CAPRICORN OIL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-01 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£0
USD 0
-100% vs 2023
Net assets
£34M
USD 45,400,000
-87.2% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£230M
USD -308,100,000
-530.1% 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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £0 | £0 | |
| Profit before tax | -£36,555,281 | -£230,320,700 | |
| Net profit | -£36,555,281 | -£230,320,700 | |
| Cash | £98,901,099 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £264,259,550 | £33,938,850 | |
| Net assets | £264,259,550 | £33,938,850 | |
| Equity | £264,259,550 | £33,938,850 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £3,663,004 | £897,062 |
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-100%
£98,901,099 £0
-
Net assets
-87.2%
£264,259,550 £33,938,850
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-530.1%
-£36,555,281 -£230,320,700
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 55.7% | 89.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.30x | 0.00x | |
| Interest cover | 0.00x | 0.00x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- CAPRICORN OIL LIMITED 2008-03-31 → present
- CAPRICORN ENERGY LIMITED 2006-09-04 → 2008-03-31
- CAIRN RESOURCES LIMITED 2006-04-24 → 2006-09-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these Financial Statements and have therefore used the going concern basis in preparing the Financial Statements.”
Group structure
- CAPRICORN OIL LIMITED · parent
- Capricorn Energy Holdings Limited 100%
- Capricorn Egypt (Holding) Limited 100%
- Capricorn Americas Limited 100%
- Capricorn Côte d'Ivoire Limited 100%
- Capricorn Energy Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. 100%
- Capricorn Exploration and Development Company Limited 100%
- Capricorn Low Carbon Solutions Limited 100%
- Capricorn Mauritania Limited 100%
- Capricorn Nicaragua BV 100%
- Capricorn Petroleum Limited 100%
- Capricorn Resources Management Limited 100%
- Capricorn Offshore Exploration Limited 100%
- Capricorn Suriname BV 100%
- Capricorn Energy UK Limited 100%
- Capricorn Egypt Limited 100%
- Agora Oil and Gas (UK) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year Capricorn Oil Limited made a loss of $308.1m (2023: loss of $48.9m). This was mainly due to the waiver of an intercompany loan to its subsidiary Capricorn Egypt (Holding) Limited of $293.9m (2023: loss incurred was mainly due to interest payable on an intercompany loan of $53.7m).”
- “In June 2024, the Company waived $293.9m due from its subsidiary, Capricorn Egypt (Holding) Limited, which was offset against amounts due from the subsidiary.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERVINE, Paul Alan | Secretary | 2023-06-07 | — | — |
| ERVINE, Paul Alan | Director | 2023-08-01 | Feb 1986 | British |
| NEELY, Randall Clifford | Director | 2023-06-07 | Jun 1966 | Canadian |
| PIPER, Nathan Gresham | Director | 2023-08-01 | Apr 1975 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCSHERRY, Anne Margaret | Secretary | 2020-12-01 | 2023-06-07 |
| WOOD, Duncan Alexander | Secretary | 2006-04-24 | 2020-12-01 |
| BERGER, Alexander | Director | 2007-09-19 | 2009-06-03 |
| BROWN, Janice Margaret | Director | 2007-02-16 | 2014-05-15 |
| COX, Christopher Martin | Director | 2023-04-11 | 2023-06-07 |
| GAMMELL, William Benjamin Bowring, Sir | Director | 2006-04-24 | 2011-07-11 |
| GROSSART, Hamish Mcleod | Director | 2007-12-05 | 2008-12-31 |
| HART, Kevin | Director | 2006-04-28 | 2006-11-17 |
| HATHON, Eric Gene | Director | 2021-06-21 | 2023-04-20 |
| HEATON, Richard Charles | Director | 2008-01-23 | 2017-05-19 |
| HUNT, Todd Mclean | Director | 2007-12-05 | 2008-12-31 |
| MAWDSLEY, Clare Louise | Director | 2023-04-11 | 2023-08-01 |
| MAYLAND, Paul Joseph | Director | 2014-05-15 | 2023-04-20 |
| MCLAREN, Iain Archibald | Director | 2008-07-02 | 2008-12-31 |
| MURRAY, Norman Loch | Director | 2007-12-05 | 2008-12-31 |
| SHILSTON, Andrew Barkley | Director | 2007-12-05 | 2008-05-23 |
| SMITH, James Donald | Director | 2014-05-15 | 2023-04-11 |
| STORY, Edward T | Director | 2007-12-05 | 2008-12-31 |
| THOMS, Malcolm Shaw | Director | 2006-04-28 | 2011-06-30 |
| THOMSON, Simon John | Director | 2007-04-03 | 2023-04-11 |
| TRACY, Philip Oliver James | Director | 2007-05-11 | 2011-06-30 |
| TYNDALL, Mark Robert John | Director | 2007-12-05 | 2008-12-31 |
| VEENHOF, Epeus Nicolaas | Director | 2009-06-24 | 2009-11-27 |
| WATTS, Michael John, Dr | Director | 2006-04-24 | 2014-05-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capricorn Energy Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 182 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-02 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up 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.