E.ON UK LIMITED

Operating as the principal British subsidiary of German utility group E.ON SE, this unlisted public limited company supplies electricity and gas to domestic and commercial customers under brands including E.ON Next and npower Business Solutions, alongside managing renewable energy generation assets.

#02366970 · Active · Incorporated 1989-04-01 (37y 4m) · Repurposed shell — renamed 2026-06-02 · Last filing 2026-08-05 (this month)

Utilities · SIC 35110 · D Electricity, Gas, Steam & Air Conditioning Supply · Full accounts

Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 1y) · Confirmation due 2026-10-26 (in 2 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£8m

-27.3% vs 2024

Net assets

£4.1bn

-4.4% lowest in 3 filed years

Employees

957

+5.7% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£55m

+5.8% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

3-year trend · vs Utilities median

E.ON UK LIMITED·Utilities median · n=990

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31	Δ vs prior
Turnover	£3,385,000,000	£2,549,000,000	£2,251,000,000	-11.7%
Operating profit	£20,000,000	-£58,000,000	-£28,000,000	+51.7%
Profit before tax	£49,000,000	£52,000,000	£55,000,000	+5.8%
Net profit	£43,000,000	£66,000,000	£42,000,000	-36.4%
Cash	£7,000,000	£11,000,000	£8,000,000	-27.3%
Total assets less current liabilities	£4,439,000,000	£4,444,000,000	£4,250,000,000	-4.4%
Net assets	£4,303,000,000	£4,320,000,000	£4,131,000,000	-4.4%
Equity	£4,303,000,000	£4,320,000,000	£4,131,000,000	-4.4%
Average employees	795	905	957	+5.7%
Wages	£48,000,000	£50,000,000	£58,000,000	+16%
Directors' remuneration	£1,992,479	£1,934,922	£2,102,630	+8.7%

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Operating margin	0.6%	-2.3%	-1.2%
Net margin	1.3%	2.6%	1.9%
Return on capital employed	0.5%	-1.3%	-0.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	19.0%	15.9%	17.0%
Current ratio	4.65x	5.62x	5.11x
Interest cover	0.54x	-2.52x	-1.40x

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.

Name history

Renamed 4 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2026-06-02

E.ON UK LIMITED 2026-06-02 → present
E.ON UK PLC 2004-07-05 → 2026-06-02
POWERGEN UK PLC 1998-12-09 → 2004-07-05
POWERGEN PLC 1990-01-18 → 1998-12-09
THE POWER GENERATION COMPANY PLC 1989-04-01 → 1990-01-18

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: KPMG LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The directors have considered the Company's principal risks and uncertainties and concluded that the Company will have sufficient resources to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date these financial statements are approved.”

Group structure

E.ON UK LIMITED · parent
1. Citigen (London) Limited 100% · UK · Sale of energy services involving the supply of heating hot water and ventilation
2. ECO2 Solar Limited 100% · UK · Supply and installation of solar panels
3. E.ON Drive Solutions UK Limited 100% · UK · Energy solutions business
4. E.ON Energy Installation Services Limited 100% · UK · Hardware installation services for residential customers
5. E.ON UK Heating Solutions Limited 100% · UK · Provision of energy related services to residential, businesses and industrial customers
6. E.ON Next Energy Limited 100% · UK · Sale of electricity, gas and other energy-related products to residential and business customers throughout Great Britain
7. E.ON Project Earth Limited 100% · UK · Leasing of ground source heating systems
8. E.ON UK Battery Storage Systems Limited 100% · UK · Construction of a battery storage asset
9. E.ON UK CHP Limited 100% · UK · Sale of energy and related services, primarily from the operation of combined heat and power plants
10. E.ON UK EIS Holdings Limited 100% · UK · Holding company
11. E.ON UK Energy Markets Limited 100% · UK · Energy procurement business
12. E.ON UK Green Funding Solutions Limited 100% · UK · Sale of energy services
13. E.ON UK Heat Limited 100% · UK · Energy solutions business
14. E.ON UK Infrastructure Services Limited 100% · UK · Operation of biomass plant
15. E.ON UK Network Assets Limited 100% · UK · Independent Distribution Network Operator
16. E.ON UK Steven's Croft Limited 100% · UK · Operation of biomass plant

Significant events

“On 19 March 2026, the Company made a capital injection of £5 million into its subsidiary, E.ON Energy Installation Services Limited.”
“In May 2026, the Company reached an agreement with Ovo Group Limited to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Ovo Energy Limited, a residential energy supply business operating in the UK.”
“The company re-registered as a private limited company on 2 June 2026 and changed its name from E.ON UK plc to E.ON UK Limited.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 47 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
GANDLEY, Deborah	Secretary	2016-12-31	—	—
BRADBURY, Helen	Director	2023-06-22	Apr 1975	British
BÖRGER, Christopher	Director	2023-07-31	Mar 1976	German
HUMPHREYS, Fiona	Director	2021-03-25	Nov 1976	British
NORBURY, Christopher Stephen	Director	2018-03-15	Sep 1974	British

