SSE HORNSEA LIMITED

Active
Company number 04467860Private limited companyIncorporated 2002

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 age24.4 years
Older than 91% · 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: SSE HORNSEA LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

SSE HORNSEA LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 04467860. It was incorporated on 24 Jun 2002. Its status is active. The registered office is in Reading (RG1). 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 91% of them (median age 8.5 years).

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, plastics, inorganic chemicals. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly iron and steel articles, machinery, railway equipment. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 27 days to pay suppliers, and 26% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 6 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 1 Jul 2027.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sep 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
27 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
26%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 85%
  • 31 to 60 days 13%
  • After 60 days 2%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Mar 2026
27
87%
20%
30 Sep 2025
26
93%
17%
31 Mar 2025
26
89%
21%
30 Sep 2024
27
86%
21%
31 Mar 2024
30
80%
31%
30 Sep 2023
27
87%
26%
31 Mar 2023
27
89%
21%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Modern slavery statements6
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (SSE PLC)
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (SSE PLC)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (SSE PLC)
Earlier years (3)
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (SSE PLC)
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (SSE PLC)
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (SSE PLC)

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 9 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, plastics, inorganic chemicals, iron and steel articles and optical, medical and measuring instruments.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 4 of the last 12 months on record, most recently May 2026. Main goods: iron and steel articles, machinery, railway equipment, other textile articles and stone, plaster and cement articles.

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

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