State-owned enterprises of the United Kingdom

After extensive privatisation of the public sector during the Margaret Thatcher administration, there remain few statutory corporations in the UK. Privatisation began in the late 1970s, and notable privatisations include the Central Electricity Generating Board, British Rail, and more recently Royal Mail. After the Hatfield rail crash accident, the British government decided to intervene and in 2002 renationalised Railtrack (which was responsible for the maintenance of railway tracks and signals) into Network Rail.

United Kingdom Government

• British Business Bank
• Civil Aviation Authority
• DfT OLR Holdings
  • London North Eastern Railway
  • Northern Trains
  • Southeastern
  • TransPennine Express
• London and Continental Railways
• National Physical Laboratory
• Network Rail
• OneWeb (17.6% in March 2022)
• Pension Protection Fund
• Supply Chain Coordination Limited (through the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care)
• Sheffield Forgemasters (through the Ministry of Defence)
• UK Government Investments
  • British Business Bank
  • Channel Four Television Corporation
  • East West Rail
  • HM Land Registry
  • Homes England
  • National Highways
  • National Nuclear Laboratory
  • NATS Holdings (air traffic services)
  • NatWest Group (48.1% in March 2022)
  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
    • Direct Rail Services
  • Nuclear Liabilities Fund
  • Ordnance Survey
  • Post Office Limited
  • Royal Mint
  • UK Asset Resolution
    • Bradford & Bingley
  • UK Export Finance
  • Urenco Group

Proposed bodies

• Great British Railways

Northern Ireland Executive

• Northern Ireland Water
• Translink

Scottish Government

• Caledonian Maritime Assets
• David MacBrayne
  • Caledonian MacBrayne
• Ferguson Marine
• Highlands and Islands Airports
• Prestwick Airport
• Scottish Water
• Scottish Canals
• Scottish Futures Trust
• BiFab/Burntisland Fabrications
• Scottish National Investment Bank
• Scottish Rail Holdings
  • Caledonian Sleeper
  • ScotRail

Welsh Government

• Cardiff Airport
• Development Bank of Wales
• Transport for Wales
  • Transport for Wales Rail

Local government

• City of Derry Airport (Derry City Council)

Companies owned by municipalities of England

Companies owned by municipalities of Scotland

Wales

• Cardiff Bus
• Newport Bus

References

1. State-owned enterprises of China
2. State-owned enterprise
3. List of state-owned enterprises in Namibia
4. Privately held company
5. List of government-owned companies
6. State-owned enterprises of South Africa
7. State ownership
8. State and royal cars of the United Kingdom
9. Economy of the United Kingdom
10. United Kingdom enterprise law
11. Scotland
12. The Soccer Tournament
13. List of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue
14. Public sector
15. Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)
16. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
17. Business sector
18. Off-budget enterprise
19. Regency (disambiguation)
20. Culture of the United Kingdom