Streamline Energy & carbon Reporting (SECR) is a UK legal reporting requirment that requires qualifying organisations to disclose energy use, Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and energy efficiency actions within their annual Director’s Report or LLP equivalent.
Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) is the UK framework introduced to increase transparency around organisational energy use and associated emissions, embedded into statutory annual reporting. It was brought in through the Companies (Directors’ Report) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Energy and Carbon Report) Regulations 2018.
SECR applies to three main groups:
1) Large unquoted UK companies. Unquoted companies are “large” if they meet at least two of the following:
2) UK‑registered quoted companies. Quoted companies have SECR obligations and (in government guidance) are expected to report global energy use alongside GHG disclosures within their Directors’ Report.
3) Large LLPs. Large LLPs follow the same “large” thresholds and must disclose equivalent energy and carbon information in their annual accounts.
Not sure if you qualify?
We can confirm scope quickly and tell you exactly what to report (and what you can legitimately exclude).
Boxfish helps you comply with SECR, accurately and on time — without the year‑end scramble. We gather your energy data, calculate emissions using recognised methodologies, select appropriate intensity ratios, and draft SECR‑ready wording that fits neatly into your statutory accounts.
We deliver a complete SECR outcome—from data to Directors’ Report wording—with minimal disruption to your finance team. Our SECR support typically includes:
Small and medium sized businesses who employ less than 250 people or have a turnover less than £44 million are exempt from SECR. Companies that use less than 40,000 kWh of energy within the reporting period are also exempt.