SUTTON AND EAST SURREY WATER PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-27 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-13
Watchouts
Cash
£63M
+69.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£144M
+81.4% vs 2024
Employees
372
+6.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£6M
+74.8% 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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SUTTON AND EAST SURREY WATER PLC 1996-04-01 → present
- EAST SURREY WATER PLC 1989-12-11 → 1996-04-01
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 | £72,800,000 | £82,700,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,300,000 | £12,600,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£25,400,000 | -£6,400,000 | |
| Net profit | -£19,300,000 | -£5,000,000 | |
| Cash | £36,900,000 | £62,500,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £443,900,000 | £444,800,000 | |
| Net assets | £79,100,000 | £143,500,000 | |
| Equity | £79,100,000 | £143,500,000 | |
| Average employees | 350 | 372 | |
| Wages | £11,800,000 | £13,400,000 |
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 | 5.9% | 15.2% | |
| Net margin | -26.5% | -6.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.0% | 2.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 83.6% | 72.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.16x | 1.54x | |
| Interest cover | 0.14x | 0.63x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors believe that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “On 10 January 2024 Pennon Group plc announced that it had acquired the Company, which meant a change in the shareholder representatives on the Company's Board. Following the acquisition and subsequent CMA clearance there was a change in members of the Board during the year.”
- “On 30 May 2025, the RCF was renewed for £50m to provide additional prefunding for the Company, this is for an initial period of 3 years with the option to extend. The renewal took place after the balance sheet date and is considered a non-adjusting balance sheet event.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 58 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLANCE, Andrea Margaret | Director | 2025-04-08 | Jul 1964 | British |
| BURWELL, Dorothy Marie | Director | 2024-10-02 | Feb 1980 | British,American |
| BUTTERWORTH, Jonathan | Director | 2024-10-02 | Jun 1962 | British |
| FLOWERDEW, Laura | Director | 2024-11-19 | Feb 1976 | British |
| GARARD, Andrew Sheldon | Director | 2024-06-14 | Oct 1966 | British |
| HAINES, Andrew | Director | 2025-11-01 | Apr 1964 | British |
| SPROUL, David | Director | 2024-07-24 | Oct 1959 | British |
| WOODHOUSE, Loraine | Director | 2024-10-02 | Dec 1968 | British |
Show 58 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHADWICK, John Robert | Secretary | 2009-11-27 | 2018-09-27 |
| FERRAR, Anthony John David | Secretary | 2008-06-06 | 2009-11-27 |
| FISHER, Nicholas John | Secretary | 1992-03-18 | 1994-03-31 |
| HARRIS, Jordan Elizabeth | Secretary | 1994-04-01 | 2000-04-07 |
| HOLDER, Philip Bernard | Secretary | — | 1992-03-18 |
| HORNBY, Jenny Belinda | Secretary | 2000-04-07 | 2008-05-31 |
| KERR, Paul | Secretary | 2018-09-27 | 2025-02-28 |
| AGOSTINO, Daniel Michael | Director | 2006-02-24 | 2007-04-04 |
| AVERY, Julian Ralph | Director | 2001-11-23 | 2006-02-28 |
| BARRETT, Patrick Augustine | Director | 2000-07-31 | 2009-07-06 |
| BEWS, Paul Anthony | Director | 1996-04-12 | 1996-11-29 |
| BILES, John Anthony | Director | 2006-09-20 | 2016-03-31 |
| CAIN, Ian Paul | Director | 2024-11-20 | 2025-07-22 |
| CAIN, Ian Paul | Director | 2020-02-12 | 2024-11-20 |
| CHADWICK, John Robert | Director | 2009-09-03 | 2018-09-27 |
| CROSS, Graham Antony | Director | 1995-12-01 | 1996-08-30 |
| DAVY, Susan Jane | Director | 2024-06-14 | 2025-12-31 |
| EVANS, Iain Richard, Mr | Director | 2024-10-02 | 2026-03-31 |
| FERRAR, Anthony John David | Director | 2008-06-06 | 2020-02-29 |
| FISHER, Nicholas John | Director | 1994-04-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| FOOKS, John Anthony | Director | — | 2000-07-31 |
| FOSTER, Ian Francis Montgomery | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| GILLILAND, Stewart Charles | Director | 2010-11-26 | 2016-02-10 |
| HEGARTY, Michael Edward | Director | 1996-01-12 | 2014-03-31 |
| HOLDER, Philip Bernard | Director | — | 2010-01-31 |
| HOLMAN, Graham David | Director | 2013-06-05 | 2014-12-02 |
| HORNBY, Jenny Belinda | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2008-05-31 |
| HOULAHAN, Nicola Louise | Director | 2001-01-04 | 2014-03-31 |
| IGHODARO, Claire Aimie Clara | Director | 2024-10-02 | 2024-12-31 |
| JEFFERY, Jack | Director | 1995-12-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| KAGEYAMA, Ken | Director | 2021-06-01 | 2024-01-10 |
| KAWAMOTO, Kenichi | Director | 2013-11-27 | 2015-03-31 |
| KENNEDY, Andrew David | Director | — | 1996-03-31 |
| KERR, Paul | Director | 2024-11-20 | 2025-02-28 |
| KERR, Paul | Director | 2018-07-18 | 2024-11-20 |
| KING, Deryk Irving | Director | 2009-11-27 | 2013-03-31 |
| KITAJIMA, Seiji | Director | 2019-02-06 | 2021-06-01 |
| KITAJIMA, Seiji | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2016-11-01 |
| LEGG, Murray John | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2024-10-02 |
| LORING, Christopher Thomas | Director | 1995-12-01 | 1996-04-01 |
| MALAN, Paul Richard | Director | 2006-02-24 | 2013-02-04 |
| MIYAMOTO, Masao | Director | 2013-03-12 | 2014-07-28 |
| NEWTON, John Owen | Director | 2001-11-23 | 2014-12-02 |
| NEWTON, John Owen | Director | — | 1995-12-15 |
| NISHIDA, Ryuichi | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2019-05-01 |
| OBA, Wataru | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2015-10-01 |
| OIDA, Kenji | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2024-01-10 |
| PAGE, Steven John | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| PELCZER, Jeremy David | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2022-03-23 |
| RIDER, Gillian Ann | Director | 2024-06-14 | 2024-07-24 |
| SAKAI, Yoichi | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2019-02-06 |
| SAVILLE, Duncan Paul | Director | — | 1997-03-27 |
| SHEMMANS, David John | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2024-10-02 |
| SONDEN, Lester Clive | Director | 1997-04-24 | 2014-03-31 |
| TRY, David Edward Thomas | Director | — | 1997-04-24 |
| UDA, Toru | Director | 2013-11-27 | 2014-12-02 |
| WILES, Rebecca Louise | Director | 2022-05-26 | 2024-10-02 |
| WOODS, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2024-10-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sesw Holding Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 280 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-02-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+13.6%
£72,800,000 £82,700,000
-
Cash
+69.4%
£36,900,000 £62,500,000
-
Net assets
+81.4%
£79,100,000 £143,500,000
-
Employees
+6.3%
350 372
-
Operating profit
+193%
£4,300,000 £12,600,000
-
Profit before tax
+74.8%
-£25,400,000 -£6,400,000
-
Wages
+13.6%
£11,800,000 £13,400,000
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