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Company description
CENTRICA PLC is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Public Limited Company”. Incorporated on 16 March 1995; registered for 31 years; registered office reported in BERKSHIRE. Its primary declared activity is 35110 · Production of electricity, with 3 additional SIC activities reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 3 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
- CENTRICA PLC
- Company number
- 03033654
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 11 total · 3 outstanding · 8 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 2025Next accounts due
30 June 2027Last statement made up to
1 February 2026Next statement due
15 February 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 17.1%
- Mean bonus gap
- 59.6%
- Women receiving bonus
- 97.4%
- Men receiving bonus
- 96.6%
- Women in top quartile
- 33.5%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 38.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 41.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 51.9%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 499918.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499911.7% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499912.8% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49996.5% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499915.3% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499917.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499913.2% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499912.0% 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 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 30 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 28 days
- Longest standard term
- 60 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
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
- £4,260,859
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £3,101,964
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £469,006
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £1,716,715
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 68.0%
- 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
We have standard payment terms of 60 days, however all suppliers categorised as Micro and Small are paid on 30 days terms. Sub-contractor are typically paid with 28 days.
- Other payment-term information
To prevent a delay in invoice processing, invoices must be clearly legible, comply with HMRC regulations and should include supplier details, purchase order number invoice number, invoice date and payment instructions, as well as the Centrica point of contact who requested the goods or services. Invoices should be issued electronically to centrica.jewel.live@boxit.co.uk Invoices issued without the above details may not be accepted and may be returned for amendment before being processed.
- Dispute resolution process
Any disputes the suppliers should contact their specific contact Accounts Payable Group Group.accountspayable@centrica.com. The Accounts Payable team will consider the complaint and respond accordingly. Should an escalation occur an email to apescalation@centrica.com should be sent and the AP team will respond.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 46.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 49.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- 47.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 45.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 45.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 44.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 44.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 31.0 average days to pay21.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay17.0% outside terms
- 34.0 average days to pay20.0% outside terms
- 27.0 average days to pay12.0% 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
CENTRICA PLC
LEI E26EDV109X6EEPBKVH76 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- B6ES
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 16 March 1995
- Initial LEI registration
- 6 June 2012
- LEI last updated
- 12 August 2026
- Next renewal
- 21 September 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- MILLSTREAM, MAIDENHEAD ROAD, WINDSOR, GB-WNM, SL4 5GD, GB
- Headquarters address
- MILLSTREAM, MAIDENHEAD ROAD, WINDSOR, GB-WNM, SL4 5GD, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
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06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- CENTRICA PLC
- Group submission
- Yes
- Statement period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Approved
- 17 February 2026
- Sectors
- Financial, insurance and real estate activities 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
- 1 April 2026
Policies described
Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees Prohibits compulsory overtime Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Other
Training described
Procurement staff
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Professional auditors Workers within your organisation Workers within your supply chain Businesses in your industry or sector
Social audits
Audit conducted by your staff Third party audit arranged by your organisation Third party audit arranged by your supplier Announced audit
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups
Other monitoring
Deployment of remote worker surveys
Actions addressing ILO indicators
Other
Demonstrated progress
Over the past year, we have strengthened our human rights governance by updating our risk review with Slave‑Free Alliance, streamlining escalation for non‑compliance and modern slavery indicators, launching an ethical inspection programme to enhance supplier oversight, and expanding supplier due diligence across more categories and sites. In 2026, we will focus on continuous improvement of our modern slavery risk management and ensuring compliance with legislative developments.
Reported risks and mitigations
- Risk: Manufacture of electrical products – the manufacture of branded goods such as our Hive home solutions in China.
- Area: Within your supply chains
- Tier: Tier 1 suppliers Tier 2 suppliers
- Group: Migrants
- Location: China Malaysia Thailand
- Mitigation: In 2025, audits were conducted on the ground at sites located in China, Thailand and Malaysia. We follow up with suppliers to close down any non-compliance or opportunities for improvement.
- Risk: Solar panels – specifically polysilicon production which is a key component in solar photovoltaic panels which occurs in China.
- Tier: Tier 3 suppliers and below
- Group: Migrants Other vulnerable groups
- Location: China
- Mitigation: We continue to co-sponsor an industry initiative with Solar Energy UK in partnership with Solar Power Europe, to develop a traceability framework. The initiative aims to improve transparency and raise standards. The procurement of polysilicon based solar panels continues to be a key area of focus for us and is subject to careful supplier selection and due diligence, as we continue in our efforts to establish transparency in the solar supply chain.
- Risk: Battery systems – the manufacture of battery systems and cells linked to raw material extraction and the associated critical minerals used therein.
- Tier: Tier 2 suppliers Tier 3 suppliers and below
- Group: Migrants Children
- Location: Congo (Democratic Republic) China India
- Mitigation: We will continue to work closely with leading battery system providers to ensure that the controls they have in place across the supply chain remain robust, proactive and support their suppliers to make positive contributions towards sustainable development.
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07 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Centrica PLC
Registration ZA481399
- Registered from
- 26 November 2018
- Current end date
- 25 November 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.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
IGNITE
Owner Centrica Plc · classes 9,16,35,36,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 10 June 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 June 2023
Figurative mark
Owner Centrica Plc · classes 9,16,35,36,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 10 June 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 June 2023
IGNITE Powering Social Enterprise
Owner Centrica Plc · classes 9,16,35,36,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 10 June 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- Not supplied
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
No PSC entry for this company was present in the imported snapshot.
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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.
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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.
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11 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
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12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
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13 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
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14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Distribution of electricity
Manufacture of gas
Distribution of gaseous fuels through mains
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.
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