SSE PLC financials
SSE PLC
Country: GB Reporting currency: GBP Latest annual report: 2026-03-31
LEI:
549300KI75VYLLMSK856 Financial statements
(GBP, as reported — unscaled; 113 line items across 2 annual periods)
| Line item | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||
| Revenue | £10.19B | £10.13B |
| Cost of sales | £6.41B | £6.27B |
| Gross profit | £3.77B | £3.86B |
| Other income | £37.3M | £107.5M |
| Operating expenses | £1.98B | £2.05B |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | £1.89B | £1.96B |
| Finance costs | £310.4M | £319.2M |
| Profit before tax | £1.84B | £1.85B |
| Income tax expense | £425.7M | £518.0M |
| Profit for the year | £1.41B | £1.33B |
| — attributable to NCI | £130.0M | £69.8M |
| Total comprehensive income | £1.27B | £1.41B |
| Per share | ||
| Basic EPS | £1.05 | £1.08 |
| Diluted EPS | £1.05 | £1.08 |
| Free cash flow / share | £-0.53 | £-0.17 |
| Cash flow statement | ||
| Cash generated from operations | £3.37B | £2.62B |
| Net cash from operating activities | £3.44B | £2.48B |
| Net cash from investing activities | -£4.62B | -£3.32B |
| Purchase of PP&E (capex) | £4.15B | £2.69B |
| Purchase of intangibles | £296.6M | £441.8M |
| Net cash from financing activities | £1.64B | £896.2M |
| Dividends paid | £734.1M | £671.0M |
| Proceeds from borrowings | £1.60B | £2.59B |
| Repayments of borrowings | £2.36B | £1.16B |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Total assets | £35.35B | £30.36B |
| Non-current assets | £29.10B | £25.51B |
| Property, plant & equipment | £22.02B | £18.82B |
| Current assets | £6.25B | £4.85B |
| Inventories | £434.2M | £462.9M |
| Trade & other receivables | £3.03B | £2.70B |
| Cash & equivalents | £1.54B | £1.09B |
| Total equity | £16.40B | £12.69B |
| Non-controlling interests | £751.6M | £628.8M |
| Non-current liabilities | £13.74B | £12.79B |
| Long-term borrowings | £8.92B | £8.64B |
| Current liabilities | £5.22B | £4.88B |
| Trade & other payables | £3.29B | £2.71B |
| Deferred tax liabilities | £2.14B | £1.84B |
| Derived metrics | ||
| Free cash flow | -£711.8M | -£212.4M |
| Operating margin | 18.5% | 19.4% |
| Net margin | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| Return on equity | 8.6% | 10.5% |
| Cash conversion ratio | 2.43× | 1.86× |
| Capex coverage | 0.83× | 0.92× |
| Other reported items | ||
| Adjustments For Decrease Increase In Inventories | £17.9M | -£109.5M |
| Adjustments For Decrease Increase In Trade and Other Receivables | -£100.0K | £2.6M |
| Adjustments For Depreciation and Amortisation Expense and Impairment Loss Reversal of Impairment Loss Recognised In Profit Or Loss | £979.0M | £1.06B |
| Adjustments For Gain Loss On Disposal of Investments In Subsidiaries Joint Ventures and Associates | £7.3M | £47.9M |
| Adjustments For Gains Losses On Change In Fair Value of Derivatives | -£149.8M | -£60.1M |
| Adjustments For Increase Decrease In Deferred Income Other Than Contract Liabilities | -£13.1M | -£14.1M |
| Adjustments For Increase Decrease In Trade and Other Payables | £474.8M | -£196.0M |
| Adjustments For Provisions | -£36.8M | -£23.7M |
| Adjustments For Sharebased Payments | £29.6M | £22.3M |
| Capital Redemption Reserve | £52.6M | £52.6M |
| Cash Advances and Loans Made To Related Parties | £288.3M | £408.3M |
| Cash Flows From Losing Control of Subsidiaries Or Other Businesses Classified As Investing Activities | £7.8M | £25.2M |
| Cash Flows From Used In Operations Before Changes In Working Capital | £2.92B | £2.95B |
| Cash Flows Used In Obtaining Control of Subsidiaries Or Other Businesses Classified As Investing Activities | £22.7M | £0 |
| Cash Receipts From Repayment of Advances and Loans Made To Related Parties | £79.4M | £121.7M |
| Comprehensive Income Attributable To Noncontrolling Interests | £122.8M | £73.9M |
| Current Borrowings and Current Portion of Noncurrent Borrowings | £1.20B | £1.96B |
| Current Derivative Financial Assets | £651.4M | £178.4M |
| Current Derivative Financial Liabilities | £641.1M | £126.3M |
| Current Liabilities Other Than Liabilities Included In Disposal Groups Classified As Held For Sale | £3.0M | £0 |
| Current Provisions | £59.6M | £80.5M |
| Current Tax Assets | £18.2M | £29.7M |
| Current Tax Liabilities | £17.8M | £0 |
| Dividends Paid To Equity Holders of Parent Classified As Financing Activities | £601.1M | £402.1M |
| Dividends Proposed Or Declared Before Financial Statements Authorised For Issue But Not Recognised As Distribution To Owners Per Share | £0.47 | — |
