VALDA ENERGY LIMITED
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Cash
£14M
+12.5% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£1.2M
+183.1% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
135
-0.7% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£3.6M
+138.1% first positive since 2022
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £104,818,602 | £140,892,670 | £149,038,680 | +5.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £999,527 | £1,453,174 | £3,543,263 | +143.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£1,527,930 | £3,940,143 | £833,183 | £1,525,619 | £3,632,259 | +138.1% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £3,005,659 | £591,170 | £1,111,927 | £2,682,269 | +141.2% | |
| Cash | £3,018,636 | £2,385,314 | £5,451,455 | £4,898,893 | £12,319,331 | £13,856,385 | +12.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,930,054 | £4,386,034 | £7,348,998 | £5,977,754 | £7,314,372 | £10,259,659 | +40.3% | |
| Net assets | -£3,919,542 | -£3,652,709 | -£920,114 | -£2,599,944 | -£1,480,316 | £1,229,934 | +183.1% | |
| Equity | -£3,919,542 | -£3,652,709 | -£920,114 | -£2,599,944 | -£1,480,316 | £1,229,934 | +183.1% | |
| Average employees | 44 | 48 | 77 | 102 | 136 | 135 | -0.7% | |
| Wages | — | £2,459,817 | £3,727,743 | £5,073,538 | £6,693,861 | £6,438,984 | -3.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £440,792 | £685,829 | £1,062,709 | £1,210,174 | £1,329,358 | +9.8% |
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 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 1.0% | 1.0% | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 0.6% | 0.8% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 16.7% | 19.9% | 34.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 109.0% | 103.7% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.25x | 1.21x | 1.24x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 4.69x | 6.48x | 16.60x |
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
- VALDA ENERGY LIMITED 2019-04-11 → present
- SCAFELL ENERGY LIMITED 2018-02-19 → 2019-04-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Gravita Audit Oxford LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Company has continued to grow, and this financial period has seen another strong performance across our Business Key Performance Indicators ('KPIs').”
- “The Company has made strong progress during the period, with continued operational development and the significant milestone of reaching 50,000 meter points.”
- “The business being recognised as a double finalist at the European Contact Centre & Customer Service Awards.”
- “The Company signed a three-year extension to their existing Wholesale Energy Agreement with AXPO UK in 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BINDER, Edward Henry | Director | 2024-12-10 | Aug 1971 | British |
| COULL, Michelle Louise | Director | 2023-11-13 | Jan 1979 | British |
| CROSSLEY COOKE, Charles Kenneth | Director | 2019-04-02 | Sep 1967 | British |
| JAMES, Steven Llewellyn | Director | 2019-04-02 | Oct 1974 | British |
| KAUR, Daljeet | Director | 2023-11-13 | Dec 1981 | British |
| SOPER, David Robert | Director | 2023-11-13 | Jul 1981 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRENT, Adrian Leslie | Director | 2019-04-02 | 2024-11-08 |
| MAITLAND, Daniel Swift | Director | 2018-02-19 | 2019-04-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valda Energy Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-04-02 | Active |
| Oxford Cloud Technology Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-02-19 | Ceased 2019-04-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 45 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2026-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.