North Sea Well Engineering Limited
Registered name: NORTH SEA WELL ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of Elemental Squared Limited groupNorth Sea Well Engineering Limited made £8.9m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
North Sea Well Engineering Limited’s revenue was £8.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £1.4m profit. The company is classified under “engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities” and is based in Westhill; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Westhill, Scotland
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £8.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£5.7m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.3m | £2m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | — | 10 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | 15.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 35.7% |
| Profit per employee | — | £163k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | ▼11.9% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £6.1m | £6.7m | — |
| Net assets | £8.9m | £10.5m | — |
| Fixed assets | £6.8k | £31.2k | — |
| Current assets | £10.1m | £11.8m | — |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.2m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Group structure
Ownership chain
- Elemental Squared Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Elemental Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Elemental Energies Group Limited75–100%
- Elemental Energies Holdings Limited75–100%
- North Sea Well Engineering Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Elemental Edge LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Elemental Energies Resourcing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Senergy Oil & Gas LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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