BORDERS & SOUTHERN PETROLEUM PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-16
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
USD 2,090,000
+8.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£221M
USD 296,278,000
+0.2% vs 2023
Employees
6
+20% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£910K
USD -1,217,000
-14.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Note 1 states a commitment to drill a well by 2026. The Group needs further funding or an extension if farm-out fails, neither guaranteed. These events indicate a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as going concerns. Financial statements don't include adjustments if unable to continue. Our opinion is not modified.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | -£852,957 | -£866,412 | |
| Profit before tax | -£792,405 | -£909,771 | |
| Net profit | -£792,405 | -£909,771 | |
| Cash | £1,441,280 | £1,562,383 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £221,039,845 | £221,483,143 | |
| Net assets | £221,039,845 | £221,483,143 | |
| Equity | £221,039,845 | £221,483,143 | |
| Average employees | 5 | 6 | |
| Wages | £320,700 | £329,670 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £219,780 | £288,555 |
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
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
+8.4%
£1,441,280 £1,562,383
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Net assets
+0.2%
£221,039,845 £221,483,143
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Employees
+20%
5 6
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Operating profit
-1.6%
-£852,957 -£866,412
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Profit before tax
-14.8%
-£792,405 -£909,771
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Wages
+2.8%
£320,700 £329,670
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 | -0.4% | -0.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.1% | 0.4% | |
| Current ratio | 13.41x | 2.69x | |
| Interest cover | — | -15.88x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Note 1 states a commitment to drill a well by 2026. The Group needs further funding or an extension if farm-out fails, neither guaranteed. These events indicate a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as going concerns. Financial statements don't include adjustments if unable to continue. Our opinion is not modified.”
Group structure
- BORDERS & SOUTHERN PETROLEUM PLC · parent
- Borders & Southern Falkland Islands Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Whilst the Company is not currently in operations, if the Russia/Ukraine conflict is on-going when it is operating, it could disrupt the supply chains and increase costs.”
- “The current war in Gaza does not have a direct impact on the Company but it has had an impact on investments into and out of the region. This has the potential to impact on future investments in upstream projects around the world high percentage on oil and gas revenues coming from that region.”
- “Post balance sheet the Company raised £2.2 million ($2.8 million) through a share issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLACK, William John Walton | Secretary | 2004-06-08 | — | British |
| BAKER, Henry Charles | Director | 2024-03-01 | Oct 1975 | British |
| DOBSON, David Harry Williamson | Director | 2004-06-08 | Dec 1947 | British |
| FLEMING, Peter William | Director | 2005-04-05 | Dec 1961 | New Zealander |
| GUEST, William Sean, Dr | Director | 2024-06-16 | Jan 1962 | Canadian |
| HODSON, William John Edmund | Director | 2020-12-29 | Jun 1979 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS, Howard | Nominee Secretary | 2004-06-08 | 2004-06-08 |
| HURST BROWN, Christopher Nigel | Director | 2005-04-05 | 2020-12-29 |
| OBEE, Howard, Dr | Director | 2004-06-28 | 2024-03-01 |
| POSFORD, Stephen James Douglas | Director | 2004-06-08 | 2016-06-01 |
| TESTER, William Andrew Joseph | Nominee Director | 2004-06-08 | 2004-06-08 |
| THOMAS, Howard | Director | 2004-06-08 | 2004-06-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Peter William Fleming | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-07-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 87 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-14 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-07-25 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.