NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION (EAST MIDLANDS) PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-14 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£100K
0% vs 2024
Net assets
£2B
+11.2% vs 2024
Employees
2,058
+3.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£414M
+103.3% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION (EAST MIDLANDS) PLC 2022-09-20 → present
- WESTERN POWER DISTRIBUTION (EAST MIDLANDS) PLC 2011-04-01 → 2022-09-20
- CENTRAL NETWORKS EAST PLC 2004-04-05 → 2011-04-01
- EAST MIDLANDS ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION PLC. 2001-10-01 → 2004-04-05
- POWERGEN ENERGY PLC 1999-07-12 → 2001-10-01
- EAST MIDLANDS ELECTRICITY PLC 1989-04-01 → 1999-07-12
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 | £572,200,000 | £768,700,000 | |
| Operating profit | £288,300,000 | £494,200,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £203,400,000 | £413,500,000 | |
| Net profit | £154,000,000 | £311,400,000 | |
| Cash | £100,000 | £100,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,489,100,000 | £5,659,200,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,947,000,000 | £2,164,900,000 | |
| Equity | £1,947,000,000 | £2,164,900,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,989 | 2,058 | |
| Wages | £125,000,000 | £130,800,000 |
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 | 50.4% | 64.3% | |
| Net margin | 26.9% | 40.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.3% | 8.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.09x | 0.80x | |
| Interest cover | 2.76x | 4.77x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to year end, in July 2025, dividend of £115.0m has been approved by the Board.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 59 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLIS, Katie Suzanne | Secretary | 2024-05-31 | — | — |
| BEINART, Janette Carolyn Mitchell | Director | 2025-04-01 | Mar 1956 | British |
| BRANSTON, Paul | Director | 2023-12-15 | Nov 1975 | British |
| DILLON, Jennifer Ann | Director | 2024-04-01 | May 1972 | British |
| FUSSELL, Lindsey | Director | 2023-08-21 | Mar 1973 | British |
| O’HARA, Cordelia | Director | 2023-04-01 | Mar 1974 | British |
| PETTIFER, Darren | Director | 2022-08-17 | Apr 1980 | British |
| QUINN, Roisin Anne | Director | 2025-12-18 | Apr 1981 | Irish |
| SHARMA, Tanya Joy | Director | 2024-07-01 | Nov 1986 | British |
Show 59 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, Jeremy George Mungo | Secretary | — | 1998-12-22 |
| COX, Mark Richard | Secretary | 2023-06-16 | 2024-05-31 |
| JACKSON, David John | Secretary | 1998-12-22 | 2001-10-01 |
| JONES, Sally Ann | Secretary | 2011-04-01 | 2023-06-16 |
| PICKERELL, Stephanie Kay | Secretary | 2001-10-01 | 2009-08-28 |
| THOMAS, Chantal | Secretary | 2009-08-28 | 2011-04-01 |
| ALLEN, Philip Gerald | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2015-02-09 |
| ASKEW, Norman Brian Montague | Director | — | 1997-07-01 |
| BALDWIN, Nicholas Peter | Director | 1998-07-27 | 2001-10-02 |
| BARBER, Rodney George | Director | 1999-06-16 | 1999-07-08 |
| BARBROOK, Laura Sophie Scudamore, Dr | Director | 2022-01-31 | 2024-03-31 |
| BARTLETT, Graham John | Director | 2001-09-26 | 2007-07-04 |
| BOON, Christopher John | Director | 1996-01-16 | 1999-03-19 |
| BRIDGEWATER, Peter Jeremy | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2006-10-02 |
| CAMPBELL, Justine | Director | 2022-01-31 | 2024-06-30 |
| CAPPS, Thomas | Director | 1997-02-04 | 1998-07-27 |
| CARDEW, Anthony John | Director | 2017-03-23 | 2025-04-23 |
