SOUTHAMPTON GEOTHERMAL HEATING COMPANY LIMITED(THE)
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Next accounts due
2025-12-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-05 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-22
Watchouts
Cash
£409K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2M
+4.4% vs 2022
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£92K
+111.8% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-12-31.
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,972,000 | £10,607,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£704,000 | £331,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£781,000 | £92,000 | |
| Net profit | -£656,000 | £102,000 | |
| Cash | — | £409,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,010,000 | £3,045,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,327,000 | £2,429,000 | |
| Equity | £2,327,000 | £2,429,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -7.1% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | -6.6% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -23.4% | 10.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.55x | 0.57x | |
| Interest cover | -9.14x | 1.17x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have, at the time of approving the financial statements, an expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the period to 30 June 2026. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 15 September 2023, Equans Holding UK Limited signed a Share Purchase Agreement with a consortium formed by Swiss Life Asset Managers and Schroders Greencoat LLP for the sale of its district heating business in the United Kingdom ('UK'). The Southampton Geothermal Heating Company Limited ('the Company') was part of the UK portfolio included in the sale.”
- “The sale was completed on 31 December 2023, when Bring Energy Group Limited (formerly Burnie Bidco Limited) acquired Bring Energy Concessions Limited (formerly Equans DE Holding Company Limited) ('BECL').”
- “From 31 December 2023, the ultimate parent of the Company changed from Bouygues S.A. to Swiss Life Holding AG. Swiss Life Holding AG is the ultimate parent company of Bring Energy Group Limited (formerly Burnie Bidco Limited).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTIAN, Emma | Secretary | 2025-05-20 | — | — |
| O'NEIL, Paul | Director | 2025-11-12 | Mar 1970 | British |
| RAYMOND, Mark Charles | Director | 2023-12-31 | Jun 1970 | British |
| ROGER-LUND, Suzanne | Director | 2025-05-20 | Feb 1970 | British |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTH, Michael Andrew | Secretary | 2011-11-15 | 2014-03-31 |
| CANDLISH, Nicola | Secretary | 2008-05-28 | 2010-04-30 |
| CHIODINI, James Peter | Secretary | 2023-12-31 | 2025-05-20 |
| GREGORY, Sarah | Secretary | 2015-05-01 | 2022-07-15 |
| MOENS, Pieter Marie Gustaaf | Secretary | 2022-07-16 | 2023-12-31 |
| PECK, Geoffrey Michael | Secretary | 2003-11-21 | 2010-04-30 |
| PENNINGTON, David Ian | Secretary | 1996-09-30 | 2003-11-21 |
| PLEDGER, Roger Anthony | Secretary | — | 1996-09-30 |
| RAWSON, Paul | Secretary | 2010-04-30 | 2011-11-15 |
| TUDOR, Simone | Secretary | 2014-03-31 | 2015-01-05 |
| BLUMBERGER, Richard John | Director | 2014-12-16 | 2016-01-31 |
| BONO, Pierre-Charles | Director | 1993-11-24 | 2009-07-01 |
| BOOTH, Michael Andrew | Director | 2010-11-24 | 2014-03-31 |
| BRENGUES, Fernand | Director | 2003-11-21 | 2005-01-24 |
| BURRELL, Richard | Director | 2023-12-31 | 2025-05-02 |
| DEBATTE, Pierre Vincent | Director | 2005-01-24 | 2008-09-25 |
| DERRY, Richard Ironmonger | Director | 2010-04-30 | 2011-11-14 |
| GRAHAM, James Peter Hamilton | Director | 2021-08-05 | 2023-12-31 |
| HALE, Colin Stephen | Director | 2010-11-24 | 2014-12-16 |
| HARDMAN, Steven | Director | 2025-05-20 | 2025-10-20 |
| HART, Andrew David | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2021-11-30 |
| KITCHEN, Lee John | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| KYRIACOS, David William | Director | 2023-12-31 | 2024-11-21 |
| LAIDLAW, Paul | Director | 2012-06-18 | 2014-12-16 |
| LALA, Bilal Hashim | Director | 2022-03-01 | 2023-06-30 |
| MADDOCK, Diana Margaret, Baroness | Director | 1999-07-16 | 2010-04-30 |
| MAILLARD, Charles Jeremie | Director | — | 2005-12-31 |
| PECK, Geoffrey Michael | Director | 2003-11-21 | 2010-04-30 |
| PETRIE, Wilfrid John | Director | 2010-04-30 | 2010-11-24 |
| PLANCHOT, Alain Jean-Marie | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2010-04-30 |
| PLANCHOT, Alain Jean-Marie | Director | — | 2003-11-22 |
| PROCTOR, Gary | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2018-01-09 |
| RAWSON, Paul Edwin | Director | 2014-12-16 | 2018-01-09 |
| RAWSON, Paul Edwin | Director | 2010-04-30 | 2013-07-18 |
| SHERIDAN, David Anthony | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2018-09-30 |
| SMITH, Michael Denis | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2014-12-16 |
| THOMAS, Luke Martyn | Director | 2012-06-18 | 2014-12-16 |
| THOMSON, Stephen Borland | Director | — | 1991-07-08 |
| TORDEUX, Philippe | Director | 1994-09-15 | 1996-10-23 |
| WATTS, Benjamin | Director | 2012-06-18 | 2014-09-09 |
| WOODWARD, Simon Mark | Director | 2003-11-21 | 2014-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bring Energy Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 226 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-08 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2026-01-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-06 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-12-02 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.
Year-on-year
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
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Turnover
+6.4%
£9,972,000 £10,607,000
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Cash
—
Not reported
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Net assets
+4.4%
£2,327,000 £2,429,000
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Employees
—
Not reported
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Operating profit
+147%
-£704,000 £331,000
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Profit before tax
+111.8%
-£781,000 £92,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers