WESSEX PETROLEUM LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-19 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-44.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
+2.9% vs 2024
Employees
78
-4.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7M
+31% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WESSEX PETROLEUM LIMITED 1999-10-14 → present
- WESSEX PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTORS (HOLDINGS)LIMITED 1971-09-17 → 1999-10-14
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £243,683,000 | £244,425,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,040,000 | £5,780,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,631,000 | £7,379,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,716,000 | £5,799,000 | |
| Cash | £3,186,000 | £1,757,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,906,000 | £10,051,000 | |
| Net assets | £6,787,000 | £6,986,000 | |
| Equity | £6,787,000 | £6,986,000 | |
| Average employees | 82 | 78 | |
| Wages | £4,288,000 | £4,161,000 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.7% | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 37.0% | 57.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.03x | 1.06x | |
| Interest cover | 9.06x | 17.15x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which the directors consider to be appropriate. The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts covering a period of 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements. Based on these forecasts, and after considering reasonably possible downside scenarios, the directors expect that the Company will have adequate financial resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least this 12-month period.”
Group structure
- WESSEX PETROLEUM LIMITED · parent
- Airport Energy Limited 100%
- Airport Energy Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events since the balance sheet date that require adjustment to, or disclosure in, these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FERREIRA, Filipe Affonso | Director | 2019-01-31 | Oct 1965 | Brazilian |
| FILHO, Lineu Paulo Moran | Director | 2026-01-15 | Jun 1975 | Brazilian |
| MELLO, Rubens Ometto Silveira | Director | 2019-01-31 | Feb 1950 | Brazilian |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HODGETTS, Mark Edward | Secretary | 1999-06-30 | 2009-07-01 |
| SANDS, Gary Michael | Secretary | 2019-07-12 | 2021-12-31 |
| TYBINKOWSKI, Lee Andrew | Secretary | 2009-07-01 | 2019-07-12 |
| SECRETARIAL LAW LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1992-12-17 | 1999-06-30 |
| WESTWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | 1992-12-17 |
| ALVES, Rodrigo Araujo | Director | 2024-10-31 | 2025-11-19 |
| ASKHAM, Francis Guy Lewis | Director | — | 1999-06-30 |
| ASTIN, Harold | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| BALL, James Edward | Director | 1999-01-01 | 1999-06-30 |
| BEWSEY, Michael Winston | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2019-01-31 |
| BORRAS, Darren Keith | Director | 2023-06-21 | 2026-01-15 |
| BORRAS, Darren | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2017-10-31 |
| CHAPMAN, Christopher | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2019-01-31 |
| FAIRCHILD, Barry Collingwood Wilson | Director | 1999-06-30 | 2017-10-31 |
| FAIRCHILD, David Rodney | Director | 1999-06-30 | 2019-01-31 |
| FAIRCHILD, Russell John | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2017-10-31 |
| FAIRCLOUGH, Paul | Director | — | 1999-06-30 |
| GUIMARAES, Luis Henrique Cals De Beauclair | Director | 2020-09-30 | 2024-05-24 |
| HODGETTS, Mark Edward | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2011-10-31 |
| LUTZ, Marcos Marinho | Director | 2019-01-31 | 2020-09-30 |
| NETO, Nelson Roseira Gomes | Director | 2024-05-24 | 2024-10-31 |
| RICHARDS, Michael Roy | Director | 1997-01-31 | 1999-06-30 |
| SANDS, Gary Michael | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2019-01-31 |
| TYBINKOWSKI, Lee Andrew | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2019-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moove Lubricants Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2017-11-01 | Active |
| Stanbridge Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 192 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-13 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-07-13 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+0.3%
£243,683,000 £244,425,000
-
Cash
-44.9%
£3,186,000 £1,757,000
-
Net assets
+2.9%
£6,787,000 £6,986,000
-
Employees
-4.9%
82 78
-
Operating profit
+43.1%
£4,040,000 £5,780,000
-
Profit before tax
+31%
£5,631,000 £7,379,000
-
Wages
-3%
£4,288,000 £4,161,000
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