Elm Solar Holdings Limited
Registered name: ELM SOLAR HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Elm Trading Limited groupElm Solar Holdings Limited made £4.3m revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
Elm Solar Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 29% to £4.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £3.1m profit. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.3m | £4.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | −£4.6m |
| Operating profit | −£326k | −£306k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £3.8m |
| Profit after tax | £945k | £3.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £945k | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | — | — |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 28.3% | 72.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲29.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲231.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 72.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
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- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Group structure
Ownership chain
- Elm Trading Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Elm Solar Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (19)
- 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
- Drayton Mead 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
Sister companies (8)
- Solar Energy Renewables LLPRev. £9.7m · Profit £3.6m
- Millclose Solar LimitedRev. £7m · Profit £6.7m
- Acharn Bess LLPRev. £0 · Profit −£75.7k
- Elm Renewable Energy Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Elm Trading Hotel Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- Property Lending LLPFigures not disclosed
- Storage Services (Number 1) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wind Energy Renewables LLPFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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