| Dividends Received Classified As Operating Activities | £184.1M | £200.6M |
| Dividends Recognised As Distributions To Owners Per Share | £0.21 | — |
| Finance Income | £258.8M | £207.9M |
| Gains Losses On Cash Flow Hedges Before Tax | -£14.2M | £48.1M |
| Impairment Loss Reversal of Impairment Loss Recognised In Profit Or Loss | £29.4M | £47.1M |
| Income Tax Relating To Cash Flow Hedges of Other Comprehensive Income | -£3.8M | £11.3M |
| Income Taxes Paid Refund Classified As Operating Activities | £61.3M | £240.6M |
| Increase Decrease In Cash and Cash Equivalents | £452.4M | £54.6M |
| Increase Decrease Through Sharebased Payment Transactions | £38.7M | £22.3M |
| Interest Paid Classified As Operating Activities | £243.3M | £260.1M |
| Interest Received Classified As Operating Activities | £180.8M | £155.9M |
| Investment Accounted For Using Equity Method | £1.95B | £1.99B |
| Issued Capital | £607.7M | £555.6M |
| Liabilities | £18.95B | £17.67B |
| Net Assets Liabilities | £16.40B | £12.69B |
| Noncurrent Assets Or Disposal Groups Classified As Held For Sale Or As Held For Distribution To Owners | £46.3M | £0 |
| Noncurrent Derivative Financial Assets | £193.9M | £63.5M |
| Noncurrent Derivative Financial Liabilities | £289.2M | £167.7M |
| Noncurrent Investments Other Than Investments Accounted For Using Equity Method | £7.6M | £8.8M |
| Noncurrent Payables | £1.66B | £1.44B |
| Noncurrent Provisions | £711.9M | £676.1M |
| Noncurrent Recognised Assets Defined Benefit Plan | £459.8M | £501.8M |
| Other Comprehensive Income | -£141.6M | £78.3M |
| Other Comprehensive Income Net of Tax Cash Flow Hedges | -£7.2M | £46.8M |
| Other Comprehensive Income Net of Tax Exchange Differences On Translation | £64.4M | -£42.9M |
| Other Comprehensive Income Net of Tax Gains Losses From Investments In Equity Instruments | £100.0K | -£300.0K |
| Other Comprehensive Income Net of Tax Gains Losses On Remeasurements of Defined Benefit Plans | -£60.6M | £39.6M |
| Other Comprehensive Income Net of Tax Hedges of Net Investments In Foreign Operations | -£87.5M | £36.0M |
| Other Comprehensive Income That Will Be Reclassified To Profit Or Loss Net of Tax | -£65.3M | £23.2M |
| Other Comprehensive Income That Will Not Be Reclassified To Profit Or Loss Net of Tax | -£76.3M | £55.1M |
| Other Current Financial Liabilities | £2.4M | £2.4M |
| Other Noncurrent Assets | £604.0M | £447.7M |
| Other Noncurrent Financial Liabilities | £19.0M | £23.1M |
| Payments To Acquire Or Redeem Entitys Shares | £0 | £71.7M |
| Proceeds From Government Grants Classified As Investing Activities | £41.7M | £55.7M |
| Proceeds From Issuing Other Equity Instruments | £1.10B | £0 |
| Proceeds From Issuing Shares | £2.00B | £17.8M |
| Reserve of Exchange Differences On Translation | -£31.0M | -£8.6M |
| Retained Earnings | £8.90B | £8.34B |
| Sale Or Issue of Treasury Shares | £17.4M | £17.8M |
| Share of Other Comprehensive Income of Associates and Joint Ventures Accounted For Using Equity Method That Will Be Reclassified To Profit Or Loss Net of Tax | -£35.0M | -£16.7M |
| Share of Other Comprehensive Income of Associates and Joint Ventures Accounted For Using Equity Method That Will Not Be Reclassified To Profit Or Loss Net of Tax | -£15.8M | £15.8M |
| Share of Profit Loss of Associates and Joint Ventures Accounted For Using Equity Method | £88.0M | £89.9M |
| Share Premium | £2.74B | £812.6M |
Methodology
Every line item above is a fact tagged in SSE PLC's annual report
filed in the European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) under the IFRS
taxonomy (ifrs-full) — the income statement, balance sheet
and cash-flow statement as the filer reported them. Values are shown
as-is, in the reporting currency (GBP), without
rescaling; the row labels map to the underlying concept name (e.g.
Revenue → ifrs-full:Revenue, Operating profit →
ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromOperatingActivities, Diluted EPS →
ifrs-full:DilutedEarningsLossPerShare), and any concept
without a curated label is shown under “Other reported items” with its
de-camel-cased tag name. Only consolidated, default-member facts are
shown (segment / dimensional breakdowns are excluded).
“Derived metrics” (free cash flow, margins, ROE, …) are computed from those facts by the same model the U.S. financials pages use — not tagged by the filer.
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