ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2.1m
0% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
The Company is part of James Fisher and Sons plc ("the Group"). As part of the Group's strategy to simplify its structure and consolidate entities with related trading activities, the Company's trade and assets have been transferred to EDS HV Management Ltd at the start of the period of these financial statements. The future plans are to liquidate this entity. The financial statements have therefore been prepared on a non-going concern basis.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,814,950 | £292,677 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £471,870 | -£283,914 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £624,630 | -£73,940 | — | — | |
| Net profit | £489,691 | -£161,738 | — | — | |
| Cash | £23,960 | £24,141 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,302,587 | £2,140,849 | £2,140,849 | 0% | |
| Net assets | £2,302,587 | £2,140,849 | £2,140,849 | 0% | |
| Equity | £2,302,587 | £2,140,849 | £2,140,849 | 0% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.8% | -97.0% | — | |
| Net margin | 17.4% | -55.3% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.5% | -13.3% | — | |
| Current ratio | 7.17x | — | — | |
| Interest cover | 76.95x | — | — |
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
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“The Company is part of James Fisher and Sons plc ("the Group"). As part of the Group's strategy to simplify its structure and consolidate entities with related trading activities, the Company's trade and assets have been transferred to EDS HV Management Ltd at the start of the period of these financial statements. The future plans are to liquidate this entity. The financial statements have therefore been prepared on a non-going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The remaining trading contract came to an end in 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACTAGGART, Dugald | Director | 2022-11-14 | Feb 1963 | British |
| SIMS, Neil Ronald | Director | 2024-09-06 | Oct 1965 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARSH, James Henry John | Secretary | 2017-12-06 | 2022-09-01 |
| RITSON, Deborah Joan | Secretary | 2003-03-26 | 2017-12-06 |
| SPEIRS, Peter Alexander | Secretary | 2022-09-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-03-26 | 2003-03-26 |
| CORBETTA, Giovanni | Director | 2020-08-17 | 2024-09-02 |
| GRAHAM, Fergus Hugh Stirling | Director | 2017-12-06 | 2020-03-19 |
| HORSMAN, David Paul | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2012-03-17 |
| KILPATRICK, Stuart Charles | Director | 2017-12-06 | 2021-04-29 |
| MARSH, James Henry John | Director | 2021-04-29 | 2022-11-14 |
| RITSON, Deborah Joan | Director | 2003-03-26 | 2017-12-06 |
| RITSON, Kenton John | Director | 2003-03-26 | 2020-09-17 |
| SPEIRS, Peter Alexander | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| WYLES, Simon Timothy Boissier | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2020-10-01 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-03-26 | 2003-03-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Fisher Holdings Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-12-29 | Active |
| Eds Hv Group Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2017-03-07 | Ceased 2023-12-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 109 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-06-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-06-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-06-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-06-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-06-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
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.