Old Rides Solar Ltd
Registered name: OLD RIDES SOLAR LTD
Part of Bri Uk Finance Limited groupOld Rides Solar Ltd made £1.4m revenue and £329k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Old Rides Solar Ltd’s revenue fell 25% to £1.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £329k profit. The company is classified under “production of electricity” and is based in Faversham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Faversham, South East
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2m | £1.9m | £1.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£288k | −£168k | −£158k |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £978k | £448k |
| Profit before tax | £975k | £891k | £368k |
| Profit after tax | £660k | £552k | £329k |
| Profit (best available) | £660k | £552k | £329k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 32.7% | 29.3% | 23.3% |
| Gross margin | 85.7% | 91.1% | 88.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.4% | ▼25% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼16.3% | ▼40.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 23.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 88.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bri Uk Finance Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Ri Income UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- Old Rides Solar Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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- Green Lane Solar LimitedRev. £685k · Profit £194k
- High Point Solar LimitedRev. £573k · Profit £123k
- Mendennick Solar LimitedRev. £531k · Profit £216k
- High Down LimitedRev. £488k · Profit £157k
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- Mynydd Brombil Holdings LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £896k
- Mynydd Portref Holdings LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £1.1m
- Orchard End Holdings LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £670k
- Tranche 1 Holdings LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £2.2m
- Tranche 2 Holdings LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £959k
- Brackagh Quarry Windfarm LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gelliwern Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- North Tenement Solar LimitedFigures not disclosed
- NSD 2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ri UK Solar Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tormywheel Wind Farm LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £329k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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