HOLFORD GAS STORAGE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-05 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£17M
-12% vs 2023
Employees
28
+3.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
+83.1% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Energy median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,432,000 | £16,499,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£11,410,000 | -£1,237,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£12,063,000 | -£2,035,000 | |
| Net profit | £18,131,000 | -£2,305,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £58,434,000 | £54,560,000 | |
| Net assets | £19,154,000 | £16,849,000 | |
| Equity | £19,154,000 | £16,849,000 | |
| Average employees | 27 | 28 | |
| Wages | £2,195,000 | £2,317,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £138,528 | £158,597 |
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
+0.4%
£16,432,000 £16,499,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-12%
£19,154,000 £16,849,000
-
Employees
+3.7%
27 28
-
Operating profit
+89.2%
-£11,410,000 -£1,237,000
-
Profit before tax
+83.1%
-£12,063,000 -£2,035,000
-
Wages
+5.6%
£2,195,000 £2,317,000
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 | -69.4% | -7.5% | |
| Net margin | 110.3% | -14.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -19.5% | -2.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.0% | 72.4% | |
| Current ratio | 9.11x | 7.10x | |
| Interest cover | -8.33x | -0.87x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through its cash reserves and inhouse funding from the principal UK trading company Uniper UK which operates a cash pool facility. The directors believe that the Company can meet its obligations as they fall due for a period of at least twelve months from the date of the directors' approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In March 2025 the capacity market T-4 auction took place for the delivery period 2028/29. The clearing price was £60.00 per kilowatt per year. Holford Gas Storage Limited has gained a provisional agreement to provide Demand Side Response (DSR). In March 2025 the capacity market T-1 auction took place for the delivery period 2025/26. The clearing price was £35.79 per kilowatt per year. Holford Gas Storage has gained a provisional agreement to provide Demand Side Response (DSR).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GETHING, Daniel Robert | Secretary | 2018-02-02 | — | — |
| HILL, Richard | Director | 2021-07-29 | Apr 1976 | British |
| HOLSCHUMACHER, Frank Werner | Director | 2020-11-06 | Feb 1964 | German |
| LOCKETT, Michael John | Director | 2025-10-23 | Jan 1975 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCPHERSON, Donald James | Secretary | 2003-08-14 | 2005-07-26 |
| STUCKEY, Peter James | Secretary | 2016-08-09 | 2018-02-02 |
| E.ON UK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-07-26 | 2016-06-10 |
| ANDERSON, Keith Stuart | Director | 2005-06-23 | 2005-07-26 |
| ASKEW, Paul | Director | 2017-03-30 | 2021-07-29 |
| BERRY, Charles Andrew | Director | 2003-08-14 | 2005-07-26 |
| BRIDGEWATER, Peter Jeremy | Director | 2006-10-20 | 2008-01-01 |
| CAMPBELL, John Alexander | Director | 2003-08-14 | 2005-07-26 |
| COCKER, Anthony David | Director | 2005-07-26 | 2007-07-04 |
| FLOREN, Hans Peter | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2010-10-01 |
| KLINGENBERGER, Peter, Dr | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2018-11-21 |
| LERCH, Michael Felix | Director | 2017-03-30 | 2018-12-31 |
| MORGANS, David John | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2008-10-01 |
| PLOWMAN, Keith | Director | 2005-07-26 | 2008-01-01 |
| REILLY, Susan Mary | Director | 2003-08-14 | 2005-06-23 |
| SCOINS, Colin Roger | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2008-10-01 |
| TAYLOR, Robert | Director | 2007-07-04 | 2008-10-01 |
| TEAR, Brian Jefferson | Director | 2005-07-26 | 2006-10-20 |
| VIZOR, Joanne | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| WHITWORTH-HILTON, Deborah | Director | 2018-11-22 | 2025-10-24 |
| WIETFELD, Axel Maria | Director | 2016-11-24 | 2020-11-10 |
| E.ON UK DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2005-07-26 | 2008-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uniper Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-05-11 | Active |
| Uniper Energy Storage Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-05-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-08-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.