HERTFORDSHIRE OIL STORAGE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2025-12-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-02 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-19
Watchouts
Cash
£40K
-87.5% vs 2022
Net assets
£0
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£0
Period ending 2023-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-12-31.
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £305,000 | £373,000 | |
| Operating profit | £0 | £0 | |
| Profit before tax | £0 | £0 | |
| Net profit | £0 | £0 | |
| Cash | £319,000 | £40,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £0 | £0 | |
| Equity | £0 | £0 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Net margin | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.49x | 2.22x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Directors have considered severe but plausible downside scenarios and are satisfied that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate and the company will be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 11 December 2005 an explosion took place at the Buncefield Terminal. This resulted in the closure of the facility. Clean up works are ongoing in relation to the contamination following the explosion.”
- “On 13 February 2020, the Directors of Total Lindsey Oil Refinery (TLOR) approved the transfer of interests in relation to the company from Total UK Limited to TLOR as part of an internal reorganisation of Valero Group and Total Group. Following this transfer the sale of TLOR to State Oil Ltd occurred at the end of February 2021.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 55 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Martin Lewis | Director | 2025-08-22 | May 1979 | British |
| MAGILL, Mark | Director | 2025-12-01 | Mar 1975 | British |
| SIMONS, Damian | Director | 2025-08-22 | May 1979 | British |
| SMITH, Timothy Nigel | Director | 2021-09-30 | Nov 1970 | British |
| WILLSON, Thomas James | Director | 2025-08-22 | Jun 1975 | British |
Show 55 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HINES, Susan Jane | Secretary | — | 1996-10-25 |
| POYNTER, Russell Gerard | Secretary | 2002-02-28 | 2008-08-15 |
| ROBERTSON, Roy Alan | Secretary | 1997-07-21 | 2002-02-28 |
| VANDERVELL, Nicholas Charles Patrick | Secretary | 1996-10-25 | 1997-07-21 |
| EVERSECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-08-15 | 2021-02-01 |
| ATWAL, Munroop | Director | 2010-03-16 | 2011-12-02 |
| BANNERMAN, Colin George | Director | 1999-04-01 | 1999-07-27 |
| BEEDHAM, Nigel | Director | 2003-03-01 | 2007-01-05 |
| BELTON, Mark Anthony | Director | 2015-11-04 | 2023-08-17 |
| BETTS, Christopher John | Director | 2013-06-20 | 2021-02-28 |
| BOND, John Albert William | Director | — | 1992-10-31 |
| BOND, Jonathan Micheal | Director | 1997-06-25 | 1998-04-01 |
| BRAIN, Daniel John | Director | 2024-04-04 | 2024-06-04 |
| CARR, David | Director | 2007-09-03 | 2012-02-15 |
| CHAFFE, Richard Paul | Director | 2023-09-11 | 2024-04-17 |
| CHAU, Garr | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2015-11-04 |
| DERBYSHIRE, Michael | Director | 2024-04-17 | 2025-08-22 |
| DEWAR, Shaun Alan | Director | 2011-10-13 | 2025-12-01 |
| DEWAR, Shaun Alan | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2007-02-01 |
| DONALDSON, Lynne | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2010-03-03 |
| DWAN, Aidan Peter | Director | 1992-10-31 | 1995-12-31 |
| EVANS, Barry | Director | 1993-12-31 | 2001-03-23 |
| EVENO, Guillaume | Director | 2018-09-24 | 2021-02-28 |
| FOYLE, Andrew William | Director | 2007-10-19 | 2012-02-15 |
| HOLT, John | Director | 1999-07-27 | 2001-03-23 |
| HUMPHRIES, Simon | Director | — | 1995-11-01 |
| JOHNSON, Peter Herbert William | Director | — | 1992-10-31 |
| JOHNSTON, Brett Phillip | Director | 2017-12-11 | 2021-09-30 |
| JONES, Richard Aled | Director | 2001-03-23 | 2010-03-16 |
| JORDAN, Philip William | Director | 1992-10-31 | 1997-06-20 |
| LINLEY, Michael Daren | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2003-03-01 |
| LUND, David John | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2007-11-01 |
| LUND, David John | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2005-11-01 |
| MACK, Arnold | Director | — | 1992-10-30 |
| MANN, Duncan Alan | Director | 2011-12-02 | 2013-06-20 |
| MANN, Duncan Alan | Director | 2007-01-05 | 2010-03-16 |
| MANN, Duncan Alan | Director | 1995-12-31 | 1997-06-25 |
| MORGAN, Dennis Victor | Director | 1995-11-01 | 1999-04-01 |
| NASH, Michael James | Director | 2011-12-02 | 2012-08-01 |
| OBERTI, Gerard | Director | 2010-03-16 | 2011-12-02 |
| OLLERHEAD, Stephen William | Director | 1997-06-20 | 2003-10-01 |
| PARSONS, Brian Alan Richard | Director | — | 1992-10-31 |
| REGAN, John | Director | 2023-08-01 | 2025-08-22 |
| RINEY, Enda James | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2011-10-13 |
| ROWLAND, John David, Sir | Director | 2007-10-25 | 2012-02-15 |
| RUFFELL-WARD, Andrew Richard | Director | 2024-06-04 | 2025-08-22 |
| SMETS, Luc Jean | Director | 2021-02-28 | 2023-08-01 |
| SMITH, Adam Charles | Director | 2021-02-28 | 2024-03-11 |
| SPITTLEHOUSE, Brian | Director | — | 1995-02-14 |
| STEWART, Raymond Leslie | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2013-03-01 |
| STOBSETH-BROWN, Edmund Bretnall | Director | 2015-11-04 | 2018-09-24 |
| WHILE, Mark Anthony | Director | 2007-11-01 | 2017-12-11 |
| WILLIAMSON, Nicholas Pym | Director | 1995-02-14 | 1999-04-01 |
| WORKMAN, Bryan Stanley | Director | 2001-03-23 | 2005-11-01 |
| WORMALD, John Michael | Director | 2010-03-16 | 2015-11-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2020-06-09 | Active |
| Total Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-06-09 |
| Valero Energy Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Valero Logistics Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 262 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-13 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-03-12 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-03-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
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Turnover
+22.3%
£305,000 £373,000
-
Cash
-87.5%
£319,000 £40,000
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
—
Not reported
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