YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-07 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-23
Watchouts
Cash
£491M
+886.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£1B
+21.8% vs 2024
Employees
3,876
+5.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£430M
+333.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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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 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,227,000,000 | £1,299,400,000 | |
| Operating profit | £236,600,000 | £324,200,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £99,100,000 | £429,600,000 | |
| Net profit | £67,400,000 | £315,400,000 | |
| Cash | £49,700,000 | £490,500,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,160,900,000 | £11,206,600,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,209,700,000 | £1,473,700,000 | |
| Equity | £1,209,700,000 | £1,473,700,000 | |
| Average employees | 3,686 | 3,876 | |
| Wages | £165,800,000 | £184,800,000 |
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 | 19.3% | 24.9% | |
| Net margin | 5.5% | 24.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.3% | 2.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.99x | 1.51x | |
| Interest cover | 0.57x | 0.90x |
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
“To support their going concern assessment, the directors have considered the company, specifically the sufficiency of the funds available to fund the company operations for at least the 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements”
Group structure
- YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Yorkshire Water Services Finance Limited 100%
- Yorkshire Water Finance Plc 100%
Significant events
- “In 2025 Yorkshire Water delivered its highest ever investment in our region, with just under £890m of capital expenditure on £813m of operational expenditure.”
- “The PR24 Final Determination was announced in December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
15 active · 74 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Katharine Olivia Helen | Secretary | 2018-08-22 | — | — |
| ABI-SALLOUM, Kamal | Director | 2025-07-03 | Oct 1982 | British |
| ALAMGIR, Furqan | Director | 2024-10-01 | Feb 1985 | British |
| AUTY, Scott | Director | 2025-01-20 | May 1978 | British |
| BARNES, Wendy Jacqueline | Director | 2022-11-01 | Mar 1957 | British |
| BEER, Simon Daniel | Director | 2024-11-26 | Jun 1980 | British |
| CAUMETTE, Isabelle Catherine Veronique | Director | 2023-11-20 | Nov 1979 | French |
| DENCH, Andrew James | Director | 2017-09-13 | Aug 1969 | British |
| GEE, Martin Anthony | Director | 2025-05-06 | Dec 1977 | British |
| MEDALOVA, Nicola Anne | Director | 2025-09-01 | Nov 1975 | British |
| MERRICK, Andrew David | Director | 2019-06-01 | Jun 1961 | British |
| MURRAY, Vanda | Director | 2021-07-01 | Dec 1960 | British |
| O'TOOLE, Raymond | Director | 2025-09-23 | Jul 1955 | British |
| SHAW, Lucy Nicola | Director | 2022-05-09 | May 1969 | British |
| WYLLIE, Andrew | Director | 2017-09-01 | Dec 1962 | British |
Show 74 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMSDEN, Mark | Secretary | 2018-03-21 | 2018-08-22 |
| BRIMBLECOMBE, David John | Secretary | 1995-04-01 | 1998-04-01 |
| DOWNES, Jane Claire | Secretary | 2000-07-21 | 2000-09-25 |
| FORREST, Chantal | Secretary | 2014-12-31 | 2018-01-31 |
| HUDSON, Philip John | Secretary | 2005-01-01 | 2007-04-27 |
| JONES, Rachel | Secretary | 1998-04-01 | 2000-07-21 |
| MCFARLANE, Stuart Douglas | Secretary | 2007-04-27 | 2014-12-31 |
| MCFARLANE, Stuart Douglas | Secretary | 2000-09-25 | 2005-01-01 |
| PLIMLEY, Martin Wilfred | Secretary | — | 1995-04-01 |
| ACKROYD, Richard Keith | Director | 2000-09-25 | 2008-03-07 |
| ACKROYD, Richard Keith | Director | 1996-03-01 | 2000-07-24 |
| ALLAN, Julie Jane | Director | 2007-07-30 | 2009-05-29 |
| AUTY, Scott | Director | 2017-09-13 | 2023-11-20 |
| AUTY, Scott | Director | 2010-07-28 | 2012-03-31 |
| BAINBRIDGE, Allison Margaret | Director | 2002-11-27 | 2010-03-31 |
| BALDWIN, Stuart Harvey | Director | 2011-11-23 | 2012-03-31 |
| BALDWIN, Stuart Harvey | Director | 2008-03-01 | 2010-03-24 |
| BARBER, Elizabeth Marian | Director | 2010-11-24 | 2022-05-06 |
| BEJAR OCHOA, Juan | Director | 2008-03-01 | 2009-07-13 |
