FUTURE BIOGAS LIMITED
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Cash
£15m
+15.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£13m
-829.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
178
+3.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£13m
+0.6% vs 2025
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,404,954 | £55,421,250 | £97,237,953 | +75.5% | |
| Operating profit | £61,729 | £2,272,380 | £10,101,401 | +344.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£670,960 | -£13,530,865 | -£13,456,267 | +0.6% | |
| Net profit | -£670,960 | -£14,056,865 | -£11,911,766 | +15.3% | |
| Cash | £1,895,070 | £13,269,993 | £15,292,502 | +15.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,885,194 | £14,566,834 | £6,531,919 | -55.2% | |
| Net assets | £5,404,892 | -£1,436,138 | -£13,347,904 | -829.4% | |
| Equity | £5,404,892 | -£1,436,138 | -£13,347,904 | -829.4% | |
| Average employees | 156 | 172 | 178 | +3.5% | |
| Wages | £7,979,530 | £13,476,118 | £12,151,914 | -9.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,185,933 | £3,263,379 | £1,371,847 | -58% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £47,958 | £137,890 | £81,955 | -40.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £444,583 | £1,013,317 | £682,282 | -32.7% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.4% | 4.1% | 10.4% | |
| Net margin | -4.4% | -25.4% | -12.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.0% | 15.6% | 154.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 87.7% | 100.6% | 104.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.56x | 0.27x | 0.30x | |
| Interest cover | 0.05x | 0.14x | 0.41x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group has net current liabilities of £193,222,606 (2025 - £172,608,201)... as a result of the outstanding infrastructure loans owed to shareholders... At the period end, there are unsecured loans of £198,544,325... repayable on demand... letter of intent has been received.”
Group structure
- FUTURE BIOGAS LIMITED · parent
- Future Biogas Systems Ltd 100%
- Heath Farm Energy Limited 100%
- Burton Agnes Renewables Limited 100%
- AD HoldCo 1 Limited 51%
Significant events
- “On 20 February 2026, the Group acquired 100% of the share capital of Burton Agnes Renewables Limited, which owns an AD facility in Burton Agnes.”
- “During December 2025, the Board approved the retrofit of carbon capture and storage ("CCS") technology at the Group's Egmere, Grange and Merlin controlled facilities. The project represents a significant milestone in the Group's carbon removal strategy and forms part of Project Carbon Harvest.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| METHOLD, Graham | Secretary | 2021-04-29 | — | — |
| BEVERIDGE, Steven | Director | 2023-08-22 | Jun 1974 | British |
| LUKAS, Philipp Hagen | Director | 2010-03-30 | Apr 1974 | German |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNES, Paul Martin | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2015-10-20 |
| BLACK, Robin Kennedy | Director | 2018-10-31 | 2020-09-30 |
| GRANT, Martin Macdonald, Dr | Director | 2020-11-25 | 2021-07-19 |
| GUNN-FORBES, Alastair | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2018-10-31 |
| HAUXWELL, Philip | Director | 2015-02-11 | 2019-05-15 |
| LLOYD, Humphrey Alexander | Director | 2015-01-30 | 2021-07-19 |
| LUKAS, Joachim Hagen, Dr | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2016-05-27 |
| MILLS, Colin Paul | Director | 2018-04-26 | 2024-10-31 |
| RAI, Harveen | Director | 2019-12-05 | 2023-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Future Biogas Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-06-17 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-01-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-01-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-01-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.