Company summary
Centrica is an integrated energy company whose businesses include British Gas, energy trading and optimisation, power generation, gas production and energy infrastructure.
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Centrica
Multiline utilities
- Index
- FTSE 100
- ISIN
- Not specified
- Book status
- 2026 edition — current
Key activities
Household and business energy supply, boiler and home services, electricity generation, gas production, LNG and energy trading, nuclear interests and investment in flexible power and energy infrastructure.
Key markets
Predominantly the United Kingdom and Ireland, with international exposure through LNG, commodity trading and upstream energy activities.
Key drivers
Energy prices, retail margins, customer numbers, trading performance, power-generation availability, infrastructure investment, regulatory decisions and progress in simplifying the portfolio.
Key risks
Commodity-price volatility, political and regulatory intervention, bad debts, weather, trading losses, asset outages, nuclear liabilities and uncertainty over major infrastructure such as Rough gas storage.
Recent Developments
23 July 2026: first-half adjusted EBITDA fell 18% to £737m and Centrica announced plans affecting about 1,300 jobs. Management also warned that near-term energy-trading growth would be softer than its medium-term ambitions.
Dividend notes
Pays interim and final dividends. The 2025 final dividend of 3.67p went ex-dividend on 9 April 2026 and was paid on 14 May. The 2026 interim is 2.0p, ex-dividend on 20 August and payable on 22 September.
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