UK Companies House feature
SOUTHERN ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION PLC
Profile
- Company number
- 04094290
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2000-10-23
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- 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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors assess that the Financial Statements should be prepared on a going concern basis. In making this assessment, the Directors have considered the impact of a number of severe but plausible scenarios as identified by the Distribution Executive Committee... The Directors have therefore concluded it is appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Subsidiaries
- Electralink Limited · 8.79% held · England and Wales · Data Transfer Service Operator
- DCUSA Limited · 1.69% held · England and Wales · Billing Framework Operator
- Smart Energy Code Company Limited · 0.33% held · England and Wales · Smart Metering Implementation Management
- Retail Energy Code Company Limited · 0.01% held · England and Wales · Management of Retail Energy Code
Significant events
- “This one-off cost inflation catch-up in the year-ended 31 March 2025 is partially offset by increasing operating costs associated with business transformation and improving network resilience, as well as higher depreciation on a growing asset base. The operating result also includes the impact of additional fault and repair costs as the business reacted to a year of several high-profile storms.”
- “Capital expenditure in the year has increased to £492.4m (2024: £397.6m). This capital expenditure has included ongoing works at Iver in West London and the Bramley-Thatcham reinforcement near Reading, in addition to the Leamington Park Network Upgrade.”
- “On the 15th April 2025, Ofgem approved the proposed Connections Reforms by NESO which will transform the connections process to better facilitate clean power for 2030 and beyond.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
9 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DANCER, Nick | Secretary | 2025-08-01 | — | — |
| ALGAARD, Eliane Marthe Jeanne Marie, Dr | Director | 2020-08-21 | Sep 1974 | British |
| BROWN, Paul Scott | Director | 2024-06-01 | Jun 1969 | British |
| BURCHELL, Christopher Derek Dyne | Director | 2021-01-04 | Dec 1973 | British |
| FRERK, Maxine | Director | 2023-05-01 | Apr 1959 | British |
| MANUELPILLAI, Dinesh Michael | Director | 2023-06-30 | Nov 1983 | British |
| NEENAN, Klair | Director | 2023-10-01 | Nov 1977 | Irish |
| PEACOCK, Samuel John | Director | 2023-05-01 | Nov 1982 | British |
| PHILLIPS-DAVIES, Paul Morton Alistair | Director | 2023-04-03 | Jul 1967 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DONNELLY, Lawrence John Vincent | Secretary | 2001-03-19 | 2009-01-22 |
| GETTINBY, Helen | Secretary | 2014-07-01 | 2015-06-02 |
| MANDERSON, Lilian | Secretary | 2009-01-22 | 2014-06-30 |
| MCCOMBE, Helen Elizabeth | Secretary | 2022-10-26 | 2025-08-01 |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Mark | Secretary | 2015-06-02 | 2022-10-26 |
| D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-10-23 | 2001-03-19 |
| ALEXANDER, Fraser Mcgregor | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2023-04-03 |
| ALKIRWI, Mazin | Director | 2021-02-23 | 2023-04-03 |
| BORTHWICK, Alistair John | Director | 2018-09-07 | 2019-06-28 |
| CARGILL, Dale Neil | Director | 2015-10-28 | 2020-01-23 |
| CRAWFORD, Douglas James | Director | 2000-10-23 | 2001-03-19 |
| FUNNELL, Ian Grant | Director | 2009-11-30 | 2012-10-12 |
| GARDNER, David | Director | 2012-11-16 | 2019-01-31 |
| HOGARTH, Stuart John | Director | 2011-01-24 | 2020-03-23 |
| HOOD, Colin William | Director | 2001-03-19 | 2011-09-15 |
| KENNEDY, Steven Alexander | Director | 2002-03-11 | 2018-09-07 |
| LAUGHLAND, James Graham | Director | 2001-03-19 | 2002-02-20 |
| MACTAGGART, Alexander John Lorne | Director | 2021-02-23 | 2023-04-03 |
| MARCHANT, Ian Derek | Director | 2001-03-19 | 2002-10-01 |
| MARSHALL, Katherine Helen | Director | 2017-12-14 | 2023-09-30 |
| MATHIESON, Mark William | Director | 2007-11-21 | 2014-12-12 |
| MCDONALD, Robert | Director | 2019-01-31 | 2023-04-03 |
| MCDONALD, Robert | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2017-12-14 |
| MCDONALD, Robert | Director | 2009-11-30 | 2011-01-21 |
| MCEWEN, Rachel | Director | 2016-05-27 | 2023-05-01 |
| MCLEOD, Aileen Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2011-01-24 | 2015-03-31 |
| NICOL, Colin Clarke | Director | 2014-12-12 | 2021-01-04 |
| POLSON, Michael Buchanan | Director | 2000-10-23 | 2001-03-19 |
| ROUGH, Mark Charles | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2023-07-31 |
| RUTHERFORD, David | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| STEEL, Gary Glachan | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2023-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ssen Distribution Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-04-03 | Active |
| Scottish And Southern Energy Power Distribution Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-04-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-08-13 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-08-01 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2025-08-01 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2025-07-07 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-08-18 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-06-06 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2023-10-06 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-10-06 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-08-11 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-08-10 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-07-24 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-06-21 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-05-24 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-05-24 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-05-23 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-05-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
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