# Octopus Energy Limited (09263424)

> Accounts, ratios and register details for UK company 09263424, from Companies House filings, by companydig. Interactive version: https://companydig.co.uk/company/09263424

- **Status:** active
- **Company type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2014-10-14
- **Registered office:** Uk House, 5th Floor, 164-182 Oxford Street, London, W1D 1NN, United Kingdom
- **Industry (SIC):** 35140 Trade of electricity; 35230 Trade of gas through mains
- **Previous names:** MERCURY ENERGY SUPPLY LIMITED
- **Accounts on record:** 11 years (2015–2025)

Figures in GBP units (not thousands), last 10 years. Costs and liabilities are positive amounts; tax is positive for a charge and negative for a credit; losses are negative. Latest year source: scanned PDF read by OCR; check against the filing.

## Profit and loss

| Line item | 2016-04-30 | 2017-04-30 | 2018-04-30 | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
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| Revenue / turnover | 50,000 | 35,242,000 | 129,200,000 | 459,960,000 | 1,206,115,000 | 1,897,404,000 | 391,100,000 | 9,437,100,000 | 7,972,700,000 | 9,722,000,000 |
| Gross profit | -110,000 | -1,152,000 | 5,811,000 | 3,543,000 | 54,957,000 | 91,785,000 | 5,000,000 | 619,600,000 | 681,400,000 | 816,600,000 |
| Operating profit | -848,000 | -6,638,000 | -5,359,000 | -33,953,000 | -47,910,000 | -84,686,000 | -188,400,000 | 243,300,000 | 183,600,000 | 223,300,000 |
| Profit before tax | -939,000 | -7,227,000 | -7,433,000 | -37,411,000 | -55,589,000 | – | -180,800,000 | 227,100,000 | 204,000,000 | 240,200,000 |
| Tax charge / (credit) | -176,000 | -1,362,000 | -1,517,000 | -7,062,000 | -8,604,000 | -6,189,000 | -19,200,000 | 45,300,000 | 44,600,000 | 68,400,000 |
| Profit after tax | -763,000 | -5,865,000 | -5,916,000 | -30,349,000 | -46,985,000 | – | -161,600,000 | 181,800,000 | 159,400,000 | 171,800,000 |

## Balance sheet

| Line item | 2016-04-30 | 2017-04-30 | 2018-04-30 | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
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| Total fixed / non-current assets | 454,000 | 4,006,000 | 12,082,000 | 33,672,000 | 83,230,000 | 123,177,000 | 174,500,000 | 86,300,000 | 676,500,000 | 1,026,000,000 |
| Current assets | 661,000 | 21,511,000 | 51,479,000 | 124,684,000 | 390,308,000 | 369,069,000 | 1,625,100,000 | 1,759,300,000 | 2,048,300,000 | 3,171,200,000 |
| Cash at bank | 35,000 | 7,526,000 | 4,953,000 | 23,851,000 | 16,255,000 | – | 138,500,000 | 230,200,000 | 328,100,000 | – |
| Creditors < 1 year (current liabilities) | 243,000 | – | – | – | – | 556,276,000 | 2,049,500,000 | 1,909,900,000 | 2,575,600,000 | 3,480,200,000 |
| Net current assets | 418,000 | 6,087,000 | -4,143,000 | -18,545,000 | -62,535,000 | -187,207,000 | -424,400,000 | -150,600,000 | -527,300,000 | -309,000,000 |
| Creditors > 1 year (non-current liabilities) | 1,670,000 | – | – | – | 110,656,000 | 0 | – | 0 | 29,000,000 | 2,600,000 |
| Net assets | -846,000 | -6,711,000 | – | – | 89,961,000 | 64,030,000 | – | -64,300,000 | 99,300,000 | 681,300,000 |
| Total equity | -846,000 | -6,711,000 | – | – | 89,961,000 | 64,030,000 | – | 2,500,000 | 2,600,000 | 681,300,000 |

## Ratios

| Ratio | 2016-04-30 | 2017-04-30 | 2018-04-30 | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
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| Revenue growth | – | 70384.0% | 266.6% | 256.0% | 162.2% | 57.3% | -79.4% | 2313.0% | -15.5% | 21.9% |
| Gross margin | -220.0% | -3.3% | 4.5% | 0.8% | 4.6% | 4.8% | 1.3% | 6.6% | 8.5% | 8.4% |
| Operating margin | -1696.0% | -18.8% | -4.1% | -7.4% | -4.0% | -4.5% | -48.2% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| Net margin | -1526.0% | -16.6% | -4.6% | -6.6% | -3.9% | – | -41.3% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 1.8% |
| Return on equity | – | – | – | – | -52.2% | – | – | 7272.0% | 6251.0% | 50.2% |
| Return on capital employed | -97.2% | -65.8% | -67.5% | -224.5% | -231.5% | – | – | – | 123.1% | – |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | – | – | – | – | -52.7% | -99.6% | – | – | – | 89.8% |
| Current ratio | 2.72× | – | – | – | – | 0.66× | 0.79× | 0.92× | 0.80× | 0.91× |
| Effective tax rate | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19.9% | 21.9% | 28.5% |

Years where the figures don't add up as read (likely OCR errors): 2022-04-30, 2023-04-30, 2024-04-30.

## More

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- Companies House register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09263424
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