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Heath Farm Energy Limited

Annual Report and Financial Statements
Year Ended 31 March 2026

Registration number: 09397056

 

Heath Farm Energy Limited

Contents

Balance Sheet

1

Notes to the Financial Statements

2 to 10

 

Heath Farm Energy Limited

Balance Sheet

31 March 2026

Note

2026
£

2025
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

4

6,692,179

7,109,552

Current assets

 

Stocks

5

1,304,918

1,488,476

Debtors

6

2,930,831

2,311,221

Cash at bank and in hand

 

714,018

1,201,702

 

4,949,767

5,001,399

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

7

(1,535,555)

(944,905)

Net current assets

 

3,414,212

4,056,494

Total assets less current liabilities

 

10,106,391

11,166,046

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

7

(865,541)

(755,445)

Provisions for liabilities

8

(1,740,192)

(1,734,699)

Net assets

 

7,500,658

8,675,902

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

9

1

1

Profit and loss account

7,500,657

8,675,901

Shareholders' funds

 

7,500,658

8,675,902

These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 and the option not to file the Profit and Loss Account has been taken.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 14 August 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
 

.........................................
Steven Beveridge
Director

Company Registration Number: 09397056

 

Heath Farm Energy Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 March 2026

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
10-12 Frederick Sanger Road
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7YD

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board on 14 August 2026.

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006.

The Company early adopted the amendments to FRS 102 arising from the Periodic Review 2024 during the year ended 31 March 2023. This has resulted in the Company recognising right of use assets and lease liabilities for all leases previously treated as operating leases. Right of use assets are recognised as a sub category within Tangible fixed assets.

Basis of preparation of financial statements

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention.

The Company's functional and presentational currency is GBP.

Going concern

The Directors of the Company have reviewed the current and projected financial position of the Company, making reasonable assumptions about future trading performance. After making enquiries, 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.

 

Heath Farm Energy Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 March 2026

Revenue recognition

Generation of gas / electricity
Revenue from the sale of gas and electricity is recognised in the period in which it is generated based on contractual terms that exist. Any amounts generated but not billed at the balance sheet date are recognised as revenue and included in debtors as accrued income.

Sale of Green Gas Certificates
As part of the company’s operations, they generate Green Gas Certificates. Revenue from the sale of Green Gas Certificates is recognised as they are generated where a contract exists with a third party to acquire. Where, at the balance sheet date, no contract exists to purchase, Green Gas Certificates are held in stock at an approximation of their cost to generate.

Tax

Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current corporation tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

Deferred tax is recognised on all timing differences at the balance sheet date unless indicated below. Timing differences are differences between taxable profits and the results as stated in the profit and loss account and other comprehensive income. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and a valuation allowance is set up against deferred tax assets so that the net carrying amount equals the highest amount that is more likely than not to be recovered based on current or future taxable profit.

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

Assets under construction are held at cost until they are ready for use. Once ready for use, assets are transferred into the relevant category and are held at cost less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

 

Heath Farm Energy Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 March 2026

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Right of use assets

Over the life of the lease

Plant and machinery

Straight line over 20 years from plant commissioning date

Computer equipment

Straight line over 4 years

Motor vehicles

Straight line over 4 to 5 years

Decommissioning provision (included within plant and machinery)

Over the lease term

Stocks

Stocks represent costs of energy crops for use as feedstock in biogas generation, spare parts held for sale or use within plant and machinery and Green Gas Certificates. All stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value.

Provisions

As part of the measurement and recognition of assets and liabilities in the period, the Company has recognised a provision for decommissioning obligations associated with the anaerobic digestion plant. In determining the present value of the provision, assumptions and estimates are made in relation to the discount rates, the expected cost to dismantle and remove the plant from the site and the expected timing of these costs, and this data is compared to industry available data. The carrying amount of the provision as at 31 March 2026 was £938,727 (31 March 2025 - £902,101). The discount rate applied was 3.72%.

