Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/09/2027Filing deadline
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Confirmation statement made on 2026-05-11 with no updates
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
Termination of appointment of Catherine Anne Watkins as a secretary on 2025-01-01
Appointment of Alan Guy Millis as a secretary on 2025-01-01
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The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/09/2027Filing deadline
Confirms the registry record is up to date
25/05/2027Filing deadline
The latest figures THE PETROLEUM ECONOMIST LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
2023: £-128.67K
Total Assets
2023: £1.16M
Cash in Bank
2023: £13.69K
Total Liabilities
2023: £1.28M
Employees
2023: 14
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Total assets moved furthest, down 65.63% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for THE PETROLEUM ECONOMIST LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through THE PETROLEUM ECONOMIST LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2024.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | -4 |
| 2023 | 14 | +1 |
| 2022 | 13 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 13 in 2021 to 10 in 2024. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 08/02/2016–29/04/2016 | 71 | |
| Nominee Secretary | 10/09/2002–02/06/2003 | 1067 | |
| Director | 29/08/2012–27/06/2014 | 10 | |
| Director | 04/01/2011–05/10/2012 | 35 | |
| Director | 29/02/2008–04/01/2011 | 17 | |
| Director | 29/02/2008–04/01/2011 | 26 | |
| Director | 29/02/2008–04/01/2011 | 14 | |
| Director | 08/02/2016–29/04/2016 | 47 | |
| Nominee Director | 10/09/2002–02/06/2003 | 1031 | |
| Director | 02/08/2021–30/07/2022 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/10/2018–11/12/2019 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 29/04/2016–25/07/2022 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 02/06/2003–07/01/2005 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 25/07/2022–01/01/2025 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 01/01/2025–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 29/04/2016–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 27/06/2014–08/02/2016 | 49 | |
| Director | 31/01/2015–08/02/2016 | 89 | |
| Director | 02/06/2003–31/05/2006 | 8 | |
| Director | 11/12/2019–02/08/2021 | 1 | |
| Director | 22/08/2023–23/09/2024 | 0 | |
| Director | 23/05/2017–24/09/2018 | 0 | |
| Director | 29/04/2016–22/05/2017 | 1 | |
| Director | 29/04/2016–30/07/2022 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 20/10/2015–29/04/2016 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 04/01/2011–31/01/2015 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 31/01/2015–20/10/2015 | 0 | |
| Director | 04/01/2011–31/07/2012 | 25 | |
| Director | 29/02/2008–04/01/2011 | 13 | |
| Director | 29/08/2012–31/01/2015 | 52 | |
| Director | 02/06/2003–31/12/2008 | 23 | |
| Director | 02/06/2003–29/02/2008 | 6 | |
| Director | 02/06/2003–31/05/2006 | 25 | |
| Secretary | 31/05/2006–28/02/2008 | 4 | |
| Secretary | 29/02/2008–04/01/2011 | 8 | |
| Secretary | 07/01/2005–31/05/2006 | 5 |
Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 01/05/2016–11/05/2016 | 0 | |
| 01/05/2016–Present | 0 |
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
Confirmation statement made on 2026-05-11 with no updates
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
Termination of appointment of Catherine Anne Watkins as a secretary on 2025-01-01
Appointment of Alan Guy Millis as a secretary on 2025-01-01
Confirmation statement made on 2025-05-11 with no updates
Termination of appointment of John Andrew Mc Dowell as a director on 2024-09-23
Information not on the register The material was formerly considered to form part of the register but is no longer considered by the registrar to do so
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-12-31
Cessation of John Thomas Royall as a person with significant control on 2016-05-11
Notification of a person with significant control statement
Cessation of A Person with Significant Control as a person with significant control on 2022-12-12
Confirmation statement made on 2024-05-11 with no updates
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A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
THE PETROLEUM ECONOMIST LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 55 Loudoun Road, St.Johns Wood, London NW8 0DL. Companies House classifies its business as Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals. It has been on the register for 24 years.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £-788.63K and 10 employees.
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records THE PETROLEUM ECONOMIST LIMITED under one registered business activity: Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals (58.14/2 - SIC 2007).
THE PETROLEUM ECONOMIST LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 10/09/2002.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £-788.63K, total assets of £397.78K, cash in bank of £42.60K and total liabilities of £1.18M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 09/06/2026: Confirmation statement made on 2026-05-11 with no updates, 3 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 25/05/2027.
Companies House lists 36 officers (2 currently in post) and 2 people with significant control (1 current).