WESSEX WATER SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-29 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£44M
+7,250% vs 2024
Net assets
£504M
0% vs 2024
Employees
2,890
-1.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£32M
+252.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £598,800,000 | £691,000,000 | |
| Operating profit | £151,700,000 | £180,500,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,000,000 | £31,700,000 | |
| Net profit | -£16,100,000 | £22,700,000 | |
| Cash | £600,000 | £44,100,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £4,904,200,000 | |
| Net assets | £504,200,000 | £504,200,000 | |
| Equity | £504,200,000 | £504,200,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,936 | 2,890 | |
| Wages | £131,100,000 | £139,500,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,526,000 | £1,523,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
+15.4%
£598,800,000 £691,000,000
-
Cash
+7,250%
£600,000 £44,100,000
-
Net assets
0%
£504,200,000 £504,200,000
-
Employees
-1.6%
2,936 2,890
-
Operating profit
+19%
£151,700,000 £180,500,000
-
Profit before tax
+252.2%
£9,000,000 £31,700,000
-
Wages
+6.4%
£131,100,000 £139,500,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 25.3% | 26.1% | |
| Net margin | -2.7% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 3.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 89.4% | 90.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.73x | 1.33x | |
| Interest cover | 0.83x | 1.19x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- UK adopted International Accounting Standards
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In the opinion of the directors, the financial statements of Wessex Water Services Limited have been prepared on the going concern basis of accounting, and the directors have concluded that the use of the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements is appropriate, and that there are no material uncertainty”
Group structure
- WESSEX WATER SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Wessex Water Services Finance Plc 100%
Significant events
- “We have actively engaged with the work of the CMA to ensure a fair outcome, which we expect later this year.”
- “The drought of 2022-23 led to increased network load, significant rises in customer complaints, record pollution incidents and major flooding.”
- “In November 2022, Ofwat and the Environment Agency announced separate industry-wide investigations into how to full treatment at waste water recycling centres.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
15 active · 47 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAVINGTON, Stephen | Secretary | 2024-09-30 | — | — |
| QUAYSECO LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-05-16 | — | — |
| BARCLAY, David Martin | Director | 2005-11-01 | Jan 1954 | British |
| CHEW, Kathleen Wai Lin | Director | 2003-10-22 | Jul 1959 | Malaysian |
| GARDAM, Tim | Director | 2020-01-27 | Jan 1956 | British |
| HENDRY, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2025-01-27 | Aug 1962 | British |
| JEFFERSON, Ruth Esme | Director | 2022-09-26 | Jan 1981 | British |
| MCKENNA, James Anthony Patrick | Director | 2019-06-03 | Mar 1955 | British |
| MINGAY, Kate | Director | 2019-06-03 | Sep 1965 | British |
| PYMER, Andrew Fraser | Director | 2016-08-01 | Aug 1968 | British |
| WALL, Kevin Charles | Director | 2021-01-25 | Dec 1958 | British |
| YEOH, Francis Sock Ping | Director | 2002-05-21 | Aug 1954 | Malaysian |
| YEOH, Keong Hann | Director | 2012-08-01 | Jan 1986 | Malaysian |
| YEOH, Mark Seok Kah, Dato' | Director | 2003-07-07 | Feb 1965 | Malaysian |
| YEOH, Seok Hong, Dato | Director | 2002-05-21 | May 1959 | Malaysian |
Show 47 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROFTS, Alan Francis | Secretary | — | 1998-10-23 |
| 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 | 1998-10-23 | 2002-07-12 |
| ALLEN, Samuel Megraw | Director | 1998-10-01 | 2004-09-30 |
| AMES, Leslie Henry | Director | 1995-12-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| BARRETT, Patrick Augustine | Director | 1998-10-23 | 1999-10-22 |
| BENNETT, Lesley Clare Stockman | Director | 1994-12-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| BISHOP, Christopher John | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2001-09-30 |
| BISHOP, Christopher John | Director | — | 1995-10-31 |
| CAMM, Gillian Elizabeth | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2020-10-31 |
| CATER, Sean Andrew | Director | 2007-06-11 | 2014-03-31 |
| COOPER, David | Director | 1994-12-01 | 1996-12-31 |
| COSTAIN, Peter John | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2014-11-21 |
| DAVIES, David Huw | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2021-09-30 |
| DENNIS, Peter Julian, Dr | Director | 2004-04-29 | 2012-11-28 |
| EARNSHAW, Mary Clare | Director | 1994-12-01 | 1996-12-31 |
| EASTWOOD, David Peter | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| ELLIOTT, David John | Director | 2007-06-11 | 2014-03-31 |
| GAWITH, Elizabeth Jane | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1998-10-01 |
| GAWITH, Elizabeth Jane | Director | 1994-12-01 | 1995-10-31 |
| GRAHAM, David | Director | 1993-12-01 | 1995-10-31 |
| HARRIS, Thomas Keith | Director | 1999-04-20 | 2010-03-15 |
| HODGE, Ralph Noel | Director | 1998-10-23 | 2001-01-01 |
| HOOD, William Nicholas | Director | — | 1999-10-29 |
| HUNTINGTON, Ronnie | Director | — | 1994-02-10 |
| JONES, John Gareth | Director | — | 2004-02-18 |
| KEYS, Richard John | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| LOFTS, John, Capt. | Director | 1994-12-01 | 1995-12-01 |
| MANLEY, Kenneth | Director | — | 1995-10-31 |
| MORGAN, Karen Jane | Director | 1998-10-23 | 2005-07-31 |
| MORRIS, John Stephen | Director | — | 1994-08-31 |
| PORRITT, Jonathon Espie | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2012-08-01 |
| PYMER, Andrew Fraser | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| RANDLE, Dennis Andrew | Director | 2003-10-22 | 2007-06-08 |
| REYNOLDS, Fiona Clare | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2025-01-27 |
| RIDER, James Andrew | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2018-11-30 |
| SADDIQ, Mohammed Habedat | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2022-09-16 |
| SHERWOOD, Peter Louis Michael | Director | 1998-10-27 | 2006-03-31 |
| SKELLETT, Colin Frank | Director | — | 2024-09-30 |
| THOMPSON, John Alexander | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| TRY, Peter Michael | Director | 1992-11-24 | 1996-12-31 |
| WAKEHAM, John, The Right Hon Lord | Director | 2000-10-01 | 2002-05-10 |
| WATTS, Mark Timothy | Director | 2010-03-16 | 2020-03-31 |
| WHEATLEY, Nicholas Anthony William | Director | 2000-04-20 | 2002-05-10 |
| WHEATLEY, Nicholas Anthony William | Director | — | 1999-04-20 |
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 258 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-02-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-18 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-11-28 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2023-11-28 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2023-11-28 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2023-11-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.