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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-02-14 (in 9mo)

Last made up 2026-01-31

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£334M

USD 447,234,000

-3% vs 2023

Net assets

£2B

USD 3,053,993,000

-7.3% vs 2023

Employees

2,667

+2.5% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£377M

USD 503,782,000

+354.1% vs 2023

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £1,004,678,179£907,166,031
Operating profit -£124,058,459£410,284,817
Profit before tax -£148,223,069£376,603,125
Net profit -£152,837,707£267,955,446
Cash £344,628,093£334,330,567
Total assets less current liabilities £3,636,270,464£3,335,675,413
Net assets £2,463,652,538£2,283,017,866
Equity £2,463,652,538£2,283,017,866
Average employees 2,6012,667
Wages £160,553,936£174,072,662
Directors' remuneration

Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.748 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -12.3%45.2%
Net margin -15.2%29.5%
Return on capital employed -3.4%12.3%
Current ratio 1.61x1.16x
Interest cover -2.89x8.49x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. BP EXPLORATION (CASPIAN SEA) LIMITED 1992-12-15 → present
  2. BRITISH BREON LIMITED 1946-02-11 → 1992-12-15

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 101
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Deloitte LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. The current economic and geopolitical environment were considered as part of the going concern assessment. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 40 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BP SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2025-10-29
SUNBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2010-07-01
CRISTOFOLI, Giovanni Director 2025-10-01 May 1972 British
FREEMAN, Jaqueline Sara Director 2016-01-01 Feb 1968 British
MCDONALD, Andrew Parker Director 2025-10-01 Apr 1977 British
Show 40 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ALI, Yasin Stanley Secretary 2006-02-01 2010-06-30
CUMMING, Robert Cameron Secretary 2002-03-31
ELVIDGE, Janet Secretary 2004-08-01 2006-02-01
ENG, Christopher Kuangcheng Gerald Secretary 2009-03-23 2010-06-30
TOOLEY, Roy Leslie Secretary 2002-02-11 2004-08-01
WATTS, Julian John Secretary 1993-04-10
ADAMS, Terence David, Doctor Director 1994-12-09 1995-05-01
ALLEN, David Christopher, Dr Director 1997-09-01 1999-02-28
BARTLETT, John Harold, Mr. Director 1997-05-20 2012-02-27
BENTLEY, Mark Traill Director 1992-07-17
BIRRELL, Gordon Young Director 2012-11-15 2017-04-02
BIRRELL, Gordon Young Director 2000-07-01 2001-08-31
BROWNE, Edmund John Phillip, Lord Director 1993-03-01 1995-08-31
CHAPMAN, Douglas Patrick Director 1992-07-17 1993-04-10
CHASE, Rodney Frank Director 1995-10-11 1996-03-12
DRINKWATER, Anne Director 2008-01-01 2008-12-31
DURRANT, Amanda Jane Director 1997-01-01 1999-03-31
FORBES, Ian Douglas Director 1998-02-27 1999-02-28
GRAYSON, Richard Charles Director 1993-04-10
GROTE, Byron Elmer, Doctor Director 1996-03-12 1997-07-01
HARDING, Richard Michael Director 1995-05-01 1996-12-20
HAYWARD, Anthony Bryan Director 1999-03-01 2000-08-31
HOPWOOD, Andrew Paul Director 1999-03-01 2000-06-30
JAVANSHIR, Rashid Jamil Oglu Director 2009-09-03 2012-11-15
JONES, Robert Gary Director 2017-04-02 2025-10-01
JULIUSSEN, Trine Lise Director 2022-01-14 2025-10-01
JULIUSSEN, Trine Lise Director 2020-03-10 2020-09-30
LITTLE, Adam Charles Director 1997-01-01 1997-05-20
LITTLE, Adam Charles Director 1995-05-01 1995-10-11
MACRAE, Sandra Jean Director 2012-02-27 2016-01-01
PANIGUIAN, Richard Leon Director 1999-12-01 2008-01-01
PITMAN, Charles Joseph Director 1999-03-01 1999-08-31
PRITCHARD, David John Director 1997-01-01 1998-02-27
PUFFER, Brian Michael Director 2010-10-11 2018-02-06
SCHRADER, William George Director 2006-11-10 2009-09-03
SKINNER-REID, Elaine Patricia Director 2020-09-30 2022-01-14
TALLENTS, Adrienne Christine Director 1995-05-01 1999-07-31
WHITEHEAD, Edward Director 1994-12-09
WOODWARD, David Keith Director 2001-09-01 2006-11-10
WRIGHT, Christopher Alan, Dr Director 1995-08-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Bp Exploration Operating Company Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 215 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2022-11-23 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2022-11-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2022-11-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-02-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-10-29 AP04 officers Appoint corporate secretary company with name date PDF
2025-10-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-10-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-10-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-02-14 RP04AP01 officers Second filing of director appointment with name PDF
2025-02-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-02-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-09-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-03-20 RP04AP01 officers Second filing of director appointment with name PDF
2023-02-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-11-23 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2022-11-22 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2022-11-22 SH19 capital Capital statement capital company with date currency figure
2022-11-22 SH20 capital Legacy
2022-11-22 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2022-11-22 CAP-SS insolvency Legacy

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
7

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
3

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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