Warrens Emerald Biogas Ltd
Registered name: WARRENS EMERALD BIOGAS LTD
Part of Pace Topco Limited groupWarrens Emerald Biogas Ltd made £18.1m revenue and a £484k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Warrens Emerald Biogas Ltd’s revenue fell 1% to £18.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £484k and 5 employees. The company is classified under “growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds” and is based in Buntingford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Buntingford, East of England
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “The”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.8m | £19.8m | £18.3m | £18.1m |
| Cost of sales | £7.1m | £11.3m | £14.3m | £11.6m |
| Gross profit | £8.7m | £8.5m | £4.1m | £6.4m |
| Operating profit | £5.9m | £5.8m | £857k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £4.7m | £4.6m | −£413k | £172k |
| Profit after tax | £4.3m | £4m | £430k | −£484k |
| Profit (best available) | £4.3m | £4m | £430k | −£484k |
| Staff costs | £1m | £799k | £961k | £249k |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 20 | 20 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 27.4% | 20.2% | 2.3% | −2.7% |
| Gross margin | 55.3% | 43% | 22.1% | 35.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £833k | £991k | £916k | £3.6m |
| Profit per employee | £228k | £200k | £21.5k | −£96.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.2% | ▼7.5% | ▼1.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8% | ▼89.2% | ▼212.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.3% | 0% | ▼75% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £979k | £3.9m | £1.4m | £518k |
| Net assets | £6.6m | £8.9m | £7.8m | £6.1m |
| Fixed assets | £15.3m | £16.2m | £16.7m | £15.4m |
| Current assets | £6.6m | £10.8m | £7.7m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £57.3k | £58.5k | £31.9k | £215k |
| Deferred income | £782k | £708k | £634k | £560k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £3.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£96.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 85.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- 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
- ▼22%
- Now £6.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼64%
- Now £518k
- Headcount
- ▼75%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- ▼12%
- Now £560k
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £15.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pace Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Pace Bidco Limited75–100%
- Equitix Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Equitix Capital Eurobond 5A Limited75–100%
- Equitix Infrastructure 5A Limited75–100%
- Equitix Ad Co Limited75–100%
- Bio Capital Ltd75–100%
- Bio Capital Holdings Limited75–100%
- Bio Capital Finance Limited75–100%
- Emerald Holdco Limited75–100%
- Warrens Emerald Biogas Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- High Hedley Biogas LimitedRev. — · Profit −£617k
- Warrens Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 −£484k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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