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Company description
BRISTOL WATER PLC is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Public Limited Company”. Incorporated on 12 November 1991; registered for 34 years; registered office reported in BRISTOL, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 36000 · Water collection, treatment and supply.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 4 trade marks. 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
- BRISTOL WATER PLC
- Company number
- 02662226
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 3 total · 0 outstanding · 3 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 March 2025Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
29 July 2025Next statement due
12 August 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 9.4%
- Mean bonus gap
- 11.8%
- Women receiving bonus
- 77.4%
- Men receiving bonus
- 84.7%
- Women in top quartile
- 15.9%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 30.4%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 24.6%
- Women in lower quartile
- 46.0%
Earlier reporting years (4)
- 500 to 99914.4% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99915.0% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99923.5% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49921.6% median hourly gap
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 October 2022 – 31 January 2023
- Filed
- 28 April 2023
- Shortest standard term
- 0 days
- Longest standard term
- 60 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-1
- Financial period started
- Not supplied
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £0
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 27.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Standard contractual payment terms for Bristol Water are that payment will be made by the end of the Company’s accounting month following the accounting month of Delivery or receipt of invoice, whichever is the later
- Dispute resolution process
Investigation of the issue by Procurement and Finance who will seek to resolve with the supplier as quickly as possible. Payment will then be included on the next available BACS run if required.
Earlier payment reports (9 shown)
- 46.0 average days to pay25.0% outside terms
- 49.0 average days to pay32.0% outside terms
- 46.0 average days to pay45.0% outside terms
- 53.0 average days to pay68.0% outside terms
- 46.0 average days to pay46.0% outside terms
- 40.0 average days to pay41.0% outside terms
- 37.0 average days to pay38.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay40.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay65.0% 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
BRISTOL WATER PLC
LEI 549300G5FDS8FKPXPZ37 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- B6ES
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 12 November 1991
- Initial LEI registration
- 5 February 2014
- LEI last updated
- 17 November 2025
- Next renewal
- 17 November 2026
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- C/O BRISTOL WATER PLC, BRIDGWATER ROAD, BRISTOL, GB-BST, BS13 7AT, GB
- Headquarters address
- C/O BRISTOL WATER PLC, BRIDGWATER ROAD, BRISTOL, GB-BST, BS13 7AT, GB
BRISTOL WATER PLC
LEI 549300V0DVQGSADLDB82 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- B6ES
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- Not supplied
- Initial LEI registration
- 26 January 2017
- LEI last updated
- 10 August 2023
- Next renewal
- 25 January 2018
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- BRIDGWATER ROAD, BRISTOL, GB-ENG, BS13 7AT, GB
- Headquarters address
- BRIDGWATER ROAD, BRISTOL, GB-ENG, BS13 7AT, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS DIRECTLY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 549300G5FDS8FKPXPZ37 to LEI 213800V1CCTS41GWH423
- Related legal entity
- PENNON GROUP PLC →
- Initial registration
- 5 February 2014
- Last updated
- 17 November 2025
- Next renewal
- 17 November 2026
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2025-03-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2025-11-17T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: OTHER_ACCOUNTING_STANDARD
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02662226/filing-history/MzQ3OTM2MjQyNWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 549300G5FDS8FKPXPZ37 to LEI 213800V1CCTS41GWH423
- Related legal entity
- PENNON GROUP PLC →
- Initial registration
- 5 February 2014
- Last updated
- 17 November 2025
- Next renewal
- 17 November 2026
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2025-03-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2025-11-17T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: OTHER_ACCOUNTING_STANDARD
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02662226/filing-history/MzQ3OTM2MjQyNWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
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 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- BRISTOL WATER PLC
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- PENNON GROUP PLC
- Statement period
- 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023
- Approved
- 27 September 2023
- Sectors
- Utilities: gas, water and electricity
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- Over £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 2 October 2023
Policies described
Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Other
Training described
Your whole organisation
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Professional auditors Businesses in your industry or sector
Social audits
Audit conducted by your staff
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups
Other monitoring
We have a third party assurance platform called Risk Ledger which allows assessment of our suppliers and risk rating and gap anaysis on our supply chain.
Earlier linked statements (1)
- BRISTOL WATER PLC31 March 2021
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
07 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Bristol Water Plc
Registration Z5277208
- Registered from
- 6 March 2001
- Current end date
- 5 March 2027
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.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
BRISTOL WATER solutions
Owner Bristol Water Plc · classes 37,40,42
- Filed / designated
- 25 February 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 February 2019
BRISTOL WATER BusinessCare
Owner Bristol Water Plc · classes 36,37,39
- Filed / designated
- 25 February 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 February 2018
BRISTOL WATER BUSINESS CARE
Owner Bristol Water Plc · classes 36,37,39
- Filed / designated
- 6 March 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 March 2008
BRISTOL WATER
Owner Bristol Water Plc · classes 36,37,39,40,41
- Filed / designated
- 21 February 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 February 2008
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Bristol Water Core Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- United Kingdom
- Legal authority
- England And Wales
- Legal form
- Private Company Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 04637554
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
09 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.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
10 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.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
11 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.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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13 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.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
15 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.
16 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
17 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.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
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.