Company
National Energy System Operator Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Sheena Mary MackayDirector · since 2026
- Dr Emma FitzgeraldDirector · since 2025
- John CrackettDirector · since 2025
- Jayne Patricia ScottDirector · since 2025
- Clare Siobhan DuffyDirector · since 2024
- Dr Paul GolbyDirector · since 2024
- Charles PateDirector · since 2023
- John Frederick LinwoodDirector · since 2020
- Hannah NixonDirector · since 2019
- Paul Jonathan PlummerDirector · since 2019
- Kayte Anne Eve LeggeDirector · since 2019
- Fintan Charles SlyeDirector · since 2019
- Claire Favier-TilstonSecretary · since 2021
- Zoe Elise MorrisseySecretary · since 2019
Previous officers 13
- Janice Elliott Crawford 2023-2025 View profile
- Regina Moran 2020-2022 View profile
- Smith, Gregg Edward, Mr. 2020-2022 View profile
- Roisin Anne Quinn 2020-2020 View profile
- Baroness Gillian Joanna Merron 2019-2024 View profile
- Claire Louise Tuckman 2019-2020 View profile
- Duncan Bryden Burt 2019-2020 View profile
- Megan Barnes 2018-2019 View profile
- Alice Parker Morgan 2018-2018 View profile
- Rachael Jennifer Davidson 2017-2018 View profile
- Clive Burns 2017-2019 View profile
- Chantal Marise Ackon 2019-2019 View profile
- Lawrence Hagan 2017-2019 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 16/10/2017
Ownership
Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- National Grid Holdings ONE PLC ceased 2024-10-01
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-10-16
Group
- National Energy System Operator Limited
is controlled by National Grid Holdings ONE PLC
Evidence
ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-10-16, ceased 2024-10-01 · source: Companies House PSC register - National Grid Holdings ONE PLC
is controlled by National Grid PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by National Grid PLC.
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- National Grid Helicopters Limited
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- National Grid Electricity Distribution Network Holdings Limited
- WPD Share Scheme Trustees Limited
- Natgridtw1 Limited
- National Grid Holdings ONE PLC
- Ngrid Intellectual Property Limited
- Nget/SPT Upgrades Limited
- National Grid Partners Limited
- EMR Settlement Limited
- Lattice Group Employee Benefit Trust Limited
- National Grid Carbon Limited
- National Grid Interconnector Holdings Limited
- Eastern Green Link 1 Limited
- National Grid Plus Limited
- Britned Development Limited
- The National Grid Youplan Trustee Limited
- National Grid Electricity Group Trustee Limited
- Elexon Clear Limited
- National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West) PLC
- National Grid UK Limited
- BSC CO Limited
- National Grid Property Holdings Limited
- NGT TWO Limited
- National Grid Electricity Distribution Holdings Limited
- Electralink Limited
- National Grid Blue Power Limited
- National Grid IFA 2 Limited
- National Grid Telecoms Limited
- National Grid UK Pension Services Limited
- National Grid Interconnectors Limited
- Western Power Pension Trustee Limited
- National Grid Electricity Distribution Midlands Limited
- National Grid Electricity Distribution Property Investments Limited
- Lattice Group Limited
- National Grid Twenty Seven Limited
- National Grid Fourteen Limited
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Contracts awarded
27 contracts · £83,006,163 totalFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0), where this organisation is recorded as the buyer. Suppliers are matched to a Governance Register company or charity page at confidence 0.7 or higher; below that they are shown by name only.
Top suppliers
- Unknown supplier · £60,500,000 (14 contracts)
- PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES UK, LTD. · £17,700,270
- Unicorn Grid Systems a.s. · £1,318,515
- Total Security Protection Limited · £1,206,000
- Microsoft Limited · £1,081,378
Most recent
Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
12 directors on the board
- Fintan Charles Slye Director · appointed 2019
- Charles Pate Director · appointed 2023
- John Frederick Linwood Director · appointed 2020
- Sheena Mary Mackay Director · appointed 2026
- John Crackett Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Emma Fitzgerald Director · appointed 2025
- Clare Siobhan Duffy Director · appointed 2024
- Hannah Nixon Director · appointed 2019
- Jayne Patricia Scott Director · appointed 2025
- Paul Jonathan Plummer Director · appointed 2019
- Dr Paul Golby Director · appointed 2024
- Kayte Anne Eve Legge Director · appointed 2019
Directors past 6 years
- Fintan Charles Slye Director · appointed 2019
- John Frederick Linwood Director · appointed 2020
- Hannah Nixon Director · appointed 2019
- Paul Jonathan Plummer Director · appointed 2019
- Kayte Anne Eve Legge Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- Fintan Charles Slye Director · appointed 2019
- John Crackett Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Emma Fitzgerald Director · appointed 2025
- Clare Siobhan Duffy Director · appointed 2024
- Kayte Anne Eve Legge Director · appointed 2019
Portfolio (7)
- Charles Pate Director · appointed 2023
- John Frederick Linwood Director · appointed 2020
- Sheena Mary Mackay Director · appointed 2026
- Hannah Nixon Director · appointed 2019
- Jayne Patricia Scott Director · appointed 2025
- Paul Jonathan Plummer Director · appointed 2019
- Dr Paul Golby Director · appointed 2024
Also govern a charity
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 11014226
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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