Ellgia Limited
Registered name: ELLGIA LIMITED
Part of Icon Sterling Infra Holdings Limited groupEllgia Limited made £18.3m revenue and £165k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Ellgia Limited’s revenue was £18.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £165k profit and 156 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of waste and scrap” and is based in Ely; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ely, East of England
- Age
- 61 yrs · since 1965
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.5m | £28.3m | £32m | £18.3m |
| Cost of sales | £22.3m | £22m | £24.1m | £15.2m |
| Gross profit | £7.2m | £6.2m | £7.9m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £2.8m | £1.2m | £2.4m | £75.5k |
| Profit before tax | £2.8m | £1.1m | £2.1m | £88.8k |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £165k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £165k |
| Staff costs | £5.9m | £6.3m | £6.7m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 143 | 146 | 153 | 156 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.3% | 4.7% | 4.6% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 24.5% | 22.1% | 24.7% | 16.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £206k | £194k | £209k | £117k |
| Profit per employee | £15.1k | £9k | £9.5k | £1.1k |
| Cash conversion | −192.4% | −207% | −401.1% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.1% | ▲13.3% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼39.1% | ▲10.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.1% | ▲4.8% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £767k | £729k | £569k | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £12.1m | £13.4m | £10.7m | £18m |
| Fixed assets | £8m | £8.9m | £10.4m | £17.3m |
| Current assets | £11.6m | £11.7m | £8m | £9m |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £4.2m | £4.7m | £5.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£5.4m | −£2.5m | −£9.5m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £117k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 94.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 28%
- 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 £18m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 156
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £17.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Icon Sterling Infra Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cirqlr Group Limited75–100%
- Cirqlr Group Finco Limited75–100%
- Cirqlr East Limited75–100%
- Ellgia Holdings Limited75–100%
- Ellgia Recycling Ltd75–100%
- Ellgia Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £165k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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