Pennon Group Plc
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- CEO
- Keith Haslett
- Full Time Employees
- 4,000
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Water utilities
- Address
- Peninsula House Exeter DV United Kingdom EX2 7HR
- IPO Date
- Dec 12, 1989
- Website
- pennon-group.co.uk
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- Pennon Group Plc operates as a United Kingdom-focused environmental infrastructure company, primarily providing regulated water and wastewater services through its core subsidiaries South West Water Limited, which supplies water and sewerage to customers in Devon, Cornwall, and parts of Dorset and Somerset; Bristol Water, delivering water services in Bristol and surrounding areas; and Sutton and East Surrey Water Plc (SES Water), offering water-only services in East Surrey, Kent, and Sussex regions following its £380 million acquisition completed in January 2024 and cleared by the Competition and Markets Authority in June 2024. The company also operates non-household retail water and wastewater services via Pennon Water Services Limited and South East Surrey Water Services across Great Britain; develops renewable energy assets through Pennon Power, including solar photovoltaic projects at sites in Fife, Aberdeenshire, and Cumbria with construction advancing and energisation targeted for 2025; and supports water efficiency initiatives such as legionella testing, leakage repairs, alternative water sources, and monitoring services. Founded in 1989 as South West Water Plc and renamed Pennon Group Plc in 1998, the company is headquartered at Peninsula House, Rydon Lane, Exeter, Devon, and maintains its primary operations in the United Kingdom with a workforce of approximately 4,000 employees serving around 4 million customer accounts. Recent strategic developments include the integration of SES Water and Bristol Water, yielding annualised synergies of £9 million and £20 million respectively alongside £47 million in base efficiencies for a total of £76 million toward a £86 million K8 target; record capital expenditure of £652.5 million in the year ended 31 March 2025, accelerating into a £3.2 billion investment plan through 2030 focused on storm overflow reductions, water treatment enhancements, reservoirs, and net zero goals; a £490 million rights issue in February 2025 achieving over 93% shareholder uptake to strengthen the balance sheet with water group gearing at 61.8%; business reshaping with new managing directors for water services, wastewater, Pennon Power, and retail; and a reset dividend policy growing in line with CPIH from a rebased position at 31.57 pence per share.
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