CAPRICORN ENERGY PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-23 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£92M
USD 123,400,000
-34.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£261M
USD 349,300,000
-14.1% vs 2023
Employees
45
-61.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£10M
USD 13,900,000
+113.6% vs 2023
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 | £150,257,905 | £110,488,151 | |
| Operating profit | -£65,336,025 | £22,501,308 | |
| Profit before tax | -£76,325,036 | £10,390,970 | |
| Net profit | -£107,647,455 | £7,924,049 | |
| Cash | £141,661,060 | £92,247,888 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £407,490,469 | £341,257,382 | |
| Net assets | £303,879,794 | £261,119,833 | |
| Equity | £303,879,794 | £261,119,833 | |
| Average employees | 117 | 45 | |
| Wages | £13,754,953 | £7,176,497 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,161,424 | £1,622,969 |
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
-
Turnover
-26.5%
£150,257,905 £110,488,151
-
Cash
-34.9%
£141,661,060 £92,247,888
-
Net assets
-14.1%
£303,879,794 £261,119,833
-
Employees
-61.5%
117 45
-
Operating profit
+134.4%
-£65,336,025 £22,501,308
-
Profit before tax
+113.6%
-£76,325,036 £10,390,970
-
Wages
-47.8%
£13,754,953 £7,176,497
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -43.5% | 20.4% | |
| Net margin | -71.6% | 7.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -16.0% | 6.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.1% | 43.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.13x | 2.21x | |
| Interest cover | -3.45x | 1.48x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- CAPRICORN ENERGY PLC 2021-12-10 → present
- CAIRN ENERGY PLC 2003-02-19 → 2021-12-10
- NEW CAIRN ENERGY PLC 2002-12-05 → 2003-02-19
- RANDOTTE (NO. 507) LIMITED 2002-01-07 → 2002-12-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In preparing the financial statements, the directors are required to consider the company's ability to continue as a going concern. The directors' explanation as to their assessment of the group's and company's prospects, the period this assessment covers and why the directors consider that there is no material uncertainty and that they have a reasonable expectation that the company will be able to continue in operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Group structure
- CAPRICORN ENERGY PLC · parent
- Cairn UK Holdings Limited 1%
- Capricorn Energy Investment Limited 1%
- Capricorn Oil Limited 1%
- Capricorn Senegal (Holding) Limited 1%
- Agoro Oil and Gas (UK) Limited 1%
- Capricorn Cote d'Ivoire Limited 1%
- Capricorn Egypt (Holding) Limited 1%
- Capricorn Egypt Limited 1%
- Capricorn Senegal Holdings Limited 1%
- Capricorn Energy Mexico S.A. DE R.L. DE C.V. 1%
- Capricorn Energy UK Limited 1%
- Capricorn Exploration and Development Company Limited 1%
- Capricorn Licences and Solutions Limited 1%
- Capricorn Nicaragua BV 1%
- Capricorn Offshore Exploration Limited 1%
- Capricorn Petroleum Limited 1%
- Capricorn Resources Limited 1%
- Capricorn Senegal Limited 1%
- Capricorn Suriname BV 1%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERVINE, Paul Alan | Secretary | 2023-05-31 | — | — |
| GORDON, Maria Vladimirovna | Director | 2023-02-01 | Feb 1974 | British,Russian |
| HERBERT, Richard | Director | 2023-02-01 | Jul 1958 | British |
| MERRIN, Patrice Ellen | Director | 2023-06-26 | Sep 1948 | Canadian,Irish |
| MISTRY, Sachin | Director | 2024-05-23 | Mar 1979 | British |
| NEELY, Randall Clifford | Director | 2023-06-01 | Jun 1966 | Canadian |
| PITTS, James Emilian Thomas | Director | 2023-02-01 | Jan 1966 | Canadian |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCSHERRY, Anne Margaret | Secretary | 2020-12-01 | 2023-05-31 |
| WOOD, Duncan Alexander | Secretary | 2002-11-13 | 2020-12-01 |
| CHARLOTTE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-01-07 | 2002-11-13 |
| ARAUJO, Luis Antonio Gomes | Director | 2022-05-11 | 2023-01-24 |
| BERGER, Alexander Ferdinand Diederik | Director | 2010-05-20 | 2019-05-17 |
| BROWN, Janice Margaret | Director | 2006-11-17 | 2014-05-15 |
| BUCKEE, James William, Dr | Director | 2009-01-15 | 2014-05-15 |
| COX, Christopher Martin | Director | 2023-02-01 | 2023-06-01 |
| DAUGBJERG, Erik Bernhard | Director | 2020-05-14 | 2023-06-26 |
| GAMMELL, William Benjamin Bowring, Sir | Director | 2002-11-13 | 2014-05-15 |
| GIADROSSI, Nicoletta Carla Maria | Director | 2017-01-10 | 2023-01-24 |
| GROSSART, Hamish Mcleod | Director | 2002-12-06 | 2010-05-20 |
| HART, Kevin | Director | 2002-11-13 | 2006-11-17 |
| HUNT, Todd Mclean | Director | 2003-05-14 | 2020-05-14 |
| KALLOS, Peter Stephen | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2023-01-24 |
| KRAJICEK, Catherine Lee | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2023-06-26 |
| LOUGH, Keith Geddes | Director | 2015-05-14 | 2023-02-01 |
| MCLAREN, Iain Archibald | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2018-05-15 |
| MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell | Nominee Director | 2002-01-07 | 2002-11-13 |
| MEKAWI, Hesham Saad | Director | 2023-02-01 | 2024-06-27 |
| MURRAY, Norman Loch | Director | 2002-12-06 | 2011-06-30 |
| SHEPPARD, Mary Jacqueline | Director | 2010-05-20 | 2018-12-31 |
| SHILSTON, Andrew Barkley | Director | 2004-11-08 | 2008-05-23 |
| SMITH, James Donald | Director | 2014-05-15 | 2023-02-01 |
| STORY, Edward T | Director | 2002-12-06 | 2009-01-15 |
| THOMS, Malcolm Shaw | Director | 2002-12-06 | 2011-06-30 |
| THOMSON, Simon John | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2023-01-24 |
| THOMSON, Simon John | Director | 2006-11-17 | 2011-07-01 |
| TRACY, Philip Oliver James | Director | 2004-02-06 | 2011-06-30 |
| TYLER, Ian Paul | Director | 2013-06-28 | 2020-12-31 |
| TYNDALL, Mark Robert John | Director | 2003-10-10 | 2010-05-20 |
| VAN DER LAAN DE VRIES, Craig Andrew | Director | 2023-02-01 | 2024-05-23 |
| WATTS, Michael John, Dr | Director | 2002-12-06 | 2014-05-15 |
| WOOD, Alison Jane | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2023-01-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 1211 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-30 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-12-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-12-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-12-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-12-23 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-12-22 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-05 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-12-05 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-12-05 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-11-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-11-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-11-01 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-11-01 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-11-01 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-11-01 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-10-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 15
- 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.