NORTHERN POWERGRID (YORKSHIRE) PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-13 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£212K
-13.1% vs 2023
Net assets
-£2B
+10.3% vs 2023
Employees
1,229
+5.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£281M
+71.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £523,789,000 | £657,083,000 | |
| Operating profit | £199,971,000 | £332,832,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £163,806,000 | £280,517,000 | |
| Net profit | £127,454,000 | £211,973,000 | |
| Cash | £244,000 | £212,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,112,574,000 | £3,765,565,000 | |
| Net assets | -£1,832,431,000 | -£1,644,404,000 | |
| Equity | -£1,832,431,000 | -£1,644,404,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,163 | 1,229 | |
| Wages | £65,891,000 | £75,036,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,169,000 | £1,320,000 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+25.4%
£523,789,000 £657,083,000
-
Cash
-13.1%
£244,000 £212,000
-
Net assets
+10.3%
-£1,832,431,000 -£1,644,404,000
-
Employees
+5.7%
1,163 1,229
-
Operating profit
+66.4%
£199,971,000 £332,832,000
-
Profit before tax
+71.2%
£163,806,000 £280,517,000
-
Wages
+13.9%
£65,891,000 £75,036,000
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 38.2% | 50.7% | |
| Net margin | 24.3% | 32.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.9% | 8.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 142.6% | 137.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.20x | 0.17x | |
| Interest cover | 5.41x | 6.12x |
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
- NORTHERN POWERGRID (YORKSHIRE) PLC 2011-10-31 → present
- YORKSHIRE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION PLC 2001-06-21 → 2011-10-31
- YELECO 32 LIMITED 2000-11-22 → 2001-06-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- UK-adopted international accounting standards
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Significant events
- “An interim dividend of £300.0 million was paid in February 2025.”
- “On 6 November 2024, Ofgem initiated the process for determining the arrangements for the next electricity distribution price control period, which will begin on 1 April 2028, by issuing a consultation on the framework for ED3.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RILEY, Jennifer Catherine | Secretary | 2017-01-20 | — | — |
| FRANCE, Thomas Hugh | Director | 2016-12-15 | Jan 1985 | British |
| JONES, Alexander Patrick | Director | 2022-04-14 | Aug 1985 | British |
| JONES, Philip Antony, Dr | Director | 2002-11-12 | Oct 1968 | British |
| MACLENNAN, Andrew John | Director | 2015-07-17 | Mar 1967 | British |
| MARSHALL, Alison Ruth | Director | 2014-04-01 | Jan 1965 | British |
| TAYLOR, Philip Charles, Professor | Director | 2014-04-01 | Oct 1970 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWDEN, Michael | Secretary | 2001-06-06 | 2001-09-21 |
| CHRISTIE, Sarah Marie Davenport | Secretary | 2000-11-22 | 2001-01-24 |
| DICKINSON, Roger | Secretary | 2001-01-24 | 2001-06-26 |
| ELLIOTT, John | Secretary | 2001-09-21 | 2017-01-20 |
| ABEL, Gregory Edward | Director | 2002-09-05 | 2009-10-16 |
| BARNETT, John Philip | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2015-08-13 |
| CONNOR, Phillip Eric | Director | 2001-09-21 | 2009-10-16 |
| COUNT, Brian Morrison, Dr | Director | 2001-06-06 | 2001-09-21 |
| DICKINSON, Roger | Director | 2000-11-22 | 2001-01-24 |
| DIXON, Ronald | Director | 2009-10-16 | 2017-10-26 |
| FIELDEN, Thomas Edward | Director | 2009-10-16 | 2021-02-15 |
| FLETCHER, Stephen Paul | Director | 2001-06-06 | 2001-09-21 |
| FLYNN, Gary Aidan | Director | 2002-11-12 | 2006-09-15 |
| FRANCE, John Martin, Dr | Director | 2002-09-05 | 2018-04-05 |
| GILL, Nicholas Michael | Director | 2006-11-17 | 2019-04-30 |
| HALL, Graham Joseph | Director | 2001-01-24 | 2001-04-03 |
| HORSLEY, Mark John | Director | 2002-09-05 | 2006-10-31 |
| LINGE, Kenneth | Director | 2001-09-21 | 2009-10-16 |
| MAWSON, Keith Anthony | Director | 2001-01-24 | 2001-09-21 |
| STALLMEYER, James Duncan | Director | 2002-09-05 | 2005-08-26 |
| TOWNSEND, Tudor George | Director | 2001-01-24 | 2001-09-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire Electricity Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2025-09-15 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2025-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2024-09-16 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2024-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.