NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-07 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-06-23

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£165K

+227.9% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£165K

+15.2% vs 2024

Employees

3,505

+7.2% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£114K

+394.3% vs 2024

Net assets

3-year trend · vs Utilities median

NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED·Utilities median · n=116

Accounts

3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2023-03-31	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	—	£918,900	£1,017,200
Operating profit	—	£233,200	£290,900
Profit before tax	—	£23,000	£113,700
Net profit	—	£16,500	£84,300
Cash	£156,000	£50,200	£164,600
Total assets less current liabilities	£5,058,500	£5,214,400	£5,542,900
Net assets	£234,100	£143,000	£164,800
Equity	£234,100	£143,000	£164,800
Average employees	—	3,270	3,505
Wages	—	£96,500	£102,100

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	2023-03-31	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Operating margin	—	25.4%	28.6%
Net margin	—	1.8%	8.3%
Return on capital employed	—	4.5%	5.2%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	95.7%	97.5%	97.4%
Current ratio	0.94x	0.67x	0.63x
Interest cover	—	1.02x	1.58x

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: IFRS
Reporting scope: Consolidated group
Auditor: Deloitte LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Directors confirm that the consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, having considered the principal risks and uncertainties facing the Group and their likely impact on its adequate funding to meet its liabilities as they fall due in the foreseeable future.”

Group structure

NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED · parent
1. Northumbrian Water Finance plc 100% · England and Wales · Financing company
2. Reiver Finance Limited 100% · England and Wales · Special purpose financing vehicle
3. Reiver Holdings Limited 100% · England and Wales · Holding company
4. Northumbrian Water Company 1 Limited 100% · Scotland · General Partner
5. Northumbrian Water Company 2 Limited 100% · Scotland · General Partner
6. Northumbrian Water Company 3 Limited 100% · Scotland · Financing company

Significant events

“Received a high quality final determination from Ofwat for the PR24 price review, covering 2025-30.”
“The Board considered and approved the baseline plan for the PR24 period of 2025 to 2030, with a further £500m term loan agreed for the balance sheet date.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

14 active · 56 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
SOMERVILLE, Richard William Peter	Secretary	2021-10-08	—	—
BRYCE, Alan Alexander	Director	2021-04-14	Sep 1960	British
CHAN, Loi Shun	Director	2011-10-14	Aug 1962	Chinese
HARRIS, Thomas Keith	Director	2026-02-17	Jul 1964	British
HUNTER, Andrew John	Director	2011-10-14	Oct 1958	British
KAM, Hing Lam	Director	2011-10-14	Oct 1946	Chinese
MACRAE, Duncan Nicholas	Director	2026-02-18	Sep 1970	British
MCGLADE, Jacqueline Myriam, Professor	Director	2021-07-14	May 1955	British
MOTTRAM, Heidi	Director	2010-03-01	Mar 1965	British
NG, Chiu	Director	2024-05-20	Sep 1976	Chinese
ROSEWELL, Bridget Clare	Director	2021-04-14	Sep 1951	British
SEXTON, Richard George	Director	2021-04-14	Jul 1959	British
TONG BARNES, Wai Che Wendy	Director	2012-10-08	Sep 1960	British
VICARY-SMITH, Peter David	Director	2021-07-14	May 1962	British

