Volution Group PLC
Registered name: VOLUTION GROUP PLC
Volution Group PLC made £419m revenue and £41.5m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Volution Group PLC’s revenue grew 21% to £419m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £41.5m profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in West Sussex; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Sussex, South East
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £328m | £348m | £419m |
| Cost of sales | −£169m | −£169m | −£213m |
| Gross profit | £159m | £178m | £206m |
| Operating profit | £57.1m | £70.4m | £67.2m |
| Profit before tax | £48.8m | £56.6m | £54.5m |
| Profit after tax | £37.4m | £42.8m | £41.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £37.4m | £42.8m | £41.5m |
| Employees (average) | 1,871 | 1,869 | 20 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11.4% | 12.3% | 9.9% |
| Gross margin | 48.4% | 51.3% | 49.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £175k | £186k | £21m |
| Profit per employee | £20k | £22.9k | £2.1m |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6% | ▲20.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲14.5% | ▼2.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.1% | ▼98.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £21m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.1m
- 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
- ▼99%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Energy Technique LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Volution Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Windmill Topco 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 Jul 2025 (profit £41.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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