AGGREKO UK LIMITED
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† AGGREKO UK LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
Ratios
2024Sector comparison
SIC 27110Where the company stands among the 510 active companies whose first SIC code is 27110 (Manufacture of electric motors, generators and transformers).
- AGGREKO UK LIMITED£546.4m
- BRUSH ELECTRICAL MACHINES LIMITED£205.7m
- UK GRID SOLUTIONS LIMITED£125.8m
- CENTRAX LIMITED£41.9m
- YASA LIMITED£38.8m
- CRESTCHIC (UK) LIMITED£35.5m
- WILSON POWER SOLUTIONS LIMITED£33m
- SEM LIMITED£31.3m
- PRESTOLITE ELECTRIC LIMITED£26.4m
- CRESTCHIC LIMITED£23.8m
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, so those groups are smaller than 510. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: AGGREKO UK LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
AGGREKO UK LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number SC051093. It was incorporated on 26 Jul 1972. Its status is active. The registered office is in Dumbarton (G82). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of electric motors, generators and transformers (27110), renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c. (77390).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2024 (period ending 31 Dec 2024); the company files audit-exempt subsidiary. Turnover was £194,388,000. Profit for the year was £128,755,000. Net assets were £546,350,000, up 30.8% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £4,412,000. Total assets were £841,063,000 and total liabilities £289,765,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023–2024).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 510 active companies whose first SIC code is 27110: By turnover it ranks higher than 96% of the 45 that publish turnover (median £20,142,074). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £118,790). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £461,618). By cash it ranks higher than 96% of them (median £170,341). It is older than 93% of them (median age 7.7 years).
Does it supply the public sector?
The company is named as a supplier in 20 public contract award notices from 16 public sector buyers since 2016. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £30m. Its most frequent buyer is NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY (3 contracts). 4 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of one central government grant worth £1,000, from Department for Education.
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). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly furniture and lighting, optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment, furniture and lighting. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 37 days to pay suppliers, and 18% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 5.1% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 4 years.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered. 10 of 10 registered charges are outstanding.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 14 Oct 2027.
Filed accounts2023–2024
| 2023 † | 2024 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 188,901,000 | 194,388,000 |
| Profit for the year | 98,694,000 | 128,755,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 4,222,000 | 4,412,000 |
| Total assets | 724,843,000 | 841,063,000 |
| Total liabilities | 301,405,000 | 289,765,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 417,595,000 | 546,350,000 |
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.
Public contracts
20 contractsAGGREKO UK LIMITED is named as a supplier in 20 public contract award notices from 16 public sector buyers since 2016. The 16 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £30m. 4 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.
- NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY
- 3 contracts · £105.4k
- Nuclear Restoration Services
- 2 contracts · £151.3k
- THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
- 2 contracts · £101.5k
- Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
- 1 contract · £16m
- Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Ltd
- 1 contract · £12.8m
- Hard Facilities Management 3NHS Shared Business Services Limited · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £800,000,000 in total · 2 lots · runs until Oct 2028
- UVDB Powered by Achilles QUDM for Goods, Works and ServicesAFFINITY WATER LIMITED · shared by 550 suppliers
- HPFT - Warren Court Generator Hire (26>27)‡Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust · £22,539 · runs until Mar 2027
- Installation of Air Conditioning‡GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS SUBSIDIARY COMPANY LIMITED · £22,375
- The Installation and Hire of Large Output Generators for Temporary Power Supplies‡Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd · £16,000,000
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- Hire of 1 x Hybrid Generator package to Support Bradwell Mobilisation‡Nuclear Restoration Services · £66,324
- Standby HV Generator Package (Royal Sussex County Hospital)‡University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust · £350,000
- Generator Hire/Fuel/Logistics‡Nuclear Restoration Services · £85,000
- Design, Supply & Installation of Redcar Temporary Generator SolutionTEES VALLEY COMBINED AUTHORITY · £50,000
- Costs to emergency generator to date at‡NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY · £45,765
- LUV01067 - The provision of Temporary Supply of Electricity and Heat to University of Leicester Buildings‡The University of Leicester · £350,000
- Hiring of generators for BBC care homesBedford Borough Council · £51,540
- Generator Hire‡City of London Corporation · £40,942
- 1WBB - Service-M and E‡NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY · £32,614
- Temporary Power & HVAC‡Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Ltd · £12,800,000
- Covid 19 Response - Provision of Emergency Mortuary Services - SouthamptonHAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £2,793,000 in total
- 1WBB- Service-M and ENEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY · £27,005
- Supply and installation of Temporary Cooling System to HTRC‡THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · £58,795
- Events Framework‡Liverpool City Council · shared by 11 suppliers, up to £2,700,000 in total
- Supply and Installation of Temporary Cooling to HTRC‡THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · £42,687
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
1 grantAGGREKO UK LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 1 central government grant, worth £1,000.
- Apprenticeships Participation 18+Department for Education · £1,000
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
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 37 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 18%
- Standard payment terms
- 30–90 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 74%
- 31 to 60 days 20%
- After 60 days 6%
Earlier periods (5)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 30 Jun 2020
- 52
- 27%
- 15%
- 30 Jun 2020
- 25
- 27%
- 31%
- 31 Dec 2019
- 51
- 26%
- 37%
- 30 Jun 2019
- 50
- 27%
- 49%
- 31 Dec 2018
- 49
- 32%
- 78%
- Median hourly pay
- women 5.1% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 15.6% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 13.1% higher
- Employer size
- 1000 to 4999 employees
Earlier years (8)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 2.8% lower
- women 13% lower
- 2023/24
- women 2.4% lower
- women 14% lower
- 2022/23
- women 12.2% lower
- women 8.8% lower
- 2021/22
- women 16.1% lower
- women 13.1% lower
- 2020/21
- women 14.3% lower
- women 12.7% lower
- 2019/20
- women 21% lower
- women 15.7% lower
- 2018/19
- women 22.4% lower
- women 17.9% lower
- 2017/18
- women 15.9% lower
- women 20.5% 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
- 2026
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (AGGREKO LIMITED)
- 2025
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (AGGREKO LIMITED)
- 2024
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (AGGREKO LIMITED)
Earlier years (1)
- 2023
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (AGGREKO LIMITED)
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.
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: furniture and lighting, optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment, plastics and iron and steel articles.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment, furniture and lighting, rubber 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
4 events- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £194.4m, net assets £546.4m
- Financial year 2023 endedAccounts: turnover £188.9m, net assets £417.6m
- Aggreko Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Company incorporatedPrivate 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.