SEVERN TRENT SERVICES DEFENCE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-15 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£33M
+37.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£48M
-7.6% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£6M
-159.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SEVERN TRENT SERVICES DEFENCE LIMITED 2013-12-23 → present
- SEVERN TRENT COSTAIN WATER LIMITED 2012-08-01 → 2013-12-23
- COAST TO COAST WATER LIMITED 2004-04-26 → 2012-08-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £60,925,000 | £48,518,000 | |
| Operating profit | £11,080,000 | -£3,845,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,271,000 | -£5,514,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,902,000 | -£4,014,000 | |
| Cash | £24,291,000 | £33,389,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £72,271,000 | £62,871,000 | |
| Net assets | £51,879,000 | £47,926,000 | |
| Equity | £51,879,000 | £47,926,000 | |
| 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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.2% | -7.9% | |
| Net margin | 11.3% | -8.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.3% | -6.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.2% | 38.7% | |
| Current ratio | 5.33x | 4.96x | |
| Interest cover | 5.88x | -2.31x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources, including financial resources available from other group companies, to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the report and annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant post balance sheet events.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RICHARDS, Naomi | Secretary | 2026-02-17 | — | — |
| KNOTT, James Robert | Director | 2025-05-01 | Dec 1979 | British |
| LEE, Andrew Philip Charles | Director | 2023-08-08 | Nov 1981 | British |
| MELLING, Philip Richard | Director | 2023-04-01 | May 1986 | British |
| MIAH, Tracey Anne | Director | 2021-02-15 | Jan 1968 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMITAGE, Matthew | Secretary | 2011-02-18 | 2014-09-03 |
| BRIERLEY, Richard Paul | Secretary | 2009-08-31 | 2011-02-18 |
| CAMPBELL, Aline Anne | Secretary | 2014-09-04 | 2019-01-30 |
| CHETTLE, David | Secretary | 2004-04-26 | 2004-10-21 |
| DAVEY, Jonathan Roger Metherall | Secretary | 2004-10-21 | 2009-08-31 |
| EAGLE, Gemma | Secretary | 2019-01-30 | 2026-02-17 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-04-26 | 2004-04-26 |
| COPLEY, Simon | Director | 2013-05-13 | 2013-12-19 |
| DAVIES, Peter Peers | Director | 2004-04-26 | 2004-10-21 |
| EADIE, Richard | Director | 2016-05-26 | 2019-01-30 |
| EARP, Wayne Frederick | Director | 2009-04-20 | 2014-12-18 |
| GRANT, Nicolas Emile Joseph | Director | 2014-12-18 | 2018-03-31 |
| HANDFORD, Alistair John | Director | 2004-10-27 | 2013-03-26 |
| HARRIS, Sarah Louise | Director | 2021-12-20 | 2023-03-17 |
| HORNER, Brian Michael | Director | 2004-10-21 | 2011-03-25 |
| HUTCHESON, Robert John | Director | 2007-05-15 | 2009-04-20 |
| LINGARD, Jason Robert | Director | 2018-06-27 | 2019-01-30 |
| MCPHEELY, Robert Craig | Director | 2014-12-18 | 2023-10-13 |
| MILES, Neil Rowland | Director | 2013-05-17 | 2016-05-13 |
| NORMAN, Andrew | Director | 2004-10-21 | 2007-04-30 |
| PIPER, Richard Gary | Director | 2011-03-25 | 2013-05-17 |
| STEPHENS, Adam Peter | Director | 2019-01-30 | 2021-02-15 |
| SWINBURNE, John Paul | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2025-05-01 |
| WEATHERDON, William Gregory | Director | 2009-12-09 | 2014-03-10 |
| WILLIAMSON, Michael Alasdair Norval | Director | 2019-01-30 | 2023-04-01 |
| WILSON, Edward Adam | Director | 2013-05-13 | 2013-12-19 |
| WILSON, Edward Adam | Director | 2009-12-09 | 2013-03-26 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-04-26 | 2004-04-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severn Trent Services Defence Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-17 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-22 | ANNOTATION | |||
| 2025-10-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-17 | ANNOTATION | |||
| 2024-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-20.4%
£60,925,000 £48,518,000
-
Cash
+37.5%
£24,291,000 £33,389,000
-
Net assets
-7.6%
£51,879,000 £47,926,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-134.7%
£11,080,000 -£3,845,000
-
Profit before tax
-159.5%
£9,271,000 -£5,514,000
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