BP P.L.C.
ActiveKey figures
Amounts are in USD (the currency of the accounts).
BP P.L.C. files its accounts at Companies House on paper. The figures here are for the whole group, taken from its annual financial report in the structured ESEF format (published on the FCA National Storage Mechanism, collected by filings.xbrl.org).
Ratios
2025Sector comparison
SIC 70100Where the company stands among the 25,710 active companies whose first SIC code is 70100 (Activities of head offices).
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Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: BP P.L.C.
What kind of company is it?
BP P.L.C. is a public limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00102498. It was incorporated on 14 Apr 1909. Its status is active. Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is activities of head offices (70100).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files group accounts. Turnover was 192,549,000,000 USD. Profit for the year was 1,295,000,000 USD. Net assets were 74,000,000,000 USD, down 5.5% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was 36,556,000,000 USD. Total assets were 278,526,000,000 USD and total liabilities 204,526,000,000 USD. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2020–2025).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 25,710 active companies whose first SIC code is 70100: It is older than 99% of them (median age 16.6 years).
Has it received government grants?
It is recorded as the recipient of 5 central government grants worth £944.7k, mainly from Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
What do public registers and reports show?
It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 17 days to pay suppliers, and 12% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 13.9% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 6 years.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 30 Jun 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 19 May 2027.
Dividends
from the accountsDividends paid in the financial year: 5,611,000,000 USD (433% of the profit for the year).
Filed accounts2020–2025
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 164,195,000,000 | 248,891,000,000 | 213,032,000,000 | 194,629,000,000 | 192,549,000,000 |
| Profit for the year | 8,487,000,000 | -1,357,000,000 | 15,880,000,000 | 1,229,000,000 | 1,295,000,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 30,681,000,000 | 29,195,000,000 | 33,030,000,000 | 39,204,000,000 | 36,556,000,000 |
| Total assets | 287,272,000,000 | 288,120,000,000 | 280,294,000,000 | 282,228,000,000 | 278,526,000,000 |
| Total liabilities | 196,833,000,000 | 205,130,000,000 | 194,801,000,000 | 203,910,000,000 | 204,526,000,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 90,439,000,000 | 82,990,000,000 | 85,493,000,000 | 78,318,000,000 | 74,000,000,000 |
| Dividends paid | 4,627,000,000 | 4,659,000,000 | 5,234,000,000 | 5,393,000,000 | 5,611,000,000 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Government grants
5 grantsBP P.L.C. is recorded as the recipient of 5 central government grants since 2021, together worth £944.7k.
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- 3 grants · £719.3k
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- 2 grants · £225.4k
- Fuel-cell Commercial Vehicle Generation 2.0 (FCVGen2.0)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £427,933 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme
- HYDRI - HYDrogen sensoR for IndustryDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £63,641 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
- The quantum data centre of the futureDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £161,756 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
- The quantum data centre of the futureDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £200,332 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme
- HYDRI - HYDrogen sensoR for IndustryDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £91,042 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme
From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 17 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 12%
- Standard payment terms
- 30 days
- Within 30 days 92%
- 31 to 60 days 8%
- After 60 days 0%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Dec 2025
- 19
- 73%
- 5%
- 30 Jun 2025
- 25
- 76%
- 27%
- 31 Dec 2024
- 40
- 55%
- 33%
- 30 Jun 2024
- 23
- 75%
- 13%
- 31 Dec 2023
- 5
- 88%
- 9%
- 30 Jun 2023
- 10
- 82%
- 18%
- 31 Dec 2022
- 1
- 89%
- 7%
- Median hourly pay
- women 13.9% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 13.1% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 30.4% lower
- Employer size
- 1000 to 4999 employees
Earlier years (8)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 13.7% lower
- women 11.5% lower
- 2023/24
- women 14.1% lower
- women 12.9% lower
- 2022/23
- women 14.1% lower
- women 14.9% lower
- 2021/22
- women 16.2% lower
- women 19% lower
- 2020/21
- women 19.4% lower
- women 22.6% lower
- 2019/20
- women 18.9% lower
- women 21.6% lower
- 2018/19
- women 19.8% lower
- women 24% lower
- 2017/18
- women 20.8% lower
- women 22.6% lower
A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service
- 2026
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 2025
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 2024
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
Earlier years (3)
- 2023
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 2022
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 2021
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
Registers and licences
- Licence type and rating
- Worker (A rating)
- Routes
- Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker
On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
7 events- Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover 192.5bn USD, net assets 74bn USD
- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover 194.6bn USD, net assets 78.3bn USD
- Financial year 2023 endedAccounts: turnover 213bn USD, net assets 85.5bn USD
- Financial year 2022 endedAccounts: turnover 248.9bn USD, net assets 83bn USD
- Financial year 2021 endedAccounts: turnover 164.2bn USD, net assets 90.4bn USD
- Financial year 2020 endedAccounts: turnover 109.1bn USD, net assets 85.6bn USD
- Company incorporatedPublic limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.