SHELL CLAIR UK LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£533m
+0.1% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£88m
-297.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
Notwithstanding the above, management intends to place the Company into voluntary liquidation and has concluded that there is no realistic alternative to doing so. In these circumstances it is not appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Energy median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £151,960,000 | £113,180,000 | £81,726,000 | -27.8% | |
| Operating profit | £28,742,000 | £33,858,000 | £51,611,000 | +52.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £33,607,000 | £44,390,000 | -£87,524,000 | -297.2% | |
| Net profit | -£6,585,000 | -£8,066,000 | £333,000 | +104.1% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £671,188,000 | £532,328,000 | £532,661,000 | +0.1% | |
| Net assets | £540,394,000 | £532,328,000 | £532,661,000 | +0.1% | |
| Equity | £540,394,000 | £532,328,000 | £532,661,000 | +0.1% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 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. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.9% | 29.9% | 63.2% | |
| Net margin | -4.3% | -7.1% | 0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.3% | 6.4% | 9.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.9% | 34.4% | 14.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.91x | 3.45x | 7.01x | |
| Interest cover | 11.86x | 20.26x | 25.24x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- SHELL CLAIR UK LIMITED 2010-10-11 → present
- CLAIR UK LIMITED 2009-12-18 → 2010-10-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“Notwithstanding the above, management intends to place the Company into voluntary liquidation and has concluded that there is no realistic alternative to doing so. In these circumstances it is not appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On December 1, 2025, Shell and Equinor ASA completed a deal to combine their UK offshore oil and gas operations to form a new company, Adura Energy Limited ("Adura"), jointly owned by Shell (50%) and Equinor (50%).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHELL CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2026-05-22 | — | — |
| BURDGE, Huw Edward James | Director | 2022-01-11 | Jun 1987 | British |
| CHOPRA, Avinash | Director | 2025-12-01 | Aug 1989 | Indian |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARWOOD, Roger Morris | Secretary | 2009-12-18 | 2010-10-11 |
| PECTEN SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-11-01 | 2026-05-13 |
| SHELL CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-09-29 | 2022-11-01 |
| ARCHIBALD, Gary James | Director | 2012-06-15 | 2021-12-24 |
| BROCKLEBANK, Andrew Edward | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2025-12-01 |
| CAREY, Brendan John, Mr. | Director | 2009-12-18 | 2010-10-11 |
| CHAUHAN, Aman Shaktiman | Director | 2023-01-09 | 2025-02-06 |
| COLE, Ian David, Mr. | Director | 2009-12-18 | 2010-10-11 |
| DIBUA, Egbeazien Philippa Cornelia | Director | 2024-06-01 | 2025-12-01 |
| EDWARDS, Martin George | Director | 2009-12-18 | 2010-10-11 |
| EIDE, Marianne Wold | Director | 2016-10-18 | 2021-05-31 |
| GIBBONS, Alan Stuart | Director | 2009-12-18 | 2010-09-29 |
| GORDON, Jonathan Stuart | Director | 2010-09-29 | 2013-12-31 |
| HADFIELD, John Paul Simeon | Director | 2016-10-18 | 2017-01-09 |
| HAND, Austin Francis | Director | 2010-09-29 | 2015-02-28 |
| HARWOOD, Roger Morris, Mr. | Director | 2009-12-18 | 2010-10-11 |
| HEMPHILL, Lesley Anne, Ms. | Director | 2009-12-18 | 2010-10-11 |
| JAIN, Saurabh | Director | 2021-10-01 | 2024-06-01 |
| JONES, Howard Edwin Lotgering | Director | 2018-05-28 | 2021-09-30 |
| KEMSHELL, David Michael | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2016-09-30 |
| KLAP, Frits Michiel Alexander | Director | 2016-10-18 | 2017-12-31 |
| MAXWELL, Robert James | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2023-01-10 |
| OUELLETTE, Shannon Lorraine | Director | 2018-02-12 | 2020-03-31 |
| SMART, Erica Jane | Director | 2021-07-05 | 2024-06-01 |
| SPROUSE, Rolynda Ann | Director | 2014-02-17 | 2016-10-31 |
| VAN BUNNIK, Johannes Simon Maria | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2018-04-16 |
| VASEY, Bethan Sara | Director | 2025-02-06 | 2025-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shell North Sea Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Enterprise Oil Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% (as firm), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Enterprise Oil Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% (as firm), Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 104 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-04 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-05-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 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 | |
| 2023-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.