NATIONAL GRID PLC
ActiveKey figures
NATIONAL GRID PLC files its accounts at Companies House on paper. The figures here are for the whole group, taken from its annual financial report in the structured ESEF format (published on the FCA National Storage Mechanism, collected by filings.xbrl.org).
Ratios
2025/26Sector comparison
SIC 70100Where the company stands among the 25,710 active companies whose first SIC code is 70100 (Activities of head offices).
- NSG HOLDING (EUROPE) LIMITED£335.6bn
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (2012) LIMITED£68.8bn
- ASTRAZENECA TREASURY LIMITED£48.3bn
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C.£48.1bn
- ASTRAZENECA UK LIMITED£42.3bn
- NATIONAL GRID PLC£39.3bn
- RIO TINTO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED£39.2bn
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (1998) LIMITED£34.1bn
- GLAXOSMITHKLINE HOLDINGS LIMITED£25.2bn
- BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO (HOLDINGS) LIMITED£24.7bn
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 25,710. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: NATIONAL GRID PLC
What kind of company is it?
NATIONAL GRID PLC is a public limited company registered with Companies House under company number 04031152. It was incorporated on 11 Jul 2000. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (WC2N). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is activities of head offices (70100).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2025/26 (period ending 31 Mar 2026); the company files group accounts. Turnover was £17,687,000,000. Profit for the year was £3,243,000,000. Net assets were £39,330,000,000, up 4% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £375,000,000. Total assets were £108,281,000,000 and total liabilities £68,951,000,000. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2020/21–2025/26).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 25,710 active companies whose first SIC code is 70100: By turnover it ranks higher than 99% of the 2,112 that publish turnover (median £16,967,000). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £388,830). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £1,308,696). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £49,040). It is older than 77% of them (median age 16.6 years).
Has it received government grants?
It is recorded as the recipient of 6 central government grants worth £3.7m, including from Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
What do public registers and reports show?
It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 7 years.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 20 Apr 2027.
Dividends
from the accountsDividends paid in the financial year: £1,623,000,000 (50% of the profit for the year).
Filed accounts2020/21–2025/26
| 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 18,449,000,000 | 21,659,000,000 | 19,850,000,000 | 18,378,000,000 | 17,687,000,000 |
| Profit for the year | 2,354,000,000 | 7,797,000,000 | 2,291,000,000 | 2,905,000,000 | 3,243,000,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 204,000,000 | 163,000,000 | 559,000,000 | 1,178,000,000 | 375,000,000 |
| Total assets | 94,860,000,000 | 92,697,000,000 | 98,325,000,000 | 106,742,000,000 | 108,281,000,000 |
| Total liabilities | 71,004,000,000 | 63,135,000,000 | 68,433,000,000 | 68,916,000,000 | 68,951,000,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 23,856,000,000 | 29,562,000,000 | 29,892,000,000 | 37,826,000,000 | 39,330,000,000 |
| Dividends paid | 922,000,000 | 1,607,000,000 | 1,718,000,000 | 1,529,000,000 | 1,623,000,000 |
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.
Government grants
6 grantsNATIONAL GRID PLC is recorded as the recipient of 6 central government grants since 2018, together worth £3.7m.
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- 1 grant · £1.4m
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- 2 grants · £1.3m
- Department for Education
- 3 grants · £1m
- Apprenticeships Participation 16 - 18Department for Education · £182,308
- Scotland's Net Zero Infrastructure (Onshore)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £1,230,850 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
- Scotland's Net Zero Infrastructure (Onshore)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £1,426,978 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme
- Apprenticeships Participation 16 - 18Department for Education · £345,313
- Apprenticeships Participation 18+Department for Education · £474,758
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- ALB - UKRI - e4FutureDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £84,293 · ALB - Innovate UK - Innovation grants 18-19
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
- 2026
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 2025
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 2024
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
Earlier years (4)
- 2023
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 2022
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 2021
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 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
- Licence type and rating
- Worker (A rating)
- Routes
- Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker
On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.
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- Financial year 2025/26 endedAccounts: turnover £17.7bn, net assets £39.3bn
- Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £18.4bn, net assets £37.8bn
- Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £19.9bn, net assets £29.9bn
- Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: turnover £21.7bn, net assets £29.6bn
- Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: turnover £18.4bn, net assets £23.9bn
- Financial year 2020/21 endedAccounts: turnover £13.7bn, net assets £19.9bn
- Company incorporatedPublic 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.