CAIRN UK HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-29 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
USD 1,745,000
+300.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£221K
USD 296,000
+106.1% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£195K
USD -261,000
+47.5% 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 | £11,213 | -£92,696 | |
| Profit before tax | -£371,533 | -£195,111 | |
| Net profit | -£371,533 | £3,846,901 | |
| Cash | £325,933 | £1,304,478 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£3,625,626 | £221,275 | |
| Net assets | -£3,625,626 | £221,275 | |
| Equity | -£3,625,626 | £221,275 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,749,495 | £1,344,098 |
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
+300.2%
£325,933 £1,304,478
-
Net assets
+106.1%
-£3,625,626 £221,275
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-926.7%
£11,213 -£92,696
-
Profit before tax
+47.5%
-£371,533 -£195,111
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 | -0.3% | -41.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 1212.4% | 95.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.08x | 1.05x | |
| Interest cover | 0.03x | -0.18x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have considered the factors relevant to support a statement of going concern. The Company is reliant on support from its parent undertaking, Capricorn Energy PLC, to meet its day-to-day liquidity requirements. The Company has received a letter of support from Capricorn Energy PLC to meet liabilities as they become due for the 12-month period from the date of approval of these Financial Statements. 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 the Financial Statements and have therefore used the going concern basis in preparing the Financial Statements.”
Significant events
- “In November 2021, the Company entered into statutory undertakings with the Government of India in respect of new legislation enabling the refund of retrospective taxes collected from the Company in India by way of asset seizures since 2014. Under the new legislation, the Company was required to withdraw its rights under the international arbitration award and cease enforcement action. The Company undertook all necessary steps under the legislation, and the refund of taxes of INR 79bn (approximately $1.06 bn) was received in February 2022. In 2024, the Company received a further payment of INR 114m ($1,447k). The Company is expecting a further tax refund of INR 338m ($3,960k) to be received in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 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 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCSHERRY, Anne Margaret | Secretary | 2020-12-01 | 2023-06-07 |
| WOOD, Duncan Alexander | Secretary | 2006-06-26 | 2020-12-01 |
| BROWN, Janice Margaret | Director | 2008-10-16 | 2014-05-15 |
| COX, Christopher Martin | Director | 2023-04-11 | 2023-06-07 |
| GAMMELL, William Benjamin Bowring, Sir | Director | 2006-06-26 | 2011-07-11 |
| HART, Kevin | Director | 2006-06-30 | 2006-11-17 |
| MAWDSLEY, Clare Louise | Director | 2023-04-11 | 2023-08-01 |
| SMITH, James Donald | Director | 2014-05-15 | 2023-04-11 |
| THOMS, Malcolm Shaw | Director | 2006-06-26 | 2011-06-30 |
| THOMSON, Simon John | Director | 2008-10-16 | 2023-04-11 |
| WATTS, Michael John, Dr | Director | 2006-06-30 | 2014-05-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capricorn Energy Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-16 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-15 | 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 | |
| 2023-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director 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 | |
| 2023-06-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary 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 | |
| 2023-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.