ORSTED WESTERMOST ROUGH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-05 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
-15% vs 2023
Net assets
-£104M
+46.8% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£41M
-14.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ORSTED WESTERMOST ROUGH LIMITED 2017-10-30 → present
- DONG ENERGY WESTERMOST ROUGH LIMITED 2014-02-19 → 2017-10-30
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 | £81,294,977 | £84,152,739 | |
| Operating profit | £49,391,430 | £44,940,273 | |
| Profit before tax | £47,750,179 | £41,003,477 | |
| Net profit | £49,046,783 | £38,223,528 | |
| Cash | £6,653,669 | £5,657,396 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £320,925,677 | £219,627,773 | |
| Net assets | -£196,239,383 | -£104,462,911 | |
| Equity | -£196,239,383 | -£104,462,911 | |
| 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 | 60.8% | 53.4% | |
| Net margin | 60.3% | 45.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.4% | 20.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 157.6% | 144.6% | |
| Current ratio | 38.01x | 8.31x | |
| Interest cover | 7.95x | 7.47x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors' base case assessment is that the company is expected to remain cash generative, and as a result to maintain sufficient liquidity, over the forecast period. The company sells power at market prices and receives government grants for the generation of renewable electicity. The majority of operating costs are based on fixed contracts. The subsidy regime mitigates the market risk of falling power prices, and so even in the case of a significant decline in power prices, the company is expected to generate sufficient operating cash flows to cover non-discretionary investing and financing cash flows, and as a result maintain sufficient liquidity over the forecast period. There are no indications of any events that would result in significant one-off payments of unforecast liabilities for the company. As part of their assessment the directors have considered the principal risks and uncertainties of the business disclosed in the relevant section of the Strategic Report. Whilst potentially severe but plausible downside scenarios have been identified the directors have concluded that, based on the mitigations put in place, these risks and uncertainties do not impact the going concern conclusion. There are no repayments of the intercompany loan falling due during the going concern period. These can be made at the discretion of the directors and would only be made from excess liquidity after an assessment having regard to the company's financial resources. Based on the directors assessment described above the directors are of the opinion that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing the company's financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 and therefore the going concern basis has been adopted in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ORSTED WESTERMOST ROUGH LIMITED · parent
- Westermost Rough (Holding) Limited 50%
- Westermost Rough Limited 50%
Significant events
- “In 2024, a significant component exchange campaign was conducted at the wind farm to enhance its operational effectiveness. This initiative led to substantial additions and disposals of property, plant, and equipment, directly associated with the project's execution. After the balance sheet date, principal loan repayments of £12,000,000 were paid.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAXTON, Samuel James | Director | 2020-10-08 | Nov 1988 | British |
| HICKSON, Mark Andrew | Director | 2025-05-06 | Nov 1981 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTENSEN, Claus Hviid, Mr. | Director | 2014-10-06 | 2015-10-22 |
| DE VILLIERS, Philip Henry | Director | 2017-05-04 | 2025-05-06 |
| DUDLEY, Mairi Susan | Director | 2019-01-21 | 2020-10-08 |
| EKHOLM, Kasper | Director | 2017-05-04 | 2019-01-21 |
| HELMS, Robert, Mr. | Director | 2015-10-22 | 2019-01-21 |
| MWARAMBA, Wadzanai Kevan | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2024-12-05 |
| ROOKE, Gavin | Director | 2015-10-22 | 2017-05-04 |
| SCHEINEMANN, Henrik | Director | 2014-02-19 | 2014-10-06 |
| SKYTTEGAARD-NIELSEN, Kasper Holst | Director | 2019-01-21 | 2020-05-28 |
| SYKES, Benjamin John | Director | 2014-02-19 | 2017-05-04 |
| WESTWOOD, Benjamin | Director | 2020-05-28 | 2022-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orsted Power (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 64 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-01 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2022-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-
Turnover
+3.5%
£81,294,977 £84,152,739
-
Cash
-15%
£6,653,669 £5,657,396
-
Net assets
+46.8%
-£196,239,383 -£104,462,911
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-9%
£49,391,430 £44,940,273
-
Profit before tax
-14.1%
£47,750,179 £41,003,477
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