WESSEX WATER SERVICES FINANCE PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-24 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- WESSEX WATER SERVICES FINANCE PLC 1999-02-12 → present
- WESSEX WATER SERVICES FINANCE PLC 1999-02-09 → 1999-02-12
- HACKPLIMCO (NO.SIXTY-FOUR) PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1999-01-28 → 1999-02-09
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have considered the financial position of the Company and cash flow forecasts for the period from the date of approval of these Financial Statements through 31 December 2026 (the going concern review period) and have concluded they will be able to meet their liabilities as they fall due and comply with the covenants for the going concern review period.”
Significant events
- “During the year the company issued £600m of fixed rate bonds, £350m at a rate of 6.125% and £250m at a rate of 6.5%. These have maturity dates of 2034 and 2040 respectively.”
- “In March 2025, Wessex Water Services Finance Plc issued a £600 million bond.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAVINGTON, Stephen | Secretary | 2024-09-30 | — | — |
| QUAYSECO LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-05-16 | — | — |
| JEFFERSON, Ruth Esme | Director | 2025-06-27 | Jan 1981 | British |
| PYMER, Andrew Fraser | Director | 2025-06-27 | Aug 1968 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISHER-HOYLE, Leigh | Secretary | 2015-11-30 | 2018-11-30 |
| JEFFERSON, Ruth Esme | Secretary | 2018-12-03 | 2024-09-30 |
| PHILLIPS, Andrew Jeremy | Secretary | 2002-07-12 | 2015-11-30 |
| WOOLLER, Norman Graham | Secretary | 1999-02-12 | 2002-07-12 |
| HACKWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-01-28 | 1999-02-12 |
| HARRIS, Thomas Keith | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2010-03-15 |
| SKELLETT, Colin Frank | Director | 1999-02-12 | 2025-06-27 |
| WATTS, Mark Timothy | Director | 2010-03-16 | 2025-06-27 |
| WHEATLEY, Nicholas Anthony William | Director | 1999-02-12 | 2000-01-31 |
| HACKWOOD DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-01-28 | 1999-02-12 |
| HACKWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-01-28 | 1999-02-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wessex Water Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 112 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
Latest filed period vs the prior one