UK POWER NETWORKS SERVICES (CONTRACTING) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-29 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-91.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£123M
+9.8% vs 2024
Employees
137
+10.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£64M
+1.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- UK POWER NETWORKS SERVICES (CONTRACTING) LIMITED 2010-11-01 → present
- EDF ENERGY (SERVICES) LIMITED 2003-06-30 → 2010-11-01
- LONDON ELECTRICITY SERVICES LIMITED 1989-04-01 → 2003-06-30
- LONDON ELECTRICITY LIMITED 1988-03-08 → 1989-04-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £94,279,000 | £110,924,000 | |
| Operating profit | £55,068,000 | £57,780,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £63,584,000 | £64,348,000 | |
| Net profit | £47,117,000 | £49,885,000 | |
| Cash | £25,000,000 | £2,183,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £144,873,000 | £155,486,000 | |
| Net assets | £112,517,000 | £123,498,000 | |
| Equity | £112,517,000 | £123,498,000 | |
| Average employees | 124 | 137 | |
| Wages | £10,490,000 | £12,187,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 58.4% | 52.1% | |
| Net margin | 50.0% | 45.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 38.0% | 37.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.69x | 0.73x | |
| Interest cover | 983.36x | 114.42x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have performed an assessment of going concern based on detailed cash flow forecasts for a period of at least 12 months from the date of these financial statements as well as taking into consideration the following factors:”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PACE, Andrew Charles | Secretary | 2018-04-30 | — | — |
| CHAN, Loi Shun | Director | 2012-09-10 | Aug 1962 | Chinese |
| HUNTER, Andrew John | Director | 2010-10-29 | Oct 1958 | British |
| SCARSELLA, Basil | Director | 2010-10-29 | Sep 1955 | Australian |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Christopher | Secretary | 2010-10-29 | 2017-11-23 |
| BLACKBURN, William Nathan | Secretary | 2017-11-23 | 2018-04-30 |
| HIGSON, Robert Ian | Secretary | 1998-11-02 | 2009-09-17 |
| ROBERTSON, Andrew Bruce | Secretary | 1994-02-01 | 1997-09-30 |
| SAUNDERS, Malcolm Waters | Secretary | — | 1994-01-31 |
| SOUTO, Joe | Secretary | 2009-09-17 | 2010-10-29 |
| WHITTAKER, Andrew James | Secretary | 1997-09-30 | 1998-11-02 |
| BARNES, Ronald | Director | 1993-03-24 | 1999-05-31 |
| BEAMENT, Ian Roger | Director | 1993-03-24 | 2000-12-22 |
| CADOUX HUDSON, Humphrey Alan Edward | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2009-04-01 |
| CUTTILL, Paul Andrew | Director | 2006-10-13 | 2008-07-21 |
| CUTTILL, Paul Andrew | Director | 2001-01-04 | 2003-04-01 |
| FERRARI, Laurent | Director | 2008-07-21 | 2010-10-29 |
| FERRARI, Laurent | Director | 2008-07-21 | 2008-07-21 |
| GRAY, Brian John Scott | Director | 2004-09-17 | 2006-03-28 |
| HARPLEY, Richard Martin | Director | 2010-10-20 | 2010-10-29 |
| KUSTERER, Thomas Andreas | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2010-10-29 |
| MACASKILL, Andrew | Director | 2001-07-06 | 2004-09-17 |
| MAES, Miriam | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2006-10-12 |
| MCGEE, Neil Douglas | Director | 2010-10-29 | 2012-09-10 |
| MORTON, Kevin | Director | 2001-01-04 | 2003-04-01 |
| NORMAN, Angus Tindale | Director | 1999-06-01 | 2001-01-01 |
| PAVIA, Michael James | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2003-07-31 |
| PHILLIPS, John | Director | — | 1994-06-07 |
| TOWERS, Alan Victor | Director | — | 1998-08-03 |
| TURNER, John Victor | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
| URWIN, Roger John, Dr | Director | — | 1995-09-29 |
| WALLACE, Steven Ian | Director | — | 1993-03-24 |
| WINGROVE, Gerald Langdon | Director | 1998-08-03 | 2002-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uk Power Networks Services Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 195 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-02-16 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2021-02-16 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2020-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+17.7%
£94,279,000 £110,924,000
-
Cash
-91.3%
£25,000,000 £2,183,000
-
Net assets
+9.8%
£112,517,000 £123,498,000
-
Employees
+10.5%
124 137
-
Operating profit
+4.9%
£55,068,000 £57,780,000
-
Profit before tax
+1.2%
£63,584,000 £64,348,000
-
Wages
+16.2%
£10,490,000 £12,187,000
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