Volta Data Centres Limited
Registered name: VOLTA DATA CENTRES LIMITED
Part of Northburgh Topco Limited groupVolta Data Centres Limited made £12.8m revenue and a £5.5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Volta Data Centres Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £12.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £5.5m and 9 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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. From the filing: “GAData Holdings Limited”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9m | £12.6m | £12.8m |
| Cost of sales | £8m | £7.9m | £7.8m |
| Gross profit | £922k | £4.7m | £5m |
| Profit after tax | −£12m | −£5.5m | −£5.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£12m | −£5.5m | −£5.5m |
| Staff costs | £797k | £995k | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −133.7% | −43.4% | −43% |
| Gross margin | 10.3% | 37.1% | 39.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Profit per employee | −£1.5m | −£606k | −£612k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲40.3% | ▲1.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £2.9m | £8.6m |
| Net assets | −£50.7m | −£30.2m | −£59.6m |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £6.9m | £23.2m |
| Deferred income | £554k | £643k | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | £121k | £1.5m | £4.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −43%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£612k
- 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
- 9.7%
- 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 −£59.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲197%
- Now £8.6m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- ▲93%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Northburgh Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Northburgh Bidco Limited75–100%
- Volta Data Centres Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 −£5.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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