SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED
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Cash
£758m
+11% vs 2025
Net assets
£3.3bn
+16.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
9,805
+11.9% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£589m
+48.4% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Utilities median
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Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,122,000,000 | £2,214,000,000 | £2,588,000,000 | +16.9% | |
| Operating profit | £496,400,000 | £604,000,000 | £858,000,000 | +42.1% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £397,000,000 | £589,000,000 | +48.4% | |
| Net profit | — | £315,000,000 | £444,000,000 | +41% | |
| Cash | — | £683,000,000 | £758,000,000 | +11% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,769,800,000 | £14,902,000,000 | £17,387,000,000 | +16.7% | |
| Net assets | £2,938,900,000 | £2,854,000,000 | £3,319,000,000 | +16.3% | |
| Equity | £2,938,900,000 | £3,007,000,000 | £3,319,000,000 | +10.4% | |
| Average employees | — | 8,763 | 9,805 | +11.9% | |
| Wages | — | £411,000,000 | £485,000,000 | +18% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £3,847,000 | £3,415,000 | -11.2% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 23.4% | 27.3% | 33.2% | |
| Net margin | — | 14.2% | 17.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.6% | 4.1% | 4.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.9% | 82.7% | 82.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.95x | 1.32x | |
| Interest cover | 1.27x | 1.65x | 1.96x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On this basis the Directors considered it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED · parent
- Severn Trent General Partnership Limited 100%
- Severn Trent LCP Limited 100%
- Severn Trent Leasing Limited 100%
- Severn Trent Retailstore Limited 100%
- Severn Trent Utilities Finance Plc 100%
- Severn Trent Trimplsy Limited 49%
Significant events
- “Storm Babet in October 2023, before our latest interventions, the network experienced 168 spills per millimetre of rainfall.”
- “In particular, Storm Goretti in January 2026 contributed 31 seconds to the annual average interruption time, resulting in a total performance of 5 minutes and 41 seconds.”
- “In December 2023, the Company received the collective proceedings order ('CPO') application, alongside five other water and sewerage companies for separate (but equivalent) claims, in respect of potential collective proceedings to be brought before the Competition Appeal Tribunal ('CAT').”
- “On 17 June 2026 Severn Trent Water agreed a new £1.5 billion 5 plus 1 revolving credit facility and cancelled a £1 billion revolving credit facility maturing in 2028 and £392 million bilateral bank facilities maturing in 2028.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 65 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DHILLON, Didar Singh | Secretary | 2025-08-14 | — | — |
| DELAY, Thomas Auguste Read | Director | 2022-01-01 | Apr 1959 | British |
| HAMPTON, Anthony Nicholas Seymour | Director | 2025-04-04 | Apr 1967 | British |
| HODGSON, Christine Mary | Director | 2020-01-01 | Nov 1964 | British |
| JESIC, James John | Director | 2026-01-01 | Sep 1978 | British |
| LEGG, Sarah Catherine | Director | 2022-11-01 | Sep 1967 | British |
| MILES, Helen Marie | Director | 2023-04-01 | Jan 1971 | British |
| NEBHRAJANI, Sharmila | Director | 2020-05-01 | Mar 1966 | British |
| TAYLOR, Richard Mark | Director | 2024-04-01 | Jul 1965 | British |
Show 65 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Peter Peers | Secretary | 1998-06-26 | 2004-11-01 |
| KENNEDY, Bronagh | Secretary | 2011-07-20 | 2022-12-02 |
| MATTIN, David William | Secretary | — | 1997-12-08 |
| MOTTRAM, Clive Jonathan | Secretary | 2004-11-01 | 2006-10-30 |
| PORRITT, Kerry Anne Abigail | Secretary | 2007-12-06 | 2011-12-31 |
| SMITH, Fiona Brown | Secretary | 2006-10-30 | 2011-07-20 |
| WILKINSON, Caroline Lesley | Secretary | 1997-12-08 | 1998-06-26 |
| WOODALL-PAGAN, Hannah | Secretary | 2022-12-02 | 2025-08-13 |
