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About Us

We are changing how businesses and consumers use energy for the better, helping achieve a greener, sustainable, and more affordable energy system for everyone.

Dandelions

Vision and Values

Our vision and values define who we are; helping us achieve our purpose-led objectives that put customers, community, and the environment at the heart of what we do.

Vision and Values

We strive for excellence in every facet of our business, reflected by the range of best-practice certifications that underline our commitments to quality, safety, and sustainability.

Accreditations

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An independent energy infrastructure and solutions provider, we work uniquely with stakeholders across the full spectrum of energy generation, supply, and consumption.

Introduction

Dandelions

Our vision and values define who we are, helping us realise purpose-led objectives that put customers, community, and the environment at the heart of what we do.

Vision and Values

Tim Mortlock

Meet the senior management and leadership team that drives SMS forward – nurturing around them the talent, knowledge and skills that provide the fundamental platform for our services.

Leadership

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The enduring relationships we enjoy with our clients and partners are testament to our commitment to providing sustainable, innovative, and forward-thinking energy solutions.

Our Customers

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We strive for excellence in every facet of our business, reflected by the range of best-practice certifications that underline our commitments to quality, safety, and sustainability.

See our Accreditations

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Having served the UK utility industry, industrial & commercial, and public sectors for more than 25 years, our case studies highlight our leading role in the ongoing energy transition.

Case Studies

Solutions

We provide the complete energy solution. From energy infrastructure that enables more sustainable homes and businesses, to the integrated energy management and project delivery critical for carbon reduction.

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Through our integrated metering solutions, we manage over 4 million assets on behalf of energy suppliers and business customers, covering the industrial, commercial, and domestic markets.

Metering Overview

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Industry-leading data collection, settlement and software solutions for gas and electricity supplies help our customers improve insight and efficiencies and enable greater energy sustainability.

Data Overview

Solutions Overview

We are changing how businesses and consumers use energy for the better; helping achieve a greener, more sustainable energy system for everyone.

Overview

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Our design, engineering, and project management experts deliver the critical utility infrastructure that keeps our homes and businesses sustainably powered.

Infrastructure Overview

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Our expert multi-utility team provides a fully-managed service to ensure the successful and timely installation of electricity, gas, and water infrastructure to your sites.

Multi-Utility

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We are a specialist, end-to-end power management partner for the UK telecoms industry, from feasibility studies and wayleaves, through to grid connection and metering services.

Telecoms Networks

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Through our integrated metering solutions, we manage over 4 million assets on behalf of energy suppliers and business customers, covering the industrial, commercial, and domestic markets.

Metering Overview

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As an accredited meter asset provider (MAP), operator (MOP), manager (MAM), we deliver the expert solutions that energy suppliers need to generate value and meet mandated rollout targets.

Energy Suppliers

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We partner directly with business energy users and third party intermediaries (TPIs), providing the expert metering services required to reduce consumption, costs, and carbon emissions.

Business

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Are you a homeowner or tenant looking for more information on smart meters? Get the lowdown on how your smart meter can help cut energy bills and contribute to a greener world.

Household: Smart Meters

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Our smart meter lab facility provides a bank of 200+ live meters for energy suppliers and other industry partners, providing assurance, device combination proving, and over-the-air (OTA) testing.

Test Centre

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Our national dual fuel academy delivers accredited gas and electric training and assessment for professionals looking to gain qualifications or upskill in the domestic and commercial sectors.

Training Academy

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Industry-leading data collection, settlement and software solutions for gas and electricity supplies help our customers improve insight and efficiencies and enable greater energy sustainability.

Data Overview

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We cover every aspect of your half-hourly (HH) and non-half-hourly (NHH) electricity data needs, from meter operation (MOP) to data collection (DC) through to ongoing energy management.

Electric Data

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Our gas solutions provide suppliers and business consumers with the data required to cut operational costs and carbon emissions.

Gas Data

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Our intelligent energy management platform, SmartVision, gives you clear visibility of your entire energy portfolio, helping turn your data into energy saving insights.

Analytics

Our Energy Services team provides business energy solutions and strategic carbon reduction projects, helping your organisation realise its sustainability objectives.

