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SCOTTISH AND SOUTHERN ENERGY POWER DISTRIBUTION LIMITED

#SC213459 · Active · Incorporated 2000-12-04 (25y 5m) · Last filing 2025-08-18 (9mo ago)
Utilities · SIC 35130 · D Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air Conditioning Supply · Full accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-06-30 (in 1mo)

Last made up 2025-06-16

Watchouts

None on the register

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

  1. SCOTTISH AND SOUTHERN ENERGY POWER DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 2011-09-30 → present
  2. SSE POWER DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 2001-03-05 → 2011-09-30
  3. SSE POWER SYSTEMS LIMITED 2001-01-08 → 2001-03-05
  4. DUNWILCO (846) LIMITED 2000-12-04 → 2001-01-08

Accounts

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 101
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Directors are satisfied that the Group, and the Company itself, will remain funded for the going concern period through to 31 December 2026. The Directors have therefore concluded it is appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

  1. SCOTTISH AND SOUTHERN ENERGY POWER DISTRIBUTION LIMITED · parent
    1. Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc 75% · Scotland · Electricity transmission
    2. SSEN Distribution Limited 100% · Scotland · Distribution of electricity
    3. Electralink Limited 13.68% · England & Wales · Data Transfer Service Operator
    4. DCUSA Limited 3.38% · England & Wales · Billing Framework Operator
    5. Smart Energy Code Company Limited 0.66% · England & Wales · Smart Metering Implementation Management
    6. Retail Energy Code Company Limited 0.02% · England and Wales · Management of Retail Energy Code

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
MCLAUGHLIN, Mark Secretary 2015-06-02 — —
ALKIRWI, Mazin Director 2021-02-23 Jun 1984 British
BURCHELL, Christopher Derek Dyne Director 2021-01-04 Dec 1973 British
MANUELPILLAI, Dinesh Michael Director 2025-03-17 Nov 1983 British
MCDONALD, Robert Director 2019-01-31 Nov 1971 British
Show 28 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
DONNELLY, Lawrence John Vincent Secretary 2001-03-19 2009-01-22
GETTINBY, Helen Secretary 2014-07-01 2015-06-02
MANDERSON, Lilian Secretary 2009-01-22 2014-06-30
D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 2000-12-04 2001-03-19
ALEXANDER, Fraser Mcgregor Director 2002-10-01 2023-12-01
ALGAARD, Eliane Marthe Jeanne Marie, Dr Director 2020-09-01 2025-03-17
BORTHWICK, Alistair John Director 2018-09-07 2019-06-28
CARGILL, Dale Neil Director 2015-10-28 2020-01-23
FUNNELL, Ian Grant Director 2009-11-30 2012-10-12
GARDNER, David Director 2012-11-16 2019-01-31
HOGARTH, Stuart John Director 2011-01-24 2020-03-23
HOOD, Colin William Director 2001-03-19 2011-09-15
KENNEDY, Steven Alexander Director 2002-03-11 2018-09-07
LAUGHLAND, James Graham Director 2001-03-19 2002-02-20
MACTAGGART, Alexander John Lorne Director 2021-02-23 2025-03-17
MARCHANT, Ian Derek Director 2001-03-19 2002-10-01
MARSHALL, Katherine Helen Director 2017-12-14 2025-03-17
MATHIESON, Mark William Director 2007-11-21 2014-12-12
MCDONALD, Robert Director 2015-06-01 2017-12-14
MCDONALD, Robert Director 2009-11-30 2011-01-21
MCEWEN, Rachel Director 2016-05-27 2025-03-17
MCLEOD, Aileen Elizabeth, Dr Director 2011-01-24 2015-03-31
NICOL, Colin Clarke Director 2014-12-12 2021-01-04
ROUGH, Mark Charles Director 2020-04-01 2023-07-31
RUTHERFORD, David Director 2014-04-01 2022-10-26
STEEL, Gary Glachan Director 2014-04-01 2022-10-26
D.W. DIRECTOR 1 LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 2000-12-04 2001-03-19
D.W. DIRECTOR 2 LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 2000-12-04 2001-03-19

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Sse Plc Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 138 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-08-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-06-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-04-30 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-04-30 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-04-30 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-04-24 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-04-24 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-08-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-06-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-12-04 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-08-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-08-10 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-06-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-11-23 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-11-23 TM01 officers Termination director company PDF
2022-11-23 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-08-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-06-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-08-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-06-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

Latest filed period vs the prior one

Accounts are PDF-filed; numeric extraction for this statement type (this accounts) is not yet supported in StatDesk. See the Companies House filing for the underlying figures.

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