Deutsche Windtechnik Ltd
Registered name: DEUTSCHE WINDTECHNIK LTD
Deutsche Windtechnik Ltd made £21.1m revenue and a £6.7m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Deutsche Windtechnik Ltd’s revenue grew 10% to £21.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £6.7m and 143 employees. The company is classified under “repair of electrical equipment” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 11 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. From the filing: “The ultimate parent company and controlling party of Deutsche Windtechnik Limited is Deutsche Windtechnik AG.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.8m | £19.2m | £21.1m |
| Cost of sales | £10.1m | £10.1m | £13m |
| Gross profit | £7.7m | £9.1m | £8.2m |
| Operating profit | −£551k | −£2.3m | −£6.4m |
| Profit before tax | −£653k | −£2.5m | −£6.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£653k | −£2.5m | −£6.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£653k | −£2.5m | −£6.7m |
| Staff costs | £7m | £8m | £9.8m |
| Employees (average) | 131 | 141 | 143 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −3.7% | −13.2% | −31.8% |
| Gross margin | 43.3% | 47.2% | 38.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £136k | £136k | £148k |
| Profit per employee | −£5k | −£18k | −£47k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▲9.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.6% | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £181k | £120k | £264k |
| Net assets | −£3.1m | −£5.7m | −£12.4m |
| Fixed assets | £329k | £385k | £425k |
| Current assets | £7.6m | £8.5m | £10.2m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £3.6m | £4.3m |
| Deferred income | £1.7m | £3.3m | £7.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −31.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £148k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£47k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 34.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.6%
- 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 −£12.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲120%
- Now £264k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 143
- Deferred income
- ▲119%
- Now £7.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £425k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£6.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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