Second Generation Verwood Limited
Registered name: SECOND GENERATION VERWOOD LIMITED
Part of Foresight Solar Fund Limited 113721 groupSecond Generation Verwood Limited made £3m revenue and a £628k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Second Generation Verwood Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £3m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £628k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “production of electricity” and is based in London; we hold 3 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.9m | £3m | £3m |
| Cost of sales | £216k | £311k | £235k |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £2.7m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | −£490k | −£432k | −£499k |
| Profit after tax | −£815k | −£721k | −£628k |
| Profit (best available) | −£815k | −£721k | −£628k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −28.4% | −23.8% | −20.9% |
| Gross margin | 92.5% | 89.8% | 92.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.8% | ▼1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £866k | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | −£3.2m | −£3.9m | −£4.6m |
| Fixed assets | £16.6m | £15.7m | £14.8m |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £1.8m | £2m |
| Debtors | £183k | £230k | £15.6k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −20.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 92.2%
- 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
- 493.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- 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 −£4.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲22%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £14.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Foresight Solar Fund Limited 113721 (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Foresight Solar (UK Holdco) Limited75–100%
- FS RCF Debtco Limited75–100%
- FS Holdco 3 Limited75–100%
- Second Generation Portfolio 1 Holdings Limited75–100%
- Second Generation Portfolio 1 Limited75–100%
- Second Generation Verwood Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Second Generation Park Farm LimitedRev. £1.9m · Profit −£341k
- Second Generation Coombeshead LimitedRev. £1.5m · Profit £248k
- Second Generation Sawmills LimitedRev. £997k · Profit −£160k
- Second Generation Yardwall LimitedRev. £474k · Profit −£56.4k
- Tengore Solar LtdFigures 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 2023 (profit −£628k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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