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WALES & WEST UTILITIES LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 05046791
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2004-02-17
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 35220
- Hubs
- UK Energy & Climate
Accounts
Pending extraction
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group's consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the Group and Company is a going concern. The Directors also concluded that there were no events or condition that cast significant doubt on going concern and which would give rise to material uncertainties requiring disclosure.”
Subsidiaries
- Xoserve Limited · 10% held · England and Wales · Gas Transporters' Agent providing centralised information and data services for Gas Transporters and Gas Shippers.
- Encodar Limited · 11% held · UK · Administers the governance of the processes for modifying the commercial regime which underpins the UK gas industry.
- Wales & West Utilities Finance plc · 99.998% held · England and Wales · Funding vehicle for raising public bonds.
- Wales & West Utilities Pension Scheme Trustees Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant company (Trustee of an occupational pension scheme).
Significant events
- “On 4 April 2025 the Directors approved the declaration of the following interim cash dividends to its sole ordinary shareholder, Wales & West Utilities Holdings Limited: a cash dividend of £7,130,500 which was paid on 13 May 2025; and a cash dividend of £16,700,000 which was paid on 20 June 2025.”
- “In June 2023, the High Court judged that amendments made to the Virgin Media scheme were invalid because the necessary S37 certification associated to these historic amendments was not prepared or documented appropriately. The case was subsequently reviewed by the Court of Appeal in July 2024 which upheld the High Court's decision.”
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
14 active · 48 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MILLAR, Paul | Secretary | 2013-09-02 | — | — |
| CHAN, Loi Shun | Director | 2012-10-10 | Aug 1962 | Chinese |
| DAVIS, Peter Michael | Director | 2023-04-01 | Aug 1963 | British |
| EDWARDS, Graham Winston | Director | 2005-06-01 | Jan 1954 | British |
| HAWKINS, Grant | Director | 2014-03-27 | Jan 1948 | British |
| HENSON, Neil Stuart | Director | 2013-06-10 | Jun 1963 | British |
| HUNTER, Andrew John | Director | 2012-10-10 | Oct 1958 | British |
| KAM, Hing Lam | Director | 2012-10-10 | Oct 1946 | Chinese |
| MACRAE, Duncan Nicholas | Director | 2012-10-10 | Sep 1970 | British |
| MCGEE, Neil Douglas | Director | 2012-10-10 | Oct 1951 | Australian |
| NG, Chiu | Director | 2024-04-18 | Sep 1976 | Chinese |
| SLAMINKA, Kim Pierre | Director | 2024-07-18 | May 1977 | Australian |
| TSAI, Chao Chung, Charles | Director | 2012-10-10 | Jul 1957 | Canadian |
| YU, Jenny Ka Man | Director | 2024-04-18 | Apr 1972 | Chinese |
Show 48 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DURRANT, Andrew Peter | Secretary | 2004-02-17 | 2005-06-01 |
| EVES, Richard Anthony | Secretary | 2004-02-17 | 2005-06-01 |
| TALBOT, Christopher John | Secretary | 2005-06-01 | 2013-09-01 |
| ANTOLIK, Peter Szymon | Director | 2006-11-23 | 2007-07-31 |
| BAGGS, Martin Wayne | Director | 2007-05-17 | 2010-04-16 |
| BECKLEY, Edward Thomas | Director | 2008-04-01 | 2012-10-10 |
| BEVANS, Graeme Francis | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2006-03-10 |
| BICKERTON, Steven John | Director | 2005-09-19 | 2008-06-13 |
| BOX, Stephen John | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2010-03-06 |
| BRAITHWAITE, Mark William | Director | 2011-09-09 | 2012-10-10 |
| BUCK, Colin | Director | 2004-08-27 | 2005-06-01 |
| CLAMP, Anthony Raymond | Director | 2006-09-21 | 2007-07-06 |
| CRAIG, James Stuart | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2006-02-06 |
| DAVIS, Ian Christopher | Director | 2004-08-27 | 2005-06-01 |
| DICKSON, James | Director | 2007-07-06 | 2008-05-22 |
| DICKSON, James | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2006-09-12 |
| DURRANT, Andrew Peter | Director | 2004-02-17 | 2004-08-27 |
| ELLIS, Simon Richard Constable | Director | 2011-06-02 | 2012-10-10 |
| EVES, Richard Anthony | Director | 2004-02-17 | 2004-08-27 |
| FAIRBAIRN, Mark Robert | Director | 2004-08-27 | 2005-06-01 |
| GADSBY, Roderick John | Director | 2008-10-31 | 2011-06-20 |
| GARLING, Philip Stuart | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2011-05-03 |
| GREGOR, Robert John | Director | 2008-11-27 | 2010-01-20 |
| HAZELWOOD, Charles John Gore | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2011-07-22 |
| HIGGINS, Howard Charles | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2012-10-10 |
| HOLLIDAY, Steven John | Director | 2004-08-27 | 2005-06-01 |
| HOWES, Richard James | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2005-09-19 |
| IP, Tak Chuen, Edmond | Director | 2012-10-10 | 2019-08-06 |
| KADIC, Alan | Director | 2007-04-13 | 2012-10-10 |
| KAY, Alison Barbara | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2005-06-01 |
| KOSKI, Christopher Robert | Director | 2006-02-16 | 2007-04-13 |
| KOTTERING, Andreas Hermann, Dr | Director | 2009-09-24 | 2012-10-10 |
| LEAMON, Wayne Anthony | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2006-11-23 |
| LYNAM, Charles | Director | 2008-03-31 | 2008-10-31 |
| MEHTA, Manoj | Director | 2008-05-22 | 2012-10-10 |
| MICHEL-VERDIER, Frederic Olivier | Director | 2008-05-22 | 2012-10-10 |
| O'SULLIVAN, James Christopher | Director | 2004-08-27 | 2005-06-01 |
| OWENS, David William | Director | 2006-02-16 | 2006-11-23 |
| PAVIA, Michael James | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2022-12-05 |
| REES, David Rocyn | Director | 2012-07-05 | 2012-10-10 |
| SAYERS, Ross Edward | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2005-11-25 |
| STANLEY, Martin Stephen William | Director | 2006-02-16 | 2007-05-17 |
| TONG BARNES, Wai Che Wendy | Director | 2012-10-10 | 2024-04-18 |
| TRAIN, Christopher | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2005-06-01 |
| VERRION, Robert Edward | Director | 2010-01-20 | 2012-07-05 |
| WHITEMAN, Kevin Ian | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2012-11-09 |
| WHYTE, Duncan | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| YUEN, Sui See | Director | 2012-10-10 | 2014-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wales & West Utilities Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 252 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-08-04 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-10-02 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-08-15 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-08-01 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-05-30 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-05-02 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-05-01 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-05-01 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-05-01 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-02-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-02-19 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | legacy |
| 2024-02-19 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | legacy |
| 2023-12-07 | SH19 | capital | capital statement capital company with date currency figure |
| 2023-12-07 | SH20 | capital | legacy |
| 2023-12-07 | CAP-SS | insolvency | legacy |
| 2023-12-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2023-12-01 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2023-11-29 | SH19 | capital | capital statement capital company with date currency figure |
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