ENSCO DEEPWATER DRILLING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-16 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-02
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£349M
USD -466,751,000
+7.4% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£28M
USD 36,838,000
+9.5% 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
During 2021, the directors took the decision that the Company's only investment will be liquidated in due course. The directors consider it unlikely that a replacement investment or trade will be acquired and as such the Company will cease its principal activity upon the investment liquidation being executed. Accordingly, the directors have not prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.
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 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £25,149,137 | £27,538,312 | |
| Net profit | £24,849,368 | £27,748,374 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £628,495,926 | £656,244,300 | |
| Net assets | -£376,668,909 | -£348,920,535 | |
| Equity | -£376,668,909 | -£348,920,535 | |
| 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
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+7.4%
-£376,668,909 -£348,920,535
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
+9.5%
£25,149,137 £27,538,312
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 159.6% | 152.8% | |
| Current ratio | 161.15x | 142.32x |
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
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Bourner Bullock
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“During 2021, the directors took the decision that the Company's only investment will be liquidated in due course. The directors consider it unlikely that a replacement investment or trade will be acquired and as such the Company will cease its principal activity upon the investment liquidation being executed. Accordingly, the directors have not prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ENSCO DEEPWATER DRILLING LIMITED · parent
- Pride Arabia Company Ltd. 0.25%
Significant events
- “During 2021, the directors took the decision that the Company's only investment will be liquidated in due course. The directors consider it unlikely that a replacement investment or trade will be acquired and as such the Company will cease its principal activity upon the investment liquidation being executed.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILSON, Peter Henderson | Secretary | 2024-09-30 | — | — |
| WILSON, Peter Henderson | Director | 2019-07-31 | Jan 1967 | British |
| WINTON, John Alexander Campbell | Director | 2024-09-30 | Feb 1969 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROSS, Jonathan Paul | Secretary | 2013-05-10 | 2024-09-30 |
| JACIUK, Nicolas | Secretary | 2014-08-08 | 2017-04-25 |
| KEWISH, Dean Alan | Secretary | 2013-05-10 | 2015-06-19 |
| MALONE, JR., Herman | Secretary | 2013-05-10 | 2013-08-20 |
| SANGSTER, Derek Andrew | Secretary | 2013-08-20 | 2017-04-25 |
| WALKER, Paul Mark | Secretary | 2013-05-10 | 2014-07-29 |
| ABOGADO NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-05-10 | 2018-04-27 |
| CITCO MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-04-27 | 2021-05-01 |
| CROSS, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2013-05-10 | 2024-09-30 |
| HALL, Julian Richard | Director | 2017-04-24 | 2019-04-11 |
| JACIUK, Nicolas | Director | 2014-07-29 | 2018-04-27 |
| MOONEY, Stephen Laurence | Director | 2018-04-27 | 2024-09-30 |
| SANGSTER, Derek Andrew | Director | 2013-08-06 | 2017-04-24 |
| WALKER, Paul Mark | Director | 2013-05-10 | 2014-07-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valaris Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-04-30 | Active |
| Valaris Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-04-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 72 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-04 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2021-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.