| ARCULUS, Thomas David Guy | Director | 1998-09-29 | 2004-12-31 |
| BAILEY, Jonathan Haddow | Director | 2000-05-30 | 2006-05-03 |
| BALLANCE, Anthony John, Dr | Director | 2007-10-02 | 2015-01-23 |
| BANYARD, John Keith | Director | — | 2004-12-30 |
| BEESTON, Kevin Stanley, Mr. | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2025-04-30 |
| BELLAK, John George | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| BOWLING, James | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2023-07-06 |
| BULKIN, Bernard Joseph | Director | 2007-03-02 | 2014-01-24 |
| COCKER, Victor | Director | — | 2000-10-30 |
| COGHLAN, John Bernard | Director | 2014-05-23 | 2023-12-31 |
| COSTIN, Ronald Alan Stuart | Director | 1994-04-01 | 1995-07-25 |
| DAVEY, Richard Harding | Director | 2007-03-02 | 2015-01-23 |
| DUCKWORTH, Brian | Director | — | 2004-08-31 |
| DUFF, Andrew James | Director | 2010-05-10 | 2020-03-31 |
| EGAN, John Leopold, Sir | Director | 2007-03-02 | 2010-07-20 |
| ELLIOTT, Ian | Director | 1998-01-23 | 2005-06-30 |
| FITZGERALD, Emma | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| FOSTER, Josephine Mary | Director | 1997-06-02 | 2000-06-30 |
| FRYETT, Gordon | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2016-07-20 |
| GARFIELD, Olivia Ruth | Director | 2014-04-11 | 2025-12-31 |
| HILL, James Anthony | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2004-11-01 |
| HISLOP, Ian James | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| HOUSTON, Martin Joseph | Director | 2007-03-02 | 2009-01-23 |
| IRELAND, Richard | Director | 1997-06-09 | 1998-07-29 |
| KANE, Martin James | Director | 2007-10-02 | 2015-01-23 |
| KEOGH, Mark William | Director | 2006-05-03 | 2007-03-02 |
| KITSON, Terry, Doctor | Director | 1998-01-23 | 1999-09-16 |
| LAMB, Martin James | Director | 2008-02-29 | 2016-07-20 |
| LILY, Michael | Director | 1995-07-01 | 1997-10-31 |
| MARTIN, Richard Stephen Stuart | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2007-03-02 |
| MATTHEWS, Colin Stephen | Director | 2004-09-20 | 2007-10-02 |
| MATTIN, David William | Director | 1995-04-01 | 1997-12-08 |
| MCKEON, Michael James Edward | Director | 2007-03-02 | 2015-04-01 |
| MESSHAM, Grenville Christopher | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2007-03-02 |
| NOAKES, Sheila Valerie, Baroness | Director | 2008-02-29 | 2014-07-16 |
| NOONE, Gerald Patrick, Dr | Director | — | 2004-12-31 |
| OSBORN, Frederic Adrian | Director | 1999-03-01 | 2002-12-31 |
| PAUL, Roderick Sayers | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| QUINN, Rennie Thomas | Director | 1993-01-11 | 1995-03-31 |
| REILLY, Stephen Hugh | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2006-09-30 |
| REINICHE, Dominique Jacqueline Nicole | Director | 2016-07-20 | 2021-07-08 |
| REMNANT, Philip John, The Right Honourable The Lord Remnant | Director | 2014-03-31 | 2022-11-30 |
| SHELDON, Gillian Veronica | Director | 2021-11-01 | 2024-05-14 |
| SMITH, Andrew Patrick | Director | 2007-10-02 | 2015-01-23 |
| SMITH, John Barry | Director | 2007-03-02 | 2008-02-29 |
| STEPHENS, Joseph Anthony | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| STEPHENSON, Paul Frank | Director | 2002-07-18 | 2006-08-24 |
| STRANK, Angela Rosemary Emily, Dr | Director | 2014-01-24 | 2022-03-31 |
| STUBBS, Sukhvinder | Director | 2002-09-16 | 2006-10-31 |
| TODD, Austin Quinton | Director | — | 2000-05-30 |
| TRICKER, Terence David Allan | Director | 1995-04-01 | 1997-03-25 |
| UPSTONE, Michael Peter | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
| WALKER, Robert Malcolm | Director | 1999-07-12 | 2005-02-03 |
| WALKER, Robert Malcolm | Director | 1997-06-09 | 1999-03-01 |
| WILSON, Mark Richard | Director | 1995-07-01 | 2005-12-13 |
| WOODS, David Robert | Director | — | 1994-03-22 |
| WRAY, Antony Paul | Director | 2005-03-07 | 2014-04-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severn Trent Draycote Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 328 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-23 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-23 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.