OVO (S) ELECTRICITY LIMITED

Active
Company number 04094263Private limited companyIncorporated 2000

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

Sector comparison

SIC 35130

Where the company stands among the 888 active companies whose first SIC code is 35130 (Distribution of electricity).

Company age26.0 years
Older than 93% · median 5.8 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION PLC£8.1bn
  2. NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION (WEST MIDLANDS) PLC£2.5bn
  3. NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION (EAST MIDLANDS) PLC£2.2bn
  4. EASTERN POWER NETWORKS PLC£2.1bn
  5. LONDON POWER NETWORKS PLC£1.7bn
  6. NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION (SOUTH WEST) PLC£1.6bn
  7. SOUTH EASTERN POWER NETWORKS PLC£1.5bn
  8. SOUTHERN ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION PLC£1.5bn
  9. ELECTRICITY NORTH WEST LIMITED£1.3bn
  10. NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION (SOUTH WALES) PLC£986.6m

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 (S) ELECTRICITY LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

OVO (S) ELECTRICITY LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 04094263. It was incorporated on 23 Oct 2000. Its status is active. The registered office is in Redcliffe (BS1). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is distribution of electricity (35130).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 888 active companies whose first SIC code is 35130: It is older than 93% of them (median age 5.8 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as the supplier in one public contract award notice, from Birmingham City Council. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £126k.

What do public registers and reports show?

In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 21 days to pay suppliers, and 9% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2021/22 shows median hourly pay for women 4.4% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 3 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 (S) ELECTRICITY LIMITED is named as a supplier in 1 public contract award notice from Birmingham City Council. Its published value is £126k.

Contract
  1. PQ0230 - Energy supplier / consultancy service for void properties manged by the Council - AWARD‡Birmingham City Council · £126,000

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.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2022 – 30 Jun 2022
Average time taken to pay invoices
21 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
9%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 94%
  • 31 to 60 days 5%
  • After 60 days 1%
Earlier periods (3)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2021
24
81%
28%
31 Mar 2021
26
75%
72%
30 Sep 2020
24
86%
41%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2021/22
Median hourly pay
women 4.4% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 13% lower
Median bonus pay
women 37.5% lower
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter62% womenLower middle59% womenUpper middle61% womenUpper pay quarter48% women
Earlier years (3)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2020/21
women 6.6% lower
women 10.6% lower
2019/20
women 2.7% lower
women 14.9% lower
2018/19
women 3.9% lower
women 15.7% 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 statements3
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (ENERGY TRANSITION GROUP LTD)
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (ENERGY TRANSITION GROUP LTD)
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. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  2. Name changed to OVO (S) ELECTRICITY LIMITEDPreviously SSE ELECTRICITY LIMITED
  3. Ovo (S) Energy Services Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Sse Energy Services Group Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Sse Energy Services Group Limited registered as a person with significant control
  6. Sse Plc ceased to be a person with significant control
  7. Sse Plc registered as a person with significant control
  8. Sse Energy Supply Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
Earlier events (3)
  1. Name changed to SSE ELECTRICITY LIMITEDPreviously SOUTH WALES ELECTRICITY LIMITED
  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.