Guardian Solar Ltd
Registered name: GUARDIAN SOLAR LTD
Part of Octopus Energy Topco Limited groupGuardian Solar Ltd made £357k revenue and £137k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Guardian Solar Ltd’s revenue grew 25% to £357k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £137k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “production of electricity” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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.
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £281k | £300k | £286k | £357k |
| Cost of sales | £147k | £147k | £146k | £162k |
| Gross profit | £134k | £153k | £140k | £196k |
| Operating profit | £120k | £131k | £109k | £183k |
| Profit before tax | £120k | £131k | £109k | £183k |
| Profit after tax | £89.9k | £98.4k | £82k | £137k |
| Profit (best available) | £89.9k | £98.4k | £82k | £137k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 32% | 32.8% | 28.6% | 38.4% |
| Gross margin | 47.7% | 50.9% | 49% | 54.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £70.2k | £75k | £95.4k | £119k |
| Profit per employee | £22.5k | £24.6k | £27.3k | £45.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.8% | ▼4.6% | ▲24.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲9.4% | ▼16.7% | ▲67.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼25% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £99.9k | £102k | £110k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2m | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £997k |
| Current assets | £640k | £895k | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Debtors | £640k | £553 | £793 | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | — | £13k | £12.3k | £16.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 38.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 54.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £119k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £45.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 278.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 362.2%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲8%
- Now £110k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▲31%
- Now £16.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £997k
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
- Octopus Energy Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Octopus Energy Group Limited75–100%
- Octopus Energy Generation Limited75–100%
- Octopus Energy Generation Fund Management Holdings Limited75–100%
- Octopus Renewables Limited75–100%
- Reip IV Holdings Limited75–100%
- Reip IV Midco Limited50–75%
- Sunstone Bidco Limited75–100%
- Sunlight Technology Limited75–100%
- Guardian Solar Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Anchor Renewables LtdRev. £422k · Profit £206k
- Gaia Power Systems LtdRev. £287k · Profit £98.7k
- Aspect Solar LtdRev. £244k · Profit £97.6k
- Applied Solar LtdRev. £215k · Profit £83.6k
- Astral Solar LtdRev. £214k · Profit £85.9k
- White Rose Solar LtdRev. £202k · Profit £134k
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 2025 (profit £137k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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