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CERES ENERGY LIMITED
Cash
£2M
-32.9% vs 2020
Net assets
£4M
+70.8% vs 2020
Employees
16
+14.3% vs 2020
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2021-12-31
Profile
- Company number
- 06490828
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2008-02-01
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 35230
- Hubs
- UK Energy & Climate
Net assets
3-year trend · vs UK Energy & Climate median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest 2021-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | |
| Cash | £1,012,270 | £2,975,107 | £1,996,123 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,269,863 | £2,652,853 | £4,491,407 | |
| Net assets | £1,214,993 | £2,597,607 | £4,435,451 | |
| Equity | £1,214,993 | £2,597,607 | £4,435,451 | |
| Average employees | 14 | 14 | 16 | |
| Wages | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- Counting North
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- Barrow Shipping Limited · 70% held · Gas shipping services
- Ceres Energy Solutions Limited · 100% held · Dormant
- Eris Energy Limited · 100% held · Holding investments
Significant events
- “The directors present their report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.”
- “Gas prices increased steadily throughout the year and, while the volatile prices of 2022 did not return, geopolitical events, such as the US election and conflict in the Middle East, meant that many current and prospective market participants remained cautious.”
- “The delayed developments of the biomethane market described above led to a lower profit before tax in 2024 compared to 2023.”
- “a number of new plants are due to be connected to the gas grid in the coming months and years, and the Company is well placed to become the gas Shipper for these sites.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
6 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTTERS, Rosanna Marie | Director | 2022-10-04 | Nov 1991 | British |
| CRAIG, Mary Agnes Ballingall | Director | 2020-08-13 | Feb 1956 | British |
| EDWARDS, Helen Mary | Director | 2008-04-03 | Apr 1956 | Canadian |
| HUNTER, Graeme John | Director | 2020-07-10 | May 1973 | British |
| HURREN, David Andrew | Director | 2024-11-07 | May 1963 | British |
| WHITAKER, Michael John, Professor | Director | 2008-04-03 | Mar 1953 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, Helen Mary | Secretary | 2008-04-03 | 2024-04-19 |
| PRIMA SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-02-01 | 2008-04-03 |
| HARPER, Jean Alison | Director | 2008-04-03 | 2023-04-30 |
| HARPER, Richard | Director | 2024-09-23 | 2025-09-02 |
| HARPER, Richard | Director | 2008-04-03 | 2023-04-30 |
| JOSHI, Jaswant Rai | Director | 2024-11-05 | 2025-09-02 |
| PRIMA DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-02-01 | 2008-04-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceres Energy Trustee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2025-09-02 | Active |
| Mr Richard Harper | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-07-10 |
| Ms Helen Mary Edwards | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2025-10-01 | MA | incorporation | memorandum articles |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-09-15 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-09-15 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-09-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2025-09-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2025-09-03 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-02-06 | SH03 | capital | capital return purchase own shares |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-12-06 | SH06 | capital | capital cancellation shares |
| 2024-11-13 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-11-13 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-10-04 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-08-13 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-04-23 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2024-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2023-12-01 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-07-03 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
Credit score
Altman Z″ — composite of working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, and leverage
Activity Score
Composite activity score · components 0–100 · reference 2026-05-09
61.3
WARM
/ 100
- Filings velocity 67
- Capital events 40
- Officer churn 50
- Headcount trajectory 64
- Accounts trajectory 100
- 8 filing(s) in last 12 months
- 2 capital event(s) in last 24 months
- 0 appointed, 2 resigned (12mo)
- Employees +14% YoY
- Net Assets +71% YoY