WALES & WEST UTILITIES LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-03-03 (in 10mo)

Last made up 2026-02-17

Watchouts

None on the register

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

WALES & WEST UTILITIES LIMITED 2005-06-01 → present
BLACKWATER 2 LIMITED 2004-02-17 → 2005-06-01

Accounts

Audit & accounting basis

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.”

Group structure

WALES & WEST UTILITIES LIMITED · parent
1. Xoserve Limited 10% · England and Wales · Gas Transporters' Agent providing centralised information and data services for Gas Transporters and Gas Shippers.
2. Encodar Limited 11% · UK · Administers the governance of the processes for modifying the commercial regime which underpins the UK gas industry.
3. Wales & West Utilities Finance plc 99.998% · England and Wales · Funding vehicle for raising public bonds.
4. Wales & West Utilities Pension Scheme Trustees Limited 100% · 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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2023-12-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-02-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-08-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2025-02-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-10-02	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-08-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-08-01	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-05-30	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-05-02	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-05-01	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-05-01	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-05-01	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-02-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
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	PDF
2023-11-29	SH19	capital	Capital statement capital company with date currency figure

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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