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Leep Utilities

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Leep owns and operates electricity, water, wastewater and heat networks. Its current website describes a joint venture between Ancala and Peel Group, with an incomplete exact current equity split. [1][2][3][4]

01 / Behind the name

Who owns Leep Utilities?

Private · Ancala / Peel utility-network joint venture [1][2][3][4]

  1. 01
    Named operating business / investment scope

    Leep Holdings (Utilities) Limited · commercial utility-network group [1][2][3][4]

    As reported · 13 Oct 2026
  2. 02
    Disclosed joint-venture investment scope

    Ancala and Peel Group joint venture [1][2]

    As reported · 13 Oct 2026

Leep's current ownership description confirms the continuing Ancala/Peel partnership without exact percentages. Ofwat's June 2020 consultation records Peel's reduction to 50% in May 2017 and to 10% in March 2019. Those are historical snapshots; the original 50:50 formation is not shown as current and 10% is not treated as a freshly verified 2026 stake. The named holding company was formerly Peel Holdings (Utilities) Limited. Ancala's manager/fund investment is not a verified direct corporate balance-sheet percentage. Networks serving MediaCity, Battersea Power Station or other developments do not establish ownership of those developments, their landlords or tenants. Offices in Manchester and Reading do not identify one confirmed group headquarters. [1][2][3][4]

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02 / On the map

Where is it based?

Disclosed joint-venture investment scope
Ancala and Peel Group joint venture [1][2]
Group headquarters
Not yet verified [1]
Parent incorporated in
England and Wales · named holding company 06729159 [3]

Headquarters, incorporation and tax residence describe different things. A headquarters address does not tell you where all of a company’s tax is paid.

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Investors in Leep Utilities

Investor disclosures found

Selected investor disclosures have been found. Each names the held entity, basis and date; the complete investor register remains outside this review. A stake in a parent or operating company is shown against that entity. Dates refer to each disclosure and can differ from the profile review date. Evidence links are included with each record.

Disclosed backing

Peel Group

Held entity · Leep Holdings (Utilities) Limited · commercial utility-network group

Current Peel business / investment · exact economic stake not verified

Ownership evidence checked ·

Current group association or investment scope, rather than a verified direct wholly owned corporate stake. Specific parent companies, statutory bands and joint-venture relationships are explained in the company profile. Subsidiary and overlapping group-level links are not additional stakes to sum.

Evidence · 4 sources
Fund investment

Ancala

Held entity · Leep Utilities · utility-network joint venture

Current joint-venture investment · exact stake not verified

Ownership evidence checked ·

Current company and manager descriptions confirm the partnership. Ofwat's 2019 dilution to 10% for Peel is historical; neither it nor the original 50:50 is a verified 2026 cap table. Ancala manager/fund exposure is not an exact corporate balance-sheet stake.

Evidence · 4 sources

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Brands in the Leep Utilities portfolio

Current utility-network business and named service families. Historic SSE Water acquisition and former Peel Utilities name are searchable aliases; neither establishes ownership of today's wider SSE group.

Brand research reviewed . Ownership and tax figures elsewhere on this page describe the group, not individual brands.

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  • Leep Utilities

    Energy & utilities

    Markets & sources (1)
    • UK · business, service or destination scope [1]
  • Leep electricity networks

    Energy & utilities

    Utility-network service scope, not ownership of the connected buildings. [1]

    Markets & sources (1)
    • UK · business, service or destination scope [1]
  • Leep water networks

    Energy & utilities

    Markets & sources (1)
    • UK · business, service or destination scope [1]
  • Leep heat networks

    Energy & utilities

    Markets & sources (1)
    • UK · business, service or destination scope [1]
  • Leep multi-utility networks

    Energy & utilities

    Markets & sources (1)
    • UK · business, service or destination scope [1]
Recent portfolio changes

Ofwat recorded Peel's dilution to 10% in March 2019. A current exact percentage is not established by the reviewed sources. [4]

03 / The figures, with context

What does it report in UK tax?

UK cash corporation tax has not been verified for this profile. This does not mean no tax was paid.

United KingdomNot yet verified

UK corporation tax paid

Not yet verifiedCash payment

Leep Utilities · UK cash reporting scope not reconciled
Annual reporting period not yet verified

This ownership investigation has not established a dated UK cash corporation-tax payment for this scope. Accounting charges, group relief, policy statements and investor holdings are separate evidence; a research gap does not mean no tax was paid. [1]

These figures have different scopes. They should not be added together or used as a like-for-like tax ranking.

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04 / Check our working

The public record.

Primary sources used in this profile. Company disclosures are attributed to the company; inclusion is not an independent audit.

  1. 01
    Leep Utilities ownership and services (opens in a new tab)

    Leep Utilities · Current Ancala / Peel joint-venture description; utility networks, offices and registered operator, not a current exact equity table

    Accessed 13 Oct 2026
  2. 02
    Leep Utilities portfolio investment (opens in a new tab)

    Ancala · Current portfolio; 2017 formation and acquisition of SSE Water; manager/fund involvement rather than a complete corporate equity table

    Accessed 13 Oct 2026
  3. 03
    Leep Holdings (Utilities) Limited (opens in a new tab)

    Companies House · England and Wales company 06729159; former Peel Holdings (Utilities) Limited; registered office does not establish group headquarters

    Accessed 13 Oct 2026
  4. 04
    SSE / Leep change-of-control consultation (opens in a new tab)

    Ofwat · June 2020, printed p9: Peel interest reduced from 100% to 50% in May 2017, then to 10% in March 2019; historical percentages, not a freshly verified current stake

    Accessed 13 Oct 2026