Seras Energy Ltd
Registered name: SERAS ENERGY LTD
Part of Pioneer 1 UK Master Holdco Limited groupSeras Energy Ltd made £102m revenue and a £5.7m loss in the year to 29 Feb 2024.
Seras Energy Ltd’s revenue grew 8% to £102m in the year to 29 Feb 2024, with a loss of £5.7m and 293 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Widnes; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Widnes, North 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: “Pioneer Balmoral UK Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £93.7m | £102m |
| Cost of sales | £72m | £86.3m |
| Gross profit | £21.7m | £15.4m |
| Operating profit | £8.7m | £9.2m |
| Profit before tax | £7m | −£3.4m |
| Profit after tax | £8m | −£5.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £8m | −£5.7m |
| Employees (average) | 311 | 293 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | −5.6% |
| Gross margin | 23.2% | 15.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £301k | £347k |
| Profit per employee | £25.7k | −£19.3k |
| Cash conversion | 49.1% | −119.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼170.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £7.6m | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £33.5m | £27.5m |
| Fixed assets | £66.1m | £72.5m |
| Current assets | £31.5m | £26.3m |
| Debtors | £8.3m | £7.3m |
| Deferred income | £1.5m | £0 |
| Cash from operations | £4.3m | −£10.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £347k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£19.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −119.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 71.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- 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
- ▼18%
- Now £27.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼65%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 293
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £72.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pioneer 1 UK Master Holdco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Pioneer Balmoral JV Limited75–100%
- Pioneer Balmoral Topco Limited75–100%
- Pioneer Balmoral Midco Limited75–100%
- Pioneer Balmoral Finance Limited75–100%
- Pioneer Balmoral UK Limited75–100%
- Seras Energy Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Seras Energy Colorado 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 29 Feb 2024 (profit −£5.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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