Count Energy Distribution Limited
Registered name: COUNT ENERGY DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
Part of Count Energy Distribution B.V. groupCount Energy Distribution Limited made £100m revenue and £90.9k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Count Energy Distribution Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £100m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £90.9k profit and 26 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of chemical products” and is based in Loughton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Loughton, London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £52.2m | £82.2m | £100m |
| Cost of sales | £50m | £79.1m | £98m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £3.1m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £663k | £1.1m | £114k |
| Profit after tax | £573k | £798k | £90.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £573k | £798k | £90.9k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 22 | 26 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 1% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 4.1% | 3.8% | 2.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.7m | £3.7m | £3.9m |
| Profit per employee | £30.2k | £36.3k | £3.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲57.5% | ▲22.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲39.2% | ▼88.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.8% | ▲18.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £760k | £790k | £755k |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £6m | £6.1m |
| Fixed assets | £580k | £455k | £293k |
| Current assets | £10.9m | £19.9m | £38.9m |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £9.6m | £10m |
| Cash from operations | −£184k | £3.8m | −£6.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £3.9m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £6.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼4%
- Now £755k
- Headcount
- ▲18%
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼36%
- Now £293k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Count Energy Distribution B.V. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Count Energy Distribution 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 £90.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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