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Company description
DRAX POWER LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 1 September 2003; registered for 23 years; registered office reported in SELBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE. Its primary declared activity is 35110 · Production of electricity.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 3 trade marks, 1 procurement 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
- DRAX POWER LIMITED
- Company number
- 04883589
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 43 total · 29 outstanding · 14 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 September 2027Last statement made up to
20 July 2025Next statement due
3 August 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 19.7%
- Mean bonus gap
- 19.5%
- Women receiving bonus
- 97.3%
- Men receiving bonus
- 99.1%
- Women in top quartile
- 26.7%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 19.7%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 25.6%
- Women in lower quartile
- 46.6%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 499914.8% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499914.8% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499914.4% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499914.4% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499920.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499918.1% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99919.7% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99918.3% 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
- 29 July 2026
- 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-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £1,088,605,658
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £85,901,762
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £106,538,602
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £63,433,062
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 55.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 8.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
Payment terms are agreed with suppliers as part of contractual negotiations.
Drax have an established Supply Chain Finance facility with HSBC operating under Drax Power Limited. The facility was set up on an uncommitted basis and allows suppliers that sign up to the programme the option to receive early payment of their invoices. The participants under the programme typically have short payment terms and large spend. Furthermore, the facility provides a cost-effective source of financing to the supplier, availability to access funds sooner than the payment terms if desired and provides greater control with a reduction in their trade receivables.
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Drax Power Limited standard contract payment terms are 60 days; however, different terms may be agreed with suppliers as part of contract negotiations. Certain direct costs are subject to industry regulations that require shorter payment periods, contributing to the lower average time taken to pay invoices. Payment runs are completed on a weekly basis with approved invoices falling due for payment in the preceding week included in the payment run.
- Dispute resolution process
On receipt of an invoice, Accounts Payable perform standard checks to confirm: -
•The invoice is for Drax Power Limited
•We have authorised supplier details and bank account for payment
•A Purchase Order (PO) number is quoted and matches an approved order number
•The invoice details match the approved PO for quantity, price, and description of supply
•The PO has been receipted
•The invoice has not already been paid
We aim to complete these checks within 5 days of invoice receipt. If invoices are received on a timely basis and no queries arise from these checks, payment will be scheduled by BACS in accordance with terms.
Where queries arise, payment will be made by BACS once these queries are resolved. We aim to resolve queries within 10 days and make payment on the next scheduled BACS run.
Disputes should be sent to the following email address; accountspayable@drax.com - This email is monitored daily by Accounts Payable.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 49.0 average days to pay14.0% outside terms
- 62.0 average days to pay17.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay15.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay21.0% outside terms
- 57.0 average days to pay25.0% outside terms
- 48.0 average days to pay31.0% outside terms
- 48.0 average days to pay19.0% outside terms
- 44.0 average days to pay22.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay16.0% outside terms
- 50.0 average days to pay23.0% outside terms
- Average time not suppliedLate-payment rate not supplied
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
DRAX POWER LIMITED
LEI ZGEN8HJFCYNRVN1XCJ08 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 1 September 2003
- Initial LEI registration
- 6 June 2012
- LEI last updated
- 22 April 2026
- Next renewal
- 14 June 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Other legal names
- DRAX OPCO LIMITED
- Legal address
- DRAX POWER STATION, SELBY, GB-NYK, YO8 8PH, GB
- Headquarters address
- DRAX POWER STATION, SELBY, GB-NYK, YO8 8PH, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS DIRECTLY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI ZGEN8HJFCYNRVN1XCJ08 to LEI 549300YPSNTXR4ZHSR98
- Related legal entity
- DRAX GROUP PLC →
- Initial registration
- 6 June 2012
- Last updated
- 22 April 2026
- Next renewal
- 14 June 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2025-12-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2018-12-16T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: OTHER_ACCOUNTING_STANDARD
- Validation reference
- https://www.drax.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Drax_AR25_Interactive.pdf
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI ZGEN8HJFCYNRVN1XCJ08 to LEI 549300YPSNTXR4ZHSR98
- Related legal entity
- DRAX GROUP PLC →
- Initial registration
- 6 June 2012
- Last updated
- 22 April 2026
- Next renewal
- 14 June 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2025-12-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2018-12-16T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://www.drax.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Drax_AR25_Interactive.pdf
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06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- DRAX POWER LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- DRAX GROUP PLC
- Statement period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Approved
- 24 February 2026
- Sectors
- Forestry, timber products, paper and containers and packaging 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
- 7 May 2026
Policies described
Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery
Training described
Human resources Procurement staff Other
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Trade unions or worker representative groups Professional auditors Workers within your supply chain Businesses in your industry or sector
Social audits
Third party audit arranged by your organisation Announced audit Unannounced 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
Quarterly employee surveys. HSE management systems. Biomass certification which mandates that labour, pay and employment conditions are fair, legal and labour rights are safeguarded.