| CARUS, Alexander Michael | Director | 1993-07-06 | 1994-01-31 |
| CHAMP, Philip James | Director | — | 1993-05-23 |
| CHEWNING, Thomas Norman | Director | 1997-02-04 | 1998-07-27 |
| COOPER, William Gareth | Director | 1994-09-01 | 1997-02-04 |
| CORAH, George Nicholas | Director | — | 1997-02-04 |
| COWE, Dan Williamson | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| CRACKETT, John | Director | 2007-07-04 | 2011-04-01 |
| DAVIES, Robert John | Director | 1994-02-01 | 1998-12-10 |
| FARRELL, Thomas Francis | Director | 1997-02-04 | 1998-07-27 |
| FLETCHER, Maurice Edwin | Director | 2011-10-31 | 2023-03-31 |
| GOLBY, Paul, Dr | Director | 2001-09-26 | 2011-04-01 |
| GUNN, Robert Norman, Sir | Director | — | 1995-09-08 |
| HALFORD, Andrew Nigel | Director | 1997-07-01 | 1998-12-22 |
| HALLADAY, Graham Roy | Director | 2019-01-14 | 2026-03-18 |
| HARRIS, David Gene | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2013-08-31 |
| HARRIS, John Frederick | Director | — | 1994-04-30 |
| HEAVENRIDGE, David Lyman | Director | 1997-02-04 | 1998-07-27 |
| HICKSON, Peter Charles Fletcher | Director | 1998-07-27 | 2001-10-02 |
| JACKSON, David John | Director | 1999-06-16 | 1999-07-08 |
| JACKSON, Keith Howard | Director | — | 1993-05-20 |
| KEOHANE, James Anthony | Director | — | 1997-03-24 |
| KLINGENSMITH, Ricky Lee | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2015-07-16 |
| OOSTHUIZEN, Daniel Charl Stephanus | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2018-03-31 |
| RICHARDS, Simon Leonard Christopher | Director | 2001-09-26 | 2002-03-01 |
| ROACH, Edgar Mayo | Director | 1998-01-06 | 1998-07-27 |
| ROBERTSON, Linwood Righter | Director | 1997-02-04 | 1997-12-12 |
| RUDD, Anthony Nigel Russell, Sir | Director | — | 1997-02-04 |
| SAXELBY, Mark Robert | Director | 2001-10-22 | 2003-12-10 |
| SCHROEDER, Alan Geoffrey | Director | — | 1997-02-04 |
| SLEIGHTHOLM, Alison Jane | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2023-12-15 |
| SMEDLEY, Sally Claire | Director | 1997-03-21 | 1998-12-21 |
| SPENCE, William Harold | Director | 2015-07-16 | 2017-07-31 |
| STANYARD, Keith | Director | — | 1998-12-22 |
| SWIFT, Philip | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| SYMONS, Robert Arthur | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2018-11-07 |
| TAYLOR, Robert | Director | 2001-09-26 | 2007-07-04 |
| TEAR, Brian Jefferson | Director | 2011-02-16 | 2011-03-03 |
| THOMAS, William Griffith | Director | 1997-02-04 | 1998-07-27 |
| THOMPSON, David Anthony Roland | Director | 1996-04-01 | 1997-02-04 |
| THOMPSON, Graeme Mark | Director | 2006-10-02 | 2011-04-01 |
| WATTS, Clive Royston | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2017-07-03 |
| WILLIAMS, Ian Robert | Director | 2015-03-09 | 2022-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Grid Electricity Distribution Network Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 497 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-06-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-05-15 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-10 | RP04TM01 | officers | Second filing of director termination with name | |
| 2024-06-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+34.3%
£572,200,000 £768,700,000
-
Cash
0%
£100,000 £100,000
-
Net assets
+11.2%
£1,947,000,000 £2,164,900,000
-
Employees
+3.5%
1,989 2,058
-
Operating profit
+71.4%
£288,300,000 £494,200,000
-
Profit before tax
+103.3%
£203,400,000 £413,500,000
-
Wages
+4.6%
£125,000,000 £130,800,000
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