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Company No. 09743887 · Incorporated 21 Aug 2015

Low Carbon Hub Sandford Hydro Limited

Registered name: LOW CARBON HUB SANDFORD HYDRO LIMITED

Part of The Low Carbon Hub Ips Limited group

Low Carbon Hub Sandford Hydro Limited made £172k revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024. read from filing text

Low Carbon Hub Sandford Hydro Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £172k in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £1.5m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “production of electricity” and is based in Oxford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection D · Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supplySIC 35110Production of electricitySIC 35140Trade of electricity
Status
Active
Location
Oxford, South East
Age
11 yrs · since 2015
Type
Private Limited Company

Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.

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 parent of the largest group in which these financial statements are consolidated is The Low Carbon Hub IPS”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2024

Key figures

Small team
Revenue
£172k
Growth ▼2.2%
Profit
£1.5m
Growth ▲1078%
Profit margin
875.3%
 
Employees
0
Change —
Profit / employee
—
 
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202331 Mar 2024
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£176k£172k
Operating profit−£148k−£139k
Profit before tax£128k£1.5m
Profit after tax£128k£1.5m
Profit (best available)£128k£1.5m
Employees (average)00
Ratios
Profit margin72.7%875.3%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼2.2%
Profit growth—▲1078%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£106k£48k
Net assets−£563k£945k
Fixed assets£3m£2.9m
Current assets£181k£55.2k
Debtors£1.2k£0
Deferred income£107k£104k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
875.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
—
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
1699%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
60.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
0%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 £945k
Cash at bank
▼55%
Now £48k
Headcount
—
Now 0
Deferred income
▼3%
Now £104k
Fixed assets
▼3%
Now £2.9m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. The Low Carbon Hub Ips Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Low Carbon Hub Sandford Hydro Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (1)

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 2024 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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