SPIRIT ENERGY SOUTHERN NORTH SEA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-27 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£209K
-98% vs 2023
Net assets
£547M
+10% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£64M
-32% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SPIRIT ENERGY SOUTHERN NORTH SEA LIMITED 2017-12-11 → present
- BAYERNGAS EUROPE LIMITED 2009-10-16 → 2017-12-11
- GENESIS PETROLEUM EUROPE LIMITED 2006-03-08 → 2009-10-16
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 | £127,067,000 | £92,985,000 | |
| Operating profit | £74,675,000 | £39,327,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £93,579,000 | £63,609,000 | |
| Net profit | -£14,169,000 | £49,750,000 | |
| Cash | £10,632,000 | £209,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £529,999,000 | £577,234,000 | |
| Net assets | £497,348,000 | £547,098,000 | |
| Equity | £497,348,000 | £547,098,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 58.8% | 42.3% | |
| Net margin | -11.2% | 53.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.1% | 6.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 9.3% | 11.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 0.36x | |
| Interest cover | 125.50x | 63.33x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the parent company, Spirit Energy Limited, confirms it will continue to provide financial support to the Company to ensure it can meet its obligations as they fall due, for at least 20 months following from 28 April 2025, provided the Company remains a member of the Group. The amounts owed to group undertakings will not be required to be repaid to Spirit Energy Limited for at least 12 months following the signing of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 19 May 2025, Spirit Energy Southern North Sea Limited ('Southern North Sea'), a subsidiary of Spirit Energy Limited, signed a share and purchase agreement ('SPA') with Ithaca (NE) E&P Ltd, whereby the Spirit Energy Group will sell 46.25% of it's equity in the Cygnus licenses to Ithaca. Prior to the sale, Spirit Energy North Sea Limited will transfer its entire individual legal and beneficial interest in the Cygnus licenses to Southern North Sea. The sale has an effective date of 1st January 2025 and is expected to complete in Q3 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWELL-HOOK, Matthew David | Director | 2025-09-01 | Mar 1983 | British |
| HARRISON, Nicholas Charles | Director | 2024-07-31 | Jan 1967 | British |
| HEPBURN, Peter Wilson | Director | 2025-07-18 | Dec 1971 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACLEOD, Nicola | Secretary | 2019-01-29 | 2024-07-31 |
| CARGIL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-03-08 | 2017-12-08 |
| CENTRICA SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-12-08 | 2018-12-31 |
| BERLI, Kristen | Director | 2006-05-04 | 2007-12-18 |
| HAAGAARD, Michael Spanggaard | Director | 2006-03-08 | 2009-11-20 |
| HARRISON, Gerald Martin | Director | 2006-03-08 | 2022-06-24 |
| JONES, Dennis Gareth | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2024-08-30 |
| KABRA, Girish Rajkumar | Director | 2022-08-05 | 2025-03-13 |
| LE POIDEVIN, Andrew Daryl | Director | 2017-12-08 | 2019-05-31 |
| MACLEOD, Nicola Jane | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2024-07-31 |
| MARTINSEN, Rune | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| MCCULLOCH, Neil James | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2023-09-29 |
| MCGINIGAL, Scott | Director | 2023-09-29 | 2025-07-18 |
| MEERPOHL, Thomas Christian, Dr | Director | 2015-10-16 | 2015-10-16 |
| TANNER, Paul Martyn, Roger | Director | 2017-12-08 | 2018-05-31 |
| WEIR, Fraser Dawson | Director | 2017-12-08 | 2018-05-31 |
| ZIEGLER, Thomas | Director | 2006-05-04 | 2007-12-18 |
| LEA YEAT LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2006-03-08 | 2006-03-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit Europe Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-26.8%
£127,067,000 £92,985,000
-
Cash
-98%
£10,632,000 £209,000
-
Net assets
+10%
£497,348,000 £547,098,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-47.3%
£74,675,000 £39,327,000
-
Profit before tax
-32%
£93,579,000 £63,609,000
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