E.ON UK LIMITED
Operating as the principal British subsidiary of German utility group E.ON SE, this unlisted public limited company supplies electricity and gas to domestic and commercial customers under brands including E.ON Next and npower Business Solutions, alongside managing renewable energy generation assets.
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Cash
£11M
+57.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£4.3B
+0.4% vs 2023
Employees
905
+13.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£52M
+6.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-06-30.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,385,000,000 | £2,549,000,000 | -24.7% | |
| Operating profit | £20,000,000 | -£58,000,000 | -390% | |
| Profit before tax | £49,000,000 | £52,000,000 | +6.1% | |
| Net profit | £43,000,000 | £66,000,000 | +53.5% | |
| Cash | £7,000,000 | £11,000,000 | +57.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,439,000,000 | £4,444,000,000 | +0.1% | |
| Net assets | £4,303,000,000 | £4,320,000,000 | +0.4% | |
| Equity | £4,303,000,000 | £4,320,000,000 | +0.4% | |
| Average employees | 795 | 905 | +13.8% | |
| Wages | £48,000,000 | £50,000,000 | +4.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,992,479 | £1,934,922 | -2.9% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.6% | -2.3% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.5% | -1.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 19.0% | 15.9% | |
| Current ratio | 4.65x | 5.62x | |
| Interest cover | 0.54x | -2.52x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- E.ON UK LIMITED 2004-07-05 → present
- POWERGEN UK PLC 1998-12-09 → 2004-07-05
- POWERGEN PLC 1990-01-18 → 1998-12-09
- THE POWER GENERATION COMPANY PLC 1989-04-01 → 1990-01-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the Company's principal risks and uncertainties and concluded that the Company will have sufficient funds available under its current resources and committed facilities to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date these financial statements are approved.”
Group structure
- E.ON UK LIMITED · parent
- Citigen (London) Limited 100%
- E.ON Drive Solutions UK Limited 100%
- E.ON UK Battery Storage Systems Limited 100%
- Lighting for Staffordshire Holding Limited 60%
- CHN Contracts Limited 100%
- Newo Innovations Limited 0%
Significant events
- “On 1 March 2024, the Company, as part of a wider inter-group restructuring, disposed of its investments in E.ON UK CHP Limited, E.ON UK Heat Limited, E.ON UK Infrastructure Services Limited and E.ON UK Steven's Croft Limited. The proceeds from the disposals totalled £196 million resulting in a total gain on disposal of £113 million (including £66 million unrealised gain).”
- “On 16 March 2024, the Company acquired an investment in E.ON UK Battery Storage Systems Limited (formerly UES Assets 2 Limited), a company which will construct a battery storage asset, for a cash consideration of £24 million, including £14 million for the debt of that company.”
- “On 18 March 2024, the Company, made capital injections into three of its subsidiaries totalling £90 million.”
- “On 12 June 2024, the Company made a capital injection of £6 million into its subsidiary, E.ON Energy Installation Services Limited. On 15 June 2023, the Company invested £4 million in a minority shareholding in Allume Energy Pty. Ltd.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 47 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GANDLEY, Deborah | Secretary | 2016-12-31 | — | — |
| BRADBURY, Helen | Director | 2023-06-22 | Apr 1975 | British |
| BÖRGER, Christopher | Director | 2023-07-31 | Mar 1976 | German |
| HUMPHREYS, Fiona | Director | 2021-03-25 | Nov 1976 | British |
| NORBURY, Christopher Stephen | Director | 2018-03-15 | Sep 1974 | British |
Show 47 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSON, David John | Secretary | — | 2002-07-01 |
| STARK, Fiona Scott | Secretary | 2002-07-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| ANTONIOU, Maria | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2013-08-07 |
| BALDWIN, Nicholas Peter | Director | 1998-02-25 | 2002-07-01 |
| BARR, Christian | Director | 2018-07-16 | 2023-07-31 |
| BARTLETT, Graham John | Director | 2002-02-19 | 2011-10-03 |
| BERGMANN, Burckhard, Dr | Director | 2004-12-10 | 2007-12-01 |
| BERNOTAT, Wulf, Dr | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2007-12-01 |
| COCKER, Anthony David | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2017-07-31 |
| COCKER, Anthony David | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2007-07-04 |
| CRACKETT, John | Director | 2007-07-04 | 2011-04-01 |
| CRAWFORD, Frederick, Sir | Director | — | 2002-02-19 |
| DANCE, David | Director | — | 1996-09-30 |
| DAY, Judson Graham, Sir | Director | — | 1993-09-07 |
| GARDINER, John Anthony | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| GILLIBRAND, Sydney | Director | 1999-05-31 | 2002-02-19 |
| GOLBY, Paul, Dr | Director | 2002-02-19 | 2011-12-16 |
| GROTH, Anke | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2018-05-30 |
| HABGOOD, Anthony John | Director | 1993-11-24 | 2001-01-31 |
| HICKSON, Peter Charles Fletcher | Director | 1996-07-22 | 2002-07-01 |
| HOFFMAN, Michael Richard | Director | 1993-11-24 | 1998-04-17 |
| HORLER, Nicholas Wenham | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2007-08-31 |
| JUMP, Roger Thomas | Director | — | 1996-07-15 |
| KING, Deryk Irving | Director | 1996-03-01 | 1998-06-29 |
| LEWIS, Michael David | Director | 2017-04-26 | 2023-05-31 |
| LI, Kwok Po David, Dr | Director | 1998-01-28 | 2002-02-19 |
| LIGHTFOOT, James Timothy | Director | 2015-01-15 | 2017-12-08 |
| MATTHIES, René | Director | 2012-07-02 | 2016-05-31 |
| MYNERS, Paul | Director | — | 1996-07-15 |
| NEWBOROUGH, David Grahame | Director | 2013-08-07 | 2018-03-30 |
| QUARTA, Roberto | Director | 1996-07-16 | 2001-08-03 |
| REIDY, Michael Francis | Director | — | 1996-05-01 |
| RENNOCKS, John Leonard | Director | — | 1996-07-15 |
| ROBERTS, Alfred, Dr | Director | — | 1997-09-19 |
| SANDSTROM, Jarri Edmund | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2008-03-31 |
| SCHIPPOREIT, Erhard Walter, Dr | Director | 2004-12-10 | 2006-12-06 |
| SHORT, Colin Maxwell | Director | 1996-05-30 | 1999-05-11 |
| SOEHLKE, Michael | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2003-12-31 |
| SOUTHGATE, Colin Grieve, Sir | Director | — | 1996-07-15 |
| STARK, Fiona Scott | Director | 2011-12-21 | 2016-12-31 |
| TAYLOR, Robert | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2008-10-01 |
| TEAR, Brian Jefferson | Director | 2008-03-18 | 2012-06-12 |
| TEYSSEN, Johannes, Dr | Director | 2007-05-01 | 2007-12-01 |
| THOMAS, John Alan, Sir | Director | 1996-05-30 | 1999-05-31 |
| VAUGHAN, Sara Lyn | Director | 2013-02-13 | 2020-11-26 |
| WALLIS, Edmund Arthur | Director | — | 2002-02-19 |
| POWERGEN DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2002-07-01 | 2003-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E.On Uk Holding Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 514 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-27 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2025-10-24 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2025-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-08-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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.