ECLIPSE POWER DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-04 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-21
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£691K
-80.7% vs 2023
Employees
17
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£4M
-4.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
As part of its continuous portfolio evaluation, Vattenfall AB commenced the process of assessing the ownership of its district heating and networks distribution portfolio in the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands, including the option of a potential divestment which impacts the future ownership of the Company's electricity distribution business. ... This indicates the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-12-11
- ECLIPSE POWER DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 2025-12-11 → present
- VATTENFALL NETWORKS LTD 2017-04-11 → 2025-12-11
- BORDER WIND FARMS LIMITED 1993-11-05 → 2017-04-11
- WESTGEN (UK) LIMITED 1992-07-16 → 1993-11-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £992,095 | £2,157,866 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,612,447 | -£3,539,445 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,678,942 | -£3,851,937 | |
| Net profit | -£2,874,605 | -£2,888,250 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,340,178 | £3,893,313 | |
| Net assets | £3,579,168 | £690,918 | |
| Equity | £3,579,168 | £690,918 | |
| Average employees | 17 | 17 | |
| Wages | £1,165,517 | £1,319,434 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -364.1% | -164.0% | |
| Net margin | -289.8% | -133.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -57.0% | -90.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 0.27x | |
| Interest cover | -33.53x | -11.32x |
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
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As part of its continuous portfolio evaluation, Vattenfall AB commenced the process of assessing the ownership of its district heating and networks distribution portfolio in the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands, including the option of a potential divestment which impacts the future ownership of the Company's electricity distribution business. ... This indicates the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “Vattenfall has started a process to assess the ownership of its IDNO electricity distribution business in the UK. Vattenfall will make a final decision after the assessment. There were no other significant events after 31 December 2024 that required adjustment to or disclosure in the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORD, Emma Susan | Director | 2026-03-02 | Jan 1985 | British |
| MCCARTY, Thomas Andrew | Director | 2025-12-08 | Jun 1991 | New Zealander |
| OSMAN, Fiona Jane Hansson | Director | 2025-12-08 | Jun 1973 | Australian,British |
| PERRETT, Daniel James | Director | 2025-12-08 | Nov 1978 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIOTT, Graham Thomas | Secretary | 2014-01-01 | 2014-10-31 |
| FELLOWES, Colin | Secretary | 2000-03-31 | 2003-05-29 |
| FIDLER, Christopher Laskey | Secretary | 2003-05-29 | 2008-10-06 |
| REEVE, Darren John | Secretary | 2018-06-01 | 2025-12-08 |
| SOMERO SORENSON, Aili Eva Margareta | Secretary | 2008-10-06 | 2010-04-28 |
| STILL, David John | Secretary | 1992-07-16 | 2000-03-31 |
| VAN MANSFELD, Jonas | Secretary | 2016-07-11 | 2018-06-01 |
| CORPORATE NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-07-16 | 1992-07-16 |
| BRUCE, Neil Alexander | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2002-03-11 |
| CORKE, Richard John | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2002-03-11 |
| DAHL, Anders | Director | 2008-10-06 | 2013-04-15 |
| DAWSON, Donald James Stewart | Director | 2017-09-19 | 2025-12-08 |
| DAWSON, Donald James Stewart | Director | 2017-09-11 | 2017-09-11 |
| ELMAS, Alper | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2017-04-03 |
| GRAINGER, William | Director | 1992-07-16 | 2000-03-31 |
| GUY, Piers Basil | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2017-04-03 |
| HOLLAND, Peter James | Director | 2003-05-29 | 2008-10-06 |
| HOLLAND, Peter James | Director | 2002-03-11 | 2003-05-29 |
| HÅLLING, Ingela Birgitta | Director | 2023-05-02 | 2025-12-08 |
| IFWER, Karin | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2023-03-22 |
| KARPSEN, Jesper | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2022-12-01 |
| LING, Grant Richmond | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2002-02-15 |
| LOVGREN, Peter | Director | 2010-04-28 | 2013-04-15 |
| MENDEZ REBOLLO, Alberto | Director | 2013-04-16 | 2014-01-28 |
| PYTEL, Anna Barbara | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2015-07-01 |
| SCHÄFER, Thomas Otto | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2021-03-31 |
| SOMERO SORENSON, Aili Eva Margareta | Director | 2008-10-06 | 2010-04-28 |
| STILL, David John | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2002-03-11 |
| STILL, David John | Director | 1992-07-16 | 2000-03-31 |
| STRAUGHEN, Michael | Director | 2000-03-31 | 2000-05-01 |
| THOMPSON, Spencer | Director | 2025-12-08 | 2026-03-02 |
| VIKLUND, Annika Maria | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2025-12-08 |
| WESSLAU, Peter Johan | Director | 2008-10-06 | 2014-01-28 |
| AMEC NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2003-05-29 | 2008-10-06 |
| AMEC NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2002-03-11 | 2003-05-29 |
| CORPORATE NOMINEE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-07-16 | 1992-07-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eclipse Power Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Appoints directors | 2025-12-08 | Active |
| Vattenfall Ab | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-12-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 177 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-11 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2025-11-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-18 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-11 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-12-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-11-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 5
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+117.5%
£992,095 £2,157,866
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Cash
—
Not reported
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Net assets
-80.7%
£3,579,168 £690,918
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Employees
0%
17 17
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Operating profit
+2%
-£3,612,447 -£3,539,445
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Profit before tax
-4.7%
-£3,678,942 -£3,851,937
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Wages
+13.2%
£1,165,517 £1,319,434
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