EUROPA OIL & GAS (HOLDINGS) PLC
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Cash
£294k
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.1m
lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
11
lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2.7m
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-08-14.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Energy median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,653,000 | £3,566,000 | £3,908,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | — | -£6,561,000 | -£1,984,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£884,000 | -£6,781,000 | -£2,737,000 | — | |
| Net profit | -£852,000 | -£6,781,000 | -£2,737,000 | — | |
| Cash | £5,165,000 | £1,463,000 | £294,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,859,000 | £8,392,000 | £6,461,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £10,479,000 | £3,779,000 | £1,123,000 | — | |
| Equity | £10,479,000 | £3,779,000 | £1,123,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 12 | 12 | 11 | — | |
| Wages | £1,133,000 | £1,155,000 | £1,767,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £885,000 | £652,000 | £986,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 17 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -184.0% | -50.8% | |
| Net margin | -12.8% | -190.2% | -70.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -78.2% | -30.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.0% | 61.4% | 85.1% | |
| Current ratio | 7.78x | 2.01x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | — | -14.95x | -2.66x |
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
- UK adopted International Accounting Standards
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- EUROPA OIL & GAS (HOLDINGS) PLC · parent
- Europa Oil & Gas Limited 100%
- Europa Oil & Gas (West Firsby) Limited 100%
- Europa Oil & Gas (Ireland West) Limited 100%
- Europa Oil & Gas (Ireland East) Limited 100%
- Europa Oil & Gas (Inishkea) Limited 100%
- Europa Oil & Gas (New Ventures) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In December 2025, the Company, via its 42.9% stake in Antler Global Limited ("Antler"), signed a binding Farm-out Agreement ("FOA") with Fuhai (Beijing) Energy Limited ("Fuhai") under which Fuhai acquired a 40% interest in the EG-08 PSC in offshore Equatorial Guinea, subject to the relevant regulatory approvals”
- “Post-Period end, the Phase 1 FEL 4/19 licence term was extended to 31 January 2028, providing additional time for technical evaluation and efforts to secure a farm-in partner”
- “Europa successfully raised a total of £4.1 million, of which £3.5 million was through the placing of new ordinary shares to institutional investors.”
- “At Cloughton in North Yorkshire planning approval to test and appraise the commerciality of the 137 BCF resource was refused by the North Yorkshire Council planning committee in May 2026, against the recommendation of the Council's own planning officers.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, Louise Maree | Secretary | 2023-05-31 | — | — |
| ASHBY-RUDD, Simon Gerald | Director | 2023-12-20 | Jun 1967 | British |
| HOLLAND, William Peter | Director | 2022-06-01 | Sep 1972 | British |
| KRØLL, Bo Peter Hoegh | Director | 2024-12-12 | May 1957 | Danish |
| ROWLEY, Eleanor | Director | 2024-04-08 | Feb 1973 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREENHALGH, Philip | Secretary | 2008-03-20 | 2020-10-14 |
| JOHNSON, Murray Ronald Keith | Secretary | 2020-10-15 | 2023-05-31 |
| SMITH, Paul Martin | Secretary | 2004-08-31 | 2008-03-20 |
| ADAMSON, William | Director | 2010-04-07 | 2015-02-10 |
| AHLEFELDT-LAURVIG, Christian William | Director | 2004-10-04 | 2023-04-27 |
| AINSWORTH, Kristian Ewen | Director | 2004-10-04 | 2008-01-22 |
| BARRETT, Paul Anthony | Director | 2004-08-31 | 2011-10-21 |
| BOUSFIELD, Colin David | Director | 2014-02-10 | 2018-01-25 |
| CORRIE, Roderick James Hugh Mcleod, Mr. | Director | 2008-01-22 | 2020-03-12 |
| GREENHALGH, Philip | Director | 2008-01-22 | 2020-10-14 |
| MACKAY, Hugh George Dunbar | Director | 2011-09-06 | 2019-11-21 |
| O'CATHAIN, Brian John | Director | 2018-01-25 | 2025-02-11 |
| ODDIE, Simon George | Director | 2018-01-25 | 2023-11-23 |
| OLIVER, James Michael Yorrick, Sir | Director | 2004-10-04 | 2010-04-07 |
| STUART, Alastair Macnaughton | Director | 2023-04-03 | 2024-12-12 |
| SYBA, Erika, Dr | Director | 2004-08-31 | 2010-08-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Stephen Anthony | Director | 2020-03-12 | 2023-11-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 178 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-03-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-01-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-01-09 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-12-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-12-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.