VEOLIA WATER OUTSOURCING LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-03-26 (in 10mo)

Last made up 2026-03-12

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

—

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£114M

+9.3% vs 2023

Employees

245

+4.3% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£26M

+217.6% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

VEOLIA WATER OUTSOURCING LIMITED 2007-11-29 → present
THAMES WATER SERVICES LIMITED 1998-04-01 → 2007-11-29
THAMES WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1990-08-10 → 1998-04-01
BATCHSTOCK LIMITED 1990-07-04 → 1990-08-10

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Utilities median

VEOLIA WATER OUTSOURCING LIMITED·Utilities median · n=234

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£70,172,000	£77,585,000
Operating profit	£2,757,000	£8,123,000
Profit before tax	£8,230,000	£26,140,000
Net profit	£6,274,000	£22,555,000
Cash	—	—
Total assets less current liabilities	£108,097,000	£115,343,000
Net assets	£104,295,000	£114,002,000
Equity	£104,295,000	£114,002,000
Average employees	235	245
Wages	£12,269,000	£13,441,000

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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	3.9%	10.5%
Net margin	8.9%	29.1%
Return on capital employed	2.6%	7.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	25.6%	21.7%
Current ratio	3.08x	3.48x
Interest cover	18.14x	42.09x

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: Constantin
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“Accordingly, the Directors are satisfied that they have a reasonable basis upon which to conclude that the Company is able to meet its liabilities as they fall due in the foreseeable future and that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

VEOLIA WATER OUTSOURCING LIMITED · parent
1. Stirling Water Seafield Holdings Limited 100% · Masterton · Intermediate holding company
2. Veolia Water Capital Delivery Limited 100% · 210 · Waste and water services with investments
3. Veolia Water Operational Services (Highland) Limited 100% · 210 · Waste water services
4. Veolia Water Operational Services (Moray) Limited 100% · 210 · Waste water services
5. Veolia Water Operational Services (Tay) Limited 100% · 210 · Waste water services
6. Veolia Water Projects Limited 100% · 210 · Water services
7. Veolia Water Retail (UK) Limited 100% · 210 · Water services
8. Glen Water (Holdings) Limited 50% · 3rd Floor · Waste water services
9. MUJV Limited 49.99% · Aspire · Utility infrastructure management
10. Stirling Water Seafield Finance Plc 100% · Masterton · Issue of bonds to fund infrastructure projects undertaken
11. Stirling Water Seafield Limited 100% · Masterton · Water treatment and distribution
12. Veolia Water Infrastructure Services Limited 100% · 210 · Water treatment and distribution
13. 4Delivery Limited 40% · 210 · Water treatment and distribution
14. Brighton & Hove 4Delivery Limited 49% · 210 · Water treatment and distribution
15. Glen Water Limited 50% · 3rd Floor · Water treatment and distribution

Significant events

“There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”

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

People

6 active · 76 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
GARRETT, Caroline	Secretary	2021-12-01	—	—
ABRAHAM, John Patrick	Director	2015-04-10	Mar 1968	British
CLAVIE, Valerie Isabelle Marie	Director	2021-06-30	Apr 1968	French
GARRETT, Caroline	Director	2018-01-31	Jun 1976	British
PATTON, Sinead	Director	2024-08-27	Dec 1975	Irish
WILSON, Mark Andrew	Director	2017-06-20	Apr 1968	British

