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BP Exploration Company Limited

ActiveCompany number SC000792Private limited companyEst. 187706100 · Extraction of crude petroleumAberdeen, Scotland
Official record ↗
Age148 years
older than 99% of its sector
Same activity, United Kingdom1,276live companies · the oldest
In Aberdeen13,194live companies · 80 in the same activity
At this address8live companies incl. this one
Latest accounts2024full accounts, made up to 31 Dec 2024

In brief

BP Exploration Company Limited is a private limited company incorporated in Scotland on 6 November 1877. At 148 years old it is older than 99% of the 1,276 live companies whose main activity is extraction of crude petroleum. Its registered office is in Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland, at an address shared with 7 other live companies. 80 live companies in Aberdeen share the same main activity. Its latest accounts were made up to 31 December 2024 and filed as full accounts. It was previously called B P Exploration Company Limited, a name it changed on 6 February 2020.

Register details

Registered nameBP EXPLORATION COMPANY LIMITED
Company numberSC000792
Company typePrivate Limited Company
Registered office1 Wellheads Avenue, Dyce, AB21 7PB Aberdeen
JurisdictionScotland
Nature of business (UK SIC 2007)06100 Extraction of crude petroleum · 70100 Activities of head offices
International sector (ISIC Rev.4)B · 06 Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas

Timeline

Register events, newest first.

  • Confirmation statement made up
  • Accounts made upFull accounts
  • Name changedPreviously B P Exploration Company Limited
  • Incorporated

Filings and charges

Deadlines and charge counts from the register.

Next accounts due31 December 2026
Accounting reference date31 December
Next confirmation statement21 December 2026
Last confirmation statement7 December 2025
Charges registered0
Outstanding · satisfied0 · 0

Charges are security interests (such as mortgages) registered against the company.

Extraction of crude petroleum in the United Kingdom

Live companies whose main activity is 06100: 1,276 in total, median age 13 years, 34 incorporated in the past 12 months.

All 1,276 companies
This company's decadeOther decades
02004006008001870s: 11870s1900s: 11900s1910s: 31910s1920s: 21920s1930s: 41930s1940s: 11940s1950s: 51950s1960s: 221960s1970s: 381970s1980s: 441980s1990s: 1121990s2000s: 2962000s2010s: 4912010s2020s: 2562020s
Incorporated per year, still live
0204060802011: 4820112012: 352013: 6020132014: 482015: 5320152016: 552017: 7020172018: 532019: 4720192020: 402021: 3620212022: 272023: 3520232024: 402025: 5120252026: 27

Location

Registered office in Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland.

Aberdeen
Live companies in Aberdeen13,194
Same activity in Aberdeen80
Live companies in Aberdeen City14,156
New in Aberdeen, past 12 months1,545

Also registered at this address

7 other live companies share this registered office.

Similar companies

Live companies with the same main activity, nearest first.

Compare all
OE
One-Dyas Eog LimitedAberdeen, Scotland
Number SC005122Est. 1902
ET
Eni TNS LimitedAberdeen, Scotland
Number SC055200Est. 1974
FP
Fishermen's Petroleum Company LimitedAberdeen, Scotland
Number SC070886Est. 1980
B
Britoil LimitedAberdeen, Scotland
Number SC077750Est. 1982
EH
Eni Hewett LimitedAberdeen, Scotland
Number SC090159Est. 1984
VS
Vector Supplies LimitedDyce, Scotland
Number SC103810Est. 1987

Sources

Register data: Companies House, Free Company Data Product, delivery of 1 October 2026. Places: ONS Postcode Directory (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sector names: Eurostat NACE Rev. 2. Context figures are computed by FirmsDB from these sources. This page is not an official register; check the official record before relying on it.