SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION PLC

Active
Company number SC213461Public limited companyIncorporated 2000

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

Sector comparison

SIC 35120

Where the company stands among the 433 active companies whose first SIC code is 35120 (Transmission of electricity).

Company age25.9 years
Older than 96% · median 7.2 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC£6.4bn
  2. NORTHERN IRELAND ELECTRICITY NETWORKS LIMITED£673.2m
  3. NATIONAL GRID NORTH SEA LINK LIMITED£655.4m
  4. THE ELECTRICITY NETWORK COMPANY LIMITED£614.6m
  5. NATIONAL GRID INTERCONNECTORS LIMITED£379.5m
  6. MOYLE INTERCONNECTOR LIMITED£256.6m
  7. NEUCONNECT BRITAIN LTD£164.9m
  8. STATE GRID EUROPE LIMITED£133.7m
  9. DIAMOND TRANSMISSION PARTNERS HORNSEA ONE LIMITED£82.4m
  10. TEPCO POWER GRID UK LIMITED£64.4m

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: SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION PLC

What kind of company is it?

SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION PLC is a public limited company registered with Companies House under company number SC213461. It was incorporated on 4 Dec 2000. Its status is active. The registered office is in Perth (PH1). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is transmission of electricity (35120).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 433 active companies whose first SIC code is 35120: It is older than 96% of them (median age 7.2 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £250k, from Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment, machinery. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 24 days to pay suppliers, and 23% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2026/27 shows median hourly pay for women 14.9% 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.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 15 Nov 2026.

Government grants

2 grants

SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION PLC is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2022, together worth £250k.

Grants
  1. HVDC-WISE (HVDC-based grid architectures for reliable and resilient WIdeSprEad hybrid AC/DC transmission systems)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £60,460 · UKRI - HEG - Scheme
  2. HVDC-WISE (HVDC-based grid architectures for reliable and resilient WIdeSprEad hybrid AC/DC transmission systems)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £189,547 · UKRI - HEG - Scheme

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 Apr 2026 – 30 Sep 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
24 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
23%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 92%
  • 31 to 60 days 7%
  • After 60 days 1%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Mar 2026
24
93%
22%
30 Sep 2025
24
94%
18%
31 Mar 2025
25
92%
19%
30 Sep 2024
27
90%
24%
31 Mar 2024
28
86%
31%
30 Sep 2023
27
91%
28%
31 Mar 2023
27
90%
29%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2026/27
Median hourly pay
women 14.9% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 13.5% lower
Median bonus pay
women 33% lower
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter45.6% womenLower middle35.3% womenUpper middle22.9% womenUpper pay quarter20.6% women
Earlier years (9)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2025/26
women 13.4% lower
women 12.6% lower
2024/25
women 16.4% lower
women 16.2% lower
2023/24
women 18.7% lower
women 16.4% lower
2022/23
women 22.3% lower
women 22.2% lower
2021/22
women 24.4% lower
women 22.5% lower
2020/21
women 29.8% lower
women 23.2% lower
2019/20
women 32.4% lower
women 26.6% lower
2018/19
women 31.7% lower
women 26.8% lower
2017/18
women 36.1% lower
women 33.4% 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 (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 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment, machinery, miscellaneous chemicals and plastics.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 1 of the last 12 months on record, most recently July 2026. Main goods: optical, medical and measuring instruments.

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
  1. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  2. Scottish And Southern Energy Power Distribution Limited registered as a person with significant control
  3. Name changed to SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION PLCPreviously SCOTTISH HYDRO-ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LIMITED
  4. 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.