SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-15 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-01
Watchouts
None on the register
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
- SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION PLC · parent
- Electralink Limited 4.89%
- DCUSA Limited 1.69%
- Smart Energy Code Company Limited 0.33%
- Retail Energy Code Company Limited 0.01%
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company was adversely impacted by Storm Éowyn which was described by the Met Office as "the strongest storm in a decade" with winds of up to 100mph, causing 92,000 customers to lose electricity supply with the scale of the damage being immense, resulting in some stretches of the network having to be completely rebuilt.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DANCER, Nick | Secretary | 2025-08-01 | — | — |
| ALGAARD, Eliane Marthe Jeanne Marie, Dr | Director | 2020-09-01 | Sep 1974 | British |
| BROWN, Paul Scott | Director | 2024-06-01 | Jun 1969 | British |
| BURCHELL, Christopher Derek Dyne | Director | 2021-01-04 | Dec 1973 | British |
| FRERK, Maxine | Director | 2023-05-01 | Apr 1959 | British |
| MANUELPILLAI, Dinesh Michael | Director | 2023-06-30 | Nov 1983 | British |
| NEENAN, Klair | Director | 2023-10-01 | Nov 1977 | Irish |
| PEACOCK, Samuel John | Director | 2023-05-01 | Nov 1982 | British |
| PHILLIPS-DAVIES, Paul Morton Alistair | Director | 2023-04-03 | Jul 1967 | British |
Show 31 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 |
| MCCOMBE, Helen Elizabeth | Secretary | 2022-10-26 | 2025-08-01 |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Mark | Secretary | 2015-06-02 | 2022-10-26 |
| D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-12-04 | 2001-03-19 |
| ALEXANDER, Fraser Mcgregor | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2023-04-03 |
| ALKIRWI, Mazin | Director | 2021-02-23 | 2023-04-03 |
| 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 | 2023-04-03 |
| MARCHANT, Ian Derek | Director | 2001-03-19 | 2002-10-01 |
| MARSHALL, Katherine Helen | Director | 2017-12-14 | 2023-09-30 |
| MATHIESON, Mark William | Director | 2007-11-21 | 2014-12-12 |
| MCDONALD, Robert | Director | 2019-01-31 | 2023-04-03 |
| MCDONALD, Robert | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2017-12-14 |
| MCDONALD, Robert | Director | 2009-11-30 | 2011-01-21 |
| MCEWEN, Rachel | Director | 2016-05-27 | 2023-05-01 |
| 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 | 2020-02-20 | 2023-07-31 |
| RUTHERFORD, David | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| STEEL, Gary Glachan | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2023-05-01 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ssen Distribution Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-04-03 | Active |
| Scottish And Southern Energy Power Distribution Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-04-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
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
Latest filed period vs the prior one
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