Efw Ness Limited
Registered name: EFW NESS LIMITED
Part of Acciona S.A. groupEfw Ness Limited made £11.4m revenue and a £534k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Efw Ness Limited’s revenue fell 41% to £11.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £534k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “remediation activities and other waste management services” and is based in Aberdeen; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.5m | £18.2m | £19.3m | £11.4m |
| Cost of sales | £42.6m | £18.3m | £17.8m | £9.8m |
| Gross profit | −£98.8k | −£117k | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | −£110 | −£247k | −£283k | −£425k |
| Profit before tax | £5.7k | −£190k | −£278k | −£620k |
| Profit after tax | £5k | −£145k | −£208k | −£534k |
| Profit (best available) | £5k | −£145k | −£208k | −£534k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0% | −0.8% | −1.1% | −4.7% |
| Gross margin | −0.2% | −0.6% | 7.5% | 13.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼57.3% | ▲6% | ▼40.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼3005% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.3m | £1.7m | £3.1m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £16.5k | −£128k | −£337k | −£871k |
| Current assets | £16.3m | £8.8m | £7.2m | £7m |
| Debtors | £0 | £680k | £591k | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | £11.5m | £4.8m | £884k | £2.6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- 22.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 25.7%
- 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 −£871k
- Cash at bank
- ▼8%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲193%
- Now £2.6m
- 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
- Acciona S.A. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Efw Ness Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2025 (profit −£534k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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