SERICA HOLDINGS UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-14 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£337
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£13M
0% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£130M
-7.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SERICA HOLDINGS UK LIMITED 2007-09-11 → present
- FIRSTEARL LIMITED 1984-05-09 → 2007-09-11
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £139,999,915 | £129,998,922 | |
| Profit before tax | £139,999,915 | £129,998,922 | |
| Net profit | £139,999,915 | £129,998,922 | |
| Cash | — | £337 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,860,623 | £12,859,545 | |
| Net assets | £12,860,623 | £12,859,545 | |
| Equity | £12,860,623 | £12,859,545 | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 1088.6% | 1010.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.2% | 52.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.00x | |
| Interest cover | 1647057.82x | 118937.71x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries and having taken into consideration the above factors, the Directors have reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the going concern period. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SERICA HOLDINGS UK LIMITED · parent
- Serica Energy (UK) Limited 100%
- Serica Energy Holdings B.V. 100%
- Serica UK Exploration Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In June 2024 the Company received a dividend of £130.0 million from its wholly owned subsidiary, Serica Energy (UK) Limited. The Directors then recommended the payment of a dividend of £130.0 million to the Company's sole shareholder, Serica Energy plc. This was also approved and settled in June 2024.”
- “The Company opened a bank account in December 2023 and fees of £85 were incurred.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMBA SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-07-27 | — | — |
| COPELAND, Martin Francis David | Director | 2024-02-05 | Oct 1969 | British |
| COX, Christopher Martin | Director | 2024-07-01 | Mar 1961 | British |
| FEWKES, Daniel Charles | Director | 2015-05-26 | Jun 1969 | British |
| KILLEEN, Michael Paul | Director | 2024-07-01 | Feb 1971 | British |
| LAMBERT, Stephen David | Director | 2018-01-26 | Jul 1964 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATEMAN, Amanda Macfarlane | Secretary | 2015-07-01 | 2018-07-27 |
| DAVIES, Janette Lesley | Secretary | 2008-10-01 | 2015-07-01 |
| HEARNE, Christopher James | Secretary | 2005-02-01 | 2008-10-01 |
| WALKER, Christine Elizabeth | Secretary | — | 2004-08-10 |
| WOOD, Jonathan Buckley | Secretary | 2004-06-30 | 2005-02-01 |
| ALTOBELL, Clara Elaine | Director | 2015-05-26 | 2024-12-19 |
| BELL, Andrew Stewart | Director | 2018-01-26 | 2024-02-05 |
| CRAVEN WALKER, Antony | Director | 2015-05-26 | 2018-01-26 |
| CRAVEN WALKER, Antony | Director | — | 2007-07-31 |
| ELLIS, Paul William | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2012-03-31 |
| FLEGG, Mitchell Robert | Director | 2018-01-26 | 2024-04-24 |
| FLEGG, Mitchell Robert | Director | 2012-03-31 | 2015-05-31 |
| HEARNE, Christopher James | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2015-05-31 |
| LATIN, David Michael | Director | 2024-04-24 | 2024-07-01 |
| WALKER, Christine Elizabeth | Director | — | 2004-08-10 |
| WOOD, Jonathan Buckley | Director | 2004-06-30 | 2005-02-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serica Energy Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 176 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-01 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-03-11 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
0%
£12,860,623 £12,859,545
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-7.1%
£139,999,915 £129,998,922
-
Profit before tax
-7.1%
£139,999,915 £129,998,922
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