CITY ENERGY NETWORK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-30 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-04 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-21
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
-87% vs 2024
Net assets
£61M
+21.8% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
156
+20.9% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£14M
-45.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-01-31 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £30,412,749 | £52,643,161 | £102,117,552 | £147,057,607 | £133,781,638 | |
| Operating profit | — | £5,122,338 | £8,410,013 | £24,410,193 | £24,366,569 | £13,766,878 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £5,127,248 | £8,411,450 | £24,405,486 | £24,753,002 | £13,531,609 | |
| Net profit | — | £4,154,526 | £6,766,588 | £19,791,876 | £18,848,050 | £11,521,385 | |
| Cash | — | £2,425,180 | £6,832,360 | £19,602,629 | £39,330,796 | £5,131,103 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £4,225,374 | £10,467,664 | £26,433,240 | £49,942,714 | £60,842,303 | |
| Net assets | — | £4,168,187 | £10,461,775 | £26,430,901 | £49,942,714 | £60,812,889 | |
| Equity | £2,019,661 | £4,168,187 | £10,461,775 | £26,430,901 | £49,942,714 | £60,812,889 | |
| Average employees | — | 75 | 92 | 109 | 129 | 156 | |
| Wages | — | £2,493,245 | £3,281,755 | £4,219,918 | £6,050,558 | £6,803,488 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £117,139 | £126,879 | £202,525 | £629,236 | £22,552 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
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Turnover
-9%
£147,057,607 £133,781,638
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Cash
-87%
£39,330,796 £5,131,103
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Net assets
+21.8%
£49,942,714 £60,812,889
highest in 5 filed years
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Employees
+20.9%
129 156
highest in 5 filed years
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Operating profit
-43.5%
£24,366,569 £13,766,878
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Profit before tax
-45.3%
£24,753,002 £13,531,609
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Wages
+12.4%
£6,050,558 £6,803,488
highest in 5 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-01-31 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 16.8% | 16.0% | 23.9% | 16.6% | 10.3% | |
| Net margin | — | 13.7% | 12.9% | 19.4% | 12.8% | 8.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 121.2% | 80.3% | 92.3% | 48.8% | 22.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 35.4% | 26.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.82x | 3.84x | |
| Interest cover | — | 4164.50x | 12496.30x | 795.90x | 44.10x | 28.44x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- CITY ENERGY NETWORK LIMITED 2017-09-05 → present
- CITY ENERGY SOUTH WALES LIMITED 2011-12-21 → 2017-09-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Following agreement of the restructuring, the directors have concluded that the group remains a going concern.”
Group structure
- CITY ENERGY NETWORK LIMITED · parent
- City Energy Facilities Management Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 8 March 2024, the company's ultimate parent, Diversity Network Holdings Limited, was acquired as part of a private equity investment and now forms part of a newly established group headed by Dragon 2023 Topco Limited.”
- “On 26 November 2025, the UK Government announced that the current phase of the Energy Company Obligation scheme (ECO4) would conclude on 31 March 2026, with no clarity on continuity or a successor scheme.”
- “At year end and post year end the Dragon Group was in breach of certain financial covenants in relation to the borrowing facilities.”
- “Following this announcement the directors engaged with the Dragon Group's principal lender, Oaktree Capital Management, agreement was reached after the period end to implement a restructuring of the Dragon Group.”
- “On 1 August 2025, the company declared an intercompany dividend of £45,922,148 to its immediate parent.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRODIE, Robert Benjamin Nathaniel | Director | 2024-06-24 | Nov 1974 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALBERT, Ben | Secretary | 2011-12-21 | 2014-01-31 |
| ECCLES, Christopher David | Director | 2011-12-21 | 2013-06-28 |
| HALBERT, Jennifer Georgina | Director | 2011-12-21 | 2014-01-31 |
| HALBERT, Michael Christopher | Director | 2011-12-21 | 2014-01-31 |
| HOWARD, Ryan | Director | 2022-08-08 | 2025-03-12 |
| JENKINS, Elinor Sian | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2024-03-08 |
| JOHN, Lewis Edward | Director | 2024-03-08 | 2025-06-27 |
| PRITCHARD-COWELL, Ryan | Director | 2023-12-08 | 2024-03-08 |
| ROBERTS, Michelle | Director | 2014-01-31 | 2024-03-08 |
| SMITH, Andrew John | Director | 2017-01-26 | 2018-03-06 |
| VAUGHAN, Nicola | Director | 2014-01-31 | 2015-10-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Dragon Midco Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2026-01-30 | Active |
| Diversity Network Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-01-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 66 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-03-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-03-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-03-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.