CENTRICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED

Active
Company number 01874716Private limited companyIncorporated 1984

Key figures

£16,235,000-0.1%
Net assets 2025
-0.1%
Average annual change 2024–2025
05 m10 m15 m20 m20242025

† CENTRICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED 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 27110

Where the company stands among the 510 active companies whose first SIC code is 27110 (Manufacture of electric motors, generators and transformers).

Turnover£59,383,000
Higher than 85% · median £20,142,074 among 45 that publish turnover
Net assets£16,235,000
Higher than 95% · median £118,790
Total assets£50,724,000
Higher than 95% · median £461,618
Employees201
Higher than 97% · median 2
Company age41.9 years
Older than 88% · median 7.7 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. AGGREKO UK LIMITED£546.4m
  2. BRUSH ELECTRICAL MACHINES LIMITED£205.7m
  3. UK GRID SOLUTIONS LIMITED£125.8m
  4. CENTRAX LIMITED£41.9m
  5. YASA LIMITED£38.8m
  6. CRESTCHIC (UK) LIMITED£35.5m
  7. WILSON POWER SOLUTIONS LIMITED£33m
  8. SEM LIMITED£31.3m
  9. PRESTOLITE ELECTRIC LIMITED£26.4m
  10. CRESTCHIC LIMITED£23.8m

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 510. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: CENTRICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

CENTRICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01874716. It was incorporated on 31 Dec 1984. Its status is active. The registered office is in Windsor (SL4). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of electric motors, generators and transformers (27110), repair of electrical equipment (33140), production of electricity (35110), electrical installation (43210).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £59,383,000. Loss for the year was £206,000. Net assets were £16,235,000, down 0.1% on the previous year. Total assets were £50,724,000 and total liabilities £34,489,000. The company had an average of 201 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 510 active companies whose first SIC code is 27110: By turnover it ranks higher than 85% of the 45 that publish turnover (median £20,142,074). By net assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £118,790). By total assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £461,618). By number of employees it ranks higher than 97% of them (median 2). It is older than 88% of them (median age 7.7 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 23 public contract award notices from 17 public sector buyers since 2018. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £5.4m. Its most frequent buyer is Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (4 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 machinery, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments, machinery, electrical equipment. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 42 days to pay suppliers, and 5% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 6 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 10 of 20 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 1 Mar 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover65,794,00059,383,000
Profit for the year2,393,000-206,000
Total assets53,107,00050,724,000
Total liabilities36,852,00034,489,000
Net assets / total equity16,255,00016,235,000
Average number of employees207201

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

23 contracts

CENTRICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED is named as a supplier in 23 public contract award notices from 17 public sector buyers since 2018. The 13 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £5.4m. 8 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers17
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
4 contracts · £2.9m
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
3 contracts
University of Essex
2 contracts
Defence Infrastructure Organisation
1 contract · £1.5m
Darlington Borough Council
1 contract · £264.1k
Contracts
  1. MAINTENANCE FOR CHP UNITYORK TEACHING HOSPITAL FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LLP · £78,636 · runs until Apr 2031
  2. Waiver - BWC_CQ3 - Centrica Business Solutions UK Ltd - Partial Rebuild of CHP engineBirmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust · £16,249 · runs until Jan 2027
  3. Dolphin Centre CHP AgreementDarlington Borough Council · £264,060 · runs until Aug 2040
  4. Supply and/or Install of Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Systems and Associated Equipment Y24013‡Kent County Council (t/a LASER Energy) · shared by 30 suppliers, up to £1 in total · runs until Aug 2029
  5. Supply and/or Install of Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Systems and Associated Equipment Y24013‡Commercial Services · shared by 29 suppliers, up to £89,000,000 in total
Show 18 more
  1. Contract for Annual servicing / maintenance and monitoring of Combined Heat & Power (CHP) unit at Chester-Le-Street Leisure CentreDurham County Council · £27,706
  2. CHP service and maintenanceLEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY · £100,000 · runs until Sep 2027
  3. CA13297 - Utility Supply and Energy Management Solutions Framework‡University of Essex · shared by 6 suppliers, up to £30,000,000 in total · runs until May 2027
  4. Utility Supply and Energy Management Solutions Framework‡University of Essex · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £300,000,000 in total · 2 lots
  5. BTHE2355 - Maintenance Contract Combined Heat & Power Units‡Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · £934,358 · runs until Mar 2028
  6. Maintenance Contract for Combined Heat and Power Units‡Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · £934,358
  7. BTHE2365 - CHP Essential Works (BRI)‡Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · £71,814
  8. BHTE2320 - Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Service & Maintenance Contract‡Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · £934,358 · runs until Aug 2027
  9. National Framework Agreement for the Provision of Carbon and Energy Infrastructure Upgrade ServicesCountess Of Chester Hospital · shared by 13 suppliers, up to £100,000,000 in total · runs until Aug 2028
  10. National Framework Agreement for the Provision of Carbon and Energy Infrastructure Upgrade Services‡Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · £1
  11. 0‡Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · £1
  12. CHP at AquadromeBasingstoke & Deane Borough Council · £242,000 · runs until Jun 2027
  13. Maintenance of Combined Heat & Power Unit (CHP)‡NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University… · £130,800
  14. Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) Framework‡Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · shared by 10 suppliers, up to £500,000,000 in total
  15. Prometheus pilot Wave 1- 1 site- Dst Leconfield‡Defence Infrastructure Organisation · £1,485,322
  16. National Energy Performance Contract Framework (RE:FIT)‡Local Partnerships · shared by 16 suppliers, up to £500,000,000 in total
  17. 5 year service contract for the Combined Heat and PowerBIRMINGHAM CHILDRENS HOSPITAL · £141,866
  18. National Framework Agreement for Carbon and Energy Infrastructure UpgradesCOUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · shared by 14 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
42 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
5%
Standard payment terms
28–60 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 26%
  • 31 to 60 days 71%
  • After 60 days 3%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
41
29%
7%
30 Jun 2025
45
25%
6%
31 Dec 2024
36
37%
4%
30 Jun 2024
36
37%
7%
31 Dec 2023
36
37%
5%
30 Jun 2023
38
36%
5%
31 Dec 2022
40
28%
10%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Modern slavery statements6
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (CENTRICA PLC)
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (CENTRICA PLC)
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (CENTRICA PLC)
Earlier years (3)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (CENTRICA PLC)
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (CENTRICA PLC)
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (CENTRICA PLC)

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: machinery, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments, plastics and rubber.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 10 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: optical, medical and measuring instruments, machinery, electrical equipment, rubber and iron and steel articles.

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 £59.4m, net assets £16.2m, 201 employees
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £65.8m, net assets £16.3m, 207 employees
  3. Cbs Services Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Ener-G Power2 Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Name changed to CENTRICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS UK LIMITEDPreviously ENER-G COMBINED POWER LIMITED
  6. Ener-G Power2 Limited registered as a person with significant control
  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.