BRITISH GAS FINANCE LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£69M
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1.4M
Period ending 2023-12-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,154,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£1,944,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,395,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £438,000 | — | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £137,734,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £68,923,000 | — | |
| Equity | £68,923,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -168.5% | |
| Net margin | 38.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 58.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.97x | |
| Interest cover | -0.95x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- BRITISH GAS FINANCE LIMITED 2014-02-06 → present
- CENTRICA FINANCE (UK) LIMITED 2009-01-20 → 2014-02-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have concluded that the Company should be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, and therefore the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRICA SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-01-20 | — | — |
| BERRYMAN, Mark Andrew | Director | 2025-03-28 | Mar 1977 | British |
| FLETCHER, Richard | Director | 2025-11-03 | Jun 1976 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANGELL, Marc Anthony | Director | 2014-02-01 | 2014-04-14 |
| BARBARO, Gab Saturnio | Director | 2014-02-01 | 2016-10-10 |
| BATEMAN, Matthew James | Director | 2021-09-17 | 2022-02-18 |
| BELL, Jeffrey | Director | 2010-07-30 | 2014-02-01 |
| BUCK, Steven John | Director | 2012-09-18 | 2014-04-01 |
| HEDLEY, Paul Ian | Director | 2009-01-20 | 2009-07-22 |
| JACKSON, Brian | Director | 2014-02-01 | 2016-03-21 |
| KENDALL, Tony Alan | Director | 2009-07-22 | 2012-03-26 |
| MARTIN-SIMON, Peter Michael | Director | 2017-07-25 | 2021-09-17 |
| MILES, Claire | Director | 2014-02-01 | 2014-11-30 |
| MORTON, Robert David Alan | Director | 2012-09-18 | 2015-05-14 |
| MUSSENDEN, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2021-06-30 |
| ORR, William John | Director | 2014-04-14 | 2017-07-10 |
| PHILLIPS, Stuart David | Director | 2021-06-30 | 2022-12-01 |
| RONALD, Ivan Edward | Director | 2018-03-28 | 2019-07-05 |
| SIBER, Jana | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2025-02-28 |
| STERN, Christopher John | Director | 2015-07-13 | 2018-09-30 |
| THOMAS, Michael Lindsay | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2025-11-03 |
| TODD, Alistair Mark | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2018-03-28 |
| TURNER, Moira Lynne | Director | 2009-01-20 | 2010-07-30 |
| YOUNG, David Keith | Director | 2015-02-01 | 2016-10-10 |
| CENTRICA DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2012-03-26 | 2012-09-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gb Gas Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 91 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.