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Company No. 07756008 · Incorporated 30 Aug 2011

Boston Energy Limited

Registered name: BOSTON ENERGY LIMITED

Part of Lloyds Banking Group PLC group

Boston Energy Limited made £44.3m revenue and £6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Boston Energy Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £44.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £6m profit and 269 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Hessle; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Hessle, 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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£44.3m
Growth ▼1.9%
Profit
£6m
Growth ▲13.6%
Profit margin
13.5%
Gross 29.5%
Employees
269
Change ▲3.9%
Profit / employee
£22.2k
Revenue/employee £165k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureProfit onlyFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)—£33.2m£45.2m£44.3m
Cost of sales—£25.6m£32.7m£31.3m
Gross profit—£7.5m£12.5m£13.1m
Operating profit—£5.2m£7.4m£8.1m
Profit before tax—£5.2m£7m£8m
Profit after tax£2m£3.7m£5.3m£6m
Profit (best available)£2m£3.7m£5.3m£6m
Staff costs—£17.1m£29.9m£28.7m
Employees (average)220349259269
Ratios
Profit margin—11.2%11.7%13.5%
Gross margin—22.7%27.6%29.5%
Revenue per employee—£95.1k£174k£165k
Profit per employee£9.2k£10.7k£20.3k£22.2k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth——▲36.2%▼1.9%
Profit growth—▲84.7%▲41.6%▲13.6%
Headcount growth—▲58.6%▼25.8%▲3.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.8m£2.7m£6.7m£5.9m
Net assets£6.2m£7.6m£12.9m£6.1m
Fixed assets£171k£485k£689k£679k
Current assets£8.9m£16.9m£21.9m£25.9m
Debtors£4.6m£8.3m£8.1m£11.7m
Deferred income£523k£1m£2.8m£1.4m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data May 2024FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
13.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
29.5%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£165k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£22.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
1.5%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
3.2%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
26.4%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼53%
Now £6.1m
Cash at bank
▼11%
Now £5.9m
Headcount
▲4%
Now 269
Deferred income
▼51%
Now £1.4m
Fixed assets
▼1%
Now £679k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Lloyds Banking Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
  2. LBG Equity Investments Limited75–100%
  3. Lloyds Development Capital (Holdings) Limited75–100%
  4. LDC (General Partner) Limited75–100%
  5. LDC GP LLP50–75%
  6. Wind Bidco Limited75–100%
  7. Boston Energy 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 2025 (profit £6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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