Motive Fuels Limited
Registered name: MOTIVE FUELS LIMITED
Part of Hydrab Power Limited groupMotive Fuels Limited made a £1.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
Motive Fuels Limited reported a loss of £1.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 4 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores” and is based in Oxford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oxford, South East
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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: “Hygen Production Limited”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£3.5m | −£1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£3.5m | −£1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 27 | 0 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | −£313k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.9m | £2.3m | £1.3m | £78.5k |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £437k | £3m | £398k |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.4m | £3m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £4m | £1.6m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £189k | £183k | £140k | £208 |
| Deferred income | — | — | £85.5k | £226k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£313k
- 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 £398k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £78.5k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £226k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £1.7m
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
- Hydrab Power Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Hygen Energy Holdings Limited75–100%
- Hygen Production Limited75–100%
- Motive Fuels Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Bardon Hill Low Carbon Hydrogen LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Didcot Low Carbon Hydrogen LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Harper Lane Low Carbon Hydrogen LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hygen Ballymena LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hyport Low Carbon Hydrogen LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lowestoft Hydrogen LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rayleigh Low Carbon Hydrogen 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 −£1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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