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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

£39M

USD 51,657,000

-47.5% vs 2023

Net assets

£2B

USD 2,876,272,000

-42.7% vs 2023

Employees

Average over period

Profit before tax

£1B

USD 1,543,862,000

-5.7% vs 2023

Accounts

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

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £1,623,517,231£1,624,602,676
Operating profit £1,195,708,305£1,131,293,265
Profit before tax £1,224,351,499£1,154,116,768
Net profit £875,958,735£826,123,197
Cash £73,603,947£38,616,282
Total assets less current liabilities £4,849,895,343£3,234,608,657
Net assets £3,749,419,900£2,150,162,219
Equity £3,749,419,900£2,150,162,219
Average employees
Wages
Directors' remuneration £0£0

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 73.6%69.6%
Net margin 54.0%50.9%
Return on capital employed 24.7%35.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 28.1%39.9%
Current ratio 8.90x4.63x
Interest cover 33.69x25.96x

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 3 times since incorporation

  1. AZULE ENERGY EXPLORATION (ANGOLA) LIMITED 2023-04-13 → present
  2. BP EXPLORATION (ANGOLA) LIMITED 1993-07-12 → 2023-04-13
  3. BP EXPLORATION (EQUATORIAL GUINEA) LIMITED 1992-12-15 → 1993-07-12
  4. CLYDE CHARTER COMPANY LIMITED 1958-11-24 → 1992-12-15

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 101
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
BDO 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. [...] Having a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least the next 12 months from the date these financial statements were approved, the directors consider it appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

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

People

4 active · 54 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
MEREDITH, Darren Secretary 2024-07-02
GHEDI, Nicola Director 2023-04-05 Nov 1976 Italian
MAZZONI, Federico Director 2025-09-24 Jan 1973 Italian
MURPHY, Joseph Richard Director 2022-08-01 Jun 1972 British
Show 54 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ALI, Yasin Stanley Secretary 2006-02-01 2010-06-30
CUMMING, Robert Cameron Secretary 1992-12-05 2002-03-31
ELVIDGE, Janet Secretary 2004-08-01 2006-02-01
ENG, Christopher Kuangcheng Gerald Secretary 2009-03-23 2010-06-30
HEMMENS, Philip Duncan Secretary 2023-03-02 2024-07-02
TOOLEY, Roy Leslie Secretary 2002-02-11 2004-08-01
WATTS, Julian John Secretary 1992-12-05
SUNBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2010-07-01 2022-08-01
AGGOGERI, Nicolo' Director 2022-08-01 2023-04-05
ALEXANDER, Ralph Charles Director 2001-09-01 2002-06-01
ALLEN, David Christopher, Dr Director 1997-09-01 1999-02-28
BAMFORD, Samuel Arnold David Director 1995-09-01 1998-08-31
BARTLETT, John Harold, Mr. Director 2015-07-08 2016-01-01
BASTOS, Adriano Director 2020-07-01 2022-08-01
BENTLEY, Mark Traill Director 1992-07-17
BLY, Mark Robert Director 2001-09-01 2003-02-03
BLYTHE, James Stephen Director 2011-05-04 2014-12-01
BRYANT, Joseph Hugh Director 2001-09-01 2004-09-01
CHAPMAN, Douglas Patrick Director 1992-07-17 1992-12-05
DUDLEY, Robert Warren Director 2002-08-01 2003-03-01
DUPREE, James Henry Director 2006-11-01 2007-05-01
EYTON, David Geoffrey Philip Director 1999-06-01 1999-12-01
FEARNLEY, Robert Carl Director 2007-08-01 2011-05-04
FIDLER, Michael Stephen Director 2023-03-16 2025-09-24
FRYAR, Robert Thomas Director 2009-02-01 2011-05-18
GOLDEN, Jack Emitt, Dr Director 1999-03-01 1999-09-20
GRAYSON, Richard Charles Director 1992-12-05
GROTE, Byron Elmer, Doctor Director 1996-03-12 1997-07-01
HERBERT, Richard Director 2015-10-01 2016-05-27
HERBERT, Richard Director 2001-03-01 2001-08-31
HOSTLER, Kevin Director 2000-05-01 2001-08-31
JONES, Alan Morrison Director 1998-07-01 2000-04-30
LITTLE, Adam Charles Director 2004-12-22 2007-08-01
LYNCH JR, John Edward Director 2003-03-01 2006-08-01
LYONS, Jan Clayton Director 2020-10-01 2021-04-06
MACLENNAN, Karen Director 2020-03-15 2022-08-01
MACRAE, Sandra Jean Director 2016-01-01 2020-08-28
MARSHALL, Stephen Director 2000-05-01 2001-08-31
MARTIN, Alan Philip Director 2011-05-18 2015-10-01
MAYSON, Howard John Director 1998-10-01 2000-12-01
MEHTA, Hiten Jekisandas Director 2022-08-01 2023-03-16
MONGINI, Adriano Director 2022-08-01 2025-11-30
MORRIS, Martyn Director 2010-11-01 2015-02-01
MORRIS, Robin Dale Director 2002-08-01 2003-02-03
RIDER, David Alan Director 2014-12-01 2020-03-15
SCHRADER, William George Director 2004-09-01 2006-11-01
SHAFER MALICKI, Mary Louise Director 2007-05-15 2009-02-01
TALLENTS, Adrienne Christine Director 1994-12-09 1999-07-31
URBAN, Scott Douglas Director 1999-09-10 2001-08-31
VANN, Ian Roland Director 1992-12-05 1995-09-01
WALKER, John Stephen Director 1992-12-05 1994-12-09
WHITING, Lindsay Ann Director 2021-04-06 2022-08-01
WILLIS, Darryl Keith Director 2015-02-01 2017-03-01
WILLIS, Stephen Director 2017-05-01 2020-07-01

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Azule Energy Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2023-03-09 Active
Angola Jvco Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2022-05-24 Ceased 2023-03-09
Bp Exploration Operating Company Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Ceased 2022-05-24

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 281 total filings

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

  • 2023-04-13 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
Date Type Category Description
2026-04-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-03-28 RP01AP01 officers Replacement filing of director appointment with name PDF
2025-12-04 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-06 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-06 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date
2025-07-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-03-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-05 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2024-07-05 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2024-02-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-02-05 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2024-01-05 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2023-10-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-04-13 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-04-13 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-04-13 CERTNM change-of-name Certificate change of name company PDF
2023-03-17 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-03-17 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-03-09 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
6

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

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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