | £12.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.9m | £8.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2.4m | £4.6m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2.3m | £4.6m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.7m | £3.4m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.7m | £3.4m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.2m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 29 | 20 | 31 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 13.3% | 16.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 37.1% | 39.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £658k | £660k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £87.4k | £109k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −69% | −76.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲55.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲92.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.4% | ▼31% | ▲55% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £208k | £1.2m | £1.8m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £634k | £1.2m | £2.3m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £207k | £151k | £170k | £74.7k |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £4.5m | £5.1m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £573k | £566k | £1.9m | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1.7m | −£3.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £660k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £109k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −76.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- 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
- ▲55%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲20%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▲55%
- Now 31
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼56%
- Now £74.7k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Thrift Energy Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Thrift Energy Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Green Deal First 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 Mar 2025 (profit £3.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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