SUTTON AND EAST SURREY WATER SERVICES LIMITED

1. SUTTON AND EAST SURREY WATER SERVICES LIMITED 1999-04-14 → present
2. SUTTON WATER SERVICES LIMITED 1997-01-15 → 1999-04-14
3. THE SUTTON DISTRICT WATER COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED 1991-03-28 → 1997-01-15
4. RAPID 9348 LIMITED 1989-11-24 → 1991-03-28

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors have considered to be appropriate for the following reasons. The Directors have considered the financial position of SESWS and concluded that it will be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future. For these purposes, the foreseeable future is taken to mean a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Pennon Group Plc (the ultimate holding company of SESWS) have made a commitment in the form of a letter of financial support to SESWS, for up to 15 months after the signing of the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “SESWS and the parent company Pennon pic have made the decision in March 2025 to close the trading division SES Home Services. The decision was based on extremely difficult trading conditions which have driven adverse results in recent financial years. The process in closing SES Home Services is expected to be concluded by the end of FY26 based on outstanding warranties.”

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

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +3.7%

  £68,727,826 → £71,281,016

• Cash

  +0.9%

  £490,670 → £495,073

• Net assets

  -34.3%

  -£22,483,455 → -£30,187,114

• Employees

  -12.6%

  95 → 83

• Operating profit

  +56.7%

  -£15,696,328 → -£6,798,666

• Profit before tax

  +49.9%

  -£16,362,533 → -£8,198,574

• Wages

  -8.9%

  £3,902,052 → £3,555,860

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