OVO ENERGY LTD

Active
Company number 06890795Private limited companyIncorporated 2009

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

Sector comparison

SIC 47990

Where the company stands among the 29,366 active companies whose first SIC code is 47990 (Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets).

Company age17.5 years
Older than 88% · median 4.5 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. ENERGY TRANSITION GROUP LTD£427.2m
  2. THG PLC£425.2m
  3. FIC SHARECO LIMITED£187m
  4. NINE UNITED PROPERTIES UK LTD£144.7m
  5. FINTRAX INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LTD£105.4m
  6. LEICA MICROSYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED£43m
  7. . A SPACE STATION LIMITED£38.9m
  8. KORDA DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED£36.8m
  9. RINGTONS LIMITED£35.9m
  10. GITLAB UK LIMITED£32.7m

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 ENERGY LTD

What kind of company is it?

OVO ENERGY LTD is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 06890795. It was incorporated on 29 Apr 2009. Its status is active. The registered office is in Redcliffe (BS1). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets (47990).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 29,366 active companies whose first SIC code is 47990: It is older than 88% of them (median age 4.5 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 4 public contract award notices from 4 public sector buyers since 2020. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £400k. 1 of the awards is shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of 6 central government grants worth £1.5bn, mainly from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

What do public registers and reports show?

In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 24 days to pay suppliers, and 19% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 12.5% lower than for men. 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. 11 of 19 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 11 Nov 2026.

Public contracts

4 contracts

OVO ENERGY LTD is named as a supplier in 4 public contract award notices from 4 public sector buyers since 2020. The 1 contract awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £400k. 1 award is shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers4
SSE plc
1 contract · £400k
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
1 contract
Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution Plc
1 contract
Southern Electric Power Distribution Plc
1 contract
Contracts
  1. https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007000-2025‡SSE plc · £400,000
  2. SEPD DPS for Flexibility Services in Southern England - 2024/25‡Southern Electric Power Distribution Plc
  3. SHEPD DPS for Flexibility Services in Scotland - 2024/25‡Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution Plc
  4. Electrification of Heat Demonstration Project Delivery Contractors‡Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) · shared by 7 suppliers, up to £12,725,457 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.

Government grants

6 grants

OVO ENERGY LTD is recorded as the recipient of 6 central government grants since 2018, together worth £1.5bn.

Funders
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
4 grants · £1.5bn
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
1 grant · £2,491
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
1 grant
Grants
  1. Project INFLEXION (busINess models For scaLablE v2X commercialisatION)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £2,491 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme
  2. Energy Bill Support Scheme (EBSS GB)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £1,532,609,922
  3. Energy Bill Support Scheme (EBSS GB)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · −£45,866,247
  4. Project INFLEXION (busINess models For scaLablE v2X commercialisatION)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £21,830 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  5. GM Local Energy MarketDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £535,842 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 20-21
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  1. SICE grants 18-19Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £537,898 · SICE - Innovation Delivery SMART - 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

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
24 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
19%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 90%
  • 31 to 60 days 7%
  • After 60 days 3%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
22
92%
14%
30 Jun 2025
25
90%
17%
31 Dec 2024
21
92%
17%
30 Jun 2024
22
88%
21%
31 Dec 2023
31
90%
20%
30 Jun 2023
21
92%
15%
31 Dec 2022
23
91%
15%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 12.5% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 13% lower
Median bonus pay
women 16.9% lower
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter56% womenLower middle43% womenUpper middle37% womenUpper pay quarter37% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 12.3% lower
women 12.2% lower
2023/24
women 12.1% lower
women 11.4% lower
2022/23
women 12.5% lower
women 13.8% lower
2021/22
women 7.7% lower
women 15.6% lower
2020/21
women 4.4% lower
women 12.4% lower
2019/20
women 9.6% lower
women 20.1% lower
2018/19
women 8.3% lower
women 19.4% lower
2017/18
women 4.2% lower
women 16.4% 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 statements6
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (ENERGY TRANSITION GROUP LTD)
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (ENERGY TRANSITION GROUP LTD)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (ENERGY TRANSITION GROUP LTD)
Earlier years (3)
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (ENERGY TRANSITION GROUP LTD)
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (ENERGY TRANSITION GROUP LTD)
2020
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

7 events
  1. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  2. Ovo Group Ltd registered as a person with significant control
  3. Ovo Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Ovo Holdings Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Ovo Group Ltd ceased to be a person with significant control
  6. Ovo Group Ltd registered as a person with significant control
  7. 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.