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Company description
FIRST HYDRO COMPANY is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Unlimited Company”. Incorporated on 17 November 1989; registered for 36 years; registered office reported in GWYNEDD, WALES. Its primary declared activity is 35110 · Production of electricity.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- FIRST HYDRO COMPANY
- Company number
- 02444277
- Company type
- Private Unlimited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 2 total · 1 outstanding · 1 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2024Next accounts due
Not suppliedLast statement made up to
15 December 2025Next statement due
29 December 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 30.2%
- Mean bonus gap
- 7.9%
- Women receiving bonus
- 87.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 93.7%
- Women in top quartile
- 4.8%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 8.9%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 14.3%
- Women in lower quartile
- 20.5%
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 14 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 21 days
- Longest standard term
- 61 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- Reported as used
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £57,271,575
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £14,941,454
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £2,436,229
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £18,206,081
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 11.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 61 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Retention circumstances
Retention clauses are included only where considered appropriate due to the nature, complexity, risk profile, or value of the works being undertaken. The use of retention is assessed on a contract-by-contract basis and may be applied to provide security for the satisfactory completion of works and the rectification of defects during the defects liability period. Retention provisions are not automatically included in all construction contracts and are used only where commercially justified and agreed between the parties.
Retention release
Retention monies are released in accordance with the terms of the relevant construction contract. Where retention is held, the retained amount is released as a single payment once all contractual obligations have been satisfied, the works have been completed to the required standard, and any applicable defects or outstanding issues have been resolved. Release of retention is subject to verification that all conditions for release under the contract have been met.
- Retention in all contracts
- No
- Retention in standard terms
- No
- Retention threshold
- Not supplied
- Standard retention rate
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with client
- 0.0%
- Retention compared with payments
- 0.0%
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
i. the business’ standard payment terms, which must include: Electricity trading related invoices are paid in accordance with the timescales set out in the GTMA.
a. the standard contractual length of time for payment of invoices
For supplies of goods and services to the power stations and visitor centre, small &/or local suppliers, are paid within 21 days of receipt of a valid invoice.
b. maximum contractual payment period and any changes to the standard payment terms in the reporting period
All other suppliers are paid within 28 days of receipt of a valid invoice, unless specific alternative terms have been agreed at the contracting stage.
c. how suppliers have been notified or consulted on these changes
There has been no change to these terms during the reporting period.
All invoices should be sent directly to the Finance Department at Dinorwig Power Station. - Dispute resolution process
ii. the business’ process for resolving disputes related to payment
Any disputes are notified to suppliers on receipt of invoice. Invoices are treated as valid and passed for payment within the timescales above when the issues have been resolved.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 21.0 average days to pay15.0% outside terms
- 22.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- Average time not suppliedLate-payment rate not supplied
- 21.0 average days to pay9.0% outside terms
- 21.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 18.0 average days to pay9.0% outside terms
- 21.0 average days to pay10.0% outside terms
- Average time not suppliedLate-payment rate not supplied
- 17.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 20.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 19.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
FIRST HYDRO COMPANY
LEI 5493008V893VA224W634 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- 57V7
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 17 November 1989
- Initial LEI registration
- 9 January 2014
- LEI last updated
- 12 October 2025
- Next renewal
- 25 November 2026
- Managing LOU
- 529900F6BNUR3RJ2WH29
- Legal address
- DINORWIG POWER STATION, GWYNEDD, LL55 4TY, GB
- Headquarters address
- 1 Place Samuel De Champlain, Paris, 92930, FR
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS DIRECTLY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 5493008V893VA224W634 to LEI LAXUQCHT4FH58LRZDY46
- Initial registration
- 9 January 2014
- Last updated
- 12 October 2025
- Next renewal
- 25 November 2026
- Validation sources
- ENTITY_SUPPLIED_ONLY
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2018-01-01T00:00:00+01:00; End: 2018-12-31T00:00:00+01:00; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2018-12-31T00:00:00+01:00; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- Not supplied
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 5493008V893VA224W634 to LEI LAXUQCHT4FH58LRZDY46
- Initial registration
- 9 January 2014
- Last updated
- 12 October 2025
- Next renewal
- 25 November 2026
- Validation sources
- ENTITY_SUPPLIED_ONLY
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2018-01-01T00:00:00+01:00; End: 2018-12-31T00:00:00+01:00; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2018-12-31T00:00:00+01:00; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- Not supplied
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
First Hydro Company
Registration Z7156320
- Registered from
- 30 October 2002
- Current end date
- 29 October 2026
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
First Hydro Holdings Company
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company
- Place registered
- England And Wales
- Registration number
- 03140052
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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08 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
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09 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
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10 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
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12 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
14 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
15 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
16 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.