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ETHOSENERGY LIGHT TURBINES LIMITED

#01549768 · Active · Incorporated 1981-03-10 (45y 4m) · Last filing 2026-06-24 (1mo ago)
Industrials · SIC 28131 · C Manufacturing · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 1y) · Confirmation due 2027-01-14 (in 6 months) · 1 watchout

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Cash

—

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

-£21M

-2.8% vs 2024

Employees

78

-7.1% lowest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

-£765K

-200.1% lowest in 3 filed years

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £47,967,000£52,282,000£38,693,000 -26%
Operating profit £4,882,000£3,370,000£1,573,000 -53.3%
Profit before tax £2,273,000£764,000-£765,000 -200.1%
Net profit £2,731,000£611,000-£566,000 -192.6%
Cash ——— —
Total assets less current liabilities -£17,737,000-£17,149,000-£18,059,000 -5.3%
Net assets -£20,566,000-£19,955,000-£20,521,000 -2.8%
Equity -£20,566,000-£19,955,000-£20,521,000 -2.8%
Average employees 878478 -7.1%
Wages £6,054,000£6,012,000£5,936,000 -1.3%
Directors' remuneration —£265,000£324,000 +22.3%

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 10.2%6.4%4.1%
Net margin 5.7%1.2%-1.5%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 164.7%161.5%—
Current ratio 0.59x0.56x0.55x
Interest cover 1.86x1.27x0.66x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Name history

Renamed 4 times since incorporation

  1. ETHOSENERGY LIGHT TURBINES LIMITED 2014-05-13 → present
  2. WOOD GROUP OIL GAS & INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LIMITED 2011-06-09 → 2014-05-13
  3. WOOD GROUP LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TURBINES LIMITED 1997-01-01 → 2011-06-09
  4. LINCOLN TURBINE SERVICE LIMITED 1986-10-08 → 1997-01-01
  5. SCOTDALE LIMITED 1981-03-10 → 1986-10-08

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 101
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
RSM UK Audit LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors believe that preparing the financial statements on a going concern basis is appropriate due to the continued financial support of the immediate parent company, Ethos Energy Group Limited. The directors have received confirmation that Ethos Energy Group Limited intends to, and has the ability to, support the company for at least twelve months after these financial statements are signed.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 35 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
FORNO, Luca, Mr. Director 2023-08-30 Dec 1979 Italian
JESSIMAN, Scott Director 2009-11-27 Dec 1970 British
SMITH, Hazel Kathleen Director 2023-09-19 Sep 1965 British
Show 35 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BROWN, Charles Nicholas Secretary — 1998-03-23
BROWN, Robert Muirhead Birnie Secretary 2010-09-01 2014-05-06
GOOD, Graham Secretary 1998-03-23 1999-10-01
JOHNSON, Ian Secretary 2003-11-24 2010-09-01
MCGREGOR, Alister James Secretary 2014-05-06 2020-02-20
WATSON, Christopher Edward Milne Secretary 1999-10-01 2003-11-24
ALDERTON, Terence Robert Director 1998-09-22 2004-04-07
BAILLIE, David Charles Director 2003-04-15 2003-11-28
BARCLAY, Scott Hart Director 2001-04-20 2003-06-30
BEDFORD, Ian Director 2011-09-27 2014-05-06
BROADLEY, Stuart Richard Director 2004-08-01 2010-03-31
BROWN, Robert Muirhead Birnie Director 2010-09-01 2010-09-01
DALY, Robert Director — 2001-04-23
DAVIES, James Evan Lloyd Director 2022-08-05 2023-08-30
DEAR, Michael Director 2004-08-02 2007-01-26
DICKIE, Graham Director 2007-01-26 2009-11-06
DOBLER, Mark Stephen Director 2012-06-29 2014-08-22
DRON, Joseph Gibb Director 1996-03-01 2000-10-29
EDGAR, William Director 2001-05-30 2003-11-28
ELDER, Catherine Director 2015-11-10 2023-09-19
ELLERKER, David Arthur Director — 2000-08-04
GARTSHORE, Derek Alexander Director 2013-06-01 2015-09-18
GORRIE, Gordon Douglas Director 1993-01-20 2001-04-23
GOUGH, Brian Douglas Director 1996-03-01 2003-06-30
LANGLANDS, Allister Gordon Director 2000-08-01 2006-01-01
LOWDEN, Andrew William Director 2001-04-20 2004-09-30
MCGREGOR, Alister James Director 2001-05-30 2004-08-02
MCKENDRICK, David Alexander Director 2003-07-02 2006-07-01
MOTHERWELL, Thomas Director 1993-04-20 2000-06-01
MURRAY, John Campbell Director 2020-07-30 2022-08-05
MUSE, Michael Joseph Director 2020-02-20 2020-07-30
PAPWORTH, Mark Harry Director 2005-02-04 2012-06-29
REID, John George Director 1996-03-01 2002-12-31
THORBURN, Robert Jamieson Director 1997-07-01 2004-08-01
WATSON, Christopher Edward Milne Director 2011-08-17 2020-02-20

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Ethos Energy Group Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 221 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-03-14 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2025-03-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-06-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-01-16 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2026-01-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-05-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-03-14 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2025-03-14 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-03-11 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-03-10 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-02-06 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-01-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-05-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-05-01 RP04AP01 officers Second filing of director appointment with name PDF
2024-04-30 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2024-01-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-09-22 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-09-22 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-09-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-08-31 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-06-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-01-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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