Gresham House Energy - Full-Year Results to 31 December 2025

Gresham House Energy Storage Fund

21/04/2026 07:00

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Gresham House Energy Storage Fund

21 April 2026

 

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21 April 2026

 

Gresham House Energy Storage Fund plc

("GRID" or the "Company")

 

Full-Year Results to 31 December 2025

 

Gresham House Energy Storage Fund plc (LSE: GRID), the UK's largest listed fund investing in utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS), is pleased to announce its audited annual results for the year ended 31 December 2025.

 

John Leggate CBE, Chair of Gresham House Energy Storage Fund plc, commented:

"2025 was a year of strong performance for the Company, with significant growth in operational capacity and cash generation. We have worked hard to execute the early stages of the Three-year Plan and are confident in the value it delivers for shareholders.

"2026 promises to bring tangible signs of progress for GRID as it launches into a significant programme of works, maintaining our leadership in this strategically crucial sector for the UK economy.

"As the impact of the war in the Middle East reverberates around global energy markets, the imperative to reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels is self-evident. Battery storage is a fundamental component of Britain's national energy mix. Since BESS has become more mainstream, its contribution to our national infrastructure and energy resilience is becoming more widely recognised by key policy makers."

 

 

2025 Performance highlights

 

o  NAV per share of 113.34p as of 31 December 2025, up 3.7% year over year (31 Dec 2024: 109.35p).

o  Completion of construction pipeline increasing operational MW/MWh to 1,072MW / 1,701MWh at 31 December 2025, increasing average duration to 1.59 hours (31 Dec 24: 845MW/1,207MWh, average duration 1.43 hours).

o  Unaudited Operational Portfolio revenues in 2025 increased 29.9% to £60.4mn, (FY24: £46.5mn).

o  Unaudited Operational Portfolio EBITDA increased 33.4% to £38.8mn (FY24: £29.1mn), resulting in an EBITDA margin of 64.2% in 2025 (FY24: 62.5%).

o  Contracted revenues more than doubled to £23.8mn in 2025 (FY24: £11.5mn).

o  Signed long-term floor agreements for 939MW of the operational portfolio and 637MW of pipeline projects.

o  Equity funding of c.£9mn secured at NAV on a project level for Glassenbury to fund augmentation of the project to 2 hours.

o  £220mn amortising debt facility closed, replacing the previous facility. This debt was secured on improved terms to the previous facility.

 

 

Progress on the Three-year Plan

At our Capital Markets Day on 27 November 2024, we announced a Three-year Plan for the period from 2025-2027. The plan has three prongs:

o  Augmentation of the existing portfolio by up to 1.5GWh, taking all projects to at least a two-hour duration, and a subset to a 4-hour duration, with the whole existing portfolio reaching a 3-hour average duration.

o  A new investment pipeline of 680MW across five projects.

o  Adding to the revenue stack with an Alternative Revenues strategy.

During 2024 and 2025, we delivered 330MWh in augmentations across 7 projects. In 2026, a further 350MWh are being installed across 8 projects. The result of all these works will take the portfolio's average duration to c.2 hours. The portfolio is readily capable of further augmentations beyond this, although these are yet to be confirmed.

As recently announced, NESO's Queue Reform Process has clearly delayed connection dates for the entire market and impacted the timing of our Three-year Plan. GRID has received offers on four of its five projects, reflecting 594MW of its 694MW pipeline. Connection dates for 297MW of projects (Monets Garden and Cockenzie) are confirmed for 2027. The connection date for 100MW Elland 2 has not yet been received from NESO; a 2027 date continues to be expected. Connection dates for a further 297MW (Ocker Hill and Lister Drive) are now confirmed for 2029, beyond the original target date for the Plan. A Capital Markets Day in May will provide a full update on progress with the Three-year Plan to reflect the evolution of strategic milestones and industry events. Further details will be announced closer to the time.

With respect to the Alternative Revenue strategy, the Manager has been conducting formal trials since late 2025, with promising results. The Company continues to target £25mn in incremental EBITDA target from the Alternative Revenues strategy by the end of 2027. Further details are below.

Funding of the new pipeline

In December 2025, the Company signed agreements to acquire three pipeline projects, Cockenzie, Monets Garden and Elland 2, totalling 397MW / 794MWh. In the coming weeks, the project companies expect to reach financial close securing a combination of equity and senior and junior project financing tranches for these projects on attractive terms. Pre-funding construction work is underway.

For the new projects, we are securing project financing as separate facilities. This funding is expected to enable financing up to 70% of the total project cost with senior debt at an attractive margin.

 

In parallel with the senior debt financing, we are also securing a junior debt tranche which is export credit agency-backed and therefore competitively priced. This tranche of debt capital is specifically financing a portion of the BESS equipment for new projects and is junior to the senior debt and is expected to be priced at an attractive margin.

