Pwe Holdings PLC
Registered name: PWE HOLDINGS PLC
Part of Thurrock Council groupPwe Holdings PLC made £4.8m revenue and £52.2k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Pwe Holdings PLC’s revenue fell 15% to £4.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £52.2k profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “production of electricity” and is based in Theale; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Theale, South East
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Mar 2021 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £794k | £2.2m | £4.4m | £5.7m | £4.8m |
| Cost of sales | £453k | £1.8m | £3.4m | £3.9m | £3.4m |
| Gross profit | £341k | £363k | £1.1m | £1.8m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | −£1.5m | −£1.4m | −£1.1m | −£131k | −£1.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£3.8m | −£3.6m | −£8.1m | £117k | £52.2k |
| Profit (best available) | −£3.8m | −£3.6m | −£8.1m | £117k | £52.2k |
| Staff costs | £774k | £643k | £585k | £626k | £667k |
| Employees (average) | 13 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −484.4% | −163.8% | −182.4% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 42.9% | 16.7% | 24% | 31.2% | 28.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £61.1k | £217k | £555k | £815k | £605k |
| Profit per employee | −£296k | −£356k | −£1m | £16.7k | £6.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲173.4% | ▲104.6% | ▲28.4% | ▼15.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | — | ▼55.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼23.1% | ▼20% | ▼12.5% | ▲14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £598k | £10.9k | £92.9k | £133k |
| Net assets | −£18.1m | −£21.7m | −£27.7m | −£27.6m | −£27.6m |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £598k | £10.9k | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | £350k | £1.7m | £95k | £69k | £47.9k |
| Cash from operations | −£40.2k | −£162k | −£283k | −£30k | −£65.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £605k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.5k
- 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
- 1%
- 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 −£27.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲43%
- Now £133k
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- ▼31%
- Now £47.9k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Thurrock Council (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Pwe Holdings PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Pure World Energy LimitedRev. £4.8m · Profit −£1.3m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £52.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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