BP MARINE LIMITED

1. BP MARINE LIMITED 1988-07-28 → present
2. BP CHEMICALS SERVICES LIMITED 1984-02-28 → 1988-07-28
3. BP SOUTHERN AFRICA HOLDINGS LIMITED 1975-05-29 → 1984-02-28

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

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.

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. In February 2025, a strategic review of the Castrol business, of which the company forms part, was announced. A possible outcome of this process is a change of full or partial ownership of the business. [...] from the perspective of the company as a standalone legal entity, there is a material uncertainty until the outcome of strategic review, and the plans of a possible future owner are known, that may cast significant doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern. Having a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least the next 12 months from the date these financial statements were approved, the directors consider it appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “In February 2025, a strategic review of the Castrol business, of which the company forms part, was announced. A possible outcome of this process is a change of full or partial ownership of the business.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +7.2%

  £267,218,681 → £286,435,137

• Cash

  +123.7%

  £363,232 → £812,454

• Net assets

  +9.6%

  £169,327,650 → £185,607,116

• Employees

  —

  Not reported

• Operating profit

  +7.4%

  £7,909,563 → £8,495,923

• Profit before tax

  +6.9%

  £15,235,730 → £16,279,466

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