BLUEWATER LANCASTER PRODUCTION (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£810K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1.6M
+15.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£342K
-4.7% 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
The financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern because the directors intend to wind up the company.
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 | £38,707,000 | £38,416,000 | £36,371,000 | -5.3% | |
| Operating profit | £497,000 | £362,000 | £395,000 | +9.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £366,000 | £359,000 | £342,000 | -4.7% | |
| Net profit | £280,000 | £269,000 | £208,000 | -22.7% | |
| Cash | — | — | £810,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,082,000 | £1,351,000 | £1,559,000 | +15.4% | |
| Net assets | £1,082,000 | £1,351,000 | £1,559,000 | +15.4% | |
| Equity | £1,082,000 | £1,351,000 | £1,559,000 | +15.4% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Wages | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — | — |
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 | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 45.9% | 26.8% | 25.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 80.1% | 69.4% | 73.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 1.44x | 1.37x | |
| Interest cover | 3.79x | — | 7.45x |
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
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“The financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern because the directors intend to wind up the company.”
Significant events
- “For the bareboat charter agreement for the FPSO vessel Aoka Mizu, vessel owner Bluewater (Aoka Mizu) B.V. issued a notice of termination at the end of February 2026 to its respective customer to terminate the agreement by May 31, 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAN DE KORPUT, Adriaan Petrus | Director | 2017-03-03 | Mar 1958 | Dutch |
| VAN DER LAAN, Arie Adrianus | Director | 2018-01-12 | Aug 1966 | Dutch |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FROWEIN, Werner Karel | Director | 2017-03-03 | 2018-01-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluewater Services (Uk) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-03-03 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 38 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-25 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-11-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-11-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.