Ellough Ad Plant Limited
Registered name: ELLOUGH AD PLANT LIMITED
Part of Privilege Holdings Limited groupEllough Ad Plant Limited made £16.8m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Ellough Ad Plant Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £16.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.8m profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of gas” and is based in Ely; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ely, East of England
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “The company is under the control of Privilege Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. The registered office for the company is The Old School, High Street, Streatham, Ely, England”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.3m | £15.2m | £18.8m | £16.8m |
| Cost of sales | £4.6m | £6.3m | £7.7m | £8.3m |
| Gross profit | £5.7m | £8.9m | £11.2m | £8.4m |
| Operating profit | £4.4m | £7.5m | £8.8m | £6.4m |
| Profit before tax | £254k | £3.6m | £5m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £114k | £5.4m | £3.4m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £114k | £5.4m | £3.4m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £325k | £340k | £366k | £417k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 35.7% | 17.9% | 10.7% |
| Gross margin | 55.7% | 58.6% | 59.3% | 50.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £5.2m | £7.6m | £9.4m | £8.4m |
| Profit per employee | £57.1k | £2.7m | £1.7m | £900k |
| Cash conversion | −94.2% | −74.1% | −53.9% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲47.7% | ▲23.5% | ▼10.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4657% | ▼38% | ▼46.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £3.9m | £3.8m | £2.5m |
| Net assets | £4.9m | £8.8m | £12.1m | £13.9m |
| Fixed assets | £46m | £46.2m | £46.7m | £47.9m |
| Current assets | £9.7m | £12.8m | £17.7m | £18.5m |
| Debtors | £955k | £1.3m | £817k | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £422k | £251k | £825k | £468k |
| Cash from operations | −£4.2m | −£5.5m | −£4.7m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £8.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £900k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 286%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.6%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £13.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼35%
- Now £2.5m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▼43%
- Now £468k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £47.9m
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
- Privilege Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Privilege Project Finance Limited75–100%
- Privilege Investments Limited75–100%
- Ellough Ad Plant Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Ad Fuels LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Attleborough Ad Plant LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Biomethane (Castle Eaton) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Brigg Lane Biogas LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Broadley Energy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lower Reule Bidco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Methanum LimitedRev. — · Profit −£101k
- Sheppey Energy 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 31 Dec 2024 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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