 

Heath Farm Energy Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 March 2026

Leases

The Company recognises a right of use asset and a corresponding lease liability with respect to all lease arrangements in which it is the lessee, except for short term leases (defined as leases with a term of 12 months or less) and leases of low value assets. For these leases, the Company recognises the lease payments as an operating expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Lease incentives are spread over the term of the lease.

The lease liability is presented as a separate line in the Balance Sheet. The lease liability is initially measured at the present value of all future lease payments, discounted at the rate implicit in the lease, or if this rate is not readily determined, the incremental borrowing rate of the Company. Lease payments included in the measurement of the lease liability include:
• fixed and variable lease payments, less any lease incentives;
• the amount expected to be payable by the lessee under residual value guarantees;
• the exercise price of purchase options, if the lessee is reasonably certain to exercise the
options; and
• payments of penalties for terminating the lease, if the lease term reflects the exercise of an
option to terminate the lease.

The lease liability is subsequently measured by increasing the carrying amount to reflect interest on the lease liability (using the effective interest rate method) and by reducing the carrying amount by any lease payments made.

The Company remeasures the lease liability and makes a corresponding adjustment to the related right of use asset whenever:
• the lease term has changed or there is a change in the assessment of exercise of a purchase
option; or
• a lease contract is modified and the lease modification is not accounted for as a separate lease
in which case the liability is remeasured by discounting the revised lease payments using a revised discount rate.

Right of use assets are presented within tangible fixed assets on the Balance Sheet. The right of use assets comprise the initial measurement of the corresponding lease liability, lease payments made at or before the commencement day of the lease and any initial direct costs. They are subsequently measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.

Right of use assets are depreciated over the shorter period of lease term and useful life of the underlying asset, unless a lease transfers ownership of the underlying asset or the cost of the right of use assets reflects that the Company expects to exercise a purchase option, in which case the right of use asset is depreciated over the useful life of the underlying asset. The depreciation starts at commencement of the lease.

 

Heath Farm Energy Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 March 2026

Financial instruments

Classification
The company holds the following financial instruments:

• Short term trade and other debtors and creditors;
• Loans with group companies; and
• Cash and bank balances.

All financial instruments are classified as basic.

 Recognition and measurement
The company has chosen to apply the recognition and measurement principles in FRS102.

Financial instruments are recognised when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument and derecognised when in the case of assets, the contractual rights to cash flows from the assets expire or substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are transferred to another party, or in the case of liabilities, when the company’s obligations are discharged, expire or are cancelled.

Except for loans with group companies, such instruments are initially measured at transaction price, including transaction costs, and are subsequently carried at the undiscounted amount of the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received, after taking account of impairment adjustments.

Loans with group companies are initially measured at transaction price, including transaction costs, and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method.


 

 

Heath Farm Energy Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 March 2026

Key accounting judgements and sources of estimation uncertainty

As part of the measurement and recognition of assets and liabilities in the period, the Company has recognised a provision for decommissioning obligations associated with the anaerobic digestion plant. In determining the present value of the provision, assumptions and estimates are made in relation to the discount rates, the expected cost to dismantle and remove the plant from the site and the expected timing of these costs, and this data is compared to industry available data. The carrying value of such provisions and discount rates applied are included within the accounting policy for provisions.

3

Employees

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 0 (2025 - 0).

4

Tangible assets

Right of use asset
£

Plant and machinery
£

Computer equipment
 £

Motor vehicles
 £

Assets under construction
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 April 2025

917,680

10,559,695

10,843

-

57,692

11,545,910

Additions

66,309

9,539

-

101,278

16,012

193,138

At 31 March 2026

983,989

10,569,234

10,843

101,278

73,704

11,739,048

Depreciation

At 1 April 2025

116,279

4,318,220

1,859

-

-

4,436,358

Charge for the year

56,326

534,650

2,672

16,863

-

610,511

At 31 March 2026

172,605

4,852,870

4,531

16,863

-

5,046,869

Carrying amount

At 31 March 2026

811,384

5,716,364

6,312

84,415

73,704

6,692,179

At 31 March 2025

801,401

6,241,475

8,984

-

57,692

7,109,552

 

