Switch2 Energy Limited
Registered name: SWITCH2 ENERGY LIMITED
Switch2 Energy Limited made £32m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Switch2 Energy Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £32m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1.5m profit and 210 employees. The company is classified under “plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation” and is based in Shipley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Shipley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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: “Switch2 Energy Limited is owned by a family trust of Mr T Scott, which is considered to be the ultimate controlling party. The Company's ultimate parent undertaking is Apricus Limited (Jersey).”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.8m | £26.4m | £28.3m | £32m |
| Cost of sales | £16.1m | £14.5m | £13.5m | £15.6m |
| Gross profit | £11.6m | £11.9m | £14.8m | £16.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | −£392k | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | −£384k | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | −£236k | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | −£236k | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £8m | £9m | £9.6m | £10.9m |
| Employees (average) | 170 | 196 | 204 | 210 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.4% | −0.9% | 4.6% | 4.8% |
| Gross margin | 41.9% | 45.1% | 52.2% | 51.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £163k | £135k | £139k | £152k |
| Profit per employee | £7.3k | −£1.2k | £6.4k | £7.3k |
| Cash conversion | −23.4% | — | 180.3% | 176.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.9% | ▲7.2% | ▲13% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼119.1% | — | ▲16.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.3% | ▲4.1% | ▲2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £1.7m | £2.8m | £4m |
| Net assets | £9.8m | £9.6m | £10.9m | £12.4m |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £4.5m | £4.7m | £4.7m |
| Current assets | £13.3m | £13.2m | £13.5m | £15.9m |
| Debtors | £5.2m | £5.2m | £5.5m | £7.7m |
| Deferred income | £2.4m | £2m | £2.6m | £3.9m |
| Cash from operations | −£297k | −£944k | £3.1m | £3.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £152k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 176.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 12.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.1%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £12.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲43%
- Now £4m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 210
- Deferred income
- ▲54%
- Now £3.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £4.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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