Show 47 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
JACKSON, David John	Secretary	—	2002-07-01
STARK, Fiona Scott	Secretary	2002-07-01	2016-12-31
ANTONIOU, Maria	Director	2008-10-01	2013-08-07
BALDWIN, Nicholas Peter	Director	1998-02-25	2002-07-01
BARR, Christian	Director	2018-07-16	2023-07-31
BARTLETT, Graham John	Director	2002-02-19	2011-10-03
BERGMANN, Burckhard, Dr	Director	2004-12-10	2007-12-01
BERNOTAT, Wulf, Dr	Director	2004-01-01	2007-12-01
COCKER, Anthony David	Director	2011-10-03	2017-07-31
COCKER, Anthony David	Director	2004-01-01	2007-07-04
CRACKETT, John	Director	2007-07-04	2011-04-01
CRAWFORD, Frederick, Sir	Director	—	2002-02-19
DANCE, David	Director	—	1996-09-30
DAY, Judson Graham, Sir	Director	—	1993-09-07
GARDINER, John Anthony	Director	—	1993-12-31
GILLIBRAND, Sydney	Director	1999-05-31	2002-02-19
GOLBY, Paul, Dr	Director	2002-02-19	2011-12-16
GROTH, Anke	Director	2016-06-01	2018-05-30
HABGOOD, Anthony John	Director	1993-11-24	2001-01-31
HICKSON, Peter Charles Fletcher	Director	1996-07-22	2002-07-01
HOFFMAN, Michael Richard	Director	1993-11-24	1998-04-17
HORLER, Nicholas Wenham	Director	2004-01-01	2007-08-31
JUMP, Roger Thomas	Director	—	1996-07-15
KING, Deryk Irving	Director	1996-03-01	1998-06-29
LEWIS, Michael David	Director	2017-04-26	2023-05-31
LI, Kwok Po David, Dr	Director	1998-01-28	2002-02-19
LIGHTFOOT, James Timothy	Director	2015-01-15	2017-12-08
MATTHIES, René	Director	2012-07-02	2016-05-31
MYNERS, Paul	Director	—	1996-07-15
NEWBOROUGH, David Grahame	Director	2013-08-07	2018-03-30
QUARTA, Roberto	Director	1996-07-16	2001-08-03
REIDY, Michael Francis	Director	—	1996-05-01
RENNOCKS, John Leonard	Director	—	1996-07-15
ROBERTS, Alfred, Dr	Director	—	1997-09-19
SANDSTROM, Jarri Edmund	Director	2004-01-01	2008-03-31
SCHIPPOREIT, Erhard Walter, Dr	Director	2004-12-10	2006-12-06
SHORT, Colin Maxwell	Director	1996-05-30	1999-05-11
SOEHLKE, Michael	Director	2002-07-01	2003-12-31
SOUTHGATE, Colin Grieve, Sir	Director	—	1996-07-15
STARK, Fiona Scott	Director	2011-12-21	2016-12-31
TAYLOR, Robert	Director	2004-01-01	2008-10-01
TEAR, Brian Jefferson	Director	2008-03-18	2012-06-12
TEYSSEN, Johannes, Dr	Director	2007-05-01	2007-12-01
THOMAS, John Alan, Sir	Director	1996-05-30	1999-05-31
VAUGHAN, Sara Lyn	Director	2013-02-13	2020-11-26
WALLIS, Edmund Arthur	Director	—	2002-02-19
POWERGEN DIRECTORS LIMITED	Corporate Director	2002-07-01	2003-12-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
E.On Uk Holding Company Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 521 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2026-06-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
2026-06-02 CERT10 Certificate re registration public limited company to private
2026-06-02 RR02 Reregistration public to private company

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-07-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2026-06-17	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2026-06-02	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2026-06-02	CERT10	change-of-name	Certificate re registration public limited company to private
2026-06-02	MAR	incorporation	Re registration memorandum articles
2026-06-02	RR02	change-of-name	Reregistration public to private company
2026-06-02	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2025-10-27	AD03	address	Move registers to sail company with new address	PDF
2025-10-24	AD02	address	Change sail address company with new address	PDF
2025-10-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-06-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-10-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-07-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-02-29	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-10-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-08-03	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-08-03	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-07-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-06-23	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-06-06	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 10
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

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