Gorst Energy Limited
Registered name: GORST ENERGY LIMITED
Part of Engie S.A. groupGorst Energy Limited made £8.9m revenue and a £76k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Gorst Energy Limited’s revenue was £8.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £76k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “production of electricity” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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.
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: “ENGIE Renewable Gases UK Limited”
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 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.4m | £8.9m |
| Cost of sales | £3.8m | £5.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | −£105k |
| Profit before tax | £255k | −£260k |
| Profit after tax | £148k | −£76k |
| Profit (best available) | £148k | −£76k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2% | −0.9% |
| Gross margin | 48.4% | 38.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | −£1.7m | −£1.8m |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £6.2m |
| Debtors | £136k | £3.3k |
| Deferred income | £237k | £885k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.4%
- 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
- 10%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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 −£1.8m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £885k
- 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
- Engie S.A. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Engie Renewable Gases UK Limited75–100%
- Gorst Energy Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Sustainable Energy Generation LimitedRev. £13.5m · Profit £1.8m
- Condate Biogas LimitedRev. £9.9m · Profit £1.2m
- Deal Farm Biogas LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Halstow Energy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lambourne Energy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pearmain Energy 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 2024 (profit −£76k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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