Who owns UK companies in Trade of electricity?

887 of the 3,189 companies registered under SIC 35140 (Trade of electricity) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 1,701 individual shareholders and 693 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 49% are majority-owned by another company (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 22% of all UK companies — about 2 times the national rate.
• 57% have at least one company among their shareholders, compared with 33% of all UK companies.
• 13% file full, group or medium-sized accounts, a sign of larger businesses, compared with 8.2% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 308 companies in this industry that have a single class of shares and state the number of shares allotted, where a holding's share of the company can be read directly from the filing. A dash means fewer than 30 companies, too few to report.

Company size and age

The median company in this industry was incorporated 6.9 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Production of electricity SIC 35110 · 4,808 companies · 80% majority-owned by a company
• Steam and air conditioning supply SIC 35300 · 504 companies · 27% majority-owned by a company
• Distribution of electricity SIC 35130 · 482 companies · 52% majority-owned by a company
• Transmission of electricity SIC 35120 · 298 companies · 62% majority-owned by a company
• Trade of gas through mains SIC 35230 · 183 companies · 37% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of gas SIC 35210 · 151 companies · 62% majority-owned by a company
• Distribution of gaseous fuels through mains SIC 35220 · 109 companies · 49% majority-owned by a company

Corporate shareholders in this industry

All 682 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 35140, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 75 of them hold shares in more than one company in this industry. Trusts and individuals are not named.

About this data

Figures come from the shareholder lists in each company's most recent Companies House confirmation statement (form CS01) that contained one, filed between 29 September 2020 and 10 June 2026. They are as filed and are not restated for later share transfers. Shares held in treasury are excluded. Shareholders are classed as individuals, companies, non-UK entities, trusts or nominees from the names as filed.

Every company's own shareholder register, officers, filings and accounts are available through the OpenRegistry API and MCP server, live from Companies House.