XYLEM WATER SOLUTIONS UK LTD

Active
Company number 00479504Private limited companyIncorporated 1950

Key figures

£75,182,000
Net assets 2025

† XYLEM WATER SOLUTIONS UK LTD filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 28131

Where the company stands among the 370 active companies whose first SIC code is 28131 (Manufacture of pumps).

Turnover£257,267,000
Higher than 93% · median £15,264,000 among 36 that publish turnover
Net assets£75,182,000
Higher than 99% · median £450,067
Total assets£136,861,000
Higher than 99% · median £1,081,761
Company age76.7 years
Older than 96% · median 22.9 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. SPIRAX GROUP PLC£1.2bn
  2. XYLEM WATER SOLUTIONS UK LTD£75.2m
  3. STUART TURNER LIMITED£52m
  4. NOV PROCESS & FLOW TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED£46.7m
  5. WHEELABRATOR GROUP LIMITED£43.7m
  6. WEIR ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED£43m
  7. SPP PUMPS LIMITED£38.8m
  8. GRUNDFOS PUMPS LIMITED£32.4m
  9. CONCENTRIC BIRMINGHAM LIMITED£26.7m
  10. CHARLES AUSTEN PUMPS LIMITED£26.1m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 370. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: XYLEM WATER SOLUTIONS UK LTD

What kind of company is it?

XYLEM WATER SOLUTIONS UK LTD is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00479504. It was incorporated on 14 Mar 1950. Its status is active. The registered office is in Nottingham (NG4). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of pumps (28131), service activities incidental to water transportation (52220).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files audit-exempt subsidiary. Turnover was £257,267,000. Profit for the year was £9,317,000. Net assets were £75,182,000. Total assets were £136,861,000 and total liabilities £61,293,000.

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 370 active companies whose first SIC code is 28131: By turnover it ranks higher than 93% of the 36 that publish turnover (median £15,264,000). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £450,067). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £1,081,761). It is older than 96% of them (median age 22.9 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 38 public contract award notices from 28 public sector buyers since 2017. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £384.3m. Its most frequent buyer is Defra Network eTendering Portal (3 contracts). 8 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment, machinery. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly miscellaneous chemicals, machinery, electrical equipment. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 57 days to pay suppliers, and 22% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 14% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 3 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 31 Aug 2027.

Filed accounts2025
2025 †
Turnover257,267,000
Profit for the year9,317,000
Total assets136,861,000
Total liabilities61,293,000
Net assets / total equity75,182,000

