KCA DEUTAG RIG DESIGN SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-04 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1K
0% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+6.1% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£177K
+146.7% 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 | £322,000 | £345,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£379,000 | £177,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£379,000 | £177,000 | |
| Net profit | -£379,000 | £90,000 | |
| Cash | £1,000 | £1,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,470,000 | £1,560,000 | |
| Equity | £1,470,000 | £1,560,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — 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
+7.1%
£322,000 £345,000
-
Cash
0%
£1,000 £1,000
-
Net assets
+6.1%
£1,470,000 £1,560,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+146.7%
-£379,000 £177,000
-
Profit before tax
+146.7%
-£379,000 £177,000
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 | -117.7% | 51.3% | |
| Net margin | -117.7% | 26.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.70x | 8.92x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- KCA DEUTAG RIG DESIGN SERVICES LIMITED 2012-06-15 → present
- KCA DEUTAG RIG DESIGN LIMITED 2012-04-05 → 2012-06-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“For the Company to continue as a going concern, it is reliant upon the provision of financial support from the group. As such, the Directors have obtained a letter of support from Abbot Group Limited, to assist in meeting liabilities as and when they fall due, but only to the extent that money is not otherwise available to meet such liabilities.”
Significant events
- “On 16 January 2025, HP Global Holdings Limited (H&P) completed the Acquisition of 100% of the share capital of KCA Deutag International Limited and its subsidiaries pursuant to the Purchase Agreement signed in July 2024. H&P paid aggregate cash consideration of approximately $2.0 billion, which consisted of the share purchase price of $0.9 billion and $1.1 billion which was used to contemporaneously repay or redeem certain of KCA Deutag existing debt, including, as applicable, the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest, premiums, and fees.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRANSTON, Sean Richard Lawrence | Director | 2020-03-02 | Sep 1973 | British |
| POLSON, Niall David | Director | 2026-02-12 | Aug 1983 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREW, Louise | Secretary | 2012-04-05 | 2014-03-31 |
| ANDREW, Louise | Director | 2012-07-09 | 2014-03-31 |
| BELL, John Ruskin | Director | 2025-02-12 | 2026-02-12 |
| BYRNE, Anthony Joseph | Director | 2014-11-18 | 2021-12-31 |
| GILCHRIST, Neil Porteous | Director | 2013-01-15 | 2025-02-12 |
| PAVER, Gary Neil | Director | 2013-01-15 | 2020-03-02 |
| PORTER, Jay Lee | Director | 2025-02-12 | 2026-02-12 |
| STEVENSON, Neil Graham | Director | 2012-04-05 | 2013-01-21 |
| THOMSON, Lynne | Director | 2014-03-31 | 2014-11-18 |
| WALKER, Mark Johnstone | Director | 2012-04-05 | 2013-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kca Deutag Drilling Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 74 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.