UNITED UTILITIES PLC, WA5 3LP : Companies House Number 02366616

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Overview

Company type: Public Limited Company
Incorporated: 1989-04-01
Registered office: Haweswater House, Lingley Mere Business Park, Lingley Green Avenue Great, Sankey, Warrington, WA5 3LP
Postcode: WA5 3LP
Capital: 881,787,479 GBP
Accounts category: Group

Accounts

Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Next due by: 2027-09-30
Financial year end: 31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2025-09-12
Next due by: 2026-09-26

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Nature of business (SIC)

70100 Activities of head offices

Officers 7 current · 47 resigned

Louise BEARDMORE Director

Appointed 2023-04-26

Robert James LEE Director

Appointed 2020-11-23

Brendan Francis MURPHY Director

Appointed 2020-11-23

MR STEVEN RICHARD FRASER Director

MANAGING DIRECTOR Appointed 2013-10-01

SIMON ROGER GARDINER Secretary

Appointed 2011-03-31

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Group structure 17 subsidiaries

Controlled by UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC — since 2016-04-06

Showing 12 of 17.

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Patents 48

Patent publications naming United Utilities Plc. as applicant.

PAVEMENT REINSTATEMENT

EP3642572A1 published 2020-04-29
USE OF BIOPOLYMERS FOR REMOVING PHOSPHORUS FROM WASTEWATER

EP3089946A1 published 2016-11-09
A METHOD FOR THE RECOVERY OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM WASTEWATER FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY

CA2935618A1 published 2015-07-16
PROCESS

CA2935616A1 published 2015-07-09
A process for forming sludge cake from sewage sludge by mesophilic/thermophilic fermentation

GB2459445A published 2009-10-28

Showing the 5 most recent — all 48 on Espacenet.

Patent data from the European Patent Office (Open Patent Services).

Licensed visa sponsor

Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).

Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Modern slavery statement

Registered a modern slavery statement for 2025 (period to 2025-03-31) — 2 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 — Z5449738 (Tier 2), registered since 2001.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Political donations 3

£22,500 in registered political donations since 2009.

Conservative and Unionist Party

£5,000 2013-09-02 Cash
Conservative and Unionist Party

£2,500 2009-10-31 Non Cash
Conservative and Unionist Party

£15,000 2009-08-28 Cash

Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Gender pay gap

15.6%

Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2018/19

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Contact details

Website: unitedutilities.com
Phone: 03450726093, 01625545745, 03456722888

United Utilities provides water and wastewater services in the North West of England. Manage your account, pay your water bill, submit a water meter reading and get updates of current incidents in your area online.

Previous company names

Name	Date changed
NORTH WEST WATER GROUP PLC	1996-01-01

Previous registered addresses 8

Address	Changed on
WSON HOUSE, GREAT SANKEY, WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE WA5 3LW	2007-04-04
DAWSON HOUSE, GREAT SANKEY, WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE WA5 3LW	2007-04-04
BIRCHWOOD POINT BUSINESS PARK, BIRCHWOOD BOULEVARD, BIRCHWOOD WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE WA3 7WB	2000-12-01
RCHWOOD POINT BUSINESS PARK, BIRCHWOOD BOULEVARD, BIRCHWOOD WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE WA3 7WB	2000-12-01
DAWSON HOUSE, GREAT SANKEY, WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE, WA5 3LW	1996-10-02
WSON HOUSE, GREAT SANKEY, WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE, WA5 3LW	1996-10-02
YEX HOUSE, ALDERMANBURY SQUARE, LONDON, EC2V 7LD	1989-09-14
ROYEX HOUSE, ALDERMANBURY SQUARE, LONDON, EC2V 7LD	1989-09-14

Among its peers

Among the oldest 25%

of 431 similar companies in WA, trading since 1989

26 companies are registered at this postcode →

The class of 1989

48%

of the 472 companies in this sector incorporated in 1989 are still active today; 50% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

Survival rates for every incorporation year →

Property in England & Wales 2 titles

Freehold: 1
Leasehold: 1
Most recent registration: 2017-10-24
Where: Greater London (1), Warrington (1)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
NGL973949	Greater London	Leasehold	2017-10-24	—
CH375972	Warrington	Freehold	1998-06-25	—

For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).