DISTRIBUTED ENERGY CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-28 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-14
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£236K
+7.3% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£21K
+110% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £76,000 | £51,000 | |
| Operating profit | £23,000 | £15,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £10,000 | £21,000 | |
| Net profit | £8,000 | £16,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £220,000 | £236,000 | |
| Net assets | £220,000 | £236,000 | |
| Equity | £220,000 | £236,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-32.9%
£76,000 £51,000
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Cash
—
Not reported
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Net assets
+7.3%
£220,000 £236,000
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Employees
—
Not reported
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Operating profit
-34.8%
£23,000 £15,000
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Profit before tax
+110%
£10,000 £21,000
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 | 30.3% | 29.4% | |
| Net margin | 10.5% | 31.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.5% | 6.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.6% | 42.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.42x | 2.33x | |
| Interest cover | 1.77x | 2.14x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- DISTRIBUTED ENERGY CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2017-01-18 → present
- CENTRICA (DSW) LIMITED 2003-10-23 → 2017-01-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have concluded that the Company should be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, and therefore the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The Company is a subsidiary of the Centrica Group, and as such is impacted by changes in global wholesale energy prices and global conflicts (Ukraine, Gaza) and continues to maintain hedging strategies to minimise exposure to market prices. The company is not expecting any direct material impacts but will keep monitoring the position.”
- “The profit for the financial year ended 31 December 2024 increased to £16,000 (2023: £8,000) due to an increase in net interest receivable on amounts owed by Group undertakings, partially offset by the novation of a customer contract.”
- “On 5 August 2024, CBS Services Holdings Limited acquired 100% of the issued share capital of the Company, changing the immediate parent undertaking from Centrica Business Solutions Management Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRICA SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-10-23 | — | — |
| PIKE, Christopher Richard | Director | 2026-03-18 | Feb 1980 | British |
| WOOD, Matthew Christopher | Director | 2025-10-10 | Jun 1987 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RM REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-10-23 | 2003-10-23 |
| BARLOW, Alan Kenneth | Director | 2017-02-09 | 2021-07-05 |
| BENNETT, Alan | Director | 2005-04-28 | 2007-10-31 |
| CARROLL, Nicola | Director | 2015-12-31 | 2016-06-30 |
| CLARK, Simon Richard | Director | 2004-04-27 | 2007-07-04 |
| COLLINSON, Graeme Stuart, Dr | Director | 2009-02-13 | 2014-01-01 |
| CROWTHER, David Anthony James | Director | 2010-12-16 | 2014-11-28 |
| GARSTANG, Michael John | Director | 2004-08-13 | 2008-06-30 |
| HINTON, Thomas Edward | Director | 2010-06-30 | 2013-08-12 |
| HODGES, Andrew William | Director | 2016-06-30 | 2017-02-09 |
| JACOBER, Justin | Director | 2022-05-01 | 2024-01-31 |
| KNIGHT, John Edward | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2014-10-24 |
| KOCH DE GOOREYND, Peter Frederick Leopold | Director | 2015-02-02 | 2015-12-31 |
| LANE, Gearoid Martin | Director | 2004-04-27 | 2007-07-04 |
| LAWTON, Paul Stephen | Director | 2021-07-05 | 2022-05-01 |
| MCCORD, Richard Matthew | Director | 2013-08-12 | 2015-12-31 |
| PETHYBRIDGE, David Roger, Mr. | Director | 2021-01-21 | 2025-09-30 |
| PIKE, Christopher Richard | Director | 2017-02-09 | 2019-09-01 |
| REDFERN, Simon Patrick | Director | 2012-11-26 | 2015-12-31 |
| SAMBHI, Sarwjit | Director | 2003-10-23 | 2005-04-28 |
| SPENCE, James | Director | 2007-10-31 | 2010-06-30 |
| STELLA, Christian Andrew | Director | 2024-01-31 | 2025-10-10 |
| THOMPSON, Alan Stewart | Director | 2007-07-04 | 2012-09-28 |
| ULRICH, Jacob Shields | Director | 2003-10-23 | 2004-04-27 |
| WHEELER, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2007-07-04 | 2010-12-16 |
| ZIMMERMAN, Peter Michael | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2021-01-21 |
| CENTRICA DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2015-12-31 | 2017-02-09 |
| RM NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2003-10-23 | 2003-10-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cbs Services Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-08-05 | Active |
| Centrica Business Solutions Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-08-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.