Valda Energy Limited
Registered name: VALDA ENERGY LIMITED
Part of Valda Energy Group Limited groupValda Energy Limited made £149m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Valda Energy Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £149m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £2.7m profit and 135 employees. The company is classified under “trade of electricity” and is based in Bicester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bicester, South East
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 company is controlled by”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £76.6m | £108m | £141m | £149m |
| Cost of sales | £62.5m | £89.6m | £121m | £129m |
| Gross profit | £14.1m | £18.5m | £19.8m | £20.5m |
| Operating profit | £4.1m | £4.5m | £1.5m | £3.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3.9m | £4.3m | £1.5m | £3.6m |
| Profit after tax | £3m | £3.4m | £1.1m | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £3m | £3.4m | £1.1m | £2.7m |
| Staff costs | £4.2m | £5.7m | £7.6m | £7.4m |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 102 | 136 | 135 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.9% | 3.1% | 0.8% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 18.4% | 17.1% | 14% | 13.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £995k | £1.1m | £1m | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | £39k | £33.3k | £8.2k | £19.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲41.1% | ▲30.3% | ▲5.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲13% | ▼67.3% | ▲141.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲32.5% | ▲33.3% | ▼0.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.5m | £4.9m | £12.3m | £13.9m |
| Net assets | −£920k | £2.5m | −£1.5m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £197k | £313k | £268k | £194k |
| Current assets | £23.5m | £32.1m | £40.2m | £52.5m |
| Debtors | £8.6m | £13m | £15.3m | £20.2m |
| Deferred income | £10.2m | £12.4m | £24.5m | £33.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 22.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- 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 £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲12%
- Now £13.9m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 135
- Deferred income
- ▲35%
- Now £33.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼28%
- Now £194k
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
- Valda Energy Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Valda Energy Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Coniston Energy 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 2026 (profit £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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