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Company description
WALES & WEST UTILITIES LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 17 February 2004; registered for 22 years; registered office reported in NEWPORT, SOUTH WALES. Its primary declared activity is 35220 · Distribution of gaseous fuels through mains.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 79 procurement records, 3 other public-register records. 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
- WALES & WEST UTILITIES LIMITED
- Company number
- 05046791
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 5 total · 2 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 2026Next accounts due
31 December 2027Last statement made up to
17 February 2026Next statement due
3 March 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 34.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- 45.0%
- Women receiving bonus
- 35.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 17.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 15.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 15.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 18.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 22.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 49999.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499910.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49999.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-7.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-10.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-10.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-8.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-4.0% 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 October 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Filed
- 30 April 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 28 days
- Longest standard term
- 59 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- 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 April 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £138,213,344
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £41,785,644
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £4,564,600
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £48,116,156
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 52.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 91 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Retention circumstances
Retention clauses are used in specific circumstances: Retention clauses are only applied to suppliers undergoing specific construction work activities, not across all contracts. Retention is applied to most construction contracts where post-completion defects in the highway may arise, potentially resulting in fines or requiring remedial work after the contract term has ended. These are largely within Capital Delivery projects or Pipe replacement projects
Retention parity policy
It should also be noted that WWU is predominantly the end user in its business, therefore WWU is generally not subject to contracts where retention needs to be applied.
Retention release
During the contract term, a portion of each payment is retained until the total retention amount is met, after which payments are made in full. This retention amount is held by WWU under the contractual terms. If any part of the cumulative retention is used to remedy defects during the life of the contract, then WWU may retain further sums from subsequent payments to restore the retention to its original contractual level.
There are three main scenarios under which retention is held and released:
1. Poor performance - In the event the supplier leaves due to poor performance, the sum retained remains at the cumulative retention amount for either (1) the retention period defined in the contractual arrangement between both parties, or (2) in the event of earlier termination, the date of termination plus 2 years.
2. Satisfactory completion of works - Capital project - 50% is released upon project completion, with the remaining 50% (or whatever remains after defect correction) being released a defined period of time after completion (typically 12 months).
3. Satisfactory completion of works - mains replacement - 100% of the remaining retention held is released 12 months after the contractor last completed any such work.
Once the retention release period has been reached the remaining retention balance (i.e. the retention amount less any amount expended by WWU in remedying Defects, or releases already made) is released to the Contractor. The payment of retention is certified by the relevant manager in accordance with the Contract's payment provisions.
Retention release stages
This depends on the activity undertaken - see previous response which refers to this
- Retention in all contracts
- No
- Retention in standard terms
- No
- Retention threshold
- Not supplied
- Standard retention rate
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with client
- 100.0%
- Retention compared with payments
- 1.0%
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Standard payments terms are 28 days after the month of invoice. For example, an invoice submitted in March will be paid on the 28th April.
Link: https://www.wwutilities.co.uk/media/3646/standard-terms-and-conditions-for-purchase-january-2020.pdf - Dispute resolution process
Any queries or concerns should be raised directly with the Account Payable team based in Wales & West House in Newport, South Wales who can be contacted via telephone, email or through the postal system.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 34.0 average days to pay15.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay15.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay20.0% outside terms
- 34.0 average days to pay20.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay22.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay24.0% outside terms
- 38.0 average days to pay33.0% outside terms
- 37.0 average days to pay41.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay33.0% outside terms
- 34.0 average days to pay25.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay22.0% 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
WALES & WEST UTILITIES LIMITED
LEI 213800JYZ3I59V5ANN16 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 17 February 2004
- Initial LEI registration
- 13 February 2014
- LEI last updated
- 29 December 2025
- Next renewal
- 26 February 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- WALES & WEST HOUSE, SPOONER CLOSE COEDKERNEW, NEWPORT, GB-NWP, NP10 8FZ, GB
- Headquarters address
- WALES & WEST HOUSE, SPOONER CLOSE COEDKERNEW, NEWPORT, GB-NWP, NP10 8FZ, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS DIRECTLY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 213800JYZ3I59V5ANN16 to LEI 213800Q9O3XVXQ8UH456
- Related legal entity
- WALES & WEST GAS NETWORKS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED →
- Initial registration
- 13 February 2014
- Last updated
- 29 December 2025
- Next renewal
- 26 February 2027
- Validation sources
- ENTITY_SUPPLIED_ONLY
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2024-03-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05046791/filing-history/MzQzMTY5NjU0NGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 213800JYZ3I59V5ANN16 to LEI 213800Q9O3XVXQ8UH456
- Related legal entity
- WALES & WEST GAS NETWORKS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED →
- Initial registration
- 13 February 2014
- Last updated
- 29 December 2025
- Next renewal
- 26 February 2027
- Validation sources
- ENTITY_SUPPLIED_ONLY
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2024-03-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05046791/filing-history/MzQzMTY5NjU0NGFkaXF6a2N4/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
- WALES & WEST UTILITIES LIMITED
- Group submission
- No
- Statement period
- 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Approved
- 7 July 2026
- 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
- 21 August 2026
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.
