Terra Firma Pipeline Limited
Registered name: TERRA FIRMA PIPELINE LIMITED
Part of L Wells Holdings Limited groupTerra Firma Pipeline Limited made £8.3m revenue and a £1.9m loss in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Terra Firma Pipeline Limited’s revenue fell 76% to £8.3m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with a loss of £1.9m and 30 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Brentwood; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brentwood, East of England
- 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.6m | £26.3m | £34.9m | £8.3m |
| Cost of sales | £14.2m | £21.5m | £30.5m | £7.4m |
| Gross profit | £5.3m | £4.8m | £4.4m | £860k |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | £1m | −£164k | −£2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £799k | −£459k | −£2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £682k | £109k | −£1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £682k | £109k | −£1.9m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.8m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 52 | 49 | 30 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.3% | 2.6% | 0.3% | −23.1% |
| Gross margin | 27.3% | 18.2% | 12.6% | 10.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £399k | £507k | £713k | £275k |
| Profit per employee | £37.2k | £13.1k | £2.2k | −£63.6k |
| Cash conversion | −89.7% | −8.1% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲34.6% | ▲32.6% | ▼76.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼62.6% | ▼84% | ▼1852% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.1% | ▼5.8% | ▼38.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £98.7k | £877k | £327k |
| Net assets | £5.1m | £5.6m | £5.7m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £7.3m | £7.8m | £8m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £4.9m | £5.4m | £3m |
| Debtors | £836k | £258k | £636k | £641k |
| Deferred income | £908k | £568k | £960k | £238k |
| Cash from operations | −£2m | −£85.1k | −£2m | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −23.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £275k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£63.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 31.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- 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
- ▼57%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼63%
- Now £327k
- Headcount
- ▼39%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- ▼75%
- Now £238k
- Fixed assets
- ▼67%
- Now £2.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- L Wells Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Terra Firma Pipeline 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 Oct 2025 (profit −£1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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