CHRYSAOR E&P LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£728m
USD -980,878,000
+5.2% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£14m
USD -18,494,000
+64.9% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£37,878,099 | -£31,099,968 | -£6,916,512 | +77.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£56,670,066 | -£39,052,849 | -£13,724,675 | +64.9% | |
| Net profit | -£52,240,351 | -£39,077,523 | -£12,088,312 | +69.1% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £93,472,620 | £6,419,295 | -93.1% | |
| Net assets | -£718,145,591 | -£767,740,369 | -£727,924,304 | +5.2% | |
| Equity | -£718,145,591 | -£767,740,369 | -£727,924,304 | +5.2% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £0 | £0 | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.742 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | -33.3% | -107.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 131.8% | 134.5% | 136.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.15x | 0.15x | 0.12x | |
| Interest cover | -1.80x | -3.42x | -1.02x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have adopted the going concern basis of accounting... Company's ultimate parent company, Harbour Energy plc, has undertaken to directly provide the necessary financial support to the Company, as and when required, to meet all liabilities for a period of 12 months from the date of signing”
Group structure
- CHRYSAOR E&P LIMITED · parent
- Chrysaor Production Holdings Limited 100%
- Harbour Energy Finance Limited 100%
- Harbour Energy Services Limited 100%
- Chrysaor North Sea Limited 100%
- Chrysaor Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 14 April 2026, Chrysaor Holdings Limited subscribed for an additional share in the Company for an aggregate subscription price of £141.9 million (including premium and credited as fully paid in cash), in consideration for which a loan of $193.7 million owing by the Company was released.”
- “On 14 April 2026, Chrysaor Holdings Limited assigned to the Company a loan of $885.2 million owing by Chrysaor Limited... set off an amount of $784.2 million owing by the Company to Chrysaor Limited... reducing the Company's receivable balance to $101.0 million.”
- “On 15 April 2026, the Company's share capital was reduced by cancelling all but one of the issued ordinary shares... An amount of £790.4 million ($1,078.9 million) was credited to the retained earnings of the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARBOUR ENERGY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-10-10 | — | — |
| KAUSCHUS, Andreas | Director | 2026-04-27 | Feb 1978 | German |
| LANDES, Howard Ralph | Director | 2021-10-20 | Dec 1975 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANDES, Howard Ralph | Secretary | 2017-07-18 | 2022-10-10 |
| KIRK, Philip Andrew | Director | 2017-07-18 | 2022-02-28 |
| KRANE, Alexander Lorentzen | Director | 2021-10-20 | 2024-12-12 |
| OSBORNE, Andrew Jon | Director | 2017-07-18 | 2021-10-26 |
| SUTTIE, Laura Anne | Director | 2024-12-12 | 2026-04-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbour Energy Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-08-11 | Active |
| Chrysaor Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-07-18 | Ceased 2026-08-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 50 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-08-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-07-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2026-04-17 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-12-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.