Elm Trading Limited
Registered name: ELM TRADING LIMITED
Elm Trading Limited made £156m revenue and £34.1m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Elm Trading Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £156m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £34.1m profit. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2012
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £128m | £164m | £156m |
| Cost of sales | — | £88.4m | £111m |
| Operating profit | £52.2m | £75.2m | £45.3m |
| Profit before tax | £37.7m | £77.4m | £46.8m |
| Profit after tax | £21.7m | £47.8m | £34.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £21.7m | £47.8m | £34.1m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 17% | 29.2% | 21.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲28% | ▼4.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲120.2% | ▼28.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
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- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Now —
- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (9)
- Solar Energy Renewables LLPRev. £9.7m · Profit £3.6m
- Millclose Solar LimitedRev. £7m · Profit £6.7m
- Elm Solar Holdings LimitedRev. £4.3m · Profit £3.1m
- Acharn Bess LLPRev. £0 · Profit −£75.7k
- Elm Renewable Energy Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Elm Trading Hotel Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- Property Lending LLPFigures not disclosed
- Storage Services (Number 1) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wind Energy Renewables LLPFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £34.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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