HUNTING ENERGY SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£198K
-41.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£23M
-15% vs 2023
Employees
178
+5.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£5M
+27.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- HUNTING ENERGY SERVICES LIMITED 2022-05-27 → present
- HUNTING ENERGY SERVICES (WELL INTERVENTION) LIMITED 2008-08-15 → 2022-05-27
- HUNTING CROMAR LIMITED 2006-03-17 → 2008-08-15
- CROMAR LIMITED 2000-04-12 → 2006-03-17
- CROMAR SALES & SERVICE LIMITED 1986-02-05 → 2000-04-12
- CARWEIN LIMITED 1985-09-30 → 1986-02-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £40,468,000 | £29,832,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£7,544,000 | -£5,513,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,342,000 | -£5,290,000 | |
| Net profit | -£5,731,000 | -£4,174,000 | |
| Cash | £340,000 | £198,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,095,000 | £24,051,000 | |
| Net assets | £27,508,000 | £23,374,000 | |
| Equity | £27,508,000 | £23,374,000 | |
| Average employees | 169 | 178 | |
| Wages | £10,723,000 | £11,091,000 |
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 | -18.6% | -18.5% | |
| Net margin | -14.2% | -14.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -26.9% | -22.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.4% | 41.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.63x | 1.55x | |
| Interest cover | -20.01x | -91.88x |
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 Directors, having made such enquiries and on the basis of the current financial projections and the facilities available to the Hunting PLC Group, are satisfied that the Company will have adequate financial resources to continue in operation and to meet its obligations as they fall due for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the going concern basis has continued to be applied in the preparation of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- HUNTING ENERGY SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Hunting Energy Saudi Arabia LLC 0.65%
- Hunting Energy Services (Wuxi) Co., Ltd 0.7%
Significant events
- “On 14 January 2025, the Hunting PLC Group announced that a major restructuring of the EMEA operating segment had commenced. The restructuring followed a detailed review of the outlook for the Group's European operations... A further announcement was made on 21 August 2025 by Hunting PLC the relocation and consolidation of its manufacturing footprint from the existing Fordoun Oil Country Tubular Goods ("OCTG") facility into its Badentoy site, Portlethen, as part of this broader strategic consolidation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOBLE-MCNAB, John James | Secretary | 2021-09-08 | — | — |
| FERGUSON, Bruce Hill | Director | 2011-04-01 | Oct 1971 | British |
| GOODALL, Graham | Director | 2026-02-09 | Oct 1970 | Scottish |
| JOHNSON, Arthur James | Director | 2017-09-01 | May 1960 | American |
| NOBLE-MCNAB, John James | Director | 2022-06-07 | Jul 1987 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON, Bruce Hill | Secretary | 2005-08-17 | 2011-04-01 |
| MCKAY, Lorna Ann | Secretary | — | 2005-08-17 |
| SMITH, Graeme Alexander | Secretary | 2011-04-01 | 2021-09-08 |
| BARRIE, Stewart | Director | 2020-04-16 | 2025-01-17 |
| BARRIE, Stewart | Director | 2020-04-15 | 2020-04-15 |
| BLACK, Colin Alexander | Director | 2004-10-19 | 2005-08-17 |
| DAVIE, Robert John | Director | 2005-08-17 | 2015-10-09 |
| KITNEY, Howard Roland | Director | 2006-03-14 | 2013-06-21 |
| KITNEY, Howard Roland | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2005-08-17 |
| MCCLEMENTS, Samuel | Director | 2005-08-17 | 2017-10-01 |
| MCCOLL, Sharon Louise | Director | 1994-03-25 | 2005-08-17 |
| MCKAY, Frederick | Director | — | 2007-02-28 |
| MCKAY, Lorna Ann | Director | — | 2005-08-17 |
| MCKAY, Paul Andrew | Director | 1994-03-25 | 2005-08-17 |
| PARK, Ian Maclean | Director | 2022-06-07 | 2026-05-08 |
| PROCTOR, Dennis Lee | Director | 2005-08-17 | 2017-09-01 |
| REID, Alan | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2020-01-16 |
| ROSE, Peter | Director | 2015-10-09 | 2020-04-15 |
| SMITH, Graeme Alexander | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2022-06-07 |
| WALLACE, David James | Director | 2000-04-25 | 2005-08-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunting Energy Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-09-27 | Active |
| Hunting Energy Services (International) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-09-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 218 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-17 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-04-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-23 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2023-11-23 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2023-11-23 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2023-11-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-26.3%
£40,468,000 £29,832,000
-
Cash
-41.8%
£340,000 £198,000
-
Net assets
-15%
£27,508,000 £23,374,000
-
Employees
+5.3%
169 178
-
Operating profit
+26.9%
-£7,544,000 -£5,513,000
-
Profit before tax
+27.9%
-£7,342,000 -£5,290,000
-
Wages
+3.4%
£10,723,000 £11,091,000
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