| BOND, Kevin Patrick, Dr | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2000-04-10 |
| COX, Jonson | Director | 1997-04-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| DIXON, Graham | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2013-03-03 |
| DOHERTY, Pamela Jane | Director | 2017-09-13 | 2019-01-31 |
| DUNLOP, John Michael | Director | 1993-10-14 | 1996-02-29 |
| EVENDEN, Rhys David | Director | 2010-03-24 | 2011-10-26 |
| FIRLOTTE, Charles Victor | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2003-07-31 |
| FISHER, Christopher Charles | Director | 2004-10-19 | 2008-02-26 |
| FLANDERS, Tracy | Director | 1994-03-07 | 1999-03-31 |
| FLINT, Richard David | Director | 2003-07-31 | 2019-09-13 |
| GOUGH, Charles Brandon, Sir | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| HARRISON, Alan | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2012-04-04 |
| HAVENHAND, Martin Stephen | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| HAYSOM, Charles Stewart | Director | 2011-04-27 | 2017-09-12 |
| HINTON, Andrew Peter | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2000-11-21 |
| HODGKIN, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2008-04-30 | 2010-05-27 |
| HOULDEN, John Russell | Director | 2022-01-19 | 2025-06-27 |
| HYDE, Roger | Director | 2005-06-21 | 2014-06-27 |
| INMAN, Paul Sybray | Director | 2023-03-01 | 2025-05-31 |
| JOHNS, Christopher Ian | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2023-02-28 |
| JONES, Gordon Pearce, Sir | Director | — | 1993-09-30 |
| KERRY, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2007-07-30 |
| KOEPPEL, Holly Keller | Director | 2010-03-24 | 2012-03-31 |
| LAYFIELD, John | Director | — | 2000-03-31 |
| LEWIS, Michelle | Director | 2012-05-29 | 2014-03-07 |
| LORKIN, Mark Edwin | Director | 2010-07-28 | 2012-03-31 |
| MOIR, Maria Karen | Director | 2000-06-26 | 2000-11-10 |
| MOIR, Maria Karen | Director | 1996-09-02 | 2000-03-31 |
| MUNCASTER, Nevil George | Director | 2013-05-29 | 2021-07-31 |
| MURDOCH, Ian Galbraith | Director | — | 1995-04-06 |
| NAPIER, John Alan | Director | 2000-04-18 | 2008-09-01 |
| NEWTON, Trevor | Director | — | 1996-05-31 |
| NICHOLS, Margot | Director | 1995-06-20 | 1997-05-07 |
| O'TOOLE, Raymond | Director | 2014-06-27 | 2023-07-05 |
| OSBORNE, Michael Peter Francis | Director | 2017-09-13 | 2021-10-27 |
| O`KANE, John Peter | Director | 1998-10-01 | 2002-09-30 |
| PARRY JONES, Richard | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2016-05-31 |
| PENNY, Mark Sean | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2011-10-14 |
| PHILLIPS, Helen Mary, Dr | Director | 2012-03-28 | 2014-12-31 |
| PINNOCK, Kathryn Mary, The Baroness Pinnock | Director | 2008-03-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| RABIN, Anthony Leon Philip | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2021-09-01 |
| ROBERTS, Derek Franklyn | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2004-10-19 |
| ROBSON-CAPPS, Teresa | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| ROGERSON, Pamela Jane | Director | 2011-04-27 | 2015-03-31 |
| SETO, Jane | Director | 2010-07-28 | 2012-03-31 |
| SHUTTLEWORTH, Anthony John | Director | — | 1996-03-31 |
| SMITH, Michael Clayton | Director | 2002-11-27 | 2007-05-31 |
| STEWART, Margaret | Director | 1996-04-18 | 1998-01-27 |
| STONES, Clive John | Director | — | 1999-12-13 |
| TAYLOR, John Mitchell | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
| TUNLEY, Charles Arthur | Director | — | 1995-04-06 |
| UNWIN, Julia, Dame | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| WARD, Antony Ian | Director | — | 1996-03-31 |
| WHITEMAN, Kevin Ian | Director | 1997-11-03 | 2015-03-31 |
| WYNN, Paul David, Non-Exectuive Director | Director | 2000-12-01 | 2005-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire Water Services Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 332 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+5.9%
£1,227,000,000 £1,299,400,000
-
Cash
+886.9%
£49,700,000 £490,500,000
-
Net assets
+21.8%
£1,209,700,000 £1,473,700,000
-
Employees
+5.2%
3,686 3,876
-
Operating profit
+37%
£236,600,000 £324,200,000
-
Profit before tax
+333.5%
£99,100,000 £429,600,000
-
Wages
+11.5%
£165,800,000 £184,800,000
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