BP SHIPPING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-15 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
8,390,000
+87.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2,039,206,000
+10.3% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
189,872,000
-24.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BP SHIPPING LIMITED 1980-12-31 → present
- B P TANKER COMPANY LIMITED 1915-04-30 → 1980-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,408,211,000 | £1,432,636,000 | |
| Operating profit | £212,305,000 | £136,619,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £250,339,000 | £189,872,000 | |
| Net profit | £250,339,000 | £189,872,000 | |
| Cash | £4,464,000 | £8,390,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,434,591,000 | £2,500,532,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,849,334,000 | £2,039,206,000 | |
| Equity | £1,849,334,000 | £2,039,206,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.1% | 9.5% | |
| Net margin | 17.8% | 13.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.7% | 5.5% | |
| Current ratio | 43.88x | 53.35x | |
| Interest cover | 4.21x | 3.01x |
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
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. The current economic and geopolitical environment were considered as part of the going concern assessment.”
Significant events
- “In June 2025, the directors approved plans relating to the continuation and restructuring of bareboat charter arrangements for six Mariner Class vessels.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 48 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BP SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-10-27 | — | — |
| SUNBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-07-01 | — | — |
| FERGUSON, Gordon Ballantyne | Director | 2022-11-23 | Feb 1966 | British |
| GLENNIE, Ila | Director | 2021-10-01 | Sep 1974 | British |
| HATFULL, Darren | Director | 2025-09-01 | Jun 1971 | British |
| KLAOUDATOS, Lambros, Captain | Director | 2021-11-16 | Jun 1973 | Greek |
| PERRIE, Martin William | Director | 2026-03-12 | Sep 1974 | British |
| UPSON, Kathryn Jane | Director | 2023-04-19 | Feb 1972 | British |
Show 48 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALI, Yasin Stanley | Secretary | 2003-02-17 | 2006-02-01 |
| ELVIDGE, Janet | Secretary | 2006-11-03 | 2008-07-21 |
| ENG, Christopher Kuangcheng Gerald | Secretary | 2009-03-23 | 2010-06-30 |
| NOEL, Dawn | Secretary | 2006-02-01 | 2006-11-03 |
| PEEVOR, Brian | Secretary | 1994-02-09 | 1997-08-31 |
| THOMAS, Andrea Margaret | Secretary | 2008-07-21 | 2009-03-23 |
| THOMAS, Andrea Margaret | Secretary | 1997-09-01 | 2003-02-17 |
| YOUNG, Gillian Elizabeth | Secretary | — | 1994-02-09 |
| ADAMANY, Linda Louise | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2002-12-01 |
| ATKINSON, Leslie, Dr | Director | — | 1993-07-01 |
| BACKHOUSE, Peter George | Director | 1997-12-08 | 1999-03-01 |
| BALDRY, David Andrew James | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2008-12-01 |
| BOSS-WALKER, Sven Roger | Director | 2020-09-07 | 2021-11-16 |
| BUCKNALL, David James | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2014-11-01 |
| CARMALT, Heather Jane | Director | 2022-01-28 | 2026-03-12 |
| CHAPMAN, Douglas Patrick | Director | 2002-11-01 | 2007-07-31 |
| COX, Vivienne, Dr | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2007-11-13 |
| DAY, Robert James | Director | 2009-02-01 | 2016-04-29 |
| DIO, Susan Leslie | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2018-01-31 |
| FIELD, Christopher John | Director | — | 1994-05-30 |
| FITZSIMMONS, David Stephen | Director | 1999-03-01 | 1999-10-01 |
| GROTE, Byron Elmer, Dr | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2003-11-01 |
| HARRISON, Robert John | Director | 2017-07-14 | 2018-03-14 |
| HARTLEY, Nicholas | Director | — | 1993-05-30 |
| HAYWARD, Anthony Bryan | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2002-11-01 |
| HAYWOOD, Alan Henry | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2017-02-01 |
| HOWLE, Carol-Lee | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2020-08-01 |
| KOLBUSH, Susan Diane | Director | 2020-08-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| LANE, David Michael | Director | 2024-03-01 | 2025-09-01 |
| LUFF, William James | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| MALONE, Robert Allen | Director | 2002-12-01 | 2006-09-01 |
| MASON, Roderick Guy | Director | 2016-04-29 | 2020-11-03 |
| MOGFORD, John | Director | 2007-11-13 | 2008-03-01 |
| NEWTON, Richard William | Director | — | 1994-05-30 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Jonathan Richard | Director | 2020-10-05 | 2021-03-15 |
| PANIGUIAN, Richard Leon | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2007-11-13 |
| PAYNE, David Hugh Walton | Director | 1993-07-01 | 1997-12-01 |
| RIDGWAY, Donald John | Director | 2007-11-13 | 2015-05-01 |
| RIOS, Aleida Garza | Director | 2018-03-19 | 2021-08-29 |
| SANYAL, Debasish Satya | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2012-01-01 |
| STARKIE, Francis William Michael | Director | 2006-03-29 | 2006-05-22 |
| THOMSON, Katherine Anne | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2019-08-27 |
| WATSON, David Robert | Director | 1999-03-01 | 2000-09-01 |
| WEBSTER, Jenny | Director | 2021-03-15 | 2022-01-28 |
| WHEATLEY, Richard | Director | 2019-08-27 | 2022-10-13 |
| WOOD, Dominic, Mr. | Director | 2016-08-30 | 2017-04-20 |
| ZHAO, Chunming | Director | 2016-08-30 | 2020-07-01 |
| MELROSE OIL TRADING COMPANY LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2004-08-13 | 2004-10-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bp International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 249 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-27 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-08 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+1.7%
£1,408,211,000 £1,432,636,000
-
Cash
+87.9%
£4,464,000 £8,390,000
-
Net assets
+10.3%
£1,849,334,000 £2,039,206,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-35.6%
£212,305,000 £136,619,000
-
Profit before tax
-24.2%
£250,339,000 £189,872,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers