Flotation Energy Limited
Registered name: FLOTATION ENERGY LIMITED
Part of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated groupFlotation Energy Limited made £18.8m revenue and a £3.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Flotation Energy Limited’s revenue grew 116% to £18.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £3.3m and 150 employees. The company is classified under “production of electricity” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £8.7m | £18.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | −£6.7m | −£10.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £2m | £8.6m |
| Operating profit | — | −£3.3m | −£5.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£3m | −£3.8m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £3m | −£3.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £3m | −£3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 134 | 150 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 34.9% | −17.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 22.8% | 45.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £64.9k | £125k |
| Profit per employee | £42.2k | £22.6k | −£22.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲116.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼210.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲11.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −17.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £125k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£22.3k
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now 150
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Flotation Energy Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Blackwater Offshore Wind Holdco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Greystones Offshore Wind Holdco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Seadragon Holdco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Taiwan Offshore Wind LimitedFigures 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 Dec 2024 (profit −£3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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