ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-14 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-31
Watchouts
Cash
£24K
+0.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-7% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£74K
-111.8% 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
The financial statements have been prepared on a non-going concern basis as the remaining trading contract came to an end in 2024. All current assets and liabilities will be settled as they fall due. All fixed assets have been transferred to current assets held for sale, as there is a plan to sell all the remaining assets at net book value to EDS HV Management Ltd within one year from the date of signing of the financial statements.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,814,950 | £292,677 | |
| Operating profit | £471,870 | -£283,914 | |
| Profit before tax | £624,630 | -£73,940 | |
| Net profit | £489,691 | -£161,738 | |
| Cash | £23,960 | £24,141 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,302,587 | £2,140,849 | |
| Net assets | £2,302,587 | £2,140,849 | |
| Equity | £2,302,587 | £2,140,849 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 16.8% | -97.0% | |
| Net margin | 17.4% | -55.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.5% | -13.3% | |
| Current ratio | 7.17x | 56339.13x | |
| Interest cover | 76.95x | -2534.95x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a non-going concern basis as the remaining trading contract came to an end in 2024. All current assets and liabilities will be settled as they fall due. All fixed assets have been transferred to current assets held for sale, as there is a plan to sell all the remaining assets at net book value to EDS HV Management Ltd within one year from the date of signing of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The financial statements have been prepared on a non-going concern basis as the remaining trading contract came to an end in 2024. All current assets and liabilities will be settled as they fall due. All fixed assets have been transferred to current assets held for sale, as there is a plan to sell all the remaining assets at net book value to EDS HV Management Ltd within one year of the financial year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACTAGGART, Dugald | Director | 2022-11-14 | Feb 1963 | British |
| SIMS, Neil Ronald | Director | 2024-09-06 | Oct 1965 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARSH, James Henry John | Secretary | 2017-12-06 | 2022-09-01 |
| RITSON, Deborah Joan | Secretary | 2003-03-26 | 2017-12-06 |
| SPEIRS, Peter Alexander | Secretary | 2022-09-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-03-26 | 2003-03-26 |
| CORBETTA, Giovanni | Director | 2020-08-17 | 2024-09-02 |
| GRAHAM, Fergus Hugh Stirling | Director | 2017-12-06 | 2020-03-19 |
| HORSMAN, David Paul | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2012-03-17 |
| KILPATRICK, Stuart Charles | Director | 2017-12-06 | 2021-04-29 |
| MARSH, James Henry John | Director | 2021-04-29 | 2022-11-14 |
| RITSON, Deborah Joan | Director | 2003-03-26 | 2017-12-06 |
| RITSON, Kenton John | Director | 2003-03-26 | 2020-09-17 |
| SPEIRS, Peter Alexander | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| WYLES, Simon Timothy Boissier | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2020-10-01 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-03-26 | 2003-03-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Fisher Holdings Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-12-29 | Active |
| Eds Hv Group Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2017-03-07 | Ceased 2023-12-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 108 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-06-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-06-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-06-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-06-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-06-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-06-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
-89.6%
£2,814,950 £292,677
-
Cash
+0.8%
£23,960 £24,141
-
Net assets
-7%
£2,302,587 £2,140,849
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-160.2%
£471,870 -£283,914
-
Profit before tax
-111.8%
£624,630 -£73,940
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