Shawton Energy Limited
Registered name: SHAWTON ENERGY LIMITED
Part of Ampyr Idea Assetco UK Ltd groupShawton Energy Limited made £3m revenue and a £947k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Shawton Energy Limited’s revenue was £3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £947k and 8 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Letchworth Garden City; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Letchworth Garden City, East of England
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 Sep 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £3.9m | £3m |
| Cost of sales | — | £3.2m | £2.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £697k | £647k |
| Operating profit | — | −£196k | −£901k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£264k | −£947k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£264k | −£947k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£264k | −£947k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −6.8% | −31.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 18% | 21.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £552k | £371k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£37.7k | −£118k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £89.8k | £214k | £504k |
| Net assets | −£345k | −£609k | −£1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £890 | £3.9k | £4.8k |
| Current assets | £431k | £514k | £894k |
| Debtors | £15.3k | £140k | £98k |
| Deferred income | £0 | £48.3k | £831k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −31.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £371k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£118k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 28%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- 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 −£1.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £504k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £831k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £4.8k
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
- Ampyr Idea Assetco UK Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Shawton Energy Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Ampyr Distributed Energy Bess LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ampyr Distributed Energy Finco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bathgate Energy Storage LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Newark Energy Storage LtdFigures 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 −£947k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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