CHRYSAOR PETROLEUM COMPANY U.K. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-18 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£0
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£312M
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£47M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Energy median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £260,183,000 | £278,789,000 | |
| Operating profit | £517,738,000 | £62,521,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £486,751,000 | £47,219,000 | |
| Net profit | £121,697,000 | £15,413,000 | |
| Cash | £22,000 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £682,863,000 | £750,945,000 | |
| Net assets | £296,301,000 | £311,714,000 | |
| Equity | £296,301,000 | £311,714,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — 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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 199.0% | 22.4% | |
| Net margin | 46.8% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 75.8% | 8.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.6% | 81.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.22x | 1.17x | |
| Interest cover | 16.60x | 2.72x |
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
- CHRYSAOR PETROLEUM COMPANY U.K. LIMITED 2019-10-01 → present
- CONOCOPHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY U.K. LIMITED 2002-11-21 → 2019-10-01
- PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 2002-11-21
- PHILLIPS PETROLEUM EXPLORATION U.K.,LIMITED 1964-02-20 → 1980-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have adopted the going concern basis of accounting for the preparation of the financial statements as the Company's ultimate parent company, Harbour Energy plc, has undertaken to directly provide the necessary financial support to the Company, as and when required, to meet all liabilities for a period of 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “First oil from the Talbot development, a multi-well subsea tie-back to the Judy platform, was delivered in November 2024.”
- “During 2024, a gas discovery was made at Jocelyn South.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 76 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARBOUR ENERGY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-10-10 | — | — |
| BARR, Scott | Director | 2024-12-12 | Jul 1976 | British |
| LANDES, Howard Ralph | Director | 2021-10-20 | Dec 1975 | British |
| SCOTT, Russell | Director | 2024-12-12 | Sep 1973 | British |
Show 76 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEDRI, Helena | Secretary | 1993-07-14 | 1993-09-05 |
| BOON, Yves Marie Joseph Victor | Secretary | — | 1993-12-20 |
| COOK, Thomas Edward | Secretary | 2002-11-11 | 2003-08-13 |
| FLETCHER, Angela Sarah Helen | Secretary | 2005-08-05 | 2014-04-23 |
| GRIMSHAW, David | Secretary | 2003-08-13 | 2019-09-30 |
| LANDES, Howard Ralph | Secretary | 2019-09-30 | 2022-10-10 |
| OGILVIE, David Stewart | Secretary | 2006-10-13 | 2008-04-01 |
| PEPIN, Jean-Francois Jacques Basile | Secretary | 2013-05-13 | 2014-08-14 |
| REDRUP, Leslie Charles Ernest | Secretary | — | 1999-03-31 |
| STIRRUP, Edith Jeannie | Secretary | 2003-08-13 | 2012-05-01 |
| STOKELD, Michael Philip, Sol | Secretary | 2002-09-03 | 2003-08-13 |
| TAPP, Robert John | Secretary | 1993-12-20 | 1996-10-25 |
| WALKER, Nigel Francis Courtenay | Secretary | 1997-05-30 | 2002-10-01 |
| WARD, Elaine June | Secretary | 2003-08-13 | 2006-10-13 |
| WATSON, Susan Elizabeth | Secretary | 1999-04-01 | 2002-11-15 |
| ALLEN, Nicholas David | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2017-01-05 |
| ANDERSON, Robert Hendry | Director | 2009-09-07 | 2013-05-13 |
| BALTESKARD, Birger | Director | 2017-03-09 | 2019-09-30 |
| BROWN, David Andrew | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1998-12-31 |
| BURNETT, Norman Lynn | Director | — | 1994-12-12 |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Virgil Ralph | Director | 1997-07-14 | 2000-07-31 |
| CHENIER, David Eric | Director | 2009-10-09 | 2015-08-01 |
| CONWAY, Christopher William | Director | 2010-04-09 | 2012-04-30 |
