STL Energy Limited
Registered name: STL ENERGY LIMITED
STL Energy Limited made £11.4m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
STL Energy Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £11.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2m profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Hereford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hereford, West Midlands
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £12.4m | £11.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £2.5m | £2.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £10m | £9.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £5.2m | £4.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £4m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £3m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £3m | £2m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £673k | £640k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 12 | 14 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 24.3% | 17.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 80.1% | 79.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £889k | £762k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £216k | £133k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −35.8% | −65.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼8.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼33.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | ▲16.7% | ▲7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £598k | £90.6k | £81.4k | £905 |
| Net assets | £10.4m | £12.1m | £15.2m | £17.2m |
| Fixed assets | £27.1m | £35m | £36.7m | £44.4m |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £4.4m | £9.1m | £11.9m |
| Debtors | £3m | £3.1m | £4.7m | £4.6m |
| Deferred income | £10.8k | £155k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1.9m | −£2.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 79.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £762k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £133k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −65.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 388.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 39.9%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £17.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼99%
- Now £905
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲21%
- Now £44.4m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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