CLONTARF ENERGY PLC
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Cash
£375k
-54.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£290k
-65% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£259k
+66.2% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Group incurred a loss for the year of £258,828 (2024: £765,432) and had net current liabilities of £944,836 (2024: £579,262) at the balance sheet date. These conditions... indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the group and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£870,061 | -£765,432 | -£258,828 | +66.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£870,061 | -£765,432 | -£258,828 | +66.2% | |
| Net profit | -£870,061 | -£765,432 | -£258,828 | +66.2% | |
| Cash | £182,516 | £818,212 | £374,874 | -54.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £304,715 | £829,218 | £290,035 | -65% | |
| Equity | £304,715 | £829,218 | £290,035 | -65% | |
| Average employees | 3 | 3 | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £90,000 | £90,000 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 82.7% | 63.0% | 82.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.13x | 0.59x | 0.28x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- CLONTARF ENERGY PLC 2011-03-21 → present
- PERSIAN GOLD PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 2004-11-18 → 2011-03-21
- PERSIAN GOLD LIMITED 2004-03-11 → 2004-11-18
- CARIBBEAN GOLD LIMITED 2003-11-18 → 2004-03-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services Ireland Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Group incurred a loss for the year of £258,828 (2024: £765,432) and had net current liabilities of £944,836 (2024: £579,262) at the balance sheet date. These conditions... indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the group and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- CLONTARF ENERGY PLC · parent
- Guarani Sustainable Energy plc 100%
- Petrolex SA 100%
- Endeavour Oil & Gas Ltd 100%
- Endeavour Oil & Gas Inc 100%
- Bolivian Hydrocarbon Ltd 100%
- Pan Andean Oil & Gas Ltd 100%
- Pan Andean Resources Limited 60%
Significant events
- “On 28 October 2025, we lost David Horgan, Chairman and co-founder of Clontarf Energy plc.”
- “In March 2023, Clontarf entered into a joint venture with NEXT-ChemX, a specialist in ion-separation technology, for the processing of Bolivian brines under applicable law.”
- “On 5 May 2023 the Company announced that all conditions precedent had been satisfied with respect to the JV with NCX coming into force.”
- “In the current year 365,000,000 options for David Horgan were cancelled.”
- “The Warrants were exercisable at 0.25p at any time until 11 January 2025. These warrants expired in the current year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FINN, James Michael | Secretary | 2003-11-18 | — | British |
| FINN, James Michael | Director | 2003-11-18 | Dec 1958 | British |
| O'TOOLE, Peter Joseph | Director | 2019-04-30 | Jan 1960 | Irish |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-11-18 | 2003-11-18 |
| HORGAN, David | Director | 2005-04-29 | 2025-10-28 |
| TAKIN, Manouchehr, Dr | Director | 2006-04-12 | 2014-05-27 |
| TEELING, Jack | Director | 2004-03-11 | 2013-01-03 |
| TEELING, John James | Director | 2003-11-18 | 2022-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-08-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-08-11 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-08-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-02-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-08-11 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2022-08-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-08-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.