Heath Farm Energy Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 March 2026

5

Stocks

2026
£

2025
£

Feedstock

800,757

1,131,932

Spare parts

291,937

233,939

Work in progress

52,760

19,478

Other inventories

-

13,907

Green Gas Certificates

159,464

89,220

1,304,918

1,488,476

6

Debtors

2026
£

2025
£

Trade debtors

161,186

307,712

Amounts owed by group undertakings

400,000

18,394

Other debtors

55,000

50,000

Prepayments and accrued income

2,314,645

1,935,115

2,930,831

2,311,221

7

Creditors

2026
£

2025
£

Due within one year

Trade creditors

419,058

238,737

Amounts owed to group undertakings

943,268

455,986

Taxation and social security

8,590

19,212

Lease obligations

91,481

84,050

Accruals and deferred income

73,158

146,920

1,535,555

944,905

2026
£

2025
£

Due after one year

Lease obligations

865,541

755,445

 

Heath Farm Energy Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 March 2026

8

Provisions for liabilities

Deferred tax
£

Decommissioning provision
£

Total
£

At 1 April 2025

832,598

902,101

1,734,699

Increase (decrease) in existing provisions

(31,133)

36,626

5,493

At 31 March 2026

801,465

938,727

1,740,192

Decommissioning provision
A provision is made in the accounts for the reinstatement costs for the Company to return the land to its original state after the lease ends. The expected reinstatement costs of £1,121,900 are adjusted for inflation and discounted annually at a rate of 3.72% over the remaining lease term of 14 years.

9

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

2026

2025

No.

£

No.

£

A Ordinary shares of £0.01 each

100

1

100

1

       

10

Lease obligations

The total of future minimum lease payments is as follows:

2026
£

2025
£

Not later than one year

154,927

113,860

Later than one year and not later than five years

540,259

455,442

Later than five years

1,225,737

1,138,605

Less finance expense to be recognised in future periods

(963,901)

(868,412)

957,022

839,495

 

Heath Farm Energy Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 March 2026

11

Financial commitments, guarantees and contingencies

Amounts not provided for in the balance sheet

The company is party to a group guarantee arrangement in respect of bank borrowings held by another group company. As part of this agreement National Westminster Bank plc holds a first floating charge over the present and future assets of the company.

The total amount of guarantees not included in the balance sheet (representing the total amount of bank borrowings in the group) is £67,000,000 (2025 - £55,000,000).

12

Related party transactions

The Company discloses transactions with related parties which are not wholly owned within the same group. Where appropriate, transactions of a similar nature are aggregated unless, in the opinion of the Directors, separate disclosure is necessary to understand the effect of the transaction on the Company's financial statements.

The Company has taken advantage of the exemption, under FRS 102, from disclosure of transactions with related parties who are wholly owned within the same group. The group includes the Company, its parent undertakings and its fellow subsidiary undertakings.

The company transacts with companies in the wider Future Biogas Group in the normal course of business. During the year the company made sales of £110,085 (2025 - £Nil) and purchases of £Nil (2025 - £23,255) with non wholly owned companies within the Future Biogas Group. At the balance sheet date the company owed £Nil to these companies.

13

Audit report

The Independent Auditors' Report was unqualified. The name of the Senior Statutory Auditor who signed the audit report was Tom Beable FCA, who signed for and on behalf of PKF Francis Clark on 14 August 2026.

14

Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The Company is wholly owned by Future Biogas Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. The smallest group in which the results of the Company are consolidated is that headed by Future Biogas Limited. The largest group in which the results of the Company are consolidated is that headed by Future Biogas Holdco Limited.

The ultimate controlling party at the period end was 3i Infrastructure plc.