ODFJELL DRILLING SOUTH AFRICA LTD.
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-09 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-22.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
+19% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
-0.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ODFJELL DRILLING SOUTH AFRICA LTD. 2019-06-18 → present
- ODFJELL WELL SERVICES EURASIA LTD 2019-01-18 → 2019-06-18
- DEEP SEA BERGEN LTD 2016-09-20 → 2019-01-18
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £45,275,375 | £31,428,887 | |
| Operating profit | £1,256,974 | £1,247,709 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,392,113 | £1,385,627 | |
| Net profit | £539,822 | £1,109,246 | |
| Cash | £3,956,152 | £3,055,765 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,834,769 | £6,944,015 | |
| Net assets | £5,834,769 | £6,944,015 | |
| Equity | £5,834,769 | £6,944,015 | |
| 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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.2% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.5% | 18.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.94x | 8.19x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the basis of the going concern assumption and the Directors have confirmed that this was realistic at the time the financial statements were approved, expecting adequate resources to continue operational existence. A Letter of Support from parent company Odfjell Rig Owning Ltd confirms no repayment of advances will be sought unless alternative financing is secured for at least 12 months from signing date.”
Significant events
- “Deepsea Bolista completed its contract with Chevron Namibia, at the end of January 2025. Deepsea Bollsta was then mobilised for work in Norway and left Namibia in February 2025.”
- “Deepsea Mira completed operations for Total Energies Namibia in May 2025. After an idle period of 77 days the rig commenced on a one well contract with Rhino Resources on 29 July. The well was completed 14 September, and the rig continued back to back on a contract with BW Energy, which was completed 23 November.”
- “The rig returned to Rhino Resources and continued until start February 2026, when the rig returned to Walvis Bay for an idle period. The rig is secured a contract with Shell Namibia commencing 1 April 2026. The Shell contract is firm until end Q2 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASSON, Gillian | Secretary | 2023-06-27 | — | — |
| BASSON, Gillian Alina, Mrs. | Director | 2025-04-01 | Feb 1982 | British |
| ODFJELL, Helene | Director | 2019-05-15 | Sep 1965 | Norwegian |
| STEPHEN, Diane Elizabeth Macdonald | Director | 2021-01-01 | Nov 1969 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTHUR, Heather | Secretary | 2023-04-03 | 2023-06-27 |
| BASSON, Gillian Alina | Secretary | 2021-03-29 | 2023-04-03 |
| WEBSTER, Patricia Lynne | Secretary | 2019-11-27 | 2021-03-19 |
| GJERSDAL, Kjetil | Director | 2022-03-29 | 2025-04-01 |
| LIEUNGH, Simen | Director | 2018-12-19 | 2022-03-29 |
| MACKAY, Donald Murdo | Director | 2018-12-19 | 2019-05-15 |
| MOSSEFINN, Knut Bjarte | Director | 2019-05-15 | 2021-01-01 |
| SAEBO, Atle | Director | 2016-09-20 | 2018-12-19 |
| TAGGART, George Andrew | Director | 2018-12-19 | 2019-05-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odfjell Technology Ltd. | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-03-29 | Ceased 2022-03-29 |
| Odfjell Drilling Ltd. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-09-19 | Ceased 2022-03-29 |
| Odfjell Drilling Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-09-19 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 56 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-06-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-04-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
-30.6%
£45,275,375 £31,428,887
-
Cash
-22.8%
£3,956,152 £3,055,765
-
Net assets
+19%
£5,834,769 £6,944,015
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-0.7%
£1,256,974 £1,247,709
-
Profit before tax
-0.5%
£1,392,113 £1,385,627
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