Published by the Sewage Campaign Network

The Water Company Rich List 2025

“These figures are taken from annual reports published on company websites or filed with companies house for the eleven years ended March 2025; they are the companies’ own figures.”

The figures cover the remuneration of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) for the 11 years 2015-2025 inclusive.
We have a comprehensive spreadsheet and every figure has an associated reference to the exact page in the exact annual report from where the figure was taken.
We have per company data if any company would like a right of reply
19 CEOs/ CFOs have made over £5million and the list is topped by Liv Garfield, CEO at Severn Trent who has made nearly £31million.

We provide this list as the government’s independent review prepares to deliver its report that proposes some alterations to how the privatised water industry operates and is regulated. Its report fails to address the fundamental issue that we cannot afford privatised water, we can’t afford it financially and we can’t afford it in terms of the security of our water and the state of our environment.

In England the total executive pay for CEOs and CFOs over the last 11 years is £255,899 million