CORONA ENERGY RETAIL 4 LIMITED

Active
Company number 02798334Private limited companyIncorporated 1993

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

Sector comparison

SIC 35140

Where the company stands among the 2,129 active companies whose first SIC code is 35140 (Trade of electricity).

Company age33.7 years
Older than 99% · median 6.6 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
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  2. POWER NI ENERGY LIMITED£223.3m
  3. AXPO UK LIMITED£209.5m
  4. POZITIVE ENERGY LTD£193.8m
  5. DRAX ENERGY SOLUTIONS LIMITED£189.2m
  6. MC GFS INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED£117.8m
  7. TTEP UK&I INVESTMENTS LTD£116.5m
  8. FOXGLOVE ENERGY SUPPLY LTD£113.2m
  9. CONSTELLATION GENERATION LIMITED£94.3m
  10. PIAZZA HOLDCO 2 LTD£94m

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: CORONA ENERGY RETAIL 4 LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

CORONA ENERGY RETAIL 4 LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 02798334. It was incorporated on 11 Mar 1993. Its status is active. The registered office is in Watford (WD18). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is trade of electricity (35140), distribution of gaseous fuels through mains (35220).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 2,129 active companies whose first SIC code is 35140: It is older than 99% of them (median age 6.6 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 58 public contract award notices from 46 public sector buyers since 2015. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £1.4bn. Its most frequent buyer is South Yorkshire Police Headquarters (6 contracts). 15 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants worth £27.9m, mainly from Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

What do public registers and reports show?

In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 14 days to pay suppliers, and 5% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 2 of 8 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 7 Mar 2027.

