CLARKE ENERGY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-26 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£56M
-5.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£120M
-5.4% vs 2023
Employees
1,362
+4.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£32M
-4.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CLARKE ENERGY LIMITED 1997-11-10 → present
- MACHINE MANPOWER MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1993-02-23 → 1997-11-10
- MARINE MANPOWER (SERVICES) LIMITED 1977-11-30 → 1993-02-23
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £432,535,000 | £470,306,000 | |
| Operating profit | £33,722,000 | £32,254,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £34,030,000 | £32,423,000 | |
| Net profit | £21,788,000 | £26,998,000 | |
| Cash | £58,841,000 | £55,827,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £131,031,000 | £124,184,000 | |
| Net assets | £127,151,000 | £120,304,000 | |
| Equity | £127,151,000 | £120,304,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,298 | 1,362 | |
| Wages | £49,166,000 | £56,045,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.8% | 6.9% | |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 5.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.7% | 26.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.18x | 2.08x | |
| Interest cover | 52.53x | 32.45x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Directors have prepared a cashflow forecast (including assessing a severe but plausible downside scenario) and have concluded that the Group and Company has sufficient working capital and banking facilities for a period of 12 months from date of signing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- CLARKE ENERGY LIMITED · parent
- Clarke Energy (India) Pvt Limited 100%
- Clarke Energy (France) SAS 100%
- Clarke Energy (Australia) Pty Limited 100%
- Clarke Energy Ireland Limited 100%
- Clarke Energy Nigeria Limited 100%
- Clarke Energy Tanzania Limited 100%
- Clarke Energy Cameroon Limited 100%
- Clarke Energy (PNG) Limited 100%
- Clarke Energy Bangladesh Limited 100%
- Clarke Energy South Africa Pty Limited 100%
- Clarke Energy Mozambique LDA 100%
- Clarke Energy Tunisie SARL 100%
- Clarke Energy Tunisie Trading SARL 100%
- Clarke Energy Tunisie Services CETS 100%
- Clarke Energy Maroc SARL 100%
- Clarke Energy Romania 100%
- Clarke Energy Hellas Llc 100%
- Clarke Energy Algeria 100%
Significant events
- “On 6th May 2024, Kohler Co. and Platinum Equity LLC announced that the companies have closed the transaction to establish Kohler Energy, including Clarke Energy Limited, as a separate, independent business. Platinum Equity LLC is now the majority owner of the Kohler Energy business.”
- “In 2022 adjustments were made to the results of the group for the unfavourable ruling of the arbitrator in the contractual dispute between Clarke Energy Australia Ltd and their customer Territory Generation. The total negative effect to the Profit and loss account of the group in 2022 after tax was £11,213,063 which also includes fx movements.”
- “Clarke Energy Australia appealed the decision of the arbitrator to the Kings Counsel and the ruling was that the original decision was upheld this was given in April 2025. An adjustment has therefore been made to these accounts for the costs incurred that will be charged to Clarke Energy Australia. The costs totalled $1,200,000 and have been accrued.”
- “Cash totalling $5,200,000 was also returned to the customer in May 2025 for costs this had already been accrued in 2022.”
- “Performance retention and advance payment bonds of £109,372,356 (2023: £36,858,932) were in relation to projects and installation contracts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUINN, Kyle David | Secretary | 2014-11-01 | — | — |
| QUINN, Kyle | Director | 2022-05-12 | Oct 1983 | British |
| WILSON, Matthew Ben | Director | 2025-04-11 | Mar 1973 | British |
| WRIGHT, Sharon Louise | Director | 2025-04-11 | Jul 1970 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BONNEY, Stephen Robert | Secretary | 1997-04-07 | 2001-10-31 |
| FLETCHER, Alan Cassells | Secretary | 1996-03-20 | 1997-04-07 |
| HOLLIDAY, Peter John | Secretary | 2001-10-31 | 2014-11-01 |
| THOMPSON, Alan Christopher | Secretary | — | 1996-03-20 |
| ADLER, Thomas Gerard | Director | 2017-01-31 | 2022-05-17 |
| BONNEY, Stephen Robert | Director | 1997-04-07 | 2001-10-31 |
| CHADWICK, Robert Coulter | Director | 2002-10-31 | 2007-12-01 |
| CLARKE, James Stuart | Director | 2004-06-16 | 2025-04-11 |
| CLARKE, James | Director | — | 2017-01-31 |
| CROMWELL, Thomas George | Director | 2017-01-31 | 2019-02-15 |
| DAVIS, Ian Buchanan | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2012-03-30 |
| FLETCHER, Alan | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2017-01-31 |
| GANNON, James | Director | — | 1997-01-31 |
| HOLLIDAY, Peter John | Director | 2001-10-31 | 2025-04-11 |
| KOHLER, Karger David | Director | 2022-05-12 | 2024-05-01 |
| MACIOLEK, Natalie | Director | 2019-03-27 | 2023-08-10 |
| MELKA, Brian, Mr. | Director | 2024-05-01 | 2025-10-16 |
| MUNNERY, John Charles | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2004-12-31 |
| ROBINSON IV, James Mc Kee | Director | 2017-01-31 | 2018-11-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarke Energy Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 261 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+8.7%
£432,535,000 £470,306,000
-
Cash
-5.1%
£58,841,000 £55,827,000
-
Net assets
-5.4%
£127,151,000 £120,304,000
-
Employees
+4.9%
1,298 1,362
-
Operating profit
-4.4%
£33,722,000 £32,254,000
-
Profit before tax
-4.7%
£34,030,000 £32,423,000
-
Wages
+14%
£49,166,000 £56,045,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers