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Registered number: 07719978
OPTIONS ELECTRICITY SERVICES LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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OPTIONS ELECTRICITY SERVICES LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 07719978
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2025
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Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
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Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
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Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
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The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A - small entities.
The financial statements have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The Company has opted not to file the statement of income and retained earnings in accordance with provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on 22 July 2026.
The notes on pages 2 to 7 form part of these financial statements.
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OPTIONS ELECTRICITY SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Options Electricity Services Limited ("the Company") is a private company limited by shares, incorporated in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is given in the company information page of these financial statements.
The principal activity of the Company is that of civil engineering contractor services in the UK utilities market.
2.Accounting policies
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Basis of preparation of financial statements
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The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland' and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. The disclosure requirements of Section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The Group, of which this company is a member, relies on an invoice financing arrangement. The directors have no reason to believe that the facilities will not be available for at least the next twelve months. The directors are confident that they could source alternative finance should this be necessary.
Provision has been made for all known claims against the Group, in accordance with the policies set out in the notes to the financial statements (note 7). The Group continues to monitor and work closely with its insurers to ensure the impact on the Group is kept to a minimum. The timing and amount of such claims are in many instances uncertain. However, the directors are of the opinion that all future liabilities can be met, based upon current estimates. The Company also has continued financial support from the wider Group.
Based upon the above, the directors consider the going concern basis remains appropriate for the preparation of the financial statements.
Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Company and the revenue can be reliably measured. Revenue is measured as the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. The following criteria must also be met before revenue is recognised:
Rendering of services
The Company recognises revenue when invoices are raised to, or when consideration is measured as receivable from, customers. Invoices may be raised in the same period in which the service took place, or subsequently when the value of services can be reliably measured. The level of work is agreed by the customer prior to an invoice being raised.
At the year end an estimated value for the work carried out during the year, recognised by reference to the stage of completion, that is yet to be invoiced is included within turnover and as amounts recoverable on long-term contracts within debtors.
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OPTIONS ELECTRICITY SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
All borrowing costs are recognised in profit or loss in the year in which they are incurred.
Tax is recognised in profit or loss except that a charge attributable to an item of income and expense recognised as other comprehensive income or to an item recognised directly in equity is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively.
The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date in the countries where the Company operates and generates income.
Short-term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment.
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Cash and cash equivalents
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Cash is represented by cash in hand and deposits with financial institutions repayable without penalty on notice of not more than 24 hours.
Short-term creditors are measured at the transaction price.
Amounts due in respect of invoice finance are separately disclosed as current liabilities. The Company can use these facilities to draw down a percentage of the value of certain sales invoices. The management and collection of trade receivables remains with the Company.
The Company only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, loans from banks and other third parties and loans to related parties.
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OPTIONS ELECTRICITY SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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The average monthly number of employees, including directors, during the year was 5 (2024 - 2).
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Amounts owed by group undertakings
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Amounts owed by connected entities
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Prepayments and accrued income
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Amounts recoverable on long-term contracts
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Cash and cash equivalents
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OPTIONS ELECTRICITY SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
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Amounts owed to group undertakings
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Other taxation and social security
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Proceeds of factored debts
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Included within creditors are amounts of £43,083 (2024 - £847,189), which are secured with a fixed and floating charge over the assets of the company along with an unlimited personal guarantee executed by the directors S G Wignall and J P Flannery.
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The group in which this company is a member is party to several commercial contracts under which the risk of damage claims arise for actions taken under the contracts. At the year end, the group has recognised provisions for certain claims in the accounts of Options Energy Support LLP. Should any claim arise, the impact on individual group companies cannot in all instances be readily ascertained, and so duplicate provision or partial provision has not been made in these accounts. Please refer to the individual and group consolidated accounts for further details.
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Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year
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The total bank loans balance of £70,834 (2024 - £157,552) is secured over the assets of the company along with a personal guarantee executed by the directors.
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OPTIONS ELECTRICITY SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
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Analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:
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Amounts falling due within one year
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Amounts falling due 1-2 years
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Amounts falling due 2-5 years
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The Company is part of a group VAT registration, together with Options Energy Group Limited, Options Energy Support LLP, Options Water Services Limited, Options Energy Services Limited and Options Telecom Services Limited, and as such is jointly and severally liable for the VAT liabilities of the other members of the VAT group. At the balance sheet date, the total contingent liability is £996,569 (2024 - £762,730).
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Related party transactions
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At 31 March 2025, amounts owed by group undertakings totalled £2,435,075 (2024 - £1,373,898) and amounts owed to group undertakings totalled £3,552,904 (2024 - £1,047,823). These balances are unsecured, interest free and repayable on demand.
During the year the Company incurred management charges from fellow group undertakings of £11,000,000 (2024 - £10,990,000).
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The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Options Energy Group Limited, and the results are included in the consolidated accounts of that company available at Companies House. Its registered office is Harlow Enterprise Hub, Ff05 Kao Hockham Building, Edinburgh Way, Harlow, Essex, England, CM20 2NQ
During the prior period the parent company, Options Energy Group Limited, was acquired by an Employee Ownership Trust. The ultimate controlling party is Options Energy Group Employee Ownership Trust by virtue of its controlling interest in the share capital of the Group.
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OPTIONS ELECTRICITY SERVICES LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
The auditors' report on the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 was unqualified.
The audit report was signed on 22 July 2026 by Graham Wallace (Senior statutory auditor) on behalf of Barnes Roffe Audit Limited.
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