UK Additional public registers
Schools, childcare, care and HSE records
Wales & West Utilities Limited
12 June 2026 · Improvement Notice
Wales & West Utilities Limited
26 March 2026 · Improvement Notice
Wales & West Utilities Limited
22 January 2025 · Prohibition Notice Immediate
Identity methods differ by source. DfE links use source-supplied company numbers. Ofsted and Scottish care links are unique exact name-and-postcode candidates. HSE links require one unique exact Companies House organisation name. Verify candidate associations independently.
07 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Supply of mains gas to the agreed meter locations and the meter housings at Les Gowings House
Swindon Borough Council · ocds-b5fd17-b76283bf-cbd9-49d8-86e7-9e1676a6a960
- Supplier named in award
- Wales & West Utilities Limited
- Award value
- £37,610.63
- Contract period
- 17 June 2024 – 30 June 2024
- Published
- 17 June 2024
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 09121200
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-b76283bf-cbd9-49d8-86e7-9e1676a6a960-2024-06-17T13:09:06+01:00
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.
08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Wales & West Utilities Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Country registered
- England & Wales
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Company Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 07092596
- 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
Social Care and Education Placement
Bristol City Council · updated 6 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Social Care and Education Placement
Bristol City Council · updated 30 June 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Social Care and Education Placement
Bristol City Council · updated 30 June 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
FW Supply & Deliver - Protection Relays - Multi Site 0330
Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution plc · updated 22 September 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 353
CM3107 Lightning Protection Supply and Inspection Services
YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED · updated 18 September 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 672
Scheduled & Unscheduled Maintenance for Mercedez-Benz HGV Trucks
Wales & West Utilities Limited · updated 7 September 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
The Provision of Mechanical & Electrical Maintenance for HGV Cranes
Wales & West Utilities Limited · updated 7 September 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Cleaning Services
Wales & West Utilities Limited · updated 24 August 2026
- Tender value
- £3,000,000
- Awards
- 0
UVDB Powered by Achilles QUDM for Goods, Works and Services
AFFINITY WATER LIMITED · updated 19 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Cosy Homes for Later Life
SCOTIA GAS NETWORKS LIMITED · updated 31 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Safe & Warm Grassroot Community Sheme
SCOTIA GAS NETWORKS LIMITED · updated 31 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Scope DES Collaborative Project
SCOTIA GAS NETWORKS LIMITED · updated 31 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Cost of Living and Mental Health Support Programme
Wales & West Utilities Limited · updated 29 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Fuel Poverty and Energy Affordability
Wales & West Utilities Limited · updated 29 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Strategic Research and Advisory Support of IT and Cyber
Wales & West Utilities Limited · updated 22 July 2026
- Tender value
- £400,000
- Awards
- 0
Supply of Steel Fittings to B12 Specification
Wales & West Utilities Limited · updated 17 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 0
Warmer Homes, Advice & Money (WHAM) model
Wales & West Utilities Limited · updated 13 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Energy One Stop Shop - Crisis, Prevention and Retrofit Readiness
Wales & West Utilities Limited · updated 13 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
GD3 Reach Out
Wales & West Utilities Limited · updated 13 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Dementia Support and Energy Safeguarding Collaborative Project
CADENT GAS LIMITED · updated 30 June 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Showing the first 20 of 78 linked procurement processes.
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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
78 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
- Detected change
Accounts due date: 2026-12-31 → 2027-12-31
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement 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.
Organisation enforcement records linked by one unique exact company name.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
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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