CERES ENERGY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-29 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-32.9% vs 2020
Net assets
£4M
+70.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
16
+14.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2021-12-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CERES ENERGY LIMITED 2013-06-28 → present
- TETHRA ENERGY LIMITED 2008-03-19 → 2013-06-28
- CROSSCO (1088) LIMITED 2008-02-01 → 2008-03-19
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2021-12-31
Latest accounts filed cover 2024-12-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 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 the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
- 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.”
Group structure
- CERES ENERGY LIMITED · parent
- Barrow Shipping Limited 70%
- Ceres Energy Solutions Limited 100%
- Eris Energy Limited 100%
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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-01 MA Memorandum articles
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2020 → FY2021 · period ending 2021-12-31 vs 2020-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-32.9%
£2,975,107 £1,996,123
-
Net assets
+70.8%
£2,597,607 £4,435,451
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+14.3%
14 16
highest in 3 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers