YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED

Active
Company number 02366682Private limited companyIncorporated 1989

Key figures

£1,361,000,000-7.6%
Net assets 2025/26
-7.6%
Average annual change 2024/25–2025/26
0500 m1 bn1.5 bn2024/252025/26

† YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES 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.

Like most small UK companies, YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2025/26

Sector comparison

SIC 36000

Where the company stands among the 1,473 active companies whose first SIC code is 36000 (Water collection, treatment and supply).

Net assets£1,361,000,000
Higher than 99% · median £26,243
Total assets£12,664,300,000
Higher than 99% · median £113,578
Cash£571,400,000
Higher than 99% · median £61,564
Employees4,481
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age37.6 years
Older than 96% · median 9.1 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. GLAS CYMRU HOLDINGS CYFYNGEDIG£1.5bn
  2. GLAS CYMRU ANGHYFYNGEDIG£1.5bn
  3. DWR CYMRU CYFYNGEDIG£1.5bn
  4. YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED£1.4bn
  5. NORTHERN IRELAND WATER LIMITED£1.3bn
  6. SOUTH WEST WATER LIMITED£1.1bn
  7. SOUTHERN WATER SERVICES LIMITED£871.4m
  8. WESSEX WATER SERVICES LIMITED£587.4m
  9. SOUTH EAST WATER LIMITED£455.5m
  10. SUTTON AND EAST SURREY WATER PLC£138.9m

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 1,473. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 02366682. It was incorporated on 1 Apr 1989. Its status is active. The registered office is in Leeds (LS10). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is water collection, treatment and supply (36000).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025/26 (period ending 31 Mar 2026); the company files full accounts. Net assets were £1,361,000,000, down 7.6% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £571,400,000. Total assets were £12,664,300,000 and total liabilities £10,445,700,000. The company had an average of 4,481 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024/25–2025/26).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 1,473 active companies whose first SIC code is 36000: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £26,243). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £113,578). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £61,564). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 96% of them (median age 9.1 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 11 public contract award notices from 10 public sector buyers since 2021. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £12.7m. Its most frequent buyer is East Riding of Yorkshire Council (2 contracts). 1 of the awards is shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of 10 central government grants worth £414.5k, mainly from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments, machinery, electrical equipment. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 36 days to pay suppliers, and 11% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 3.3% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 7 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 2 of 5 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 7 Oct 2027.

Filed accounts2024/25–2025/26
2024/25 †2025/26 †
Cash at bank and in hand490,500,000571,400,000
Total assets11,958,200,00012,664,300,000
Total liabilities9,630,900,00010,445,700,000
Net assets / total equity1,473,700,0001,361,000,000
Average number of employees3,8764,481

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

11 contracts

YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED is named as a supplier in 11 public contract award notices from 10 public sector buyers since 2021. The 9 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £12.7m. 1 award is shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers10
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
2 contracts · £1.4m
Department of Health and Social Care (T&T)
1 contract · £6.5m
Department of Health and Social Care
1 contract · £3.3m
Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency)
1 contract · £1.4m
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS
1 contract · £49k
Contracts
  1. M18 Greenland Lane Service Diversion – Yorkshire Water C4 DesignNational Highways Limited · £13,046 · runs until Mar 2028
  2. Changes to Yorkshire Water apparatus necessitated by construction of forthcoming West Bradford Cycle Superhighway Phase 2City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council · £41,025 · runs until May 2027
  3. Homes England - Leeman Road Mains Diversion Phase 2, York CentralHomes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency) · £1,350,000
  4. Water Main Diversion WorksEast Riding of Yorkshire Council · £21,191
  5. Water Resources North: Regional Group Funding Phase 2, Funding for Supportive ActivitiesDEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · £49,000
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  1. Provision of Core Cities & National Surveillance Wastewater Sampling Support‡United Kingdom · £32,400
  2. Jocks Lodge Yorkshire Water DiversionEast Riding of Yorkshire Council · £1,403,240
  3. Y22013 - Supply of Water an Sewerage Services‡Kent County Council (T/a LASER) · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £600,000 in total
  4. Y22013 - Supply of Water an Sewerage Services‡Kent County Council (t/a LASER Energy) · 2 lots
  5. Wastewater Sampling Support Services‡Department of Health and Social Care (T&T) · £6,549,402 · 2 lots
  6. Wastewater Sampling Support Services‡Department of Health and Social Care · £3,274,701

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.

Government grants

10 grants

YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 10 central government grants since 2021, together worth £414.5k.

Funders
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
8 grants · £241.1k
Department for Work and Pensions
1 grant · £151.7k
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
1 grant · £21.6k
Grants
  1. EWCO 306 22_23 Underbank ReservoirDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £148,275 · England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO)
  2. WCPG-1228753-23-24Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £2,625 · Woodland Creation Planning Grant (extension)
  3. WCPG-151-22-23Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £20,544 · Woodland Creation Planning Grant (extension)
  4. GCA DEL RPA UK ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIPDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £630
  5. ALB - Rural Payments Agency - Farming Recovery Fund 2024-25Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £8,125
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  1. WCPG-153-21-22/WCPG-015-22-23/WCPG-1306633-23-24Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £17,344 · Woodland Creation Planning Grant (extension)
  2. University of York (The) and Yorkshire Water Services Ltd KTP 22_23 R2Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £21,635 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme
  3. Environmental Stewardship Transferred to DEFRA NSA P2Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £4,115 · Environmental Stewardship
  4. NEIRF2091CLAIM1 Yorkshire Water Services LimitedDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £39,410 · Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund (NEIRF) 2021-2026
  5. YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICESDepartment for Work and Pensions · £151,749 · Kickstart Scheme

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sep 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
36 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
11%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 41%
  • 31 to 60 days 47%
  • After 60 days 12%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Mar 2026
30
51%
24%
30 Sep 2025
37
45%
39%
31 Mar 2025
33
48%
31%
30 Sep 2024
35
54%
26%
31 Mar 2024
46
28%
44%
30 Sep 2023
53
21%
59%
31 Mar 2023
37
37%
24%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 3.3% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 4.1% lower
Employer size
5000 to 19,999 employees
Lower pay quarter34.8% womenLower middle23.2% womenUpper middle25.3% womenUpper pay quarter26% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 4.3% lower
women 5% lower
2023/24
women 8.4% lower
women 6.6% lower
2022/23
women 5.1% lower
women 4.4% lower
2021/22
women 5.7% lower
women 4.1% lower
2020/21
women 0.3% higher
women 0.5% higher
2019/20
women 0.1% lower
women 1.5% lower
2018/19
women 6.2% lower
women 4.7% lower
2017/18
women 4.7% lower
women 4.8% 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 statements7
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
Earlier years (4)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2020
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 5 of the last 12 months on record, most recently July 2026. Main goods: optical, medical and measuring instruments, machinery and electrical equipment.

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

4 events
  1. Financial year 2025/26 endedAccounts: net assets £1.4bn, 4,481 employees
  2. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £1.5bn, 3,876 employees
  3. Yorkshire Water Services Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.