CONOCOPHILLIPS (U.K.) MARKETING AND TRADING LIMITED
Operating as a subsidiary of the US energy corporation ConocoPhillips, the company is engaged in the wholesale marketing and trading of fuels and related energy products.
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Cash
£135M
-13% vs 2023
Net assets
£110M
-9.5% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£17M
-27,530.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,422,462,000 | £3,275,140,000 | -4.3% | |
| Operating profit | -£15,293,000 | -£26,927,000 | -76.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £63,000 | -£17,281,000 | -27,530.2% | |
| Net profit | £21,000 | -£13,027,000 | -62,133.3% | |
| Cash | £154,653,000 | £134,515,000 | -13% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £121,681,000 | £110,434,000 | -9.2% | |
| Net assets | £121,681,000 | £110,167,000 | -9.5% | |
| Equity | £121,681,000 | £110,167,000 | -9.5% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,203,000 | £905,000 | -24.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.4% | -0.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.0% | -0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -12.6% | -24.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.29x | 1.36x | |
| Interest cover | -4.39x | -7.21x |
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 have been prepared on the going concern basis, which assumes that the company will continue in operational existence for twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements being the going concern period. The company is dependent upon the financial support of its intermediate parent undertaking, ConocoPhillips Company. ConocoPhillips Company has undertaken to provide the funds necessary for the company to continue as a going concern for the going concern period.”
Group structure
- CONOCOPHILLIPS (U.K.) MARKETING AND TRADING LIMITED · parent
- Hydro Blue (UK) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Company entering three 10-year gas sales contracts as seller, authorized by the Board on 27th Aug 2024.”
- “Hydro Blue (UK) Limited, which had been dormant, in which the company held 100% of the ordinary shares, was formally dissolved on 12 March 2024.”
- “In 2024, under Group Tax Relief rules, the Company has surrendered £5.4 million of tax loss to ConocoPhillips Treasury Limited, £1.6 million of tax loss to ConocoPhillips (U.K.) Teesside Operator Limited, and 11.0 million to Norpipe Terminal Holdco group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FISHER, Clare Catherine | Secretary | 2019-10-16 | — | — |
| BURGESS, Jonathan Alexander | Director | 2019-10-16 | May 1979 | British |
| CHAPMAN, Mark Alexandre | Director | 2022-04-01 | Feb 1978 | British |
| JOHNSTON, Ian Gordon | Director | 2024-07-31 | Nov 1970 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARRELL, Joseph Anthony | Secretary | 2018-12-21 | 2019-05-22 |
| GRIMSHAW, David | Secretary | 2019-04-11 | 2019-09-30 |
| GOODWIN, Amanda Jane, Dr | Director | 2018-12-21 | 2022-04-01 |
| RICE-JONES, Malcolm Robert | Director | 2018-12-21 | 2024-07-31 |
| SCOTT, Russell | Director | 2018-12-21 | 2019-05-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conocophillips Company | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-12-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 26 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-10-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2019-10-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination 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.