OVO SOLAR AND HEATING LTD

Active
Company number 02716495Private limited companyIncorporated 1992

No accounts in digital format (iXBRL) since 2019. Paper or PDF accounts are available at Companies House.

Sector comparison

SIC 35220

Where the company stands among the 290 active companies whose first SIC code is 35220 (Distribution of gaseous fuels through mains).

Company age34.5 years
Older than 97% · median 8.5 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC£1.3bn
  2. GRAIN LNG LIMITED£828.7m
  3. WALES & WEST UTILITIES LIMITED£721.1m
  4. SCOTLAND GAS NETWORKS PLC£516m
  5. SONATRACH GAS MARKETING UK LIMITED£173.4m
  6. ENGIE GAS LIMITED£108m
  7. REGENT GAS LIMITED£107m
  8. EQUANS FM LIMITED£98.7m
  9. PREMIER TRANSMISSION LIMITED£81.4m
  10. GAS PLUS SUPPLY LIMITED£59.8m

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. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: OVO SOLAR AND HEATING LTD

What kind of company is it?

OVO SOLAR AND HEATING LTD is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 02716495. It was incorporated on 20 May 1992. Its status is active. The registered office is in Redcliffe (BS1). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is distribution of gaseous fuels through mains (35220).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 290 active companies whose first SIC code is 35220: It is older than 97% of them (median age 8.5 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as the supplier in one public contract award notice, from West Mercia Energy (A Local Authority Joint Committee of Shropshire Council, Worcestershi…. 1 of the awards is shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.

What do public registers and reports show?

In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 18 days to pay suppliers, and 17% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 4 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 4 of 4 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 30 Jun 2027.

Public contracts

1 contract

OVO SOLAR AND HEATING LTD is named as a supplier in 1 public contract award notice from West Mercia Energy (A Local Authority Joint Committee of Shropshire Council, Worcestershi…. 1 award is shared with other suppliers.

Contract
  1. WME 006 - A Framework Agreement for the Supply of Fixed Term, Fixed Price Natural Gas and Fixed Term, Fixed Price Electricity for Non Half Hourly, Half Hourly…‡West Mercia Energy (A Local Authority Joint Committee of Shropshire Council, Worcestershi… · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £20,000,000 in total

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 2023 – 30 Jun 2023
Average time taken to pay invoices
18 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
17%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 96%
  • 31 to 60 days 3%
  • After 60 days 1%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2022
16
98%
7%
30 Jun 2022
17
99%
10%
31 Dec 2021
19
89%
37%
31 Mar 2021
25
76%
40%
30 Sep 2020
21
91%
25%
31 Mar 2020
32
48%
30%
30 Sep 2019
31
84%
15%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Modern slavery statements4
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (ENERGY TRANSITION GROUP LTD)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (ENERGY TRANSITION GROUP LTD)
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (ENERGY TRANSITION GROUP LTD)
Earlier years (1)
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (ENERGY TRANSITION GROUP LTD)

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.

History

11 events
  1. Name changed to OVO SOLAR AND HEATING LTDPreviously OVO (S) GAS LIMITED
  2. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  3. Name changed to OVO (S) GAS LIMITEDPreviously SOUTHERN ELECTRIC GAS LIMITED
  4. Ovo (S) Energy Services Limited registered as a person with significant control
  5. Sse Energy Services Group Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  6. Sse Energy Services Group Limited registered as a person with significant control
  7. Sse Plc ceased to be a person with significant control
  8. Sse Plc registered as a person with significant control
Earlier events (3)
  1. Sse Energy Supply Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  2. Sse Energy Supply Limited registered as a person with significant control
  3. 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.