Local Generation Limited
Registered name: LOCAL GENERATION LIMITED
Local Generation Limited made £12.2m revenue and £234k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Local Generation Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £12.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £234k profit and 25 employees. The company is classified under “production of electricity” and is based in Gainsborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gainsborough, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11m | £11.1m | £10.4m | £12.2m |
| Cost of sales | £5.5m | £7.5m | £6.4m | £6.8m |
| Gross profit | £5.5m | £3.6m | £4m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £776k | −£2m | −£862k | £384k |
| Profit before tax | £762k | −£2m | −£875k | £374k |
| Profit after tax | £494k | −£1.7m | −£694k | £234k |
| Profit (best available) | £494k | −£1.7m | −£694k | £234k |
| Staff costs | £775k | £913k | £969k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 25 | 27 | 25 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | −15.2% | −6.7% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | 50% | 32.7% | 38.7% | 44% |
| Revenue per employee | £524k | £445k | £384k | £487k |
| Profit per employee | £23.5k | −£67.6k | −£25.7k | £9.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.1% | ▼6.9% | ▲17.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼441.9% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲19.1% | ▲8% | ▼7.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £579k | £535k | £141k | £627k |
| Net assets | £7.3m | £5.6m | £4.9m | £5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £11.5m | £10.3m | £9.3m | £8.3m |
| Current assets | £4.8m | £3.7m | £3.3m | £6.4m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £1.9m | £1.7m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £267k | £680k | £322k | £1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £487k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 67.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.3%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲344%
- Now £627k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- ▲296%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £8.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Gvo B-1 Limited 25–50%
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 2025 (profit £234k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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