WEST BURTON B LIMITED
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Cash
£17M
+294.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£16M
-82.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
74
+12.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.2M
+1,143.7% first positive since 2024
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Our short-form breakdown of WEST BURTON B LIMITED's latest filing
West Burton B flipped back to profit this year, but the real story is the balance sheet. The Nottinghamshire gas power station paid out an £80m dividend on just £5.8m of net profit, draining its net assets in the process. ⚡️📉
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £969,512,000 | £345,084,000 | £325,698,000 | -5.6% | |
| Operating profit | £153,832,000 | £13,192,000 | £33,817,000 | +156.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £139,632,000 | -£593,000 | £6,189,000 | +1,143.7% | |
| Net profit | £105,508,000 | -£132,000 | £5,812,000 | +4,503% | |
| Cash | £29,640,000 | £4,198,000 | £16,559,000 | +294.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £340,824,000 | £306,558,000 | £355,080,000 | +15.8% | |
| Net assets | £117,169,000 | £90,187,000 | £15,999,000 | -82.3% | |
| Equity | £117,169,000 | £90,187,000 | £15,999,000 | -82.3% | |
| Average employees | 73 | 66 | 74 | +12.1% | |
| Wages | £7,006,000 | £6,587,000 | £7,005,000 | +6.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,147,000 | £1,073,000 | — | — |
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 | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.9% | 3.8% | 10.4% | |
| Net margin | 10.9% | -0.0% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 45.1% | 4.3% | 9.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 77.6% | 76.9% | 96.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.66x | 2.33x | 7.28x | |
| Interest cover | 7.54x | 0.63x | 1.12x |
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
- WEST BURTON B LIMITED 2021-07-15 → present
- EDF ENERGY (WEST BURTON B) LIMITED 2020-11-18 → 2021-07-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries and reviewing cash flow forecasts and available facilities for at least the next 12 months, including consideration of subsequent events and downside scenarios, and noting that the conclusion remains unchanged even if such scenarios were to occur, the Directors have concluded, at the time of approving the financial statements, that there is a reasonable expectation that the Company has the ability to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “On 24 April 2026, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a dividend of £8,359k to its shareholder UK Transition Power Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAINS, Tarloke Singh | Director | 2024-12-13 | Jul 1968 | British |
| BOOTH, Adam Charles | Director | 2024-12-13 | May 1976 | British |
| CHEVALIER, Sophie | Director | 2024-08-09 | Jun 1980 | French |
| EL HARES, Layla | Director | 2025-11-14 | Nov 1977 | French |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENGRIR, Idar Ait | Director | 2024-08-09 | 2025-11-14 |
| BORGEAUD, Jean-Daniel Walter | Director | 2021-08-31 | 2022-10-26 |
| DE CONINCK, Amaury | Director | 2024-08-09 | 2024-12-13 |
| ELDER, Christopher James | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2024-08-09 |
| JULIUS, Anthony Colin | Director | 2022-10-26 | 2024-08-09 |
| LE GEYT, Guy Philip | Director | 2023-08-15 | 2024-12-13 |
| MACKAY, Lisa Anne | Director | 2022-10-26 | 2024-08-09 |
| MOTTURA, Jonathan Haroutioun | Director | 2021-08-31 | 2022-04-05 |
| MOUAWAD, Walid | Director | 2021-08-31 | 2022-10-26 |
| NASON, Michael George | Director | 2022-10-26 | 2023-07-11 |
| POWELL, Andrew Charles | Director | 2021-04-26 | 2021-08-31 |
| SYKES, Matthew | Director | 2020-11-18 | 2021-08-31 |
| TOMBLIN, David | Director | 2020-11-18 | 2021-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uk Transition Power Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-08-31 | Active |
| Edf Energy (Thermal Generation) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-11-18 | Ceased 2021-08-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 72 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-11-11 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-26 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2026-05-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- 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.