United Utilities Water Limited
Registered name: UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED
Part of United Utilities Group PLC groupUnited Utilities Water Limited made £2.6bn revenue and £579m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
United Utilities Water Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £2.6bn in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £579m profit and 6,678 employees. The company is classified under “water collection, treatment and supply” and is based in Lingley Green Avenue Great; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lingley Green Avenue Great, North West
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.9bn | £2.1bn | £2.6bn |
| Operating profit | £486m | £635m | £1.1bn |
| Profit before tax | £135m | £332m | £768m |
| Profit after tax | £102m | £248m | £579m |
| Profit (best available) | £102m | £248m | £579m |
| Employees (average) | 5,888 | 6,060 | 6,678 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.3% | 11.6% | 22.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £331k | £353k | £392k |
| Profit per employee | £17.4k | £40.9k | £86.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.8% | ▲22.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲142.8% | ▲133.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.9% | ▲10.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 22.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £392k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £86.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 6,678
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- United Utilities Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- United Utilities PLC75–100%
- United Utilities North West Limited75–100%
- United Utilities Water Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Lingley Mere Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Trafford Property LimitedFigures not disclosed
- United Utilities Water Finance PLCFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £579m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026