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

38 contracts

XYLEM WATER SOLUTIONS UK LTD is named as a supplier in 38 public contract award notices from 28 public sector buyers since 2017. The 25 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £384.3m. 8 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers28
Defra Network eTendering Portal
3 contracts · £2.8m
Met Office
3 contracts · £240.4k
Southern Water Services Ltd.
2 contracts · £325.7m
Scottish Water
2 contracts · £8m
United Utilities Water Limited
2 contracts · £3.9m
Contracts
  1. Supply of UV Spares and ServicingUnited Utilities · £39,000,000 · runs until Oct 2031
  2. Mechanical, Electrical and DSEAR ServicesANGLIAN WATER SERVICES LIMITED · shared by 11 suppliers, up to £58,000,000 in total · runs until Mar 2035
  3. Supply of Motus Wave SensorMet Office · £130,000 · runs until Aug 2030
  4. PRO004912-Services-Framework-Commissioning Services‡United Utilities Water Limited · £3,600,000 · runs until Mar 2031
  5. BAS - Aandera Seaguard Instrumentation‡UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) · £33,080
Show 33 more
  1. Supply of Sewer Level Monitoring Devices‡YTL Construction (UK) Ltd. · 2 lots
  2. 25-A-2601 YSI AnalyserUniversity Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · £29,000
  3. Provision of Maintenance Services for Flood Water Facility Water Pumps in LDC CookstownNorthern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service · £71,487 · runs until Dec 2028
  4. Wave SensorsMet Office · £73,251
  5. IF031 – Water and Wastewater Pumps Framework‡NI Water and its subsidiaries · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £27,850,000 in total · 3 lots
  6. Xylem Digital Transformation‡Scottish Water · £4,000,000
  7. IF030 - Framework for Compressors, Blowers and DiffusersNORTHERN IRELAND WATER LIMITED · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £2,325,000 in total
  8. Surface Water Pump Repairs‡BLACKPOOL COUNCIL
  9. prj_3972 Pump Supply, Install, Maintenance, Repair and Hire‡Southern Water Services Ltd. · £138,360,000 · 5 lots
  10. Civils Contractors (Minor Works) Framework Agreement‡Wessex Water Services Limited
  11. IF009A - Instrumentation, Control and Automation (ICA) Equipment and Spare PartsNORTHERN IRELAND WATER LIMITED · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £1,745,833 in total · 3 lots
  12. Supply of Multiparameter Water Quality Instruments - Lot 1 & 2‡Environment Agency · £3,800,000 · runs until Jan 2028
  13. Supply of Multiparameter Water Quality Instruments - Lot 1 & 2‡DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
  14. 0975729 MOTUS Directional Wave sensor‡Met Office · £37,105
  15. KBS/0124/T/MCS1/NK The KBS Multi Discipline Subcontractor Framework 2024KBS MARITIME LIMITED · shared by 19 suppliers, up to £60,000,000 in total
  16. DfI TRAM – Supply and Delivery of 6 no. six inch, Towable, Diesel Powered, Automatic Priming, Silenced Canopy Type Centrifugal Pumps.‡Department for Infrastructure · £245,109
  17. Pumping Station Maintenance‡Maidstone Borough Council · £52,500 · runs until Feb 2029
  18. Provision of Service of Sumps & Sump Pumps at Thames Barrier & Associated Gates‡Environment Agency · £46,464
  19. prj_3458 GMES‡Southern Water Services Ltd. · £187,360,000 · 2 lots
  20. Centrifugal Pumps for Cooling Water System‡United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority · £49,542
  21. Emergency Call Outs to Sewage Pumps‡The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn Nhs Foundation Trust · £11,999
  22. DfI Roads and Rivers - Supply and Delivery of Centrifugal Pumps (3 Lots)‡Department for Infrastructure · £330,536 · 2 lots
  23. PRO002772 Telemetry Outstations‡United Utilities Water Limited · £270,000
  24. Service of Sumps & Sump Pumps at Thames Barrier & Associated Gates‡Defra Network eTendering Portal · £115,247
  25. TELEMETRY OUTSTATIONS CONTRACT 2022-27 (Lot 2 & Lot 3)‡Defra Network eTendering Portal · £1,350,000 · runs until Feb 2027
  26. TELEMETRY OUTSTATIONS CONTRACT 2022-27‡Defra Network eTendering Portal · £1,350,000 · 2 lots
  27. Supply of Submersible and Immersible Pumps and associated spares‡SOUTH WEST WATER LIMITED
  28. Supply of Remote Telemetry Units (RTUs)‡Scottish Water · £4,000,000
  29. Provision of Repair & Maintenance Services on Clean Water Networks‡YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED · shared by 31 suppliers, up to £500,000,000 in total
  30. Consultancy for the Service and Maintenance of Waste Water Treatment Plants and Pumping Stations‡Folkestone and Hythe District Council · £19,550
  31. GB-Lowestoft: DA- Installation of ambient ozone monitoring system‡Cefas · £13,925
  32. WSCC AE Specialist Highway Services - AWARD‡SE Shared Services · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £38,715 in total
  33. 536_16 Hire of Plant (without operator)‡Espo · shared by 12 suppliers

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
57 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
22%
Standard payment terms
15–90 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 29%
  • 31 to 60 days 41%
  • After 60 days 30%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
51
32%
26%
30 Jun 2025
54
22%
39%
31 Dec 2024
55
30%
16%
30 Jun 2024
56
26%
29%
31 Dec 2023
56
28%
24%
30 Jun 2023
68
16%
57%
31 Dec 2022
52
26%
30%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 14% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 16% lower
Median bonus pay
women 16% lower
Employer size
500 to 999 employees
Lower pay quarter18% womenLower middle18% womenUpper middle20% womenUpper pay quarter34% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 13% lower
women 11% lower
2023/24
women 13.6% lower
women 16% lower
2022/23
women 11% lower
women 23% lower
2021/22
women 21% lower
women 24% lower
2020/21
women 27% lower
women 26% lower
2018/19
women 17.5% lower
women 19.4% lower
2017/18
women 13.2% lower
women 13.9% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements3
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment, machinery, toys, games and sports goods and miscellaneous manufactures.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: miscellaneous chemicals, machinery, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments and ships and boats.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

7 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £257.3m, net assets £75.2m
  2. Xylem Water Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  3. Xylem Water Solutions Uk Holdings Ltd ceased to be a person with significant control
  4. Xylem Water Solutions Uk Holdings Ltd registered as a person with significant control
  5. Name changed to XYLEM WATER SOLUTIONS UK LTDPreviously ITT WATER & WASTEWATER UK LIMITED
  6. Name changed to ITT WATER & WASTEWATER UK LIMITEDPreviously ITT FLYGT LIMITED
  7. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.