Buchan Biogas Ltd
Registered name: BUCHAN BIOGAS LTD
Part of Generate UK Investment Holdings Limited groupBuchan Biogas Ltd made £0 revenue and a £3.6m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Buchan Biogas Ltd’s revenue was £0 in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £3.6m. The company is classified under “construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications” and is based in Peterhead; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterhead, Scotland
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 May 2021 | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £162k | £589k | — | — | £0 |
| Cost of sales | £977k | £1.5m | — | — | −£1.1m |
| Gross profit | −£814k | −£953k | — | — | −£1.1m |
| Operating profit | −£3.1m | −£9.4m | — | — | −£2.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£6.3m | −£12.9m | — | — | −£3.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£6m | −£12.9m | — | — | −£3.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£6m | −£12.9m | — | — | −£3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −3677% | −2191% | — | — | — |
| Gross margin | −501.7% | −161.9% | — | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £54.1k | £147k | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£2m | −£3.2m | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲262.6% | — | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | 0% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £10.4k | £115k | £3m | £1.2m | — |
| Net assets | −£22.6m | −£35.5m | −£1.6m | £127k | — |
| Fixed assets | £12m | £4.1m | £6.5m | £9.9m | — |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £1m | £3.5m | £2.6m | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £18.3k | £0 | £4.6k | — |
| Cash from operations | £1.7m | £97.7k | — | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
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- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
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- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- 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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- Now —
- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Generate UK Investment Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Generate UK Ad Holdings Limited75–100%
- Generate UK Ad I Limited75–100%
- Buchan Biogas Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Avg Imperial LtdFigures not disclosed
- Biopower (Hartlepool) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fernbrook Bio LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Material Change Renewable Energy 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 2024 (profit −£3.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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