OXFORD PHOTOVOLTAICS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-30 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-16
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
-81.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£23M
-38.1% vs 2023
Employees
163
+16.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£20M
-66.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
We draw attention to Note 2 in the financial statements, which indicates that the group incurred a net loss of £18,731,740 during the year ended 31 December 2024 and continues to be in a loss-making position. The group and the company will need to raise additional funding to continue as a going concern, and there are no guarantees that attempts to raise additional financing on a timely basis will be successful. As stated in Note 2, these events, or conditions, along with other matters as set forth in note 2, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
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 | — | £210,998 | |
| Operating profit | -£12,977,767 | -£14,495,760 | |
| Profit before tax | -£12,153,781 | -£20,287,632 | |
| Net profit | -£10,768,976 | -£18,731,740 | |
| Cash | £23,698,004 | £4,397,508 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £105,570,181 | £92,654,814 | |
| Net assets | £37,225,562 | £23,049,112 | |
| Equity | £37,225,562 | £23,049,112 | |
| Average employees | 140 | 163 | |
| Wages | £7,045,450 | £8,604,061 |
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 | — | -6870.1% | |
| Net margin | — | -8877.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -12.3% | -15.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 66.3% | 77.0% | |
| Current ratio | 6.26x | 1.40x | |
| Interest cover | -108.60x | -2.30x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw attention to Note 2 in the financial statements, which indicates that the group incurred a net loss of £18,731,740 during the year ended 31 December 2024 and continues to be in a loss-making position. The group and the company will need to raise additional funding to continue as a going concern, and there are no guarantees that attempts to raise additional financing on a timely basis will be successful. As stated in Note 2, these events, or conditions, along with other matters as set forth in note 2, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.”
Group structure
- OXFORD PHOTOVOLTAICS LIMITED · parent
- Oxford PV Germany GmbH 100%
- Oxford Solar Limited 100%
- Oxford PV Limited 100%
- Oxford Solar Technology Limited 100%
- Solar Materials Technology Limited 100%
- Oxford PV Americas Inc 100%
Significant events
- “In 2024, Oxford Photovoltaics Limited made significant strides in advancing its core technology and transitioning towards commercial operations.”
- “The Group continued to develop full-sized, production-grade perovskite-on-silicon tandem solar cells at its Brandenburg facility in Germany.”
- “This year marked a pivotal milestone with the facility becoming commercially operational and initiating first shipments of cells and modules to pilot customers.”
- “The Group also secured IEC61730 certification for its Generation 1 module product, a critical requirement for its launch utility customer in the United States.”
- “In 2024, the Group attracted investor interest as its new business strategy-including product sales and IP licensing-became better understood.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LANGEN, Christian | Director | 2015-07-22 | Jul 1972 | German |
| ROBINSON, George Edward Silvanus | Director | 2026-02-20 | Nov 1956 | British |
| SLETTEN SCHIELDROP, Kjell | Director | 2023-02-07 | Feb 1973 | Norwegian |
| SNAITH, Henry James, Prof. | Director | 2010-11-24 | Jan 1978 | British |
| WARD, David Russell | Director | 2023-02-07 | Jun 1967 | British,American |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOWROTH, Frank | Secretary | 2020-02-12 | 2024-04-16 |
| ROWLEY, Michael David | Secretary | 2018-05-09 | 2019-10-31 |
| ALDWYCH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-03-18 | 2014-01-15 |
| ARTHUR, Kevin Richard | Director | 2010-11-24 | 2015-07-01 |
| AVERDUNG, Frank | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2023-02-07 |
| BRAENDLE, Johann Paul, Dr | Director | 2019-03-27 | 2020-07-01 |
| BROMLEY, John Alexander | Director | 2021-07-29 | 2023-02-07 |
| BROMLEY, John | Director | 2020-02-12 | 2021-01-15 |
| CHEN, Shi | Director | 2019-03-15 | 2025-12-31 |
| CONSTANTINE, Simon John | Director | 2015-05-20 | 2019-03-15 |
| ERFURT, Gunter, Dr | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2024-10-25 |
| FYFE, David, Dr | Director | 2013-11-19 | 2018-11-01 |
| PENINGTON, Michael Geoffrey | Director | 2013-03-28 | 2023-06-01 |
| RAE, Iain Fenton | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2015-05-20 |
| ROBINSON, George Edward Silvanus | Director | 2015-04-22 | 2019-03-15 |
| STARLING, Justin David | Director | 2010-01-16 | 2010-11-24 |
| SVEGARDEN, Ingunn | Director | 2019-03-15 | 2020-02-12 |
| VERLINDEN, Pierre, Dr | Director | 2018-06-13 | 2022-12-12 |
| VICKERY, Paul | Director | 2010-11-24 | 2015-03-24 |
| WARD, David Russell | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2019-03-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 204 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-01-06 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-25 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-08 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-25 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-04-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-81.4%
£23,698,004 £4,397,508
-
Net assets
-38.1%
£37,225,562 £23,049,112
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Employees
+16.4%
140 163
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Operating profit
-11.7%
-£12,977,767 -£14,495,760
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Profit before tax
-66.9%
-£12,153,781 -£20,287,632
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Wages
+22.1%
£7,045,450 £8,604,061
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers