founded 1989 headquarters bradford england uk key people john napier chairman kevin whiteman ceo revenue 878.9 million 2007 operating income 338.2 million 2007 net income 151.3 million 2007 owner saltaire water number of employees 3 843 2007 subsidiaries yorkshire water kelda water services website www.keldagroup.com kelda group is a british utility company . it is based in bradford england . it was formerly listed on the london stock exchange and a constituent of the ftse 100 index but was taken private by a group of investors saltaire water in 2008 . saltaire water members include citibank and hsbc holdings . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit kelda group originally known as yorkshire water plc was one of the regional water companies privatised in 1989 . 1 it changed to its current name in 1999 . 1 in 2000 kelda purchased the united states water supply business aquarion and subsequently announced the conditional sale of this asset in february 2006 . 1 it was taken private in a 3.04 billion deal in february 2008 by saltaire water 2 a consortium of investment companies including citigroup and hsbc . 3 operations edit yorkshire water remains its principal uk business . it provides water to several million people in northern england mainly in the catchment area of the river ouse . it has interests in non regulated businesses related to its main activity such as environmental management . references edit a b c company history . kelda group . retrieved 2013 05 13 . kelda group plc uk scheme of arrangement . ftse group . 4 february 2008 . retrieved 2008 02 18 . larkin nicholas 8 february 2008 . montagu partners to buy biffa for 1.2 billion pounds . bloomberg . retrieved 2008 02 18 . external links edit official website this water supply related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kelda group & oldid 697354905 categories water companies of englandcompanies based in bradfordcompanies established in 1989privately held companies of the united kingdomwater supply stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 29 december 2015 at 23 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view