Melton Renewable Energy UK Limited
Registered name: MELTON RENEWABLE ENERGY UK LIMITED
Part of Octopus Group Holdings Ltd groupMelton Renewable Energy UK Limited made £170m revenue and a £22.4m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Melton Renewable Energy UK Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £170m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £22.4m and 275 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of fertilizers and nitrogen compounds” 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
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 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £145m | £156m | £170m |
| Cost of sales | −£110m | −£121m | −£129m |
| Gross profit | £34.5m | £35.1m | £40.2m |
| Operating profit | £4.8m | £4.7m | −£9.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£5.1m | −£5.4m | −£19.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£5.3m | −£5.9m | −£22.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£5.3m | −£5.9m | −£22.4m |
| Employees (average) | 273 | 273 | 275 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −3.7% | −3.8% | −13.2% |
| Gross margin | 23.9% | 22.5% | 23.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £530k | £572k | £617k |
| Profit per employee | −£19.6k | −£21.7k | −£81.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8% | ▲8.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲0.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −13.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £617k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£81.6k
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now 275
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Octopus Group Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Octopus Capital Limited75–100%
- Octopus Investments Limited75–100%
- Octopus Investments Nominees Limited75–100%
- Fern Trading Limited75–100%
- Fern Trading Group Limited75–100%
- Cedar Energy and Infrastructure Limited75–100%
- Eucalyptus Energy Holdings Limited75–100%
- Eucalyptus Energy Limited75–100%
- Melton Renewable Energy UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Melton LG Holding LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Melton Renewable Energy (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Snetterton Renewable Power Holdings LimitedRev. £39.8m · Profit −£6.9m
- Oldhall Energy Recovery Holdings 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£22.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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