SES ENERGY SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-10
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+6.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
-19.2% vs 2023
Employees
140
-6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
+79.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-10.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-11-27
- SES ENERGY SERVICES LIMITED 2025-11-27 → present
- SWIRE ENERGY SERVICES LIMITED 2020-10-12 → 2025-11-27
- SWIRE OILFIELD SERVICES LIMITED 2003-11-26 → 2020-10-12
- HOLDERANSWER LIMITED 2003-04-22 → 2003-11-26
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 | £18,539,000 | £20,786,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£5,019,000 | -£375,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,029,000 | -£1,230,000 | |
| Net profit | -£5,003,000 | -£1,419,000 | |
| Cash | £1,148,000 | £1,221,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,045,000 | £8,328,000 | |
| Net assets | £7,384,000 | £5,965,000 | |
| Equity | £7,384,000 | £5,965,000 | |
| Average employees | 149 | 140 | |
| Wages | £7,241,000 | £7,297,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -27.1% | -1.8% | |
| Net margin | -27.0% | -6.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -22.8% | -4.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.6% | 84.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.83x | 1.01x | |
| Interest cover | -4.77x | -0.42x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the directors remain confident that the company will have sufficient resources to meet its obligations as they fall due for at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements and, therefore, continue to adopt the going concern basis of preparation.”
Group structure
- SES ENERGY SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Gordon Engineering Services Aberdeen Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 2 June 2025, the immediate parent company, Swire Energy Services Holdings Limited, announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Completion of the transaction is expected by Q4 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GILLIVER, Neil Derek | Director | 2025-11-27 | Nov 1965 | British |
| LINDSAY, Gary Meldrum | Director | 2021-07-15 | Nov 1976 | British |
| VONLANTHEN, Manfred | Director | 2017-05-30 | Dec 1970 | Swiss |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, James Robert | Secretary | 2004-05-01 | 2008-12-31 |
| DIBBEN, Ann Marie | Secretary | 2016-08-23 | 2018-07-13 |
| FARMERY, Joanna Louise | Secretary | 2009-01-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| KELLY, Brenda | Secretary | 2011-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| MORRIS, David Charles | Secretary | 2018-10-03 | 2025-11-27 |
| MORRIS, David Charles | Secretary | 2016-01-01 | 2016-08-23 |
| POPE, Geoffrey Christopher | Secretary | 2003-08-08 | 2004-04-30 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-04-22 | 2003-08-08 |
| AITCHISON, Brenda | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2008-08-04 |
| ANDERSON, Graham Francis | Director | 2009-08-03 | 2011-03-31 |
| BECK, Alister James | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2020-12-14 |
| BRADY, Anthony Stephen | Director | 2007-03-12 | 2008-11-28 |
| BRAY, Rupert Peter Napier | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2012-10-29 |
| BURRELL, Roy | Director | 2003-12-08 | 2016-11-04 |
| DAVIE, Sarah Jane | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2015-06-12 |
| DOCHARD, Lyall | Director | 2008-06-30 | 2014-09-01 |
| HELGELAND, Tor | Director | 2003-12-08 | 2015-09-30 |
| KING, Michael | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2015-09-30 |
| LUCAS, John Lamont | Director | 2003-12-08 | 2007-12-31 |
| MACPHEE, Christopher John | Director | 2004-09-22 | 2005-11-30 |
| RAE, David Charles | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2012-10-29 |
| RAE-SMITH, John Bruce | Director | 2016-09-19 | 2017-05-26 |
| ROBSON, Alan Robert | Director | 2022-11-02 | 2025-11-27 |
| SELL, Richard Lawrence | Director | 2012-12-01 | 2016-09-19 |
| SHAW, Martin Humphrey | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2022-11-02 |
| SHEARER, Roy George | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2018-05-31 |
| STIRLING, Derek Ferguson | Director | 2003-08-08 | 2004-12-31 |
| VONLANTHEN, Manfred | Director | 2016-11-23 | 2017-04-09 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-04-22 | 2003-08-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swire Energy Services (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-27 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2025-11-11 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-11-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-27 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-11-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-02-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+12.1%
£18,539,000 £20,786,000
-
Cash
+6.4%
£1,148,000 £1,221,000
-
Net assets
-19.2%
£7,384,000 £5,965,000
-
Employees
-6%
149 140
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Operating profit
+92.5%
-£5,019,000 -£375,000
-
Profit before tax
+79.6%
-£6,029,000 -£1,230,000
-
Wages
+0.8%
£7,241,000 £7,297,000
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