Introduction
The Directors present the Strategic Report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Ecogee (the company) is a renewables and retrofit specialist firm providing solutions across the Northwest. Ecogee was established in 2012, in response to the launch of the Government energy efficiency programme, Energy Company Obligation (ECO).
Ecogee was acquired by The Regenda Group in March 2023, with the following corporate objectives:
To boost the ‘Housing and Construction’ group offer due to Ecogee’s specialist knowledge, expertise, and ability to deliver renewables works
To provide gift aid to the group from commercial profit generated
To support and provide expertise in the development and delivery of the retrofit training offer for The Learning Foundry
Regenda Corporate Services to support and provide services to Ecogee, which in turn will be funded through an agreed group charge
Ecogee will sit alongside sister company M&Y Maintenance and Construction, these 2 businesses will work closely together to strengthen their offer, based on the following principles:
All maintenance, planned works and construction will be delivered by M&Y Maintenance and Construction
All renewables funding expertise and services will be delivered by Ecogee
The businesses will share senior managers, support services, processes, supply chain and systems, where they provide effective delivery for both businesses and support the delivery of high performance
The senior teams in Ecogee and M&Y Maintenance and Construction will lead on ensuring they understand the markets they operate in and keep abreast of government changes, business competitors, sector needs and opportunities
Ecogee and M&Y will identify and understand their combined procurement needs and utilise their commercial skills to secure competitive supply agreements
During the 2024/5 financial period, Ecogee achieved a post-tax profit of £1.1m (7%), compared to £2.0m (11%) in 2023/24. The net profit decreased in this period due to increased investment in business growth, leading to higher staffing, insurance, and inter-company charges. Additionally, profitability was impacted by reduced Eco works turnover and net profit, as Scottish Power overcommitted work nationally, lowering the order book and fitting charges for retrofit measures.
Ecogee delivers both grant and privately funded energy efficiency works including:
New boilers
Central heating systems
Cavity wall insulation
Underfloor and loft insulation
External wall insulation
Internal wall insulation
Solar panels
Air Source Heat Pumps
Electric storage heaters
Ecogee currently delivers works through the following government grant schemes:
Grant Scheme | Current | Ecogee Client Base (January 2025) |
Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) | ECO 4 | Scottish Power – LA Flex (low-income households) Sub-contracted and direct delivery models |
Warm Homes: Social Fund (WH: SHF) (prev. SHDF) | Wave 2 | Prima, Great Places, Cobalt, One Vision Halton Housing – Regenda from 2025 |
Warm Homes: Local Grant (WH: LG) (Prev. HUG) | Round 2 | LCRCA – all boroughs Sefton Borough Council |
Operating context
In 2024, the UK government has continued to support energy efficiency through various grants aimed at reducing energy consumption, lowering costs, and cutting carbon emissions. These grants are part of the wider effort to decarbonise the country and meet net-zero goals. With the new Labour government, 2025 promises to introduce even more ambitious policies and funding to accelerate these efforts.
A variety of grants are already in place to help households and businesses in the UK improve energy efficiency, below are grants Ecogee are currently delivering:
Energy Company Obligation (ECO4): Running until 2026, the ECO4 scheme helps low-income households by funding essential energy efficiency measures, such as insulation and heating system upgrades. The goal is to target homes that are particularly vulnerable to fuel poverty and help reduce overall energy consumption.
Warm Homes: Local Grant – WH: LG (previously HUG) – Is a scheme that provides grants for energy efficiency upgrades in low-income households in England. £500m has been allocated as part of the Autum Budget 2024 to be delivered from 2025-2028 be eligible local authorities.
Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund – WH: SHF (previously SHDF) – Is a program that helps social housing providers in England improve the energy efficiency of their homes including reducing fuel poverty, growing the housing retrofit sector and supporting green jobs. There has been £1.29 billion committed funds to WH: SHF from 2025-2028.
The Labour government, elected in 2024, is expected to introduce major policies in 2025 to build on the existing energy efficiency initiatives. Including the ‘Warm Homes Plan’ (some of the funding which forms part of this is listed above), which will see an investment of £6.6billion to upgrade five million homes across the UK.
The plan is to provide grants and low-interest loans to households to install insulation, solar panels, batteries, and low-carbon heating systems like heat pumps. By increasing the energy efficiency of these homes, the Warm Homes Plan hopes to lower energy bills for millions of residents while contributing to the country’s broader decarbonisation goals.
The future of energy efficiency in the UK is set for major transformation in 2025, with new policies and grants expected to be announced by the Labour government.
The market competition for Ecogee is increasing. However, many have not fully recognised the complex systems needed to meet all quality and volume requirements. Several contractors have not met these standards, resulting in Ecogee taking over incomplete projects. Ecogee has 13 years of experience in this market and provides a turnkey model that supports clients from securing suitable funding to designing work programmes for optimal efficiency and completing the works. All this is managed and delivered by an experienced in-house team.