Demonstrated progress
Drax provided proportionate levels of training to colleagues. Drax maintain up to date due diligence information on supply chains that are high risk for modern slavery. In 2025, we updated our Country Risk Matrix identifying eight suppliers in medium risk countries. Our EDD process identified 85 suppliers in high risk sectors. Drax continues engagement with NGOs. The proportion of woody biomass pellets used at Drax Power Station with an SBP compliant claim was 99.9%
Reported risks and mitigations
- Risk: Third Party workers: Outsourced contractors and temporary labour across the business in industries including construction, Facilities, Logistics, Apparel and EV.
- Area: Within your own operations
- Group: Other vulnerable groups
- Location: United Kingdom
- Mitigation: In 2025 we reduced that risk by auditing suppliers in all these focus areas to obtain a greater insight into third-party practices. We also launched our enhanced ethical due diligence questionnaire, to gain greater transparency of suppliers’ commitments to human rights.
- Risk: Goods Not For Resale (GNRF): Poor visibility of potentially long and complex supply chains increases the risk of human rights and worker abuses taking place.
- Area: Within your supply chains
- Tier: Don't know
- Location: China
- Mitigation: In 2025 we reduced that risk with the ongoing Drax program of ethical audits and enhancing our ethical due diligence questionnaire which resulted in greater transparency of suppliers’ commitments to human rights. We plan to build of this progress in 2026.
- Risk: The materials sourced for biomass are mainly from remote locations, where there’s potential for the use of migrant workers. Poor visibility of such suppliers may increase the risk of worker abuses.
- Group: Migrants
- Location: Canada Estonia Latvia United States
- Mitigation: At the end of 2025, 100% of the suppliers of woody biomass to Drax Power Station (DPS) are SBP certified; this accounts for 95.45% of total biomass supplied to DPS. SBP encourages the adoption of standards and due diligence processes, including the promotion of human rights.
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07 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Drax Power Limited
Registration Z9110943
- Registered from
- 4 July 2005
- Current end date
- 3 July 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.
08 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Drax Energy Solutions Ltd
Polegate Town Council · ocds-b5fd17-371ef0f7-0940-4b58-a051-260d55271e15
- Supplier named in award
- DRAX POWER LIMITED
- Award value
- £65,901
- Contract period
- 19 August 2024 – 18 August 2026
- Published
- 18 February 2025
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 65300000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-371ef0f7-0940-4b58-a051-260d55271e15-2025-02-18T09:21:20Z
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
Drax
Owner Drax Power Limited · classes 1,4,6,7,9,11,12,16,19,35,37,39,40,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 18 July 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 July 2023
Draxbiomass A Drax Group Company
Owner Drax Power Limited · classes 4,39,40,42
- Filed / designated
- 18 July 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 July 2023
DRAX
Owner Drax Power Limited · classes 1,4,6,7,9,11,12,16,19,35,37,39,40,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 16 December 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 December 2021
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09 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Drax Smart Generation Holdco Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England & Wales
- Legal authority
- English
- Legal form
- Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 5562058
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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10 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
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11 Northern Ireland charity register
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12 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
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13 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
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14 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
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15 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
16 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.
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17 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
18 Provenance
Sources for this profile
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