SSE plc

international energy company
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SSE plc

Summary

SSE plc is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,692 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • SSE plc is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • SSE plc is in the country of FR[4].
  • SSE plc is in the country of JP[5].
  • SSE plc is in the country of BE[6].
  • SSE plc is in the country of GB[7].
  • SSE plc's instance of is recorded as business[8].
  • SSE plc's instance of is recorded as enterprise[9].
  • SSE plc's instance of is recorded as public company[10].
  • SSE plc's headquarters location is recorded as Perth[11].
  • SSE plc's chief executive officer is recorded as Alistair Phillips-Davies[12].
  • SSE plc's child organization or unit is recorded as SSE Renewables[13].
  • SSE plc's child organization or unit is recorded as SSE Thermal[14].
  • SSE plc's child organization or unit is recorded as SSE Airtricity[15].
  • SSE plc's child organization or unit is recorded as Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks[16].
  • SSE plc is part of FTSE 100 Index[17].
  • SSE plc's Commons category is recorded as SSE plc[18].
  • SSE plc's stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange[19].
  • SSE plc's industry is recorded as energy sector[20].
  • SSE plc's chairperson is recorded as Richard Gillingwater[21].
  • January 1, 1998 marks the founding of SSE plc[22].
  • 2005-06-01 marks the founding of SSE plc[23].
  • 1997-12-11 marks the founding of SSE plc[24].
  • 1995-07-13 marks the founding of SSE plc[25].
  • 1989-04-01 marks the founding of SSE plc[26].
  • SSE plc's official website is recorded as https://www.sse.com/[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 969500EKK9R2GHL6AK68[28]

  • Registered legal name: Societe Service Europe[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: FR[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): V9QP[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: LAPSED[34]

  • Entity created: 2005-06-01[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2014-03-21[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2024-05-22[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2022-11-04[38]

  • Managing LOU: 969500Q2MA9VBQ8BG884[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000189[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 482791456[41]

  • Other names: Sse[42]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[43]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include January 1, 1998[22], 2005-06-01[23], 1997-12-11[24], 1995-07-13[25], and 1989-04-01[26].

Identity

SSE plc is part of FTSE 100 Index[17].

Leadership

SSE plc's chief executive officer is recorded as Alistair Phillips-Davies[12]. Its chairperson is recorded as Richard Gillingwater[21].

Operations

SSE plc's headquarters location is recorded as Perth[11]. Subsidiaries include SSE Renewables[13], a business[44], in GB[45], founded in 1997[46], headquartered in Dublin[47]; SSE Thermal[14], a business[48], in United Kingdom[49], headquartered in Reading[50]; SSE Airtricity[15], a business[51], in United Kingdom[52], founded in 1997[53], headquartered in Dublin[54]; and Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks[16], a company[55], in United Kingdom[56].

Industry

SSE plc's industry is recorded as energy sector[20].

Ownership

SSE plc's stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange[19].

Why It Matters

SSE plc ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,692 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . lobbyfacts.eu. lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [35] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [36] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [37] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [38] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [39] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [40] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [41] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [42] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  16. [43] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  12. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [56] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → F79E-F1F3-E2B1-DAC5-C0EA
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  2. 16w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1998-01-01T00:00:00Z, 2005-06-01, 1997-12-11 +2
    Stock exchange → —
    Topic's main category → Category:SSE plc
    Headquarters location → Perth
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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