Solarframe Direct Limited
Registered name: SOLARFRAME DIRECT LIMITED
Part of Solarframe Holdings Limited groupSolarframe Direct Limited made £14.6m revenue and £521k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Solarframe Direct Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £14.6m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £521k profit and 34 employees. The company is classified under “glazing” and is based in Rotherham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber
- 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: “Solarframe Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £15.2m | £13.9m | £14.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £10.2m | £9.1m | £9.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £5m | £4.8m | £5.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | £93.3k | £238k | £673k |
| Profit after tax | — | £107k | £179k | £521k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £107k | £179k | £521k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 40 | 39 | 34 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 0.7% | 1.3% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 32.7% | 34.3% | 36.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £379k | £356k | £428k |
| Profit per employee | — | £2.7k | £4.6k | £15.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼8.5% | ▲5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲67.3% | ▲191.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.3% | ▼2.5% | ▼12.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £617k | £818k | £507k | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £481k | £436k | £35k | £186k |
| Fixed assets | £967k | £847k | £828k | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.7m | £2.8m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £826k | £699k | £359k |
| Cash from operations | — | £568k | £453k | £1.8m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £428k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- 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
- ▲432%
- Now £186k
- Cash at bank
- ▲189%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲37%
- Now £1.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Solarframe Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Solarframe Direct Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Solarframe LimitedRev. £10.8m · Profit £234k
- QVS LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sol Conservatory Roofs LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Solarsaves Direct LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Yorkshire Garden Studios LimitedRev. — · Profit £48.5k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £521k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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