Severn Trent PLC is reporting strong operational and environmental performance made possible by its financial strength with the publication of its Annual Results for the year ended 31 March 2025, the final year of AMP7.

United Utilities is reporting strong performance during AMP7 and outperformance on its regulatory contract with the announcement this morning of its full year results for the year to 31 March 2025.

A new report is suggesting that Ofwat created "twisted" incentives for management to  “run the company into the ground to maximise short term returns and leave it, bloodless, to the next set of owners” and that investors should have spotted three key red flags.

S&P Global Ratings says that proposed bill increases set out in AMP8 business plans "stand in stark contrast" to the previous two price control periods AMP 6 and 7 when the focus was on customer bill reduction.

United Utilities has today submitted its draft AMP8 £13.7 billion business plan proposals for 2025-30 to water sector regulator Ofwat.

Wessex Water Chairman Sir Francis Yeoh has said current projections suggest that investment will need to increase at least threefold from current levels and “we stand ready to invest further in Wessex Water for a fair return, to help finance the much enlarged future investment programme.”

Shareholders have agreed to provide Thames Water a further £750 million of equity funding in the remainder of the 2020-25 AMP7 investment period, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions.

Fitch Ratings has downgraded the financing company of Southern Water Services Ltd senior secured class A rating to 'BBB' from 'BBB+' and is maintaining the Negative Outlook.

Ofwat has today published a discussion paper setting out options to strengthen water companies' financial resilience.

Water sector regulator Ofwat has published its fifth annual report on the financial returns and financial resilience of water companies.