Public contracts

58 contracts

CORONA ENERGY RETAIL 4 LIMITED is named as a supplier in 58 public contract award notices from 46 public sector buyers since 2015. The 40 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £1.4bn. 15 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers46
South Yorkshire Police Headquarters
6 contracts · £4.2m
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNCIL
3 contracts · £11.2m
London Universities Purchasing Consortium
2 contracts · £600m
City of Doncaster Council
2 contracts · £11.1m
Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation
2 contracts · £2.3m
Contracts
  1. Supply of Gas to Corporate and School BuildingsSefton Metropolitan Borough Council · £9,000,000
  2. GMCA 1317 Gas Supply Contract‡Greater Manchester Combined Authority · £1,600,000
  3. YPO Internal Gas Supply 2025-2029Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation · £2,000,000 · runs until Mar 2029
  4. Aspire Electricity ContractAspire Housing · £450,000
  5. Flexible Procurement and Supply of Natural Gas‡City of Doncaster Council · £9,700,000 · runs until Mar 2027
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  1. Supply of GasBedford Borough Council · £12,000,000 · runs until Mar 2029
  2. South Hampshire College Group - Utilities Contract GasSouth Hampshire College Group · £860,000 · runs until Sep 2028
  3. The Supply of Gas and Electricity to NHS Property Services‡NHS Property Services · £100,000,000
  4. Energy Supply 2024 onwardsSOUTHERN HOUSING · £241,896
  5. Gas supplies (half-hourly) - communal and officesNSAH (ALLIANCE HOMES) LIMITED · £242,376
  6. 2324-73-EST-SH Energy - GasSheffield Hallam University · £593,333
  7. Gas SupplyThe University of Hertfordshire · £6,634,170 · runs until Sep 2028
  8. Energy (Gas) 2023/2024BIRKBECK COLLEGE · £313,037
  9. Framework Agreement for Fixed Term Energy Contracts‡London Universities Purchasing Consortium · £600,000,000
  10. Purchase of Gas Supply‡MERCELL UK LTD · £18,940,000 · runs until Mar 2029
  11. SEFE Gas Supply‡Metropolitan Housing Trust Ltd · shared by 5 suppliers, up to £930,000,000 in total · 3 lots
  12. Supply of Gas 2024-2025Wiltshire Fire And Rescue Service · £110,415
  13. TC473 - Supply of Gas‡Manchester City Council · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £32,000,000 in total
  14. Framework Agreement for the Supply of Flexible Mains Gas, Electricity and related services‡London Universities Purchasing Consortium · shared by 2 suppliers · runs until Sep 2028
  15. Fixed Term Fixed Price Framework for The Supply of Natural Gas & Electricity for Non Half Hourly Metered, Half Hourly Metered and Unmetered Supplies‡Kent County Council (t/a LASER) · shared by 6 suppliers, up to £90,000,000 in total
  16. Buckinghamshire Council - Energy Procurement Services Oct 2023BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNCIL · £3,052,033
  17. Energy (Gas) 2023/2024BIRKBECK COLLEGE · £95,689
  18. Natural Gas (Supply and Export)THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED · 2 lots
  19. Supply of Gas 2023 (Trafford)‡Trafford Council · £11,737,853
  20. Supply of Gas 2023‡Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council · £13,532,399
  21. Supply of Gas 2023‡Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council · £19,476,081
  22. National Framework Agreement for the Provision of Natural GasCountess Of Chester Hospital · £100,000,000 · runs until Mar 2027
  23. National Framework Agreement for the Provision of Natural Gas‡Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · £100,000,000
  24. Y22008 - Flexible Procurement and Supply of Natural Gas, Daily Metered and Non-Daily Metered with Additional Services‡Kent County Council (t/a LASER) · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £4,000,000,000 in total · runs until Sep 2028
  25. Electricity Supply - Oct 24-Sep 28‡South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
  26. Buckinghamshire Council - Energy Procurement Services Oct 2022‡Buckinghamshire Council · £8,124,038
  27. Buckinghamshire Council - Energy Procurement Services Oct 2022‡Buckinghamshire Council · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £35,967,532 in total
  28. Supply of Electricity‡Wyre Council · £380,539
  29. Electricity procurement for 2025-2026‡Flagship Housing Group · shared by 5 suppliers, up to £400,000,000 in total
  30. Mains Gas Supply (CW Site)South Yorkshire Police Headquarters · £64,000
  31. Utilities Framework‡EXCEEDING LIMITED · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £15,000,000 in total
  32. The Supply of YPO's Mains Gas for Site 41 and Site 40Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation · £310,441
  33. Mains Gas Supply - NYPSouth Yorkshire Police Headquarters · £800,000
  34. Supply of Electricity - Corona Energy Retail 4 Limited‡City of Doncaster Council · £1,440,000
  35. Utilities Broker (Gas)‡Ryedale District Council · £145,000
  36. Mains Gas Supply - SYPSouth Yorkshire Police Headquarters · £1,400,000
  37. Mains Gas Supply - HPSouth Yorkshire Police Headquarters · £1,250,000
  38. Gas Supply 2021- 2024DORSET & WILTSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE · £302,279
  39. Mains Gas Supply (Main Sites)South Yorkshire Police Headquarters · £525,883
  40. Mains Gas Supply (Other Sites)South Yorkshire Police Headquarters · £202,030
  41. EMH - National Electricity and Gas Procurement FrameworkCost Advice Service Ltd · shared by 10 suppliers
  42. YPO - 000986 Supply of Gas‡YPO · £400,000,000
  43. Origin Housing Ltd - National Electricity and Gas Procurement Framework‡Origin Housing Limited · shared by 15 suppliers, up to £20,000,000 in total
  44. Natural Gas supply -Derbyshire Support and Facilities Limited‡DERBYSHIRE SUPPORT AND FACILITIES SERVICES LIMITED · £2,200,000
  45. Y18002 - Flexible Procurement and Supply of Natural Gas Daily Metered and Non-Daily Metered including Product Class 1,2,3 and 4 with Additional Services‡Kent County Council (via LASER) · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £600,000,000 in total
  46. Y18002 - Flexible Procurement and Supply of Natural Gas Daily Metered and Non-Daily Metered including Product Class 1,2,3 and 4 with Additional Services‡Saltwood C Of E Primary School · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £600,000,000 in total
  47. Framework Energy Supply Contracts: Electricity & Natural Gas‡Aspirations Academies Trust · shared by 10 suppliers, up to £330,000,000 in total
  48. The Supply of Electricity and Natural Gas‡Procurement for Housing · shared by 10 suppliers, up to £185,000,000 in total
  49. Contract Award Notice for Mains Gas at Preston College‡Preston College · £408,000
  50. Supply of Gas Energy (Utilities)‡DERBYSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · £555,000
  51. North East Lincolnshire Council Gas Basket Framework‡NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE COUNCIL
  52. Fixed Power & Gas Supply Framework‡Inenco Group Ltd · shared by 5 suppliers, up to £600,000,000 in total
  53. Supply of Natural Gas (daily/non daily metered) to TfL‡Transport for London · £6,000,000

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

3 grants

CORONA ENERGY RETAIL 4 LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants since 2022, together worth £27.9m.

Funders
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
2 grants · £27.3m
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 grant · £586.5k
Grants
  1. Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · £17,647,804
  2. Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · £9,663,648
  3. Energy Bill Support Scheme Non Domestic Alternative Fund/Flat paymentDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £586,500 · Energy Bill Relief Scheme Non Domestic Alternative Fund/Flat payment (EBRS NDAFP) ??

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 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
14 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
5%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 95%
  • 31 to 60 days 5%
  • After 60 days 0%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
30 Sep 2025
14
97%
3%
31 Mar 2025
15
97%
3%
30 Sep 2024
18
97%
3%
30 Sep 2023
14
95%
5%
31 Mar 2023
23
81%
19%
30 Sep 2022
17
87%
13%
31 Mar 2022
16
97%
3%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

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

5 events
  1. Macquarie Corona Energy Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  2. Corona Energy Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  3. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  4. Corona Energy Limited registered as a person with significant control
  5. 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.