Amber Energy Solutions Ltd
Registered name: AMBER ENERGY SOLUTIONS LTD
Part of Amber Enterprises Group Ltd groupAmber Energy Solutions Ltd made £11.4m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Amber Energy Solutions Ltd’s revenue grew 20% to £11.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.5m profit and 170 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Bristol; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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: “Amber Enterprises Group Ltd is the immediate parent of the Company. Its registered and trading address is One Central Square, Cardiff, United Kingdom, CF10 1FS. The ultimate controlling parties are Ni”
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 | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £9.5m | £11.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | £2.4m | £2.7m |
| Gross profit | — | £7.1m | £8.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | — | £5.7m | £7m |
| Employees (average) | 118 | 158 | 170 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 13.6% | 13.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 74.7% | 76% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £60.3k | £67.3k |
| Profit per employee | — | £8.2k | £8.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲20.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲17.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.9% | ▲7.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £265k | £851k | £226k |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.4m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £521k | £872k | £801k |
| Current assets | £4m | £4.5m | £6.4m |
| Debtors | £775k | £451k | £293k |
| Deferred income | £56.7k | £130k | £107k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 76%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £67.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- 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
- ▲105%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼73%
- Now £226k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 170
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £107k
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £801k
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
- Amber Enterprises Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Amber Energy Solutions Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Community Utilities LtdLiquidationFigures 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 2024 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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