CERES POWER INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£33m
-14.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£387m
+0.2% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1.6m
-68.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £574,000 | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | -£7,000 | -£389,000 | -£249,000 | +36% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £6,085,000 | £5,190,000 | £1,633,000 | -68.5% | |
| Net profit | — | £6,085,000 | £3,860,000 | £670,000 | -82.6% | |
| Cash | — | £44,067,000 | £39,221,000 | £33,489,000 | -14.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £384,666,000 | £390,395,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | £384,666,000 | £386,602,000 | £387,272,000 | +0.2% | |
| Equity | £377,772,000 | £384,666,000 | £386,602,000 | £387,272,000 | +0.2% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £45,000 | £43,000 | — | — |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -1.2% | — | — | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -0.0% | -0.1% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 6.3% | 7.2% | 6.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 14.95x | 14.67x | 13.96x | |
| Interest cover | — | -0.01x | -4.80x | — |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- CERES POWER INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Ceres Power Limited 100%
- Ceres Intellectual Property Company Limited 100%
- Ceres Power Licence Company Limited 100%
- Ceres Holdings International Limited 100%
- RFC Power Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “At Shell's Technology Centre in Bangalore, our first megawatt scale demonstrator produced hydrogen at industry-leading efficiency, a major proof point of the cost and performance advantages of high-temperature electrolysis.”
- “After completing its technology transfer programme during 2025, SOEC manufacturing partner DENSO announced in September that it had begun Japan's first demonstration of SOEC hydrogen production at a JERA (Japan's largest power generation company) thermal power station.”
- “The Board approved an operational restructuring of the business to ensure resources are aligned with the Company's strategic priorities.”
- “Exiting non-core activities enabled the Company to focus investment on its core technology platform, ensuring resources were directed towards areas most valuable to licensee partners. In some instances, contract withdrawals resulted in termination fees, which are detailed in the provisions note.”
- “At the half-year the Board noted that RFC Power Limited, of which Ceres held a 24.2% interest, would become insolvent without support. After assessing the potential opportunity, the Board approved exercising an option to acquire the company.”
- “Although we are conscious of the uncertainties arising from the war in Iran and its impact on global energy markets, we start 2026 with strong operational momentum.”
- “Subsequent to the balance sheet date, the Group completed a transaction involving RFC Power Limited which resulted in Ceres Power Intermediate Holdings Limited acquiring an equity interest in RFC Power Limited as part of a wider restructuring and funding transaction.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALDWELL, Philip Joseph | Director | 2014-02-11 | Mar 1970 | British |
| PAYNTER, Stuart | Director | 2024-10-01 | May 1972 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUCHAN, Caroline | Secretary | 2016-10-18 | 2022-04-30 |
| GIRVAN, Bruce | Secretary | 2014-02-11 | 2015-08-03 |
| MILBURN, Helen | Secretary | 2015-08-03 | 2016-10-14 |
| AUBREY, Alan John | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2020-09-28 |
| CALLAGHAN, Stephen James | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2022-10-13 |
| GRIMASON, Deborah | Director | 2022-10-17 | 2024-09-30 |
| LAKIN, Eric Daniel | Director | 2022-01-10 | 2024-09-30 |
| PRESTON, Richard Timothy | Director | 2014-02-11 | 2022-01-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceres Power Holdings Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-08-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-02-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-12-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.