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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

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
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 00
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

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Return on capital employed 0.0%0.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 55.7%89.9%
Current ratio 0.30x0.00x
Interest cover 0.00x0.00x

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

  1. CAPRICORN OIL LIMITED 2008-03-31 → present
  2. CAPRICORN ENERGY LIMITED 2006-09-04 → 2008-03-31
  3. 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

  1. CAPRICORN OIL LIMITED · parent
    1. Capricorn Energy Holdings Limited 100% · Scotland · Holding company
    2. Capricorn Egypt (Holding) Limited 100% · England · Holding company
    3. Capricorn Americas Limited 100% · Scotland · Holding company
    4. Capricorn Côte d'Ivoire Limited 100% · Scotland · Exploration
    5. Capricorn Energy Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. 100% · Mexico · Exploration
    6. Capricorn Exploration and Development Company Limited 100% · Scotland · Exploration
    7. Capricorn Low Carbon Solutions Limited 100% · England · Carbon trading
    8. Capricorn Mauritania Limited 100% · Scotland · Exploration
    9. Capricorn Nicaragua BV 100% · The Netherlands · Exploration
    10. Capricorn Petroleum Limited 100% · Scotland · Holding company
    11. Capricorn Resources Management Limited 100% · Scotland · Royalty interest
    12. Capricorn Offshore Exploration Limited 100% · Scotland · Exploration
    13. Capricorn Suriname BV 100% · The Netherlands · Exploration
    14. Capricorn Energy UK Limited 100% · England · Exploration
    15. Capricorn Egypt Limited 100% · England · Exploration
    16. Agora Oil and Gas (UK) Limited 100% · Scotland · Exploration

Significant events

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 PDF
2024-10-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-05-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-08-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-08-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-08-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-08-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-06-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-06-09 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2023-06-09 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-06-09 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2023-05-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-04-20 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-04-20 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-04-12 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-04-12 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-04-12 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-04-12 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
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

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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