WIND BIDCO LIMITED
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Cash
£6.9m
-8.2% vs 2024
Net assets
-£13m
-68.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
386
+19.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£4.1m
+6.8% vs 2024
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 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,337,786 | £49,984,104 | £55,119,847 | +10.3% | |
| Operating profit | £1,036,587 | £1,988,300 | £3,252,192 | +63.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,148,328 | -£4,416,199 | -£4,117,219 | +6.8% | |
| Net profit | -£3,002,557 | -£5,464,562 | -£5,457,619 | +0.1% | |
| Cash | £3,490,196 | £7,487,508 | £6,873,409 | -8.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £54,944,414 | £48,265,457 | £41,565,289 | -13.9% | |
| Net assets | -£2,514,621 | -£7,949,891 | -£13,402,543 | -68.6% | |
| Equity | -£2,514,621 | -£7,949,891 | -£13,402,543 | -68.6% | |
| Average employees | 324 | 323 | 386 | +19.5% | |
| Wages | £10,891,347 | £31,278,316 | £34,307,847 | +9.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £169,170 | £477,628 | £523,036 | +9.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £33,027 | £39,020 | +18.1% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £209,667 | £215,030 | +2.6% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 4.0% | 5.9% | |
| Net margin | -12.3% | -10.9% | -9.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.9% | 4.1% | 7.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 104.0% | 112.8% | 121.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.29x | 1.56x | 1.27x | |
| Interest cover | 0.37x | 0.32x | 0.45x |
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
- Smailes Goldie
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors confirm that, having reviewed the Group's cash requirements for the 12-month period following the date of approval of these financial statements, they have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue to operate and meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Group structure
- WIND BIDCO LIMITED · parent
- Boston Energy Ltd 100%
- Boston Energy Inc 100%
- Boston Energy Wind Power Services Inc 100%
- Boston Energy (Europe) Limited 100%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATTERMOLE, Julian James | Director | 2023-06-08 | May 1974 | British |
| GODBER, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2023-11-06 | Sep 1973 | British |
| LANGLEY, Ian | Director | 2023-06-30 | Apr 1962 | British |
| MARSHALL, James David | Director | 2023-06-30 | Aug 1987 | British |
| PARKES, Mark Neil | Director | 2023-06-08 | Apr 1974 | British |
| WEST, Anthony George Wallace | Director | 2025-03-27 | Apr 1994 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Daniel James Alexander | Director | 2023-06-30 | 2025-03-27 |
| SUMNER, Adam Winston | Director | 2023-06-30 | 2024-02-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ldc Gp Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-06-30 | Active |
| Ldc Gp Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2023-06-29 | Ceased 2023-06-29 |
| Mr Mark Neil Parkes | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-06-08 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-24 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-11-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-07-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2024-12-02 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2024-09-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 8
- 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.