ARGENT ENERGY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£11M
+399.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£29M
-33.8% vs 2023
Employees
157
+4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£28M
+69.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ARGENT ENERGY LIMITED 2015-12-24 → present
- ARGENT ENERGY TRADING LIMITED 2005-06-30 → 2015-12-24
- HOPEVIEW LIMITED 2005-05-17 → 2005-06-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £292,229,000 | £284,177,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£91,346,000 | -£24,797,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£91,268,000 | -£28,069,000 | |
| Net profit | -£81,143,000 | -£44,910,000 | |
| Cash | £2,108,000 | £10,533,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £46,864,000 | £31,788,000 | |
| Net assets | £44,083,000 | £29,173,000 | |
| Equity | £44,083,000 | £29,173,000 | |
| Average employees | 151 | 157 | |
| Wages | £8,362,000 | £7,991,000 |
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 | -31.3% | -8.7% | |
| Net margin | -27.8% | -15.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -194.9% | -78.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.48x | 1.25x | |
| Interest cover | -67.36x | -4.42x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis which they consider appropriate. Further details are included within the accounting policies in Note 1.2.”
Significant events
- “In November Stanlow production was adversely impacted by an incident which damaged key components of the plant driving a reduction in revenue year on year. Repairs took place during 2024 and production resumed in early 2025 at a reduced capacity.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORRIS, David Charles | Secretary | 2018-10-03 | — | — |
| CALVIOU, Louise Jacqueline, Dr | Director | 2023-10-24 | Jul 1966 | British |
| DALL'AGLIO, Marco | Director | 2023-10-24 | May 1968 | Italian |
| POSNETT, Dickon Walker | Director | 2019-03-12 | Dec 1962 | British |
| WELCH, Caroline | Director | 2025-03-28 | Jun 1968 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNES, Andrew John | Secretary | 2005-06-10 | 2005-10-12 |
| BOND, Christopher David | Secretary | 2007-05-04 | 2009-01-28 |
| BOYD, James Arthur Richard | Secretary | 2009-01-30 | 2015-12-17 |
| DIBBEN, Ann Marie | Secretary | 2016-08-23 | 2018-07-13 |
| HOULKER, Georgia | Secretary | 2005-05-20 | 2005-06-10 |
| HYND, Russell John | Secretary | 2006-04-21 | 2007-04-27 |
| MACEACHRAN, Ronald Bannatyne | Secretary | 2005-10-12 | 2006-04-21 |
| MORRIS, David Charles | Secretary | 2015-12-17 | 2016-08-23 |
| SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-05-17 | 2005-05-20 |
| ACTON, Craig Howard | Director | 2020-01-06 | 2022-05-13 |
| BARNES, Andrew John | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2005-10-24 |
| BOYD, James Arthur Richard | Director | 2008-04-07 | 2019-03-12 |
| CURRAN, Hamish | Director | 2005-06-10 | 2005-10-31 |
| DANE, Andrew William | Director | 2019-03-12 | 2020-07-09 |
| DEAN, Nicola | Director | 2019-03-12 | 2025-03-28 |
| GAGGIOTTI, Lamberto | Director | 2022-05-13 | 2023-02-23 |
| GRAY, David John | Director | 2005-06-08 | 2009-08-18 |
| HUNTER, Andrew Pennington Havard | Director | 2005-06-08 | 2018-03-31 |
| MACEACHRAN, Ronald Bannatyne | Director | 2005-07-04 | 2008-04-06 |
| MATTHEWS, Hazel Elizabeth | Director | 2019-03-12 | 2020-09-30 |
| RABELINK, Dirk Willem | Director | 2020-01-06 | 2021-06-30 |
| RAE-SMITH, John Bruce | Director | 2018-08-03 | 2019-03-12 |
| RIETKERK, Erik Peter | Director | 2019-03-12 | 2023-12-31 |
| SCOTT, Michael William | Director | 2019-03-12 | 2022-12-15 |
| WALKER, James Lamont | Director | 2017-05-15 | 2018-08-03 |
| SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-05-17 | 2005-05-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argent Energy Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 2
- 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
-
Turnover
-2.8%
£292,229,000 £284,177,000
-
Cash
+399.7%
£2,108,000 £10,533,000
-
Net assets
-33.8%
£44,083,000 £29,173,000
-
Employees
+4%
151 157
-
Operating profit
+72.9%
-£91,346,000 -£24,797,000
-
Profit before tax
+69.2%
-£91,268,000 -£28,069,000
-
Wages
-4.4%
£8,362,000 £7,991,000
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