RUBY GAS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-10 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£800K
-53.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£175K
-98.7% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
145
+29.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£5M
-151.8% lowest in 5 filed years
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- RUBY GAS LTD 2024-08-06 → present
- BUSINESS ENERGY SOLUTIONS LTD 2002-04-02 → 2024-08-06
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £17,669,149 | £14,561,960 | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,425,239 | -£705,598 | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | £940,453 | -£729,338 | £622,838 | £9,333,338 | -£4,838,675 | |
| Net profit | — | £974,944 | -£563,536 | £456,541 | £7,056,569 | -£6,695,844 | |
| Cash | — | £340,786 | £384,891 | £1,788,406 | £1,714,058 | £800,413 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £6,921,395 | £6,357,859 | £7,315,104 | £13,871,922 | £382,259 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £6,357,859 | £6,814,400 | £13,870,969 | £175,125 | |
| Equity | £5,946,451 | £6,921,395 | £6,357,859 | £6,814,400 | £13,870,969 | £175,125 | |
| Average employees | — | 233 | 178 | 143 | 112 | 145 | |
| Wages | — | £1,580,439 | £1,212,300 | £1,024,397 | £921,344 | £1,658,141 |
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 | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 8.1% | -4.8% | — | — | — | |
| Net margin | — | 5.5% | -3.9% | — | — | — | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 20.6% | -11.1% | — | — | — | |
| Interest cover | — | 2.74x | -14.40x | — | — | — |
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)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- 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. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company had committed at the balance sheet date to purchase wholesale gas totalling £5,300,601 (2023: £ 7,239,421), the commitment to purchase wholesale gas continued to be to September 2026 (2023: September 2026).”
- “The company had committed at the balance sheet date to sell wholesale gas totalling £6,658,308 (2023: £20,926,414), the commitment to sell wholesale gas continued to be to September 2026 (2023: September 2026).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PILLEY, Jamie Robert | Director | 2020-08-24 | Nov 1996 | British |
| ROE, Andrew Charles | Director | 2025-02-01 | Sep 1965 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Philip | Secretary | 2008-01-14 | 2023-08-24 |
| CURRAN, Stephen | Secretary | 2002-04-02 | 2002-09-09 |
| DAVIDSON, Michelle Caron | Secretary | 2007-02-14 | 2008-01-14 |
| PILLEY, Susan Marie | Secretary | 2002-09-09 | 2007-02-14 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-04-02 | 2002-04-02 |
| AHMAD, Mohammad Arif | Director | 2025-02-01 | 2025-08-07 |
| CURRAN, Stephen | Director | 2002-04-02 | 2002-09-09 |
| DAVIDSON, Michelle Caron | Director | 2003-05-19 | 2023-05-19 |
| PILLEY, Andrew James | Director | 2008-05-20 | 2023-05-19 |
| PILLEY, Andrew James | Director | 2002-04-02 | 2008-01-14 |
| PILLEY, Susan Marie | Director | 2007-05-02 | 2008-01-14 |
| PILLEY, Susan Marie | Director | 2005-01-05 | 2007-02-14 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-04-02 | 2002-04-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew James Pilley - Michelle Caron Davidson | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-09-30 |
| Ruby Energy Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-06 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-04 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-08-06 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-04-30
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-53.3%
£1,714,058 £800,413
-
Net assets
-98.7%
£13,870,969 £175,125
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+29.5%
112 145
-
Profit before tax
-151.8%
£9,333,338 -£4,838,675
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Wages
+80%
£921,344 £1,658,141
highest in 5 filed years
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