HARBOUR ENERGY PLC
ActiveNo accounts in digital format (iXBRL) since 2019. Paper or PDF accounts are available at Companies House.
Sector 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: HARBOUR ENERGY PLC
What kind of company is it?
HARBOUR ENERGY PLC is a public limited company registered with Companies House under company number SC234781. It was incorporated on 31 Jul 2002. Its status is active. The registered office is in Edinburgh (EH1). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is activities of head offices (70100).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 25,710 active companies whose first SIC code is 70100: It is older than 73% of them (median age 16.6 years).
Has it received government grants?
It is recorded as the recipient of one central government grant worth £409.7k, 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). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly rubber, vehicles. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 29 days to pay suppliers, and 19% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2021/22 shows median hourly pay for women 40.4% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 7 years.
Who runs and controls the company?
1 of 5 registered charges are outstanding.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 30 Jun 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 12 Aug 2027.
Government grants
1 grantHARBOUR ENERGY PLC is recorded as the recipient of 1 central government grant, worth £409.7k.
- Humber Zero - Core ScopeDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £409,653 · 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
- 29 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 19%
- Standard payment terms
- 14–30 days
- Within 30 days 81%
- 31 to 60 days 19%
- After 60 days 0%
Earlier periods (5)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Dec 2020
- 28
- 78%
- 22%
- 30 Jun 2020
- 33
- 56%
- 31%
- 31 Dec 2019
- 28
- 81%
- 19%
- 30 Jun 2019
- 25
- 73%
- 27%
- 31 Dec 2018
- 28
- 75%
- 25%
- Median hourly pay
- women 40.4% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 32.1% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 48.9% lower
- Employer size
- 250 to 499 employees
Earlier years (4)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2020/21
- women 41.6% lower
- women 45.8% lower
- 2019/20
- women 41.2% lower
- women 46% lower
- 2018/19
- women 50.1% lower
- women 46.9% lower
- 2017/18
- women 53.2% lower
- women 49.6% 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 (4)
- 2023
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 2022
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 2021
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 2020
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK
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.
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 2 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: rubber and vehicles.
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- Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
- Name changed to HARBOUR ENERGY PLCPreviously PREMIER OIL PLC
- 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.