Craggs Energy Limited
Registered name: CRAGGS ENERGY LIMITED
Part of Craggs Holdings Limited groupCraggs Energy Limited made £75m revenue and a £723k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Craggs Energy Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £75m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £723k and 65 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores” and is based in Hebden Bridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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) | £45.5m | £52.8m | £69.1m | £75m |
| Cost of sales | £41.8m | £49m | £65m | £70.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £3.8m | £4.1m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £767k | −£145k | −£585k |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £1.1m | −£930k | −£967k |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £1m | −£939k | −£723k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £1m | −£939k | −£723k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.8m | £2.5m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 47 | 61 | 65 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5% | 1.9% | −1.4% | −1% |
| Gross margin | 8.2% | 7.2% | 6% | 5.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | £54.6k | £21.4k | −£15.4k | −£11.1k |
| Cash conversion | −105% | 74.6% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.9% | ▲31.1% | ▲8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼56.1% | ▼193.3% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.9% | ▲29.8% | ▲6.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £113k | £37 | £37 | £356k |
| Net assets | £3.8m | £3.8m | £2.3m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £4.2m | £5.7m | £4m | £4.8m |
| Current assets | £6.6m | £11.2m | £7.3m | £8.5m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £7.3m | £4.2m | £4.6m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.4m | £572k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£11.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- 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
- ▼38%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲961176%
- Now £356k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 65
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £4.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Craggs Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Craggs Energy Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Craggs Services 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 2025 (profit −£723k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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