Drayton Mead Solar Limited
Registered name: DRAYTON MEAD SOLAR LIMITED
Part of Elm Trading Limited groupDrayton Mead Solar Limited made £474k revenue and £233k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2022.
Drayton Mead Solar Limited’s revenue was £474k in the year to 30 Sep 2022, with £233k profit. The company is classified under “production of electricity” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 22 Dec 2020 | 30 Sep 2021 | 22 Dec 2021 | 30 Sep 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £560k | £534k | £534k | £474k |
| Cost of sales | −£417k | −£332k | −£332k | −£103k |
| Operating profit | £143k | £202k | £202k | £372k |
| Profit before tax | £143k | £202k | £202k | £310k |
| Profit after tax | £260k | £149k | £149k | £233k |
| Profit (best available) | £260k | £149k | £149k | £233k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 46.4% | 27.9% | 27.9% | 49% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2022 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2022 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 49%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Elm Trading Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Elm Solar Holdings Limited75–100%
- Drayton Mead Solar Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (18)
- Elm Solar Energy LimitedRev. £5.1m · Profit −£3.7m
- Elm UK Solar LimitedRev. £5.1m · Profit £1.4m
- Bubney Energy Centre LimitedRev. £3.2m · Profit −£422k
- Bishopstone Solar LimitedRev. £1.5m · Profit £675k
- Waycock Road Solar LimitedRev. £1.4m · Profit £688k
- Whinfield High Grange Solar Farm LimitedRev. £870k · Profit −£565k
- Wse Bradley Road LimitedRev. £769k · Profit £175k
- Altcar Solar LimitedRev. £521k · Profit £25.6k
- Bockingfold Solar LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£1.9m
- Park Hill Energy Extension LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£2.6k
- Vicarage Drove Energy Centre LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£1.9m
- Beachampton Solar LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Elm Solar Farms LtdFigures not disclosed
- Kincraig Energy Centre LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Malmpit Solar LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Marksbury Energy Centre LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Morfa Solar LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Trinity Solar Farm LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2022 (profit £233k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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