CATS NORTH SEA LIMITED
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Cash
£15m
+15.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£288m
+16.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£50m
+8% vs 2024
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 | £74,914,000 | £71,116,000 | £72,792,000 | +2.4% | |
| Operating profit | £55,726,000 | £46,457,000 | £51,860,000 | +11.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £55,532,000 | £46,604,000 | £50,332,000 | +8% | |
| Net profit | £49,242,000 | £44,830,000 | £41,640,000 | -7.1% | |
| Cash | £11,317,000 | £13,367,000 | £15,441,000 | +15.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £220,355,000 | £257,727,000 | £325,870,000 | +26.4% | |
| Net assets | £201,993,000 | £246,823,000 | £288,463,000 | +16.9% | |
| Equity | £201,993,000 | £246,823,000 | £288,463,000 | +16.9% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £100,000 | £100,000 | — | — |
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 | 74.4% | 65.3% | 71.2% | |
| Net margin | 65.7% | 63.0% | 57.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.3% | 18.0% | 15.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 46.3% | 49.7% | 21.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.15x | 2.01x | 85.39x | |
| Interest cover | 81.23x | 82.81x | 22.78x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are therefore prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 7 April 2026, the Upper Tribunal ruled in favour of the Company regarding an HMRC closure notice for the year ended 31 December 2015.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUYPAERT, Thomas Jack Robert | Director | 2020-01-30 | Feb 1987 | French |
| MCINTOSH, Ralph Leslie | Director | 2025-03-11 | Oct 1985 | British |
| MORGAN, Nathan Paul | Director | 2023-02-17 | Apr 1977 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-10-06 | 2015-12-17 |
| APPLETON, Guy Robert Maurice | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2024-06-30 |
| BARTLETT, John Harold, Mr. | Director | 2014-10-06 | 2015-12-17 |
| CROSBIE, Mark John | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2020-01-30 |
| FRIEDEL, Guillaume Jacques Robert | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2020-01-30 |
| GARLICK, Trevor William | Director | 2014-10-06 | 2015-12-17 |
| HESSELL, Andrew David | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2023-01-31 |
| HESSELL, Andrew David | Director | 2014-10-06 | 2014-12-03 |
| IFKÉR, Stéphane Julien | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2020-01-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephane Julien Ifkér | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-30 |
| Mr Guillaume Jacques Robert Friedel | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-30 |
| Mark John Crosbie | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-30 |
| Kellas Midstream Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-08 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-18 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change 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.