Energy Services Overview

Our net zero consultants offer strategic guidance – based on a full energy audit of your estate – to help establish a clear business roadmap to low emissions.

Strategy

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We design, develop, and deliver your carbon reduction projects and renewable energy solutions, including technology procurement, installation, and asset management.

Delivery

Through expert analysis of your business energy data, we provide bespoke reporting, insights and recommendations on your energy costs, consumption, and carbon emissions performance.

Analysis

We help you optimise your energy strategy and minimise your exposure to risk through our energy procurement, bill validation, and treasury services.

Optimisation

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The cloud-based software that communicates with, monitors and controls a range of distributed energy resources (DERs) to create smart, flexible local energy systems.

FlexiGrid

Delivering an end-to-end smart data and aggregation solution that enables suppliers and energy technology businesses to participate in National Grid ESO's Demand Flexibility Service.

Demand Flexibility Service

Sustainability

We are committed to improving our impacts on the environment, our communities, and wider society around us through responsible operations and best-practice corporate governance.

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Our Sustainability Report provides detailed disclosure on the practical steps we are taking to progress Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) responsibilities within our business.

Sustainability

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We’re committed to achieving carbon neutrality across our organisation by the end of this decade, steered by our Net Zero 2030 roadmap.

Net Zero

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Browse our annual Sustainability Report to find out more about our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy.

Sustainability

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Find out more about our efforts to reach net zero carbon emissions across our business by the year 2030.

Net Zero

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We work with ratings agencies and utilise ESG reporting standards and frameworks to communicate and benchmark our performance.

ESG Ratings

Careers

Our people are the beating heart of our business. That’s why our philosophy is to always put our people first, defined by our well-established culture of high performance, reward and engagement.

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We provide our teams with work-life balance and flexibility, whilst fostering an open and honest workplace culture that celebrates diversity and promotes wellbeing.

Our Culture

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Work for a sustainable organisation that prioritises the employee experience. View our current vacancies and apply for your next exciting career move today!

View Vacancies

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We strive for sustainability in everything we do, including the cultivation of a positive, diverse, and inclusive working environment which attracts, retains, and develops our people.

Our People

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Work for a sustainable organisation that prioritises the employee experience. View our current vacancies and apply for your next exciting career move today!

Vacancies

Historical information

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Watch our CEO, Tim Mortlock, discussing our strong HY 2023 performance.

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		Statement	Presentation	Report	Webcast
26 Jun 2025	2024 Annual Report & Accounts

26 Jun 2025	2024 Annual Report & Accounts	Report

		Statement	Presentation	Report	Webcast
18 Jan 2024	Trading update
26 Sep 2024	2023 Annual Report & Accounts

18 Jan 2024	Trading update	Statement
26 Sep 2024	2023 Annual Report & Accounts	Report

		Statement	Presentation	Report	Webcast
12 Sep 2023	Interim Results 2023
14 Mar 2023	Final Results 2022
11 Apr 2023	2022 Annual Report & Accounts

12 Sep 2023	Interim Results 2023	Statement Presentation Webcast
14 Mar 2023	Final Results 2022	Statement Presentation Webcast
11 Apr 2023	2022 Annual Report & Accounts	Report

		Statement	Presentation	Report	Webcast
4 Oct 2022	Burwell grid-scale battery storage site visit
13 Sep 2022	Interim Results 2022
30 Apr 2022	2021 Annual Report and Accounts
15 Mar 2022	Final Results 2021
31 Jan 2022	Financial Year 2021 Trading statement

4 Oct 2022	Burwell grid-scale battery storage site visit	Presentation Webcast
13 Sep 2022	Interim Results 2022	Statement Presentation Webcast
30 Apr 2022	2021 Annual Report and Accounts	Report
15 Mar 2022	Final Results 2021	Statement Presentation Webcast
31 Jan 2022	Financial Year 2021 Trading statement	Webcast

		Statement	Presentation	Report	Webcast
13 Sep 2021	Interim Results 2021
23 Jun 2021	Capital Markets Event
13 Apr 2021	2020 Annual Report and Accounts
16 Mar 2021	Final Results 2020

13 Sep 2021	Interim Results 2021	Statement Presentation Webcast
23 Jun 2021	Capital Markets Event	Presentation
13 Apr 2021	2020 Annual Report and Accounts	Report
16 Mar 2021	Final Results 2020	Statement Presentation Webcast

