BP EXPLORATION (DELTA) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-13 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£86M
USD 114,825,000
-77.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£1B
USD 1,574,056,000
-62% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£218M
USD 291,889,000
-57.5% vs 2023
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 | £1,618,402,482 | £1,071,288,032 | |
| Operating profit | £444,138,447 | £175,112,507 | |
| Profit before tax | £513,771,399 | £218,202,138 | |
| Net profit | £202,733,049 | -£11,838,977 | |
| Cash | £389,133,588 | £85,837,632 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,148,681,319 | £1,183,766,913 | |
| Net assets | £3,097,401,510 | £1,176,688,346 | |
| Equity | £3,097,401,510 | £1,176,688,346 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| 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
-
Turnover
-33.8%
£1,618,402,482 £1,071,288,032
-
Cash
-77.9%
£389,133,588 £85,837,632
-
Net assets
-62%
£3,097,401,510 £1,176,688,346
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-60.6%
£444,138,447 £175,112,507
-
Profit before tax
-57.5%
£513,771,399 £218,202,138
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 27.4% | 16.3% | |
| Net margin | 12.5% | -1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.1% | 14.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 15.8% | 39.1% | |
| Current ratio | 4.08x | 2.01x | |
| Interest cover | 163.63x | 147.14x |
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
- BP EXPLORATION (DELTA) LIMITED 2002-11-13 → present
- BP AMOCO EXPLORATION (DELTA) LIMITED 2000-04-10 → 2002-11-13
- BP PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT (GABON) LIMITED 1983-05-19 → 2000-04-10
- BP PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OF TONGA LIMITED 1970-07-06 → 1983-05-19
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. Liquidity and financing are managed within the bp group under pooled group-wide arrangements which include the company. As part of the going concern basis of preparation for the company, the ability and intent of the bp group to support the company has also been taken into consideration. The most recent bp group financial statements continue to be prepared on a going concern basis. Forecast liquidity of the bp group has been assessed under a number of stressed scenarios, including a significant decline in oil prices over the 12-month period from the date these financial statements were approved. Reverse stress tests performed indicated that the bp group will continue to operate as a going concern for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements even if the Brent price fell to zero. In addition, bp group management have confirmed the existing intra-group funding and liquidity arrangements as currently constituted are expected to continue for the foreseeable future, being no less than twelve months from the approval of these financial statements. No material uncertainties over going concern or significant judgements or estimates on the assessment were identified. Accordingly, the company will be able to draw on support from the bp group for the foreseeable future and these financial statements have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis. The above mentioned intercompany financing is also sufficient to cover any uncertainties with respect to timely recoverability of overdue receivables. For further information on financial risk factors, including credit risk and liquidity risk, see page 6.”
Group structure
- BP EXPLORATION (DELTA) LIMITED · parent
- El Burg Offshore Company (EBOC) 20%
Significant events
- “On 14 February 2024, bp announced that it had agreed to form a new joint venture in Egypt with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (bp 51%, ADNOC 49%). As part of the agreement five concessions were sold, the deed of assignment was signed on 26 August 2024 and legal title was passed to Arcius Energy Egypt Limited.”
- “In 2024 the company successfully completed the drilling activity of the "El King-2" appraisal well in the North King Mariout Offshore Concession and El Fayoum-5 gas discovery well in the North Alexandria Offshore Concession, marking the final well in its drilling campaign.”
- “Also, the start of production from the second development phase of the Raven field.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BP SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-10-29 | — | — |
| SUNBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-07-01 | — | — |
| RAHMANOV, Rahman Nariman Oglu | Director | 2026-01-06 | Oct 1979 | Azerbaijani |
| SHAHEEN, Wail Mohamed Sami | Director | 2024-08-16 | May 1972 | Egyptian |
| YOUWAKIM, Nader Helmy Zaki | Director | 2023-06-15 | Aug 1973 | Egyptian |
Show 33 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 |
| ALLEN, David Christopher, Dr | Director | 1996-03-12 | 1997-08-31 |
| BARTLETT, John Harold, Mr. | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2012-02-27 |
| BLACKWOOD, David John | Director | 2005-04-20 | 2008-12-31 |
| BRADLEY, Godfrey Richard | Director | 1993-05-31 | 1994-04-01 |
| BRAME, John Murphy | Director | 2009-08-17 | 2010-04-01 |
| CHAPMAN, Douglas Patrick | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2001-03-31 |
| FOUAD, Ashraf Hassan Aly | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2013-10-24 |
| FOWLER, Clive | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2001-08-31 |
| GOODALL, Colin Robert | Director | — | 1995-01-01 |
| GRANT, David William John | Director | 1997-09-01 | 1999-02-19 |
| ILLINGWORTH, Martin Robert, Dr | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2014-01-31 |
| IMANOV, Nadir | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2024-08-16 |
| LAWRIE, David Ernest | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2006-12-30 |
| LYNCH JR, John Edward | Director | 2003-03-01 | 2006-08-01 |
| MACRAE, Sandra Jean | Director | 2012-02-27 | 2016-01-01 |
| MEKAWI, Hesham Saad, Mr. | Director | 2015-09-09 | 2020-07-01 |
| MEKAWI, Hesham | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2006-11-01 |
| MORRIS, Robin Dale | Director | — | 1993-05-31 |
| MYERS, John | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2021-07-29 |
| POPE, David Alun | Director | 2024-05-01 | 2025-11-14 |
| RITCHIE, Bryan David, Dr | Director | 2020-12-09 | 2024-05-01 |
| SEMPLE, Andrew Mark | Director | 2014-02-18 | 2015-01-30 |
| SKIPPER, John Craig | Director | 1999-02-19 | 2012-12-14 |
| URBAN, Scott Douglas | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2005-08-31 |
| WESTON, Steven | Director | 1994-04-01 | 1997-08-31 |
| WRIGHT, Thomas Walter Arthur | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2001-03-31 |
| YOUSSEF, Karim Mohamed Alaaeldin Abdelhakim | Director | 2018-03-27 | 2023-06-14 |
| ZAKI, Nader | Director | 2013-10-24 | 2018-03-01 |
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 227 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-02-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-02-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-29 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-02-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-02-23 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2023-02-23 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2023-02-23 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.