WIND BIDCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-21 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£8M
Equity attributable
Employees
323
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£4M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,337,786 | £49,984,104 | |
| Operating profit | £1,036,587 | £1,988,300 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,148,328 | -£4,416,199 | |
| Net profit | -£3,002,557 | -£5,464,562 | |
| Cash | £3,490,196 | £7,487,508 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £54,944,414 | £48,265,457 | |
| Net assets | -£2,514,621 | -£7,949,891 | |
| Equity | -£2,514,621 | -£7,949,891 | |
| Average employees | 324 | 323 | |
| Wages | £10,891,347 | £31,278,316 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £169,170 | £477,628 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | -12.3% | -10.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.9% | 4.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.29x | 1.56x | |
| Interest cover | 0.37x | 0.32x |
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 meets its liabilities as they fall due. Accordingly the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis. The directors believe this is appropriate because: The Group has diversified its customer base and geographic spread and continues to see good levels of growth among a high quality customer base. The Group has put in place a working capital facility to help fund growth The Group made a statutory loss before tax of £4.42m in the period to 31 December 2024 and had net liabilities at that date of £7.9m. However, the Group has a positive net current asset position of £7.8m and has achieved a significant level of growth in Operating Profit within its trading subsidiaries.”
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%
Significant events
- “Since the year end there has been an issue of 14,915 C Shares at a premium of £1 per share. Also, since the year end there has been a forfeiture of 1,235 B Shares and 8,948 C Shares which are being held in treasury.”
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 Michael | 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 | 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 42 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2024-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-22 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-04-22 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-04-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 9
- 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.