The Student Energy Group Ltd
Registered name: THE STUDENT ENERGY GROUP LTD
Part of The Vertical Group Bidco Ltd groupThe Student Energy Group Ltd made £28.1m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
The Student Energy Group Ltd’s revenue grew 26% to £28.1m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £2.1m profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “other information service activities” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £22.3m | £28.1m |
| Cost of sales | £13.3m | £14.4m | −£18.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £8m | £9.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £672k | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | £708k | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £263k | £773k | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £263k | £773k | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £2.1m | — |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 52 | 66 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 3.5% | 7.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 35.6% | 34% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £429k | £425k |
| Profit per employee | £8.8k | £14.9k | £32.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | −219% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲25.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲194.1% | ▲175.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲73.3% | ▲26.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £989k | £1.4m | — |
| Net assets | £281k | £455k | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.6m | — |
| Current assets | £5.7m | £4.7m | — |
| Debtors | £103k | £1.4m | — |
| Deferred income | £2.4m | £4.1m | — |
| Cash from operations | −£2.3m | −£1.5m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £425k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £32.2k
- 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
- ▲27%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Vertical Group Bidco Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- The Student Energy Group Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Midland Business Solutions LtdFigures not disclosed
- Tickd LtdFigures 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 Aug 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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