Northern Energy Oil Limited
Registered name: NORTHERN ENERGY OIL LIMITED
Part of NWF Group PLC groupNorthern Energy Oil Limited made £35.1m revenue and a £25.7k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2024.
Northern Energy Oil Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £35.1m in the year to 31 Aug 2024, with a loss of £25.7k and 46 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals” and is based in Cheshire; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheshire
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.4m | £36.6m | £35.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£22.8m | −£32.1m | −£30.7m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £4.4m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | £832k | £322k | £234k |
| Profit before tax | £866k | £310k | £117k |
| Profit after tax | £688k | £261k | −£25.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £688k | £261k | −£25.7k |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 42 | 46 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 0.7% | −0.1% |
| Gross margin | 13.5% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £714k | £871k | £764k |
| Profit per employee | £18.6k | £6.2k | −£559 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲38.5% | ▼3.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼62% | ▼109.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.5% | ▲9.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £764k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£559
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- NWF Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- NWF Fuels Holdings Limited75–100%
- NWF Fuels Limited75–100%
- Northern Energy Oil Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (13)
- Noel Booth & Sons LimitedRev. £20.8m · Profit £256k
- Broadland Fuels LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Browns of Burwell Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Caldo Fuel Oil LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Consols Oils LimitedFigures not disclosed
- David Hermon Hodge Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Harrison Oils LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Midland Fuel Oil Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pinnock Brothers (Thatcham & Kintbury) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ron Darch & Sons Co LtdFigures not disclosed
- Staffordshire Fuels LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Swan Petroleum LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sweetfuels LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2024 (profit −£25.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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