Sqe Energy Limited
Registered name: SQE ENERGY LIMITED
Part of Sqe Energy Group Limited groupSqe Energy Limited made £128m revenue and a £2.7m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Sqe Energy Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £128m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £2.7m and 15 employees. The company is classified under “trade of electricity” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 immediate and ultimate parent company is”
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 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £66.1m | £104m | £115m | £128m |
| Cost of sales | £65.7m | £104m | £115m | £127m |
| Gross profit | £467k | £223k | £465k | £615k |
| Operating profit | −£1.6m | −£1.7m | −£1.8m | −£3.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.8m | −£1.7m | −£1.6m | −£2.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.7m | −£1.7m | −£1.6m | −£2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.7m | −£1.7m | −£1.6m | −£2.7m |
| Staff costs | £868k | £518k | £674k | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −2.6% | −1.6% | −1.4% | −2.1% |
| Gross margin | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £6m | £8.7m | £8.2m | £8.5m |
| Profit per employee | −£155k | −£138k | −£111k | −£177k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲57.4% | ▲10.9% | ▲11% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.1% | ▲16.7% | ▲7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £9.7m | £17.3m | £13m | £6.3m |
| Net assets | −£4.5m | −£6.2m | −£7.8m | −£10.4m |
| Fixed assets | £16k | £22.8k | £17.5k | £19.5k |
| Current assets | £21m | £32.3m | £31.5m | £30.5m |
| Debtors | £4.2m | £11.7m | £14.7m | £9.9m |
| Deferred income | £21.9m | £25.3m | £29.3m | £30m |
| Cash from operations | £1.8m | −£7.4m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £8.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£177k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 23.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- 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 −£10.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼52%
- Now £6.3m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £30m
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £19.5k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sqe Energy Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Sqe Energy Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Sqe Energy Trading LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sqe Os Technology LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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