MERSEY BIOENERGY LTD
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Cash
£3.5m
-44.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£71m
-20.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£11m
-190.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,992,000 | £27,994,000 | £22,642,000 | -19.1% | |
| Operating profit | £3,378,000 | £7,626,000 | £970,000 | -87.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£12,511,000 | -£3,916,000 | -£11,366,000 | -190.2% | |
| Net profit | -£9,749,000 | -£5,377,000 | -£11,923,000 | -121.7% | |
| Cash | £19,925,000 | £6,419,000 | £3,545,000 | -44.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£5,314,000 | £80,365,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£53,249,000 | -£58,626,000 | -£70,549,000 | -20.3% | |
| Equity | -£53,249,000 | -£58,626,000 | -£70,549,000 | -20.3% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £73,000 | £0 | £0 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.5% | 27.2% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | -39.0% | -19.2% | -52.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 9.5% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 154.6% | 169.5% | 194.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.24x | 4.07x | 2.82x | |
| Interest cover | 0.21x | 0.65x | 0.08x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on their assessment and the stress testing undertaken, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Therefore, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the Annual Report and Financial Statements.”
Group structure
- MERSEY BIOENERGY LTD · parent
- Mersey Bioenergy Holdings Limited
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERTS, Mark Stephen | Director | 2023-09-25 | Mar 1980 | British |
| WARNER, Angus James | Director | 2025-10-06 | Apr 1979 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MITCHELL, Ailison Louise | Secretary | 2015-02-09 | 2019-08-01 |
| JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-12-21 | 2015-01-21 |
| ANDERSEN, Karsten Riis | Director | 2014-08-05 | 2014-11-20 |
| BENNETT, Neil Mather Jackson | Director | 2020-06-08 | 2021-01-13 |
| BUTCHER, Richard Edward Charles | Director | 2012-12-21 | 2019-02-28 |
| GRUNDTVIG, Christian | Director | 2012-12-21 | 2021-01-13 |
| JENKINS, Richard Neil | Director | 2020-06-02 | 2023-08-03 |
| KENT, Philip William | Director | 2014-11-20 | 2016-05-06 |
| KONGERSLEV, Michael | Director | 2012-12-21 | 2014-08-05 |
| MATTHEWS, Paige Victoria | Director | 2024-03-18 | 2025-10-06 |
| MAYO, Andrew Neil | Director | 2022-01-12 | 2024-08-20 |
| MCPHERSON, Robert Hamish | Director | 2018-09-27 | 2020-06-08 |
| MONTAGU, Alan | Director | 2016-05-02 | 2018-09-27 |
| RICHARDSON, Andrew | Director | 2021-01-13 | 2021-12-14 |
| SMITH, Michael Robert | Director | 2012-12-21 | 2014-11-20 |
| STREET, Andrew | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2019-09-18 |
| STREET, Andrew | Director | 2014-11-20 | 2015-03-31 |
| VALSTED LARSEN, Karsten | Director | 2021-01-13 | 2023-08-03 |
| WHAWELL, Benjamin Mark | Director | 2019-02-28 | 2020-06-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mersey Bioenergy Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-12-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control without name date | |
| 2023-10-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.