| COOK, Thomas Edward | Director | 2002-11-11 | 2003-08-14 |
| EAST, Gordon Robin | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2006-07-07 |
| ERIKSEN, Gisle | Director | 2002-09-03 | 2003-08-14 |
| FARTHING, David Andrew, Vivian | Director | 2008-11-14 | 2009-10-09 |
| FLESHER, Robert Gene | Director | 1996-10-01 | 1997-12-31 |
| FREDIN, Todd William | Director | 2003-08-14 | 2010-01-31 |
| GAUTREY, Christopher | Director | 2004-01-21 | 2009-09-07 |
| GOFF, Gregory James | Director | 2002-09-03 | 2003-08-14 |
| GRIFFITHS, Malcolm David | Director | 2002-09-03 | 2003-09-18 |
| HALLIWELL, Andrew Roy | Director | 2005-08-05 | 2010-03-05 |
| HALLIWELL, Andrew Roy | Director | 2004-01-14 | 2004-03-22 |
| HALLIWELL, Andrew Roy | Director | 2001-06-11 | 2002-09-03 |
| HARRISON, Trevor Stewart | Director | 1995-06-01 | 2002-10-23 |
| HASTINGS, Andrew David Richard | Director | 2009-10-09 | 2018-06-15 |
| HEDRICK, Kirby Lee | Director | — | 1993-09-05 |
| HILL, James Charles | Director | — | 1995-05-31 |
| HORNUNG, Marilyn Rae | Director | 2002-10-24 | 2004-12-03 |
| JOHANSEN, Trond Erik | Director | 2006-08-14 | 2007-03-01 |
| KENNEDY, Archibald Wood | Director | 2004-03-22 | 2009-04-03 |
| KING, Terri Gay | Director | 2017-01-05 | 2019-09-30 |
| KIRK, Philip Andrew | Director | 2019-09-30 | 2022-02-28 |
| KRANE, Alexander Lorentzen | Director | 2021-10-20 | 2024-12-12 |
| LEE, Nicholas Graeme | Director | 2006-08-14 | 2010-10-15 |
| LIDDELL, Richard Thomas | Director | 1996-08-01 | 1997-08-31 |
| MACKLON, Dominic Edward | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2017-01-05 |
| MAXSON, Page Frank | Director | 2003-08-14 | 2004-11-22 |
| MCGEE, Henry Isaac | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2002-09-03 |
| MCMORRAN, James Deas | Director | 2003-08-14 | 2003-12-31 |
| MOTT, Richard Parker | Director | 1994-12-13 | 1998-06-12 |
| ONWUZULU, Nwora Maduka | Director | 1993-02-24 | 1993-09-05 |
| OSBORNE, Andrew Jon | Director | 2019-09-30 | 2021-10-26 |
| PARKER, Billy Zane | Director | 1993-04-05 | 1994-08-31 |
| PRENDERGAST, Stephen | Director | 1995-06-01 | 1997-11-14 |
| RAMSHAW, Roger Stephen | Director | 2002-09-03 | 2003-12-31 |
| RISLEY, Allyn Wayne | Director | 1994-09-01 | 1997-07-14 |
| SANDSTAD, Brage Johannes | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2002-09-03 |
| SCOTT, Russell | Director | 2018-09-25 | 2019-09-30 |
| SIEMENS, Stanford Arthur | Director | — | 1996-07-31 |
| SIMPSON, James Alex | Director | 1997-11-24 | 2002-11-06 |
| SIMPSON, Katherine Susan | Director | 2018-06-15 | 2019-05-22 |
| SKJERVOY, Arild | Director | 2003-08-14 | 2005-08-05 |
| SMITH, David John | Director | — | 1993-07-31 |
| SPARKE, John Maurice | Director | 1997-04-14 | 2003-01-31 |
| SPAVEN, Paul Michael | Director | 1993-08-01 | 1995-12-31 |
| STALKER, Ross Graham | Director | 2015-10-31 | 2018-09-25 |
| THEEDE, Steven Michael | Director | 2002-09-03 | 2003-08-14 |
| VAAGE, Steinar | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2010-10-15 |
| WALLACE, Timothy Alan | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2002-09-03 |
| WARRENDER, John Mcandrew | Director | 2008-11-14 | 2009-10-09 |
| WARWICK, Paul Cyril | Director | 2007-06-06 | 2012-04-30 |
| WILLE, Michael George | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
| WOLFE, Patrick | Director | 2019-05-22 | 2019-09-30 |
| WRIGHT, Michael Don | Director | 2013-05-13 | 2015-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrysaor Production Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-09-09 | Active |
| Chrysaor E&P Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2019-09-30 | Ceased 2021-09-09 |
| Conocophillips Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2019-09-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 364 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-02 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-12-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-27 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2023-07-27 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2023-07-27 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.