BP EXPLORATION COMPANY LIMITED
Company details
- Registered name
- BP EXPLORATION COMPANY LIMITED
- Company number
- SC000792
- Registered office
- 1 WELLHEADS AVENUE, DYCE, ABERDEEN, AB21 7PB
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated on
- 6 November 1877
- Status
- Active
- Age
- 148 years
- Previous names
- B P EXPLORATION COMPANY LIMITED (to 06 Feb 2020)
- Accounts — next due
- 30 Sept 2026
- Accounts — last made up to
- 31 Dec 2024
- Confirmation statement — next due
- 21 Dec 2026
- Confirmation statement — last
- 07 Dec 2025
What the register says
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- A person with significant control here also controls 27 other companies.
Companies House register snapshot, read 02/09/2026.
Officers
5 active · 53 resigned
People with significant control
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Corporate structure
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Serving officers
Change history
Reconstructed from the dated records Companies House publishes
| Date | Change | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/08/2026 | Director appointed | — | SHAH, Kinner Mohindra |
| 31/07/2026 | Director resigned | MACLENNAN, Karen | — |
| 27/10/2025 | Corporate-secretary appointed | — | BP SECRETARIES LIMITED |
| 01/09/2025 | Director appointed | — | HORNER, Giles Andrew |
| 06/04/2021 | Director resigned | LYONS, Jan Clayton | — |
| 06/04/2021 | Director appointed | — | WHITING, Lindsay Ann |
| 30/11/2020 | Director resigned | RIDER, David Alan | — |
| 30/11/2020 | Director appointed | — | MACLENNAN, Karen |
| 01/10/2020 | Director appointed | — | LYONS, Jan Clayton |
| 28/08/2020 | Director resigned | MACRAE, Sandra Jean | — |
| 06/02/2020 | Registered name changed | B P EXPLORATION COMPANY LIMITED | BP EXPLORATION COMPANY LIMITED |
| 11/04/2018 | Director appointed | — | MACRAE, Sandra Jean |
| 31/12/2017 | Director resigned | BARTLETT, John Harold, Mr. | — |
| 10/05/2017 | Director resigned | MCMAHON, Shiva Pezeshki | — |
| 24/10/2016 | Director appointed | — | MCMAHON, Shiva Pezeshki |
| 27/05/2016 | Director resigned | HERBERT, Richard | — |
| 06/04/2016 | Person with significant control added | — | Bp International Limited |
| 08/07/2015 | Director appointed | — | HERBERT, Richard |
| 14/10/2014 | Director resigned | HARRINGTON, Roger Christopher | — |
| 14/10/2014 | Director appointed | — | RIDER, David Alan |
Financial highlights
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About BP EXPLORATION COMPANY LIMITED (SC000792)
BP EXPLORATION COMPANY LIMITED is a private limited company incorporated on 6 November 1877 and registered in the United Kingdom under company number SC000792. Its registered office is at 1 WELLHEADS AVENUE, DYCE, ABERDEEN, AB21 7PB. The recorded nature of business is extraction of crude petroleum (SIC 06100). The company is currently active , with statutory accounts last made up to 31 December 2024. 58 active officers are on record , and the person with significant control is Bp International Limited. This profile is provided by opendata.bot by Noetikos, aggregating official data from Companies House bulk data , last refreshed 9 September 2026.
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