Hemswell Biogas Limited
Registered name: HEMSWELL BIOGAS LIMITED
Part of Hansa Aktiengesellschaft groupHemswell Biogas Limited made £11.1m revenue and £662k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Hemswell Biogas Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £11.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £662k profit and 22 employees. The company is classified under “production of electricity” and is based in Gainsborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gainsborough, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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) | £11.6m | £11.8m | £11.2m | £11.1m |
| Cost of sales | £5.5m | £7m | £6.2m | £6.1m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £4.8m | £5m | £5m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £265k | −£2.8m | £473k |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £241k | −£2.3m | £659k |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | −£149k | −£1.6m | £662k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | −£149k | −£1.6m | £662k |
| Staff costs | £784k | £946k | £876k | £893k |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 26 | 25 | 22 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.6% | −1.3% | −14.4% | 6% |
| Gross margin | 52.5% | 40.9% | 44.5% | 44.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £553k | £452k | £449k | £505k |
| Profit per employee | £75k | −£5.7k | −£64.5k | £30.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.3% | ▼4.5% | ▼1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼109.5% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲23.8% | ▼3.9% | ▼12% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £575k | £721k | £314k | £271k |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £4m | £2.6m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £13.4m | £12.9m | £9m | £8.4m |
| Current assets | £5.9m | £5.5m | £5.3m | £7m |
| Debtors | £1m | £903k | £1.1m | £627k |
| Deferred income | £242k | £388k | £828k | £1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £505k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £30.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 75.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 15.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼14%
- Now £271k
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 22
- Deferred income
- ▲108%
- Now £1.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £8.4m
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
- Hansa Aktiengesellschaft (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Gvo B-1 Limited75–100%
- Hemswell Biogas Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Biotech4 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Changing Waste LtdFigures not disclosed
- Holme Bioenergy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- R100 Energy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Stortec Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thornfield 001 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Waste Recycling and Destruction 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 £662k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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