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SSEN DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- SC742389
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2022-08-24
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 35130
- Hubs
- UK Energy & Climate
Accounts
Pending extraction
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having reviewed the financial strength of the Group, 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.”
Subsidiaries
- Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc · 100% held · Scotland · Distribution of electricity
- Southern Electric Power Distribution plc · 100% held · England & Wales · Distribution of electricity
Significant events
- “During the year this facility was re-financed to ensure that the Group is set up to meet its funding obligations over the next five years. The Directors have taken into account the Group's credit rating and the successful issuance of £1.4bn of long-term funding in the 2024/25 financial year by the Group, including a €600m 7-year Eurobond at 3.5% in March 2025 by SSE plc. In addition, during the year, the Group has rolled £0.8bn of short-term Commercial Paper and has redeemed £0.2bn of maturing long-term debt.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
9 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DANCER, Nick | Secretary | 2025-08-01 | — | — |
| ALGAARD, Eliane Marthe Jeanne Marie, Dr | Director | 2023-04-03 | Sep 1974 | British |
| BROWN, Paul Scott | Director | 2024-06-01 | Jun 1969 | British |
| BURCHELL, Christopher Derek Dyne | Director | 2022-08-24 | 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 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCOMBE, Helen Eliazbeth | Secretary | 2022-08-24 | 2025-08-01 |
| MARSHALL, Katherine Helen | Director | 2023-05-01 | 2023-09-30 |
| ROUGH, Mark Charles | Director | 2023-05-01 | 2023-07-31 |
| RUTHERFORD, David | Director | 2023-05-01 | 2024-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish And Southern Energy Power Distribution Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-08-24 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 25 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-25 | 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 |
| 2024-09-13 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-06-06 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-10-06 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-10-06 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2023-08-14 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type dormant |
| 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 |
| 2023-05-29 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-05-29 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-05-23 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-05-23 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
Credit score
Altman Z″ — composite of working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, and leverage
Credit score requires extracted accounts data.
Activity Score
Composite activity score · components 0–100 · reference 2026-05-09
35.4
COLD
/ 100
- Filings velocity 42
- Capital events 0
- Officer churn 50
- Headcount trajectory 50
- Accounts trajectory 50
- 5 filing(s) in last 12 months
- 1 appointed, 1 resigned (12mo)