ANGLIAN WATER (OSPREY) FINANCING PLC
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Cash
£72m
+142.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£913k
+65.9% vs 2025
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2.8m
+180.8% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £51,000 | £51,000 | £83,000 | +62.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,998,000 | -£3,430,000 | £2,773,000 | +180.8% | |
| Net profit | £1,691,000 | -£3,789,000 | £1,764,000 | +146.6% | |
| Cash | £27,733,000 | £29,636,000 | £71,900,000 | +142.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £946,112,000 | £762,323,000 | £1,634,087,000 | +114.4% | |
| Net assets | £1,112,000 | -£2,677,000 | -£913,000 | +65.9% | |
| Equity | £1,112,000 | -£2,677,000 | -£913,000 | +65.9% | |
| 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. 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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.9% | 100.3% | 100.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.03x | 1.01x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | 0.00x | 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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors believe, after due and careful enquiry, that the Company has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for at least one year after the financial statements were authorised for issue and, therefore, consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the 2026 financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOUGH, Celia Rosalind | Secretary | 2025-11-20 | — | — |
| BRADLEY, Michael Paul | Director | 2024-11-28 | Jul 1963 | British |
| RIVAZ, Rosalind Catherine, Dr | Director | 2024-01-25 | Oct 1955 | British |
| THURSTON, Mark John | Director | 2024-08-05 | Jan 1967 | British |
| WHITTAKER, Paul Frederick Garry | Director | 2023-08-01 | Apr 1960 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUSSELL, Claire Tytherleigh | Secretary | 2010-12-22 | 2025-11-19 |
| BILLINGHAM, Stephen Robert, Dr | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| BUCK, Steven John | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2023-11-22 |
| DONNELLY, Anthony | Director | 2023-11-23 | 2024-11-27 |
| HIRST, John Raymond | Director | 2020-07-21 | 2024-01-24 |
| LONGHURST, Scott Robert James | Director | 2010-12-22 | 2019-07-31 |
| MONTAGUE, Adrian Alastair, Sir | Director | 2010-12-22 | 2015-01-22 |
| NAPIER, Robert Stewart | Director | 2021-06-01 | 2023-07-31 |
| NAPIER, Robert Stewart | Director | 2015-01-22 | 2015-03-31 |
| SIMPSON, Peter John | Director | 2010-12-22 | 2024-08-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osprey Acqusitions Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 68 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.