BRITOIL LIMITED

Active
Company number SC077750Private limited companyIncorporated 1982

No accounts in digital format (iXBRL) since 2019. Paper or PDF accounts are available at Companies House.

Sector comparison

SIC 06100

Where the company stands among the 1,134 active companies whose first SIC code is 06100 (Extraction of crude petroleum).

Company age44.7 years
Older than 92% · median 14.1 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. ENI UK LIMITED£1.3bn
  2. SABAH SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED£1.2bn
  3. CHEVRON BRITAIN LIMITED£1.2bn
  4. NEO NEXT+ ENERGY E&P NORTH SEA UK LIMITED£1bn
  5. SPIRIT ENERGY PRODUCTION UK LIMITED£909.3m
  6. CHRYSAOR PRODUCTION (U.K.) LIMITED£888.7m
  7. ESSO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION UK LIMITED£687m
  8. INEOS E&P (UK) LIMITED£585.8m
  9. EQUINOR WOS LIMITED£525.9m
  10. NEO NEXT + ENERGY OFFSHORE GB LIMITED£518.6m

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: BRITOIL LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

BRITOIL LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number SC077750. It was incorporated on 4 Mar 1982. Its status is active. The registered office is in Aberdeen (AB21). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is extraction of crude petroleum (06100).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 1,134 active companies whose first SIC code is 06100: It is older than 92% of them (median age 14.1 years).

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly iron and steel articles, machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 23 days to pay suppliers, and 9% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 6 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 3 of 7 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 15 Aug 2027.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
23 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
9%
Standard payment terms
0–60 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
26
85%
9%
30 Jun 2025
21
98%
5%
31 Dec 2024
28
88%
7%
30 Jun 2024
29
92%
3%
31 Dec 2023
29
85%
9%
30 Jun 2023
22
80%
10%
31 Dec 2022
31
81%
13%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Modern slavery statements6
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (BP P.L.C.)
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (BP P.L.C.)
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (BP P.L.C.)
Earlier years (3)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (BP P.L.C.)
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (BP P.L.C.)
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (BP P.L.C.)

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

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment, salt, stone and cement and iron and steel articles.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 6 of the last 12 months on record, most recently March 2026. Main goods: iron and steel articles, machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments and electrical equipment.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

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

3 events
  1. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  2. Bp Exploration Operating Company Limited registered as a person with significant control
  3. Company incorporatedPrivate 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.