Consumer Energy Solutions Limited
Registered name: CONSUMER ENERGY SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of Dragon 2023 Topco Limited groupConsumer Energy Solutions Limited made £81.1m revenue and £26.8m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2024.
Consumer Energy Solutions Limited’s revenue was £81.1m in the year to 31 Jan 2024, with £26.8m profit and 140 employees. The company is classified under “activities of call centres” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- 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 | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £81.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£39.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £41.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £35.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £35.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £26.8m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £26.8m |
| Employees (average) | 48 | 74 | 140 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | 33% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 51.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £579k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £191k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲54.2% | ▲89.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £2.3m | — |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £3m | — |
| Fixed assets | £180k | £225k | — |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £7m | — |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £4.7m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 33%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £579k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £191k
- 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
- ▲89%
- Now 140
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dragon 2023 Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Dragon 2023 Midco Limited75–100%
- Dragon 2023 Bidco Limited75–100%
- Cen Holdco Limited75–100%
- Diversity Network Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Consumer Energy Solutions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Advance Energy Services LtdLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- City Training Group LtdLiquidationFigures 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 31 Jan 2024 (profit £26.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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