Show 56 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
PARKER, Martin	Secretary	2000-04-01	2021-10-08
RAISTRICK, Charles Stuart	Secretary	—	1993-01-01
WATSON, David John	Secretary	1993-01-01	2000-06-30
ALLAN, Richard Ronald	Director	2000-04-01	2005-07-28
BABIN, Patrick	Director	1996-01-01	2002-07-25
BALLS, Alastair Gordon	Director	2002-04-01	2011-03-31
BOTREL, Michel Claude Denis	Director	2004-05-27	2005-04-28
BRADBEER, John Derek Richardson, Sir	Director	2000-04-01	2002-03-31
BROWN, Austen Patrick, Sir	Director	2006-01-01	2011-10-20
CAPLE, Lawrence Michael	Director	1998-01-27	2000-03-31
CHAIGNEAU, Alain	Director	2004-05-27	2005-03-17
CHAIGNEAU, Alain	Director	2000-04-01	2003-05-23
CHAUSSADE, Jean Louis	Director	2004-05-27	2005-04-28
CRANSTON, David Gordon	Director	—	1996-03-31
CROS, Christophe	Director	2005-03-17	2005-04-28
CUTHBERT, John Arthur	Director	1996-04-01	2010-03-31
FAY, Margaret	Director	2010-06-01	2021-05-31
FOSTER, John Anthony	Director	—	1996-03-31
FRAME, Frank Riddell	Director	2011-11-04	2019-12-31
FREW, Anita Margaret	Director	2002-04-01	2011-03-31
GIRVEN, Alan	Director	—	1994-03-31
GRAHAM, James	Director	1997-06-24	2000-03-31
GREEN, Christopher Michael	Director	2000-04-01	2012-12-31
GUIRKINGER, Bernard	Director	2002-07-25	2005-04-28
HARDING, Anthony John	Director	1996-01-01	2001-11-01
HARGREAVES, Jonathan Watson, Dr	Director	1993-01-01	1996-03-31
HAYNES, Joseph Antony	Director	2000-04-01	2002-03-31
HOLLIDAY, Frederick George Thomas, Professor Sir	Director	2000-04-01	2006-07-27
IP, Tak Chuen Edmond	Director	2011-10-14	2016-07-14
JOHNS, Christopher Ian	Director	2013-01-01	2020-05-30
JONES, Alan Fredrick	Director	—	1999-01-01
JONES, Andrew Ceri	Director	2004-01-01	2020-10-23
LACY, Howard Andrew	Director	1996-04-01	1997-06-01
LAMOREUX, Claude Richard	Director	2006-12-01	2011-07-28
LEPIN, Ronald Kenneth	Director	2006-01-01	2006-12-01
LUK, Sai Hong	Director	2011-10-14	2012-10-08
LYSTER, Simon	Director	2006-09-26	2021-05-31
MACMILLAN, Ian	Director	1993-01-01	1996-03-31
MACRAE, Duncan Nicholas	Director	2011-10-14	2026-02-17
NEAVE, Graham	Director	2002-01-31	2014-12-31
NEAVE, Graham	Director	1996-04-01	2000-03-31
NEGRE, Martin Andre Bernard	Director	2006-01-01	2021-07-31
NEGRE, Martin Andre Bernard	Director	2000-04-01	2001-05-02
PETRY, Jacques Francis	Director	2002-10-14	2004-05-27
PRICE, Alfred Colin	Director	1994-03-31	1999-04-01
REW, Paul Francis	Director	2010-10-01	2021-11-22
SCOTT-BARRETT, Alexander John	Director	2005-11-01	2011-10-14
SLAMINKA, Kim Pierre	Director	2024-05-24	2026-02-17
SMITH, Robert Hilton	Director	—	1993-04-01
SPEED, Hugh David Mcconnachie	Director	1996-01-01	2000-03-31
STRAKER, Michael Ian Bowstead, Sir	Director	—	1994-03-31
STRAW, Simon Mark	Director	1999-01-01	2000-03-31
TREBILCO, Deborah-Anne, Dr	Director	1998-01-27	2000-03-31
WANLESS, Derek, Sir	Director	2006-01-01	2011-10-14
WATSON, David John	Director	—	1993-01-01
WILLIAMS, Jennifer Mary	Director	2006-01-01	2010-07-29

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Northumbrian Water Group Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 301 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2024-12-20 MA Memorandum articles
2024-12-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
2024-12-05 CC04 Statement of companys objects

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-17	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares	PDF
2026-02-18	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-02-18	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-02-18	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2026-02-18	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-09-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2025-07-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-12-20	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2024-12-10	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2024-12-05	CC04	change-of-constitution	Statement of companys objects
2024-08-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-07-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-05-29	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-05-29	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-09-26	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-09-12	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-08-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-06-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-06-05	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-09-28	AD04	address	Move registers to registered office company with new address	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 7
Capital events: 1
Officers appointed: 2
Officers resigned: 2

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

+10.7%

£918,900 £1,017,200
Cash

+227.9%

£50,200 £164,600

highest in 3 filed years
Net assets

+15.2%

£143,000 £164,800
Employees

+7.2%

3,270 3,505
Operating profit

+24.7%

£233,200 £290,900
Profit before tax

+394.3%

£23,000 £113,700
Wages

+5.8%

£96,500 £102,100

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

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