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Company description
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 12 October 1935; registered for 90 years; registered office reported in MIDDLESEX. Its primary declared activity is 06100 · Extraction of crude petroleum, with 1 additional SIC activity reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 8 other public-register records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED
- Company number
- 00305943
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 18 total · 11 outstanding · 7 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
4 February 2026Next statement due
18 February 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 22.1%
- Mean bonus gap
- 13.8%
- Women receiving bonus
- 99.5%
- Men receiving bonus
- 99.1%
- Women in top quartile
- 18.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 22.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 22.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 42.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 499913.5% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499914.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499915.3% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499914.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499923.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499924.9% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499929.1% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499928.3% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 27 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 0 days
- Longest standard term
- 60 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- The Prompt Payment Code
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £850,536,145
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £68,077,760
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £7,080,865
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £153,244,389
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 9.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 20.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Standard contractual terms for the payment to suppliers are 0 - 60 days.
- Other payment-term information
Payment statistics disclosed in this report can be affected by a number of
different factors including payments made to other BP group companies
which are included within the data disclosed. Invoices are often reported
as due but not paid within agreed terms because BACS transfers to
suppliers arrive in the supplier’s bank account two business days after
leaving the company’s bank account contract payments due on weekends
or bank holidays are typically paid on the following business day and the
company typically initiates payments in batches on a daily basis; where
this is the case payments will normally be received by the supplier within
a few days of the due date. - Dispute resolution process
The Company will notify suppliers of any invoice disputes. The Company
and the supplier will endeavour to resolve all disputes by agreement of
the parties. Once resolved payment will be made in accordance with
agreed terms. If these discussions are unsuccessful then the dispute will
be resolved by reference to arbitration or courts (as specified in the
contract).
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 27.0 average days to pay9.0% outside terms
- 28.0 average days to pay6.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay6.0% outside terms
- 34.0 average days to pay9.0% outside terms
- 34.0 average days to pay9.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay10.0% outside terms
- 34.0 average days to pay9.0% outside terms
- 34.0 average days to pay9.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay6.0% outside terms
- 31.0 average days to pay3.0% outside terms
- 30.0 average days to pay3.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED
LEI 54930066OLMECXUIIT95 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 12 October 1935
- Initial LEI registration
- 2 November 2013
- LEI last updated
- 14 July 2024
- Next renewal
- 14 July 2024
- Managing LOU
- 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12
- Legal address
- CHERTSEY ROAD, MIDDLESEX, SUNBURY-ON-THAMES, TW