 

Taken together, with an element of equity funding, these transactions demonstrate the Fund's ability to attract long term capital from diverse sources, even when the ability to issue shares in the public market is constrained.

 

We also expect to contract to acquire the remaining two pipeline projects, Lister Drive (57MW) and Ocker Hill (240MW), imminently, with construction now likely to start in early 2027 given the later connection dates due to the Queue Reform delays.

 

 

Valuations and portfolio performance

 

Actions by the Company, including the first year of implementation of the Three-year Plan, drove NAV growth in 2025 despite headwinds from falling third-party revenue curves. These actions included the commissioning of Melksham, West Bradford and Shilton Lane as well as embarking on eight new project augmentations financed through the larger operational debt facility.

 

Both revenues and underlying operational portfolio EBITDA increased meaningfully in 2025, up 29.9% and 33.4% respectively. Revenue growth was primarily driven by stronger revenue generation from existing operational capacity: the portfolio generated £68.6k/MW/year, up 14.7% from £59.8k/MW/year in FY2024. In addition, the three newly commissioned projects served to increase grid connection and energy storage capacity, thereby increasing revenue, although they only became fully operational towards the end of the year and so the full year impact from these projects has yet to come through.

 

More on valuations and portfolio performance can be found in the Trading Update released on 4 March 2026 and in the accompanying Annual Report.

 

 

Alternative revenues

In December 2025, we began formal trials to explore the potential to implement a scalable Alternative Revenue strategy to capture more EBITDA margin available from the electricity value chain. It has so far exceeded expectations by more than doubling existing revenues on our trial capacity. Alternative Revenues generate more revenues than the existing revenue base, which in turn is not displaced.

The trial gradually increased in scale between December 2025 and March 2026 but remained below 10MW during this period. From 1 April 2026, the trial is stepping up to c.10MW which, if successful, could be scaled to a higher level before the end of 2026.

As it is extended to a wider portfolio, subject to staged reviews, this could significantly enhance the portfolio's revenues. We are therefore excited about this opportunity and look forward to progressively scaling it up. More information is provided in the Annual Report.

 

 

Ben Guest, Fund Manager of Gresham House Energy Storage Fund plc & Managing Director of Gresham House Energy Transition, added:

 

"In 2025 we executed on the foundations of the Three-year Plan: completing the initial portfolio, increasing duration, and setting up the financing for the new pipeline. 2026 is all about delivering on the next stage of growth for the Company as we close financing for the pipeline projects and start construction. This will set a template for how we continue to grow GRID going forward, despite traditional equity routes currently being closed. Additionally, we will deliver on the alternative revenue opportunity, increasing scale and enhancing portfolio cashflows.

 

"By delivering our Three-year Plan we anticipate further growth in 2026 in terms of capacity, revenues, EBITDA and NAV per share, providing comfort and clarity on the future earnings potential of the portfolio. We are excited to continue sharing progress on our plan and the value it will unlock for our shareholders."

 

 

Annual Results webinar

 

Gresham House will host a webinar for investors at 10:30am BST today. To access the live webinar, please register in advance here or using this shortcut url http://bit.ly/4eiPAIu.

 

 

ENDS

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Gresham House Energy Transition
Ben Guest 
 James Bustin
Harry Hutchinson
+44 (0) 20 3837 6270
Jefferies International Limited
Gaudi Le Roux Stuart Klein
Harry Randall
+44 (0) 20 7029 8000
Peel Hunt
Luke Simpson
Huw Jeremy
+44 (0) 20 7418 8900
KL CommunicationsCharlotte Francis
Charles Gorman 
 Henry Taylor
gh@kl-communications.com
+44 (0) 20 3882 6644
JTC (UK) Limited as Company Secretary
Ruth Wright
GHEnergyStorageCoSec@jtcgroup.com
+44 (0) 20 7409 0181

LEI: 213800MSJXKH25C23D82

About the Company and the Manager

Gresham House Energy Storage Fund plc aims to invest in a diversified portfolio of utility-scale battery energy storage systems (known as BESS) located in Great Britain and internationally. The Company seeks to provide investors with the prospect of capital growth through the re-investment of net cash generated in excess of its target dividend in accordance with the Company's investment policy.

 

Gresham House Asset Management Ltd is the FCA authorised operating business of Gresham House Ltd, a specialist alternative asset manager. Gresham House is committed to operating responsibly and sustainably, taking the long view in delivering sustainable investment solutions.

 

www.greshamhouse.com

 

Definition of utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS)

Utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) are the enabling infrastructure that will support the continued growth of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, essential to the UK's stated target to reduce carbon emissions. They store excess energy generated by renewable energy sources and then release that stored energy back into the grid during peak hours when there is increased demand.

 

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