At a glance

Centrica is a top 30 FTSE100 company. Our vision is to be the leading integrated energy company, with customers at our core.

Business description

We are an integrated energy company operating predominately in the UK and North America. We understand that energy is essential for all of us, both now and for the future. That's why we are active in each stage of the energy lifecycle: from sourcing and generating to processing and storing; from trading and supplying to servicing and, crucially, to saving energy.

Established: In 1997 following the demerger of Centrica from British Gas plc

Core retail brands

British Gas logo

Supplies gas and electricity to millions of residential and business customers in the UK as well as supplying and maintaining an increasing number of innovative low carbon energy efficiency products and services

Dyno part of British Gas logo

The UK’s leading drain cleaning service, also offering plumbing, home security burglar alarm systems and lock fitting

Direct Energy logo

One of the largest energy providers with the largest services business in North America supplying and maintaining an increasing number of innovative low carbon energy efficiency products

Management

  • Chairman: Sir Roger Carr
  • Chief Executive: Sam Laidlaw
  • Group Finance Director: Nick Luff

Shares

  • Number of ordinary shareholders: 680,832 as at 31 December 2012
  • Shares in issue: 5,175,813,137 as at 31 May 2013 (excluding 24,116,555 Shares held in treasury)
  • Listings: London Stock Exchange
  • Market capitalisation: c. £19.67bn as at 31 May 2013

Fuel mix disclosure

Centrica Fuel Mix Disclosure for the period 1 April 2011 – 31 March 2012

Operating countries

Seven: UK, Canada, USA, Norway, Germany, The Netherlands, Trinidad & Tobago. We have also outsourced operations in South Africa and India.

Registered head office

Centrica plc
Millstream
Maidenhead Road
Windsor
Berkshire SL4 5GD
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1753 494000
Fax: +44 (0) 1753 494001

Registered in England and Wales no. 3033654

Notes

All facts and figures apart from number of ordinary shareholders and fuel mix disclosure are taken from 2012 Preliminary Results announcement and cover the period for the 12 months ended 31 December 2012.

Unless otherwise stated, all references to operating profit or loss, taxation and earnings numbers are adjusted figures.

£23.9bn

Revenue from continuing operations

£2,74bn

Total adjusted operating profit

40,000

Employees worldwide

31 million

Customer accounts

Energy efficiency

Largest installer of energy efficiency products in the UK