WHITETOWER ENERGY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-15 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+84% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
-29.8% vs 2023
Employees
1
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£5M
+59.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WHITETOWER ENERGY LIMITED 2019-04-16 → present
- ROLLS-ROYCE POWER DEVELOPMENT LIMITED 1997-12-08 → 2019-04-16
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 | £63,240,000 | £12,793,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£12,110,000 | -£5,206,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£12,168,000 | -£4,925,000 | |
| Net profit | -£10,316,000 | -£3,710,000 | |
| Cash | £2,385,000 | £4,389,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,579,000 | £6,028,000 | |
| Net assets | £6,433,000 | £4,516,000 | |
| Equity | £6,433,000 | £4,516,000 | |
| Average employees | 1 | 1 | |
| Wages | £130,000 | £127,000 |
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 | -19.1% | -40.7% | |
| Net margin | -16.3% | -29.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -159.8% | -86.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 77.8% | 85.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.53x | 0.47x | |
| Interest cover | -33.64x | -45.27x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared cash flow forecasts to 31 December 2026. Based on the Directors assessment of the Company's future financial requirements and forecasts up to 31 December 2026, the Directors consider that the Company will have sufficient financial resources to meets its obligations for the foreseeable future, that is, for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Furthermore, Rockland Power Partners III LP, the ultimate parent undertaking, has confirmed that it will make available to Whitetower Holdings UK Limited and its subsidiaries, all necessary funds to enable them to meet their ongoing liabilities and to carry on their commercial activities for no less than 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. The financial statements have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The mild winters continued in 2023/24 as the previous year which held down the wholesale electricity prices, with gas prices staying reasonably static throughout the period. Renewable energy grew by 7% on the same period as the year before with fossil fuel electricity generation down by 29% with strong renewable generation and increased imports from France.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STRUTT, Michael Andrew | Secretary | 2024-06-21 | — | — |
| BEACH, Jonathan | Director | 2019-04-15 | Sep 1979 | American |
| HARLAN, William Scott | Director | 2019-06-03 | Mar 1962 | American |
| RAMIREZ, Ernesto Alonzo | Director | 2019-06-03 | Nov 1974 | American |
| STRUTT, Michael Andrew | Director | 2019-06-03 | Nov 1962 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALFLATT, Mark | Secretary | 2004-04-01 | 2005-01-05 |
| BLACK, Alan Gordon | Secretary | 2007-10-26 | 2007-12-31 |
| BROOK, Martin Anthony | Secretary | 2002-02-07 | 2004-04-01 |
| DOHERTY, Christopher | Secretary | 1997-12-08 | 2002-02-07 |
| GOMA, Delrose Joy | Secretary | 2007-10-10 | 2015-08-31 |
| PANTON, Iain Michael | Secretary | 2005-01-05 | 2007-10-10 |
| KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-12-08 | 1997-12-08 |
| VISTRA COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-04-22 | 2024-06-21 |
| CAREY, Paul Michael | Director | 1997-12-08 | 2003-01-29 |
| CHEATHAM, John Bishop | Director | 2002-02-06 | 2007-12-31 |
| EDWARDS, David Philip | Director | 2019-06-03 | 2020-03-11 |
| HANDY, Christopher Peter | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2014-06-23 |
| HOPKINSON, Gareth James | Director | 2019-02-28 | 2019-04-15 |
| KELLY, William R | Director | 1997-12-08 | 2002-02-06 |
| MACKENZIE, Alistair David Katsuhiko | Director | 2014-06-23 | 2019-02-28 |
| MENCEL, Mark Michael | Director | 2003-01-29 | 2004-12-23 |
| ROBERTS, Steven Peter | Director | 2019-02-28 | 2019-04-15 |
| SMITH, Kevin Benjamin | Director | 1997-12-08 | 1998-06-19 |
| STEVENSON, Robert John | Director | 2004-12-15 | 2013-01-29 |
| WESTLAKE, Jeremy William | Director | 2007-12-13 | 2010-01-01 |
| KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-12-08 | 1997-12-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitetower Holdings Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-07-06 | Active |
| Rolls-Royce Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-07-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-06-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-79.8%
£63,240,000 £12,793,000
-
Cash
+84%
£2,385,000 £4,389,000
-
Net assets
-29.8%
£6,433,000 £4,516,000
-
Employees
0%
1 1
-
Operating profit
+57%
-£12,110,000 -£5,206,000
-
Profit before tax
+59.5%
-£12,168,000 -£4,925,000
-
Wages
-2.3%
£130,000 £127,000
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