		Statement	Presentation	Report	Webcast
15 Sep 2020	Interim results 2020
30 Jun 2020	Business update (Yellowstone Advisory Webinar)
30 Apr 2020	2019 Annual Report and Accounts
17 Mar 2020	Annual Results 2019
12 Mar 2020	Minority Assets Disposal

15 Sep 2020	Interim results 2020	Statement Presentation Webcast
30 Jun 2020	Business update (Yellowstone Advisory Webinar)	Presentation Webcast
30 Apr 2020	2019 Annual Report and Accounts	Report
17 Mar 2020	Annual Results 2019	Statement Presentation Webcast
12 Mar 2020	Minority Assets Disposal	Statement Presentation

		Statement	Presentation	Report	Webcast
17 Sep 2019	Interim Results 2019
25 May 2019	2018 Annual Report and Accounts
4 Apr 2019	2018 Annual Results

17 Sep 2019	Interim Results 2019	Statement Presentation Report Webcast
25 May 2019	2018 Annual Report and Accounts	Report
4 Apr 2019	2018 Annual Results	Statement Presentation

		Statement	Presentation	Report	Webcast
18 Sep 2018	Interim Results 2018
17 Apr 2018	2017 Annual Report and Accounts
13 Mar 2018	2017 Annual Results

18 Sep 2018	Interim Results 2018	Statement Presentation
17 Apr 2018	2017 Annual Report and Accounts	Report
13 Mar 2018	2017 Annual Results	Statement Presentation

		Statement	Presentation	Report	Webcast
12 Sep 2017	Interim Results 2017
4 May 2017	2016 Annual Report and Accounts
21 Mar 2017	2016 Annual Results
20 Sep 2016	2016 Interim Report
20 Sep 2016	2016 Interim Results
6 May 2016	2015 Annual Report and Accounts
21 Mar 2016	2015 Annual Results
16 Sep 2015	2015 Interim Results
16 Sep 2015	2015 Interim Report
8 May 2015	2014 Annual Report and Accounts
16 Mar 2015	2014 Annual Results
2 Sep 2014	2014 Interim Report
2 Sep 2014	2014 Interim Results
22 May 2014	2013 Annual Report and Accounts
17 Mar 2014	2013 Annual Results
4 Sep 2013	2013 Interim Report
4 Sep 2013	2013 Interim Results
16 Apr 2013	2012 Annual Report and Accounts
21 Mar 2013	2012 Annual Results
5 Sep 2012	2012 Interim Report
5 Sep 2012	2012 Interim Results
8 May 2012	2011 Annual Report and Accounts
16 Apr 2012	2011 Annual Results
19 Sep 2011	2011 Interim Results

12 Sep 2017	Interim Results 2017	Statement Presentation
4 May 2017	2016 Annual Report and Accounts	Report
21 Mar 2017	2016 Annual Results	Statement Presentation
20 Sep 2016	2016 Interim Report	Report
20 Sep 2016	2016 Interim Results	Statement Presentation
6 May 2016	2015 Annual Report and Accounts	Report
21 Mar 2016	2015 Annual Results	Statement Presentation
16 Sep 2015	2015 Interim Results	Statement Presentation
16 Sep 2015	2015 Interim Report	Report
8 May 2015	2014 Annual Report and Accounts	Report
16 Mar 2015	2014 Annual Results	Statement Presentation
2 Sep 2014	2014 Interim Report	Report
2 Sep 2014	2014 Interim Results	Statement Presentation
22 May 2014	2013 Annual Report and Accounts	Report
17 Mar 2014	2013 Annual Results	Presentation
4 Sep 2013	2013 Interim Report	Report
4 Sep 2013	2013 Interim Results	Presentation
16 Apr 2013	2012 Annual Report and Accounts	Report
21 Mar 2013	2012 Annual Results	Presentation
5 Sep 2012	2012 Interim Report	Report
5 Sep 2012	2012 Interim Results	Presentation
8 May 2012	2011 Annual Report and Accounts	Report
16 Apr 2012	2011 Annual Results	Presentation
19 Sep 2011	2011 Interim Results	Statement Presentation