DRAX GROUP PLC
Company number 05562053 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Drax Group PLC occupies a dominant and highly strategic position within the UK energy generation sector as the country's foremost renewable and flexible generator, leveraging its unique biomass infrastructure to navigate the transition from fossil fuels. While its scale and ability to provide grid stability offer competitive advantages, the company remains heavily exposed to regulatory shifts, subsidy transitions, and the capital-intensive demands of deploying BECCS technology. Ultimately, Drax's trajectory will be defined by its ability to secure long-term policy support for negative emissions while managing the inherent volatility of global commodity supply chains.
Overview
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2005-09-13
- Registered office
- Drax Power Station, Selby, North Yorkshire, YO8 8PH
- Postcode
- YO8 8PH
- Capital
- 50 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-08-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 70100 Activities of head offices
Officers 10 current · 30 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-12-31) — 6 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z9291001 (Tier 1), registered since 2005.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Political donations 3
£34,500 in registered political donations since 2019.
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Northern Research Group Limited
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Conservative/Unionist Members 1922 Committee
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Conservative/Unionist Members 1922 Committee
Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contact details
- Website
- drax.com
Drax Group plc is a leading UK-based global renewable and flexible generation energy company, committed to enabling a zero carbon, lower cost energy future.
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| DRAX POWER STATION, PO BOX 3, SELBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE, YO8 8PQ | 2008-12-30 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 30/12/2008 FROM, DRAX POWER STATION, PO BOX 3, SELBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE, YO8 8PQ | 2008-12-30 |
| KEMPSON HOUSE, CAMOMILE STREET, LONDON, EC3A 7AN | 2005-11-09 |
| 280 GRAY'S INN ROAD, LONDON, WC1X 8EB | 2005-10-26 |
The class of 2005
43%
of the 1,840 companies in this sector incorporated in 2005 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.