NNPC Trading Services (UK) Limited
Registered name: NNPC TRADING SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
Part of Nigerian National Petroleum Company groupNNPC Trading Services (UK) Limited made £352k revenue and a £136k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
NNPC Trading Services (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 69% to £352k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £136k and 7 employees. The company is classified under “financial intermediation not elsewhere classified” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “At 31 December 2024, the ultimate parent undertaking of the Company was The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), a company incorporated in Nigeria.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £107k | £209k | £352k |
| Operating profit | £66.3k | £153k | −£45.4k |
| Profit before tax | £66.3k | £153k | −£135k |
| Profit after tax | £53.7k | £140k | −£136k |
| Profit (best available) | £53.7k | £140k | −£136k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 50.1% | 67.2% | −38.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £15.3k | £29.8k | £50.2k |
| Profit per employee | £7.7k | £20k | −£19.4k |
| Cash conversion | 2215% | −695.2% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲94.4% | ▲68.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲160.7% | ▼197% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £633k | £683k |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | — | — | £2m |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Debtors | £62.1k | £1.6m | £20k |
| Deferred income | £24.5k | £30k | £33.5k |
| Cash from operations | £1.5m | −£1.1m | £380k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −38.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £50.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£19.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 572.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼10%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲8%
- Now £683k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▲12%
- Now £33.5k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Nigerian National Petroleum Company (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- NNPC Trading Services (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£136k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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