WESSEX WATER ENTERPRISES LIMITED
Part of the YTL-owned Wessex Water group, the company operates commercial non-hazardous waste treatment and renewable energy generation services.
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Cash
£2M
+7% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.4M
-5.3% vs 2024
Employees
22
-35.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6.4M
-31.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,848,000 | £24,865,000 | -3.8% | |
| Operating profit | £9,328,000 | £6,621,000 | -29% | |
| Profit before tax | £9,352,000 | £6,417,000 | -31.4% | |
| Net profit | £8,704,000 | £4,698,000 | -46% | |
| Cash | £1,861,000 | £1,991,000 | +7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,773,000 | £9,033,000 | +3% | |
| Net assets | £5,701,000 | £5,399,000 | -5.3% | |
| Equity | £5,701,000 | £5,399,000 | -5.3% | |
| Average employees | 34 | 22 | -35.3% | |
| Wages | £1,718,000 | £808,000 | -53% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 36.1% | 26.6% | |
| Net margin | 33.7% | 18.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 106.3% | 73.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 83.1% | 84.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.60x | 0.54x | |
| Interest cover | 21.35x | 13.88x |
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. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- WESSEX WATER ENTERPRISES LIMITED 2001-01-18 → present
- WESSEX INTERNATIONAL WATER SERVICES LIMITED 1995-10-30 → 2001-01-18
- WESSEX WATER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1988-07-21 → 1995-10-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which the directors believe to be appropriate for the following reasons. The company is dependent for its working capital on the ultimate UK parent company, YTL Utilities (UK) Limited. The company has received undertakings from YTL Utilities (UK) Limited, until 31 December 2026, that they will continue to make available such funds as are needed by the company and in particular will not seek repayment of the amounts currently made available. This should enable the company to continue to trade for the going concern period to 31 December 2026 by meeting its liabilities as and when they become due. Based on this undertaking the directors believe that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- WESSEX WATER ENTERPRISES LIMITED · parent
- GENeco Ltd 100%
- GENeco (South West) Ltd 100%
- Wessex Utility Solutions Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “WWE results this year have been impacted by operational issues at its Avonmouth site which prohibited maximisation of flow of biogas to its biomethane plant. As a result, income from this plant dropped 30% year-on-year.”
- “lower staff costs, as all operational staff were transferred to fellow subsidiary Wessex Water Services Ltd under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) TUPE regulations in January 2024 (half-way through prior year) resulting in a lower average headcount throughout 2025, reducing the overall staff costs by approximately 52% from prior year.”
- “The food waste processing plant digesters were unavailable from August 2024 preventing further biogas production. This has impacted the primary income stream. Remediation and repairs to the digesters are expected to delay the resumption of biogas production until the financial year 2025/26.”
- “The final dividend for the year of £1.0m was declared in June 2025 and paid in July 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAVINGTON, Stephen | Secretary | 2024-09-30 | — | — |
| QUAYSECO LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-05-16 | — | — |
| SKELLETT, Colin Frank | Director | 1988-07-21 | Jun 1945 | British |
| WATTS, Mark Timothy | Director | 2010-03-16 | Sep 1961 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROFTS, Alan Francis | Secretary | — | 1999-03-01 |
| FISHER-HOYLE, Leigh | Secretary | 2015-11-30 | 2018-11-30 |
| JEFFERSON, Ruth Esme | Secretary | 2018-12-03 | 2024-09-30 |
| PHILLIPS, Andrew Jeremy | Secretary | 2002-07-12 | 2015-11-30 |
| WOOLLER, Norman Graham | Secretary | 1999-03-01 | 2002-07-12 |
| CATER, Sean Andrew | Director | 2013-02-14 | 2015-03-31 |
| CROFTS, Alan Francis | Director | — | 1995-10-31 |
| FALKMAN, Edwin Gosta | Director | 1995-11-01 | 1998-10-16 |
| GAWITH, Elizabeth Jane | Director | 2000-06-28 | 2000-08-18 |
| GAWITH, Elizabeth Jane | Director | 1995-11-01 | 1996-12-31 |
| HARRIS, Thomas Keith | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2010-03-15 |
| HOOD, William Nicholas | Director | 1995-11-01 | 1999-10-29 |
| MAHER, Charlotte Tamsyn | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2023-07-12 |
| ROBINSON, Peter Lee | Director | 1995-11-01 | 2000-03-01 |
| SADDIQ, Mohammed Habedat | Director | 2010-04-19 | 2020-03-31 |
| STOKES, Ian Malcolm | Director | 1995-11-01 | 1998-03-27 |
| WHEATLEY, Nicholas Anthony William | Director | 1995-11-01 | 2000-01-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Paul Henry | Director | 2004-11-05 | 2010-04-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wessex Water Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.