Show 76 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
ADSHEAD, Anna Michelle	Secretary	2005-03-24	2006-06-14
AITKEN, Elaine Margaret	Secretary	2018-10-02	2021-11-30
BADCOCK, David	Secretary	1995-06-16	2001-01-01
BOYEWSKA, Barbara	Secretary	2007-11-28	2011-01-21
BYRNE, Simon Harvey	Secretary	2007-03-20	2007-11-28
CARSLEY, Robert Clive	Secretary	—	1995-06-16
CRAIG, Nicholas Charles David	Secretary	2011-10-21	2015-04-10
CRAIG, Nicholas Charles David	Secretary	2011-02-11	2011-10-21
DAVIS, Christopher Charles	Secretary	2006-06-14	2007-06-30
GARRETT, Caroline	Secretary	2015-04-10	2018-10-02
HAMILTON, Iain Alexander	Secretary	2007-10-12	2007-11-28
RAVENSCROFT, Janet Mary, Sol	Secretary	1998-05-18	2002-01-14
SARSTED, Wendy Helena	Secretary	2007-03-20	2007-10-12
SKELTON, Steven Donald	Secretary	2001-11-26	2005-03-24
ANDERSON, Craig	Director	2005-09-01	2007-11-28
ANDERSON, Craig	Director	1998-06-01	2001-09-19
ARAGON, Xavier	Director	2018-10-02	2020-10-07
BATES, Duncan John Lucas	Director	2007-11-28	2012-05-30
BEATTIE, Susan	Director	2016-02-08	2018-07-24
BELFIELD, Ian	Director	2015-06-26	2016-12-23
BONNAR, Desmond Michael, Doctor	Director	1999-05-01	2002-10-25
BRET, Olivier Marie	Director	2008-07-23	2014-06-30
BRYAN, John James	Director	2017-06-20	2018-07-24
CARR, Malcolm William	Director	2006-05-08	2007-11-28
CHANT, Guy Arthur	Director	2002-03-05	2002-05-05
CHERRETT, Julia	Director	2007-11-28	2011-10-20
CHERRETT, Julia	Director	2006-05-08	2007-11-28
CONLON, James Charles	Director	2009-12-18	2011-11-30
COOPER, Alan George	Director	1996-07-30	1999-04-30
CRAIG, Nicholas Charles David	Director	2014-05-15	2015-04-23
DENCH, Andrew James	Director	2011-09-22	2014-05-16
DEVOS, Frederic	Director	2007-11-28	2012-01-25
DUJARDIN, Richard Jacques	Director	2007-11-28	2009-03-10
EARLE, John Julian	Director	1998-07-01	2006-02-07
EARNSHAW, Nigel John	Director	2008-01-25	2014-06-04
EDWARDS, Graham Winston	Director	2004-04-15	2005-03-31
EDWARDS, Graham Winston	Director	2002-05-13	2003-10-01
EYMERY, Pierre Andre Marcel Louis, Dr	Director	2009-12-18	2011-11-30
FROGBROOK, Nicholas Edward	Director	2012-07-03	2012-09-28
GERRARD, David Andrew	Director	2014-09-26	2021-06-30
GOUGH, Celia Rosalind	Director	2012-07-03	2025-10-31
HARDING, Peter Richard	Director	2004-01-05	2007-11-28
HAY, Wendy Irene	Director	2013-04-26	2014-12-01
HOWARD, Brian Henry Alfred	Director	—	2001-09-28
HUBERT, Jean-Marie	Director	2008-01-25	2008-10-14
HURCOM, John	Director	1995-06-16	1996-07-30
JENNINGS, Stephen Nigel	Director	2013-04-26	2017-05-31
JOHNSON, Christopher Ian	Director	1998-05-01	2001-11-07
JONES, Trevor James Victor	Director	1998-07-01	2002-05-05
KNIPE, Tracy Jayne	Director	2018-07-24	2024-08-27
LUXON, Keith David	Director	2008-01-25	2008-10-16
MALLET, Graham Neil	Director	1998-05-01	2002-05-05
MALLETT, Graham Neil	Director	2003-04-01	2005-01-01
MCKINLEY, Jason	Director	2006-05-08	2007-07-17
MERCER, Adrian Graham, Dr	Director	2018-10-02	2020-04-10
MILLINGTON, Carl Philip	Director	2002-03-05	2007-11-28
MITCHELL, John	Director	2007-11-28	2011-10-20
MITCHELL, John	Director	2004-10-26	2007-11-28
MULDOON, David	Director	2008-10-16	2011-11-01
O'HANLON, Martin Dominic	Director	1998-05-01	1998-08-31
PATERSON, Nigel John	Director	2007-11-28	2017-12-29
PATERSON, Nigel John	Director	2005-01-01	2007-11-28
PATTON, Sinead Isobel	Director	2017-06-20	2020-10-06
RATCLIFFE, Karen Anne	Director	2015-06-26	2016-02-08
ROBERTSON, Andrew Charles Warner	Director	—	1995-06-16
SAUNDERS, Malcolm Richard	Director	2009-03-10	2015-06-02
SEAL, John Edward	Director	1998-05-01	1998-09-30
SEAL, John Edward	Director	1997-07-18	1998-05-01
SHINE, Stephen Frank	Director	2015-05-21	2015-12-09
SHINE, Stephen Frank	Director	2012-07-03	2015-05-21
SKELTON, Steven Donald	Director	2001-09-21	2005-03-24
SPRATT, Catherine Anne	Director	1998-04-01	2001-10-30
THIRLWALL, Barry Bryan	Director	1999-02-01	2000-10-31
WALTON, David Graham	Director	2010-01-25	2011-09-19
WHITESIDE, Alexander James	Director	1998-05-01	2004-03-01
WRIGHT, David	Director	2007-11-28	2011-11-11

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Veolia Water Enterprise Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-06-30	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 310 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-03-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-03-02	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-11-13	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-07-18	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-03-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-01-23	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-01-23	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-01-22	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-01-22	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-09-03	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-09-03	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-08-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-03-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-10-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-03-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-10-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-03-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-12-02	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2021-12-02	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2021-10-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 4
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

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

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

+10.6%

£70,172,000 £77,585,000
Cash

—

Not reported
Net assets

+9.3%

£104,295,000 £114,002,000
Employees

+4.3%

235 245
Operating profit

+194.6%

£2,757,000 £8,123,000
Profit before tax

+217.6%

£8,230,000 £26,140,000
Wages

+9.6%

£12,269,000 £13,441,000

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

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