ENTERPRISE OIL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-24 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-10
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2B
-21% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£22M
-86.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 | £455,600,000 | £396,800,000 | |
| Operating profit | £120,000,000 | £99,800,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £165,100,000 | £21,900,000 | |
| Net profit | £141,200,000 | -£49,500,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,651,000,000 | £2,496,200,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,924,500,000 | £1,519,400,000 | |
| Equity | £1,924,500,000 | £1,519,400,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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
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Turnover
-12.9%
£455,600,000 £396,800,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-21%
£1,924,500,000 £1,519,400,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-16.8%
£120,000,000 £99,800,000
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Profit before tax
-86.7%
£165,100,000 £21,900,000
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 | 26.3% | 25.2% | |
| Net margin | 31.0% | -12.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.5% | 4.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.53x | 1.88x | |
| Interest cover | 1.64x | 2.21x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- ENTERPRISE OIL LIMITED 2003-04-14 → present
- ENTERPRISE OIL PLC 1983-09-01 → 2003-04-14
- BRITISH GAS NORTH SEA OIL HOLDINGS LIMITED 1982-11-26 → 1983-09-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared under the going concern basis as the Directors are satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to meet its financial commitments over the going concern period to 31 December 2026.”
Significant events
- “On December. 5, 2024, Shell and Equinor ASA, announced the combination of their UK offshore oil and gas assets and expertise to form a new company which will be the UK North Sea's biggest independent producer. Assets of £933 million and associated liabilities of £652.3 million have been classified as held for sale in the balance sheet at 31 December 2024.”
- “On 17 June, 2024, the board approved the share capital reduction in aggregate amount of £1,480 million (5,920,000,000 shares) and cancelling and extinguishing Company's share premium account of £110.9 million in its entirety which is supported by a solvency statement.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 71 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PECTEN SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-11-01 | — | — |
| BURDGE, Huw Edward James | Director | 2022-01-11 | Jun 1987 | British |
| CHOPRA, Avinash | Director | 2025-12-01 | Aug 1989 | Indian |
| SIDDIQUI, Muhammad Hisham | Director | 2026-02-02 | Feb 1978 | Pakistani |
| SHELL CORPORATE DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2018-07-19 | — | — |
Show 71 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIBNEY, Vivien Murray | Secretary | 1991-09-11 | 2001-02-28 |
| JENNINGS, Geoffrey Brian | Secretary | — | 1991-09-11 |
| WHITE, Mark Jonathan | Secretary | 2001-03-01 | 2002-06-30 |
| SHELL CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-07-01 | 2022-11-01 |
| ANDERSON, Mary Grace | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2007-05-18 |
| ARCHIBALD, Gary James | Director | 2012-06-15 | 2021-12-07 |
| ARMOUR, Andrew Richard, Doctor | Director | 1996-03-13 | 2002-02-01 |
| BATES, Malcolm Rowland, Sir | Director | — | 1995-03-09 |
| BELL, William Edwin | Director | — | 1997-05-22 |
| BOTTS, Thomas Michael | Director | 2002-11-21 | 2003-10-01 |
| BOWEN, John Myles | Director | — | 1991-09-11 |
| BRASS, Lorin Lee | Director | 2002-05-08 | 2002-11-20 |
| BROCKLEBANK, Andrew Edward | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2025-12-01 |
| CHAUHAN, Aman | Director | 2023-01-09 | 2025-02-06 |
| CHURCHFIELD, Stanley Edward | Director | — | 1993-05-13 |
| CONSTANT-GLEMAS, Simon Alan | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2012-06-22 |
| CRAIG, Ian | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2002-05-08 |
| DAVIES, Paul Graham Hamblin | Director | 2002-11-12 | 2005-12-08 |
| DIBUA, Egbeazien Philippa Cornelia | Director | 2024-06-01 | 2025-12-01 |
| EIDE, Marianne Wold | Director | 2016-10-18 | 2021-05-31 |
| GARDINER, John Anthony | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| GARDY, Dominique | Director | 2002-05-08 | 2002-07-01 |
| GASKELL, Ralph Neil | Director | 2002-05-08 | 2003-11-03 |
| GORDON, Jonathan Stuart | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| GRIEVES, John Kerr | Director | 1996-05-01 | 2002-05-08 |
| HADFIELD, John Paul Simeon | Director | 2016-10-18 | 2017-01-09 |
| HAND, Austin Francis | Director | 2008-07-31 | 2015-02-28 |
| HARRIS, Edward John | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| HARRISON, Nicholas Charles | Director | 2006-06-07 | 2009-03-27 |
| HART, William Allan | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2006-09-30 |
| HEARNE, Graham James, Sir | Director | — | 2002-05-08 |
| HENRY, Keith Nicholas | Director | 1995-10-01 | 2002-05-08 |
| HILL, Gregory Paul | Director | 2002-07-08 | 2003-10-01 |
| HOPE, Peter Mark | Director | 1996-03-13 | 1999-05-20 |
| JAIN, Saurabh | Director | 2021-10-01 | 2024-06-01 |
| JANSSENS, Guy Peter Jacobus Agnes | Director | 2006-06-07 | 2008-11-30 |
| JONES, Howard Edwin Lotgering | Director | 2018-05-28 | 2021-09-30 |
| JUNGELS, Pierre Jean Marie Henri, Dr | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2001-10-31 |
| KAPPELLE, Derk | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2006-05-19 |
| KEMSHELL, David Michael | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2016-09-30 |
| KINGSTON, Peter Eric | Director | — | 1992-07-06 |
| KLAP, Frits Michiel Alexander | Director | 2016-10-18 | 2017-12-31 |
| LAIDLAW, William Samuel Hugh | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2002-05-08 |
| LONGDEN, Andrew William | Director | 2003-11-03 | 2005-03-15 |
| LOYD JR, Paul Blalock | Director | 2001-02-01 | 2002-05-08 |
| MARTIN, David John | Director | 2006-10-02 | 2008-07-31 |
| MATHER, Harold Clive | Director | 2002-05-08 | 2002-11-20 |
| MAXWELL, Robert James | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2023-01-10 |
| MOFFAT, Brian Scott, Sir | Director | 1995-08-01 | 2002-05-08 |
| ONEIL, Roger | Director | 1997-09-10 | 2002-05-08 |
| OUELLETTE, Shannon Lorraine | Director | 2018-02-12 | 2020-03-31 |
| PATERSON, Iain Stayton | Director | — | 1998-09-02 |
| PATEY, Roger Howard | Director | 2002-11-21 | 2003-12-01 |
| PINK, Michael John | Director | 1994-05-01 | 1996-12-31 |
| QUARTANO, Ralph Nicholas | Director | — | 1997-05-22 |
| RAMSAY, Garth Mcdiarmid | Director | — | 1998-05-07 |
| ROBBE, Engelhardt Marinus | Director | 2002-11-21 | 2003-10-01 |
| SHAW, Brian Piers, Sir | Director | — | 1998-05-07 |
| SHILSTON, Andrew Barkley | Director | 1993-09-08 | 2002-05-08 |
| SMART, Erica Jane | Director | 2021-07-05 | 2024-06-01 |
| SPROUSE, Rolynda Ann | Director | 2014-01-30 | 2016-10-31 |
| STRENG, Chris | Director | 2002-07-15 | 2002-10-31 |
| TALBOT, Graham Stuart | Director | 2008-12-01 | 2010-02-01 |
| VAN BUNNIK, Johannes Simon Maria | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2018-04-16 |
| VAN DE VIJVER, Walter | Director | 2002-05-08 | 2002-10-09 |
| VASEY, Bethan Sara | Director | 2025-02-06 | 2025-12-01 |
| WALMSLEY, John Arthur | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| WATT, John Ferguson | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| WATTS, Kevin Paul | Director | 1998-02-05 | 2002-05-08 |
| WEST, Julian Daniel | Director | 1991-09-11 | 1996-03-31 |
| WISEMAN, Richard Max | Director | 2002-05-08 | 2005-10-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shell U.K. Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 1125 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-06-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-20 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-18 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-06-18 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-06-18 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-06-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.