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BRITISH GAS TRADING LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 03078711
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1995-07-06
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 35130
- Hubs
- UK Energy & Climate
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The level of undrawn committed bank facilities and available cash resources has enabled the Group's Directors to conclude that there are no material uncertainties relating to the Group's going concern, and that adopting the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate.”
Subsidiaries
- British Gas Limited · 100% held · United Kingdom · Energy Supply
- British Gas X Limited · 100% held · United Kingdom · Dormant
Significant events
- “continued investment in customer service earning the Company the "Best Overall Improvement" award from Uswitch in 2024.”
- “colleague energy allowance to pay a proportion of the energy price cap. ... new charitable trust 'The Colleague Support Foundation' ... supported over 100 colleagues and paid out c.£150k. ... granted a further Global Profit Share award to all colleagues, relating to our profits in 2023.”
- “£134m voluntary support package provided by British Gas during the energy crisis has continued to enable us to support the growing number of people who needed a helping hand during 2024.”
- “migration of customers to the new energy platform is critical... By the end of 2024, over 6.8 million residential customers have been migrated.”
- “customer migration to our new, more flexible, Ignition platform continued during 2024 taking the total number of residential customers on Ignition to over 6.8 million and we aim to complete our residential customers migration during 2025.”
- “complaints per customer fall from 13.3% in 2023 to 10.1% in 2024, representing a 24% reduction.”
- “annualised cost per residential energy customer (excluding bad debt) increased by £4”
- “Ofgem ... Enhanced Financial Responsibility Principle (EFRP), effective from Q2 2023 ... Annual Adequacy Self-Assessment (AASA) ... Company submitted its first AASA in March 2024. ... Capital Adequacy Target, which becomes binding from March 2025”
- “During 2024 the Company made contributions of £17.0m (2023: £24.2m) to the independent charity, the British Gas Energy Trust.”
- “The prior year has been re-presented to reclassify £3.687.7m of current receivables owed by Group undertakings to non-current receivables owed by Group undertakings as they do not meet the IAS 1 'Presentation of Financial Statements' classification criteria for current assets.”
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People
5 active · 54 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRICA SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-09-08 | — | — |
| BOOKER, Gary James Charles | Director | 2025-10-01 | Aug 1970 | British |
| KENNEDY, Andrew James | Director | 2023-01-23 | Apr 1979 | British |
| ROY, Rajarshi, Dr | Director | 2017-04-27 | Jan 1975 | British |
| WOOD, Matthew Christopher | Director | 2025-10-01 | Jun 1987 | British |
Show 54 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALDWELL, Lucy Elizabeth | Secretary | 1997-12-01 | 2000-09-08 |
| FURMSTON, Teresa Jane | Secretary | 1997-12-01 | 1999-02-22 |
| FURMSTON, Teresa Jane | Secretary | 1997-01-30 | 1997-12-01 |
| GARRIHY, Anne | Secretary | 1999-02-22 | 2000-09-08 |
| GARRIHY, Anne | Secretary | 1996-06-27 | 1997-12-01 |
| GARRIHY, Anne | Secretary | 1995-07-06 | 1996-01-19 |
| JACKSON, John Henry | Secretary | 1996-01-19 | 1996-06-27 |
| MACAULAY, Barbara Scott | Secretary | 1995-07-06 | 1996-01-19 |
| PATIENCE, Donald William John | Secretary | 1996-01-25 | 1997-01-30 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-07-06 | 1995-07-06 |
| ALEXANDER, Michael Richard | Director | 1996-01-19 | 2003-02-28 |
| BARBARO, Gab Saturnio | Director | 2016-02-23 | 2020-08-31 |
| BARTLETT, Graham John | Director | 1996-01-19 | 1996-08-30 |
| BATEMAN, Matthew James | Director | 2020-08-28 | 2022-02-18 |
| BENTLEY, Phillip Keague | Director | 2000-11-20 | 2013-06-30 |
| BEYNON, Stephen David Rhys | Director | 2013-12-19 | 2016-02-23 |
| BUCK, Steven John | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2018-01-24 |
| CAIN, Ian Paul | Director | 2011-02-07 | 2012-12-20 |
| CAMERON, Alisdair Charles John | Director | 2010-03-11 | 2012-05-28 |
| CAMPBELL, Justine Michelle | Director | 2013-12-19 | 2017-04-27 |
| CLARE, Mark Sydney | Director | 1996-08-29 | 2006-09-30 |
| FORSTER, Jane | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2013-04-19 |
| GARDNER, Roy Alan, Sir | Director | 1996-01-19 | 2006-06-30 |
| GARRIHY, Anne | Director | 1995-07-06 | 1996-01-19 |
| HANAFIN, Vincent Mark | Director | 2008-07-31 | 2013-12-19 |
| HODGES, Mark Steven | Director | 2016-02-23 | 2019-02-28 |
| ISENEGGER, David Andrew | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2013-12-19 |
| JANSEN, Christopher Trevor Peter | Director | 2009-07-06 | 2013-06-30 |
| KIRWAN, Michael David | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2020-08-31 |
| MARTIN-SIMON, Peter Michael | Director | 2020-07-24 | 2021-09-17 |
| MCKENNA, Gregory Craig | Director | 2021-03-08 | 2024-03-04 |
| MCLEOD, Charles Lee | Director | 2021-06-30 | 2022-11-04 |
| MILES, Claire | Director | 2017-07-20 | 2019-07-01 |
| MUSSENDEN, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2021-06-30 |
| NETEMEYER, Andrew | Director | 2011-02-07 | 2013-12-19 |
| O'KELLY, Catherine Anne Newton | Director | 2021-09-17 | 2025-09-26 |
| PATIENCE, Donald William John | Director | 1995-07-06 | 1996-01-19 |
| PETERS, Ian | Director | 2013-12-19 | 2016-12-31 |
| PIJLS, Henricus Lambertus | Director | 2012-12-20 | 2013-12-19 |
| PIKUNIC, Jorge Pablo | Director | 2020-07-24 | 2021-03-08 |
| ROBERTS, Peter | Director | 2008-03-18 | 2010-03-26 |
| RONALD, Ivan Edward | Director | 2018-01-24 | 2019-07-05 |
| ROWLANDS, Melanie Jane | Director | 2010-03-26 | 2011-12-12 |
| SAMBHI, Sarwjit | Director | 2016-02-23 | 2020-06-11 |
| STERN, Christopher John | Director | 2008-03-18 | 2013-12-19 |
| TAVAZIVA, Anne Leigh | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2020-06-10 |
| TURNER, Moira Lynne | Director | 2008-03-18 | 2010-03-11 |
| ULRICH, Jacob Shields | Director | 2005-04-11 | 2008-07-31 |
| UZIELLI, Michael Robin | Director | 2012-05-28 | 2015-05-31 |
| WESTON, Christopher Phillip Anthony | Director | 2013-12-19 | 2014-12-30 |
| WESTON, Christopher Phillip Anthony | Director | 2008-03-18 | 2009-05-05 |
| WOOD, Ian | Director | 2008-03-18 | 2011-02-07 |
| COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-07-06 | 1995-07-06 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-07-06 | 1995-07-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gb Gas Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 236 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-09 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-10-03 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-10-03 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-10-04 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-10-04 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-03-05 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-02-27 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-10-05 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2023-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-01-24 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2022-11-04 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-02-22 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
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