SOUTH WEST WATER FINANCE PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-24 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+122.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£30M
-3.1% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£1M
-3.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£50,000 | -£21,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,203,000 | -£1,245,000 | |
| Net profit | -£892,000 | -£934,000 | |
| Cash | £684,000 | £1,521,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £577,479,000 | £1,231,943,000 | |
| Net assets | £30,521,000 | £29,587,000 | |
| Equity | £30,521,000 | £29,587,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+122.4%
£684,000 £1,521,000
-
Net assets
-3.1%
£30,521,000 £29,587,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+58%
-£50,000 -£21,000
-
Profit before tax
-3.5%
-£1,203,000 -£1,245,000
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.0% | -0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 94.8% | 97.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.96x | 0.99x | |
| Interest cover | -0.00x | -0.00x |
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
- SOUTH WEST WATER FINANCE PLC 2006-04-13 → present
- EAGLETRIBE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 2006-02-27 → 2006-04-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the period from the date of the approval of the 2025 financial statements through to 31 October 2026 and there are no material uncertainties to disclose. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SOUTH WEST WATER FINANCE PLC · parent
- South West Water Limited 1%
Significant events
- “Two public bonds were issued through the Euro Medium Term Note (EMTN) programme in the year, maturing in 2032 and 2041 with book values of £248 million and £396 million respectively.”
- “South West Water Finance Plc issued a £250 million fixed rate bond in December 2024 maturing in 2032.”
- “South West Water Finance Plc issued a £400 million fixed rate bond in July 2024 maturing in 2041.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARARD, Andrew Sheldon | Secretary | 2022-12-01 | — | — |
| FLOWERDEW, Laura | Director | 2024-07-11 | Feb 1976 | British |
| TREGENNA, Christopher Paul | Director | 2022-12-15 | May 1977 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRETT-HAGUE, Helen Patricia | Secretary | 2016-03-25 | 2018-11-22 |
| HEELEY, Margaret Lilian | Secretary | 2012-03-13 | 2014-07-28 |
| MASSIE, Scott Edward | Secretary | 2018-11-22 | 2020-07-31 |
| PUGSLEY, Simon Anthony Follett | Secretary | 2018-11-22 | 2022-11-22 |
| SENIOR, Karen | Secretary | 2016-03-25 | 2021-04-06 |
| WOODIER, Kenneth David | Secretary | 2006-04-06 | 2016-03-25 |
| ZMUDA, Richard Cyril | Secretary | 2012-03-13 | 2016-11-30 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2006-02-27 | 2006-04-06 |
| BARRETT-HAGUE, Helen Patricia | Director | 2016-03-25 | 2018-11-22 |
| BATY, Robert John | Director | 2006-06-12 | 2006-07-31 |
| BOOTE, Paul Michael | Director | 2016-05-31 | 2023-12-31 |
| BUCK, Steven | Director | 2024-01-01 | 2024-07-11 |
| DAVY, Susan Jane | Director | 2007-08-31 | 2015-02-18 |
| DUPONT, David Jeremy | Director | 2006-04-06 | 2015-01-31 |
| HOOPER, Anthony Raymond | Director | 2006-04-06 | 2016-05-31 |
| HUGHES, Richard Mark Peek | Director | 2006-04-06 | 2007-08-31 |
| LOUGHLIN, Christopher | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2020-07-31 |
| PUGSLEY, Simon Anthony Follet | Director | 2018-11-22 | 2022-11-22 |
| ROWE, Louise Frances | Director | 2015-02-18 | 2022-09-01 |
| WOODIER, Kenneth David | Director | 2006-04-06 | 2016-03-25 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-02-27 | 2006-04-06 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-02-27 | 2006-04-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South West Water Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-21 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-12-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.