Elements (Europe) Limited
Registered name: ELEMENTS (EUROPE) LIMITED
Elements (Europe) Limited made £42m revenue and a £29.5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Elements (Europe) Limited’s revenue grew 92% to £42m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £29.5m. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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: “GS Engineering & Construction Corp”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.5m | £21.9m | £42m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£65m |
| Gross profit | — | — | −£23m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£29m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£29.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.6m | −£5.7m | −£29.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.6m | −£5.7m | −£29.5m |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £1.4m | — |
| Employees (average) | 124 | 135 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −10.4% | −26% | −70.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | −54.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £125k | £162k | — |
| Profit per employee | −£13k | −£42.3k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲41.8% | ▲91.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.9% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £6.3m | £1.5m | — |
| Net assets | £17.7m | £12m | — |
| Current assets | £17.1m | £15.5m | — |
| Debtors | £57.3k | £2.1m | — |
| Cash from operations | −£4.2m | −£3.4m | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −70.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −54.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit −£29.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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