FREE SOLAR (STAGE 1) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-14 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£464K
+314.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+70.5% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2M
+4.7% vs 2023
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 | £2,603,152 | £2,567,418 | |
| Operating profit | £1,881,744 | £1,882,310 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,622,037 | £1,698,010 | |
| Net profit | £1,241,570 | £1,274,111 | |
| Cash | £111,908 | £463,750 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,419,844 | £4,519,205 | |
| Net assets | £888,554 | £1,514,560 | |
| Equity | £888,554 | £1,514,560 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 72.3% | 73.3% | |
| Net margin | 47.7% | 49.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 42.6% | 41.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 81.9% | 68.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.51x | 2.94x | |
| Interest cover | 7.25x | 8.27x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors of the Company have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events since year end impacting on the financial position of the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRD, Deborah Jane | Director | 2023-06-27 | Sep 1975 | British |
| KING, Caleb | Director | 2024-10-16 | Mar 1994 | British |
| SHERVELL, Ian, Mr. | Director | 2025-09-01 | Oct 1978 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPLEYARD, Andrew Charles | Director | 2013-12-31 | 2017-09-12 |
| CRAWLEY, Ian | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2024-10-25 |
| FOLLEY, Stuart John | Director | 2011-03-23 | 2013-04-24 |
| FROST, Charlotte | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2024-10-25 |
| HELLIWELL, Fergus James | Director | 2017-09-12 | 2021-01-26 |
| HERRIOTT, Charles William Grant | Director | 2021-03-23 | 2022-12-01 |
| HILL, Barry Steven | Director | 2014-05-23 | 2017-09-12 |
| JONES, Richard Peter | Director | 2012-04-24 | 2013-12-31 |
| LINDSEY, Joel Mark Woodliffe | Director | 2013-04-24 | 2014-05-09 |
| MURPHY, Darryl Guy | Director | 2017-09-12 | 2021-03-19 |
| SHERVELL, Ian, Mr. | Director | 2017-09-12 | 2022-12-01 |
| SKINNER, David Stephen, Dr | Director | 2013-04-24 | 2017-09-12 |
| TARRANT-WILLIS, Toby | Director | 2011-03-22 | 2013-04-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aviva Investors Realm Infrastructure No.1 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-09-17 | Active |
| Free Solar Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-09-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 178 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control without name date | |
| 2024-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-1.4%
£2,603,152 £2,567,418
-
Cash
+314.4%
£111,908 £463,750
-
Net assets
+70.5%
£888,554 £1,514,560
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
0%
£1,881,744 £1,882,310
-
Profit before tax
+4.7%
£1,622,037 £1,698,010
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