ScottishPower: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Scottish Power Retail Holdings Limited. In the year to December 2025 ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited reported turnover of £3,971m.
- In the year to December 2025, ScottishPower had turnover of £3,971m, down 15.3% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £62m, keeping £1.56 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 968 people, with staff costs of £73m.
- ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited is controlled by Scottish Power Retail Holdings Limited, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited's accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 25 September 2026.
- Registered name
- SCOTTISHPOWER ENERGY RETAIL LIMITED
- Company number
- SC190287
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 14 October 1998
- Registered office area
- Glasgow
- Industry code on the register
- 35120: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2025, filed 25 September 2026
What does ScottishPower do?
ScottishPower Energy Retail is the ScottishPower company that supplies electricity and gas to homes and businesses across the UK, handling billing and customer service, and also installs heat pumps, solar panels, batteries and electric vehicle chargers. ScottishPower's electricity networks and wind farms are run by other ScottishPower companies, so these figures cover the supply business only. These figures are for ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited, whose immediate parent is Scottish Power Retail Holdings Limited and whose ultimate parent is the Spanish energy group Iberdrola, S.A.
In brief: energy supplier · supply business only · networks and renewables elsewhere · owned by Iberdrola
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 6 November 2026. Official website: scottishpower.co.uk.
Who owns ScottishPower?
The Companies House register records Scottish Power Retail Holdings Limited as the person with significant control of ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited, company number SC190287. Scottish Power Retail Holdings Limited is itself company number SC389556.
That places ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited inside a larger group. The accounts on this page are the company's own, not the wider group's.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs ScottishPower?
The Companies House register lists 3 current officers for ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited.
All 3 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Valerie Margaret Sim | 27 April 2017 |
| Andrew Michael Ward | 12 February 2020 |
| John Reid | 23 September 2024 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did ScottishPower file?
ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited reported turnover of £3,971m in the year to December 2025. That was down 15.3% on £4,690m the year before.
It reported 968 employees. The year before it reported 932.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £62m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £244m the year before.
Staff costs came to £73m. It ended the year with £10m at the bank and net assets of £152m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,971m | £4,690m |
| Pre-tax profit | £62m (filed) | £244m (filed) |
| Employees | 968 | 932 |
| Staff costs | £73m | £67m |
| Average staff cost per head | n/d | £72,000 |
| Bank and cash | £10m | £8m |
| Net assets | £152m | £128m |
| Interest paid | £3m | |
| Interest received | £22m |
Read the accounts to December 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets
How ScottishPower compares
Of the 8 energy suppliers, ScottishPower is 6th on turnover, 5th on profit margin and 7th on growth. Utility Warehouse keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £5.82.
| Rank | Energy suppliers | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Octopus Energy | £13,683m | −£1.90 |
| 6th | ScottishPower | £3,971m | £1.56 |
| + 6 more energy suppliers ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
ScottishPower files as ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited, whose person with significant control is Scottish Power Retail Holdings Limited, with turnover of £3,971m in its latest filed year.
Questions about ScottishPower
What does ScottishPower do?
ScottishPower Energy Retail is the ScottishPower company that supplies electricity and gas to homes and businesses across the UK, handling billing and customer service, and also installs heat pumps, solar panels, batteries and electric vehicle chargers. ScottishPower's electricity networks and wind farms are run by other ScottishPower companies, so these figures cover the supply business only. These figures are for ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited, whose immediate parent is Scottish Power Retail Holdings Limited and whose ultimate parent is the Spanish energy group Iberdrola, S.A.
How does ScottishPower compare with its rivals?
By turnover, ScottishPower is 6th of the 8 companies in our battle of the energy suppliers, behind Octopus Energy. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the energy suppliers →
Who owns ScottishPower?
The Companies House register records Scottish Power Retail Holdings Limited as the person with significant control of ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited.
How much does ScottishPower make?
ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited reported turnover of £3,971m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £62m.
How many people work at ScottishPower?
ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited reported 968 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs ScottishPower?
The Companies House register lists 3 current officers for ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from ScottishPower Energy Retail Limited's filings at Companies House, company number SC190287, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are single company accounts: they cover this company alone, not any wider group.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “ScottishPower: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/scottishpower/. Figures from Companies House filings for SCOTTISHPOWER ENERGY RETAIL LIMITED (SC190287).
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