Ecogee projects a turnover of £22 million for the fiscal year 2025/2026, with a post-tax profit of £1.7 million or 8%, consistent with the post-tax profit achieved in 2024/2025. The projected turnover represents a 29% increase compared to the £17 million turnover in 2024/2025. Of this projected turnover, £4 million or 18% will be generated from Scottish Power Eco works, £10.2 million or 46% from the Warm Homes Fund (formerly known as SHDF), £4 million or 18% from the Local Grant Fund (formerly known as HUG), and the remaining £4 million or 18% has been secured through contracts with two Registered Providers (Great Places and Weavervale) to deliver Warm Homes Funded works. Consequently, the full £22 million turnover for 2025/2026 is secured.
Ecogee have a strategic and operational risk register in place which is reviewed and updated monthly as part of the Strategic Directors Meeting and reported quarterly into the M&Y and Ecogee Board Meeting.
In addition to the above, Ecogee produces an annual Business Plan which includes operating context, a detailed PESTLE and SWOT analysis, strategic and operational objectives, delivery and resource plan, key customer information, risk management and financial projections.
Ecogee operates in the construction, renewables and housing market and therefore face market, political and economic risk relating to the housing and renewables industry; however, we mitigate these risks by the following:
Having a documented Strategic Risk Register with mitigation which is tested, updated, and reported monthly.
A relationship with key funders and a presence on renewable lobbying and decision boards
Directors and senior managers who understand and drive strong financial performance
An experienced and reputable Health and Safety Department headed up by a capable senior manager
Experienced, competent, and proven senior management team in position, who are encouraged to communicate openly and honestly with regards to performance and concerns
An established supply chain to provide quality services and supplies
Risks and uncertainties outside of Ecogee’s control include those relating to Government Policy and alterations to legislative and taxation framework in which Ecogee operate.
There are several emerging risks (and opportunities) under consideration including:
Government drive to carbon neutral by 2050
Government set 15% reduction in energy consumption by 2030
£1bn Eco+ insulation scheme
Government energy bill currently going through parliament, currently at committee stage at House of Commons, included provision and regulation for energy performance of premises
Changes in government policy
Ecogee will make a financial investment in 2025 to enhance their performance analysis and reporting capabilities.
A new job management system is being implemented called Instalr. This system has been developed to support businesses who deliver installations like Ecogee. The system can manage leads, validate data, manage appointments and documentation, and will help to increase productivity by reducing the manual data entry required.
The system will enable the team to input customers and leads into the system, plan and book the surveys and installations and, once the work is completed, to support the submissions, reporting and job analysis.
Ecogee have improved the energy efficiency of in excess of over 700 homes in 2024/5, working with our various public sector clients across a variety of government funding streams. Ecogee current customer satisfaction rate is averaging at 98% across all services delivered in 2024/5.
Ecogee will be in a position to report more effectively on customer satisfaction following the implementation of Instalr in the summer 2025.
Ecogee will start the first retrofit programme for Regenda Homes in 2025-26. The initial year's work will focus on homes in Wyre with the least efficient EPC ratings. Ecogee will also address any damp and mould issues identified through retrofit assessment surveys across all Regenda homes.
Ecogee has demonstrated strong turnover growth and financial performance over the past two years, generating in excess of £3.3 million in gift aid contributions to the Group.
In 2025, the renewable energy sector is projected to experience considerable growth, driven by government policies, investment in energy improvements, declining costs of renewable technologies, and increased demand for sustainable energy solutions.
Ecogee has invested in senior and strategic roles, merged offices with M&Y and adopted new technology to ensure effective delivery of an increased turnover of £22 million (£17 million achieved in 2024/25, representing a 29% increase).
Ecogee has established a comprehensive Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Strategy that addresses various outputs of our organisation, including social value, to promote more sustainable and ethical practices. To ensure accountability and engagement, Ecogee has appointed eight ESG Champions from across the business, who provide staff feedback and maintain focus and commitment to the objectives and targets outlined in the ESG Strategy.
On behalf of the board
The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.
The results for the year are set out on page 11.
The Company had declared a distribution under gift aid to Regenda Limited of £1,781,418 (2024 - £1,000.000) and Centre 56 Limited of £250,000 (2024 - £300,000)
No ordinary dividends were paid. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.
Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited were appointed as auditor to the company and in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution proposing that they be re-appointed will be put at a General Meeting.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law, the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The Company has been profitable and is expected to remain so in future years. After a thorough review considering the impact of inflation and the challenging economic environment on all assets, liabilities and commitments, the Board are assured that there are sufficient cash reserves in place to meet liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.
Therefore, the Board continues to adopt the going concern basis in the financial statements.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the medium-sized companies exemption.
We have audited the financial statements of Ecogee Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, the statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Basis for opinion
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
Other information
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:
the information given in the strategic report and the directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the strategic report and the directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.
We identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and then design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, including obtaining audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Identifying and assessing potential risks related to irregularities
In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we considered the following:
the nature of the industry and sector, control environment and business performance;
the company's own assessment of the risks that irregularities may occur either as a result of fraud or error;
the results of our enquiries of management of their own identification of and assessment of the risks of irregularities;
any matters we identified having obtained and reviewed the company's documentation of their policies and procedures relating to:
identifying, evaluating and complying with laws and regulations and whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance;
detecting and responding to the risks of fraud and whether they have knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud; and
the internal controls established to mitigate risks of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations; and
the matters discussed among the audit engagement team regarding how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements and any potential indicators of fraud
As a result of these procedures, we considered the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the organisation for fraud and identified the greatest potential for fraud in the following areas:
(i) The presentation of the Profit and Loss Account, (ii) the accounting policy for revenue recognition (iii) amounts recoverable on WIP, (iv) understatement of creditors. In common with all audits under ISAs (UK), we are also required to perform specific procedures to respond to the risk of management override.
We also obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the company operates in, focusing on provisions of those laws and regulations that had a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The key laws and regulations we considered in this context included the UK Companies Act.
In addition, we considered provisions of other laws and regulations that do not have a direct effect on the financial statements but compliance with which may be fundamental to the company’s ability to operate or to avoid a material penalty.
Our procedures to respond to risks identified included the following:
reviewing the financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with relevant laws and regulations described above as having a direct effect on the financial statements;
enquiring of management concerning actual and potential litigation and claims;
performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships that may indicate risks of material misstatement due to fraud;
in addressing the risk of fraud through management override of controls, testing the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments; assessing whether the judgements made in making accounting estimates are indicative of a potential bias; and evaluating the business rationale of any significant transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business.
We also communicated relevant identified laws and regulations and potential fraud risks to all engagement team members and remained alert to any indications of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations throughout the audit.
Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
Ecogee Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is The Foundry, 42 Henry Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 5AY. The principal place of business of the company is Bold Business Centre, Bold Lane, St Helens, Merseyside WA9 4TX.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:
Section 7 ‘Statement of Cash Flows’: Presentation of a statement of cash flow and related notes and disclosures;
Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instrument Issues: Interest income/expense and net gains/losses for financial instruments not measured at fair value; basis of determining fair values; details of collateral, loan defaults or breaches, details of hedges, hedging fair value changes recognised in profit or loss and in other comprehensive income;
Section 33 ‘Related Party Disclosures’: Compensation for key management personnel.
The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of Regenda Limited. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, The Foundry, 42 Henry Street, Liverpool, L1 5AY.
The assets' residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are reviewed, and adjusted prospectively if appropriate, or if there is an indication of a significant change since the last reporting date.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial instruments. Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised in profit or loss in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless hedge accounting is applied and the hedge is a cash flow hedge.
Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss. Debt instruments may be designated as being measured at fair value through profit or loss to eliminate or reduce an accounting mismatch or if the instruments are measured and their performance evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy.
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.
Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts and finance leases are capitalised as tangible fixed assets. Assets acquired by finance lease are depreciated over the shorter of the lease term and their useful lives. Assets acquired by hire purchase are depreciated over their useful lives. Finance leases are those where substantially all of the benefits and risks of ownership are assumed by the company. Obligations under such agreements are included in creditors net of the finance charge allocated to future periods. The finance element of the rental payment is charged to profit or loss so as to produce a constant periodic rate of charge on the net obligation outstanding in each period.
Interest Income
Interest income is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income using the effective interest method.
Gift aid
Gift aid payments to the parent charity are considered to be distributions under company law and, as such, are accounted for as a distribution within equity at such time as a legal obligation to make the payment exists. Paragraph 29.14A of FRS 102 requires the tax effects of the expected gift aid payment to be taken into account when it is probable that the gift aid payment will be made within 9 months of the reporting date, which may result in the tax relief being recognised in the financial statements before the gift aid payment itself is recognised.
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
The estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities are as follows.
Bad debts are recognised where there are indicators of non-recoverability, and appropriate action has been taken to recover the debt unsuccessfully. When assessing recoverability, the directors consider factors such as the ageing of the receivables, past experience of recoverability, and the credit profile of individual groups of customers.
Amounts recoverable on contracts are recognised based on the estimated value of work performed but not yet billed at the reporting date. The estimation process involves assessing the stage of completion of the contract, the agreed contract terms, and the likelihood of recovery.
Accruals are recognised for expenses incurred but not yet paid at the reporting date. The estimation process involves assessing the timing and amount of the expenses based on the best available information.
The whole of the turnover is attributable to the principle activity of the Company. All turnover arose within the United Kingdom.
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
The number of directors for whom retirement benefits are accruing under defined contribution schemes amounted to 1 (2024 - 1).
The actual charge/(credit) for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:
Tangible fixed assets includes assets held under finance leases or hire purchase contracts, as follows:
Amounts owed to group undertakings are unsecured, interest free, and repayable on demand.
Finance leases are secured on the assets to which they relate.
Bank borrowings relates to the bounce-back loan with a term of 10 years, repayment of which began on 6 June 2021. the loan accrues interest of at 2.5%.
The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.
The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Regenda Limited and has taken advantage of the available exemption conferred by section 33.1A of FRS 102 not to disclose transactions with wholly owned group members.
Ecogee paid during the year rent of £36k (2024: £36k) to Stairlift Specialists Ltd, a company owned by Brendan Helm (Company Director resigned 17 June 2025).