HERITAGE OIL (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2025-09-30
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-02-25
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£39M
+1,940.6% vs 2022
Net assets
-£35M
-185.9% vs 2022
Employees
172
+3% vs 2022
Profit before tax
-£74M
-473.8% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-09-30.
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-02-25.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Energy median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £35,154,188 | -£12,142,328 | |
| Profit before tax | £19,851,001 | -£74,212,750 | |
| Net profit | £18,986,657 | -£74,844,329 | |
| Cash | £1,898,443 | £38,740,549 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £89,355,819 | £9,703,484 | |
| Net assets | £40,268,347 | -£34,575,982 | |
| Equity | £40,268,347 | -£34,575,982 | |
| Average employees | 167 | 172 | |
| Wages | £10,548,554 | £10,926,612 |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 39.3% | -125.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 90.0% | 110.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.75x | 0.50x | |
| Interest cover | 48.00x | -15.48x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Group or the Company or to cease their operations, and as they have concluded that the Group and the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over their ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- HERITAGE OIL (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Heritage Oil Corporation
- Heritage Oil & Gas Limited
- Heritage Oil Holdings Limited
- Eagle Drill Limited
- Heritage Oil International Malta Limited
- 1381890 Alberta ULC
- Heritage Oil Cooperatief U.A
- Heritage Tanzania Kisangire Limited
- Heritage Rukwa (TZ) Limited
- Heritage Oil SNR (Nigeria) B.V.
- Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited
- Heritage Exploration and Production Ghana Limited
- Heritage PNG 486 Limited
- Heritage PNG 13 Limited
- Heritage Niugini Limited
- Heritage PNG 437 Limited
Significant events
- “In January 2022, the OSWT licence received an extension until the end of September 2022 and in October 2022, an extension until the end of September 2023 was granted. In November 2023, a further extension was received for a period until 28 March 2024. In January 2024 a further extension was received until 30 September 2024 and in July 2024 an additional extension until 31 March 2025 was granted to complete the work commitment for the OSWT joint venture consisting of drilling one exploration well.”
- “On 4th March 2025, Shoreline entered into a new financing facility with a new lender for a total draw down available of up to $500 million. The new facility will be utilised to repay the existing senior secured loan facility balance, to fund Shoreline's share of the capital expenditure programme for OML 30 and to provide working capital support to Shoreline. This new facility has a term of seven years from first drawdown, with an initial grace period of three years following which the loan will be repaid in 16 equal quarterly payments.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLOWAY, Elizabeth Jane | Director | 2014-09-30 | Oct 1967 | British |
| OSERAGBAJE, Adogbeji Benjamin | Director | 2023-03-13 | Feb 1973 | Nigerian |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HITCHENS, Tanya Michelle | Director | 2010-02-11 | 2014-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-11-01 | Active |
| His Excellency Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al-Thani | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-06-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-09 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-12-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2020-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
+1,940.6%
£1,898,443 £38,740,549
-
Net assets
-185.9%
£40,268,347 -£34,575,982
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Employees
+3%
167 172
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Operating profit
-134.5%
£35,154,188 -£12,142,328
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Profit before tax
-473.8%
£19,851,001 -£74,212,750
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Wages
+3.6%
£10,548,554 £10,926,612
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