CAPRICORN ENERGY UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-22 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£286M
USD 382,500,000
+2.9% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£8M
USD 10,800,000
-31.6% 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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£2,093,145 | -£448,531 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,811,318 | £8,073,559 | |
| Net profit | £21,679,001 | £8,073,559 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £277,864,992 | £285,938,551 | |
| Net assets | £277,864,992 | £285,938,551 | |
| Equity | £277,864,992 | £285,938,551 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £3,214,473 | £897,062 |
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+2.9%
£277,864,992 £285,938,551
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+78.6%
-£2,093,145 -£448,531
-
Profit before tax
-31.6%
£11,811,318 £8,073,559
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.8% | -0.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.3% | 2.4% | |
| Current ratio | 41.09x | 0.17x | |
| Interest cover | -2.55x | -0.67x |
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
- CAPRICORN ENERGY UK LIMITED 2021-12-31 → present
- NAUTICAL PETROLEUM LIMITED 2012-08-08 → 2021-12-31
- NAUTICAL PETROLEUM PLC 2005-03-31 → 2012-08-08
- BULLION RESOURCES PLC 2002-01-28 → 2005-03-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the Financial Statements and have therefore used the going concern basis in preparing the Financial Statements.”
Group structure
- CAPRICORN ENERGY UK LIMITED · parent
- Agora Oil and Gas (UK) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 18 December 2023, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with Waldorf for the full and final settlement of the remaining earnout consideration due.”
- “However, due to financial difficulties impacting Waldorf, the $22.5m has not been received and instead written down to an estimated recoverable value of only $1.5m. The transfer of the Columbus asset is also not expected to complete and the related long-term receivable fully impaired.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERVINE, Paul Alan | Secretary | 2023-06-07 | — | — |
| ERVINE, Paul Alan | Director | 2023-08-01 | Feb 1986 | British |
| NEELY, Randall Clifford | Director | 2023-06-07 | Jun 1966 | Canadian |
| PIPER, Nathan Gresham | Director | 2023-08-01 | Apr 1975 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Audrey Germaine Caroline | Secretary | 2008-06-15 | 2012-10-26 |
| GILL, Christopher | Secretary | 2002-12-23 | 2008-06-15 |
| HOSKINSON, John Anthony, Mr. | Secretary | 2002-01-28 | 2002-05-15 |
| MACKAY, Thomas Alexander | Secretary | 2002-05-15 | 2002-12-23 |
| MCSHERRY, Anne Margaret | Secretary | 2020-12-01 | 2023-06-07 |
| WOOD, Duncan | Secretary | 2012-10-26 | 2020-12-01 |
| BANK, Daryl Mark | Director | 2002-05-30 | 2004-04-05 |
| BIRD, Colin | Director | 2003-10-14 | 2005-04-01 |
| BROWN, Janice Margaret | Director | 2012-10-26 | 2014-05-15 |
| BURNE, Malcolm Alec | Director | 2003-09-22 | 2005-04-01 |
| CONLIN, John Martin | Director | 2009-06-24 | 2010-11-11 |
| COX, Christopher Martin | Director | 2023-04-11 | 2023-06-07 |
| DAVIS, David Richard | Director | 2002-05-30 | 2003-09-19 |
| DIMMOCK, Philip Anthony | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2012-10-26 |
| HOLSTAD, Brita | Director | 2015-03-03 | 2020-02-05 |
| HOSKINSON, John Anthony, Mr. | Director | 2002-01-28 | 2002-05-15 |
| JENKINS, Stephen Ian | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2012-10-26 |
| JENNINGS, Richard Paul Thomas | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2012-10-26 |
| KENNEDY, Patrick William | Director | 2002-05-30 | 2012-10-26 |
| MATHERS, William Howard | Director | 2008-10-17 | 2012-10-26 |
| MAWDSLEY, Clare Louise | Director | 2023-04-11 | 2023-08-01 |
| MAYLAND, Paul Joseph | Director | 2014-05-15 | 2023-04-20 |
| MEIRING, Johan Benjamin | Director | 2002-05-15 | 2005-04-01 |
| MELLETT, Stephanus Francois | Director | 2002-05-15 | 2003-02-13 |
| OGILVIE THOMPSON, Anthony Thomas | Director | 2002-05-30 | 2004-04-05 |
| ROODT, Dawid Daniel | Director | 2002-05-30 | 2003-09-19 |
| SMITH, James Donald | Director | 2014-05-15 | 2023-04-11 |
| THANAWALA, Hemant Maneklal | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2008-10-17 |
| THOMSON, Simon John | Director | 2012-10-26 | 2023-04-11 |
| VAN DEN BERG, Johann | Director | 2002-05-15 | 2003-04-30 |
| WATTS, Michael John, Dr | Director | 2012-10-26 | 2014-05-15 |
| WILLIAMS, Ian | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2008-10-17 |
| LONDON & GLOBE CORPORATION LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2002-01-28 | 2002-05-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capricorn Energy Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 241 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-04 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2023-11-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-06-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.