How many employees does Motive Fuels Limited have?

Motive Fuels Limited reported an average of 4 employees in the year to 31 Dec 2024.

Company No. 13290733 · Incorporated 25 Mar 2021

Motive Fuels Limited

Q: Is Motive Fuels Limited profitable?

No — Motive Fuels Limited reported a loss of £1.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024.

Registered name: MOTIVE FUELS LIMITED

Motive Fuels Limited made a £1.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024 (revenue not disclosed).

Motive Fuels Limited reported a loss of £1.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 4 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores” and is based in Oxford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Profit onlySection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 47300Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores

Status: Active
Location: Oxford, South East
Age: 5 yrs · since 2021
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: “Hygen Production Limited”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2024

Key figures

Small team

Revenue

—

Not disclosed in filing

Profit

−£1.3m

Growth —

Profit margin

—

Employees

Change —

Profit / employee

−£313k

Profitable streak

0yrs

Consecutive profitable years in our data

This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.

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

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to	30 Apr 2022	30 Apr 2023	30 Apr 2024	31 Dec 2024
Disclosure	No profit & loss	No profit & loss	Profit only	Profit only
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)	—	—	—	—
Profit after tax	—	—	−£3.5m	−£1.3m
Profit (best available)	—	—	−£3.5m	−£1.3m
Employees (average)	21	27	0	4
Ratios
Profit margin	—	—	—	—
Profit per employee	—	—	—	−£313k
Growth (year on year)
Headcount growth	—	—	▼100%	—
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank	£6.9m	£2.3m	£1.3m	£78.5k
Net assets	£4.7m	£437k	£3m	£398k
Fixed assets	£1.1m	£1.4m	£3m	£1.7m
Current assets	£7.9m	£4m	£1.6m	£2.7m
Debtors	£189k	£183k	£140k	£208
Deferred income	—	—	£85.5k	£226k
Source	FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024	FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024	FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024	FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025

Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin: —; Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin: —; Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee: —; Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee: −£313k; Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion: —; Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue: —; Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue: —; Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue: —; 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 £398k
Cash at bank: —; Now £78.5k
Headcount: —; Now 4
Deferred income: —; Now £226k
Fixed assets: —; Now £1.7m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

Hydrab Power Limitedultimate parent50–75%
Hygen Energy Holdings Limited75–100%
Hygen Production Limited75–100%
Motive Fuels Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (7)

Bardon Hill Low Carbon Hydrogen LimitedFigures not disclosed
Didcot Low Carbon Hydrogen LimitedFigures not disclosed
Harper Lane Low Carbon Hydrogen LimitedFigures not disclosed
Hygen Ballymena LimitedFigures not disclosed
Hyport Low Carbon Hydrogen LimitedFigures not disclosed
Lowestoft Hydrogen LimitedFigures not disclosed
Rayleigh Low Carbon Hydrogen LimitedFigures not disclosed

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.