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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-05-10 (in 1y)

Last made up 2026-04-26

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£3M

USD 3,544,000

-2.3% vs 2023

Net assets

£523M

USD 699,208,000

+4.5% vs 2023

Employees

0

Average over period

Profit before tax

£20M

USD 26,918,000

-6.6% vs 2023

Accounts

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

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover
Operating profit -£101,667-£5,167,825
Profit before tax £21,551,170£20,122,598
Net profit £21,750,019£22,410,107
Cash £2,712,865£2,649,323
Total assets less current liabilities £511,793,377£538,617,777
Net assets £500,284,070£522,694,177
Equity £500,284,070£522,694,177
Average employees 00
Wages
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
Return on capital employed -0.0%-1.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 2.7%3.4%
Current ratio 3.30x3.97x
Interest cover -68.00x-3456.74x

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. HESS LIMITED 2006-06-06 → present
  2. AMERADA HESS LIMITED 1985-01-15 → 2006-06-06
  3. AMERADA HESS EXPLORATION LIMITED 1983-11-04 → 1985-01-15
  4. AMERADA EXPLORATION LIMITED 1964-06-01 → 1983-11-04

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Abridged
Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
Auditor
Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis, which assumes that the Company will continue in operational existence for 12 months from when the financial statements are authorized for issue, being the going concern period.”

Group structure

  1. HESS LIMITED · parent
    1. Hess Services UK Limited 100% · United Kingdom · administer the Hess UK Pension Plan

Significant events

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

People

3 active · 42 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
COLA TRIMARCO, Cecilia Secretary 2026-01-01
CHADWICK, Michael James, Mr. Director 2015-03-27 Sep 1972 British
GRINFELD, Mark, Mr. Director 2018-05-18 Apr 1978 American
Show 42 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BARRY, George Charles, Mr. Secretary 2005-03-31 2016-09-30
CHALONER, Christopher Benjamin Secretary 1996-05-31 2001-02-09
COLE, Ian David, Mr. Secretary 2011-12-30 2013-10-31
DUNLOP, John Alan Brown, Mr. Secretary 2001-02-09 2010-06-17
HARWOOD, Roger Morris, Mr. Secretary 2010-07-09 2011-12-30
MULCARE, Anthony Secretary 1996-05-31
ARMES, Christopher David, Mr. Director 2016-01-04 2018-08-10
BLAIR, Peter Alexander, Mr. Director 2016-05-27 2018-05-18
CAREY, Brendan John, Mr. Director 2008-03-03 2016-05-27
CHALONER, Christopher Benjamin Director 2000-01-26 2002-03-21
CHESHIRE, Brent Director 2000-01-26 2003-06-06
CLARKE, Kevin Frederick Director 2003-08-22 2008-03-03
CLEVELAND, Virgil William, Mr. Director 2018-08-10 2022-09-30
COLE, Ian David, Mr. Director 2003-08-22 2013-10-31
COX, Christopher Martin Director 2005-04-26 2006-07-25
EDWARDS, Martin George Director 2009-10-12 2018-12-14
FAIRBROTHER, Nicholas John Director 1998-07-28 2002-11-11
GAISFORD, Rex William, Dr Director 1999-12-01
GIBBONS, Alan Stuart, Mr. Director 2006-08-29 2015-03-30
GUGEN, Francis Robert Director 1999-12-01
HAJDIK, Brock Randall, Mr. Director 2022-09-30 2025-11-11
HARDMAN, Richard Frederick Paynter Director 2002-03-21
HARWOOD, Roger Morris, Mr. Director 2006-08-16 2011-12-30
HEMPHILL, Lesley Anne, Ms. Director 2009-04-23 2011-12-30
HESS, John Barnett, Mr. Director 1994-03-10 2011-12-30
HESS, Leon Director 1999-05-07
HILL, Gregory P Director 2009-03-04 2011-12-30
HOLTE, Johan Berthin Director 1999-01-26
LAIDLAW, Christopher Charles Fraser, Sir Director 1999-01-26
LAIDLAW, William Samuel Hugh Director 2001-09-30
LODGE, Andrew Geoffrey Director 2003-08-22 2009-03-27
MULCARE, Anthony Director 1996-05-31
O'CONNOR, John Joseph Director 2002-03-21 2009-03-04
PAVER, Howard, Mr. Director 2002-03-21 2016-03-31
PHILLIPS, Roger Simon Coltman Director 2002-03-21 2004-03-31
SANDISON, George Frederick, Mr. Director 2005-03-31 2009-10-12
SCHREYER, John Young Director 2004-03-31
TRANFIELD, Geoffrey Andrew Director 2003-08-22 2008-07-02
WALKER, Eric Mason, Mr. Director 2007-10-01 2009-04-22
WARD, Anthony Director 1995-05-04 1999-01-26
WELFORD, Paul David, Mr. Director 2012-01-13 2016-05-27
WILSON, Glenn, Mr. Director 2014-06-25 2016-01-04

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Hess Nwe Holdings Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 253 total filings

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

  • 2025-10-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-04-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-03-10 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2025-12-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-11-17 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-14 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-10-07 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2025-04-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-04-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-04-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-10-04 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-10-04 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-08-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-04-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-05-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-05-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-11-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-07-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-09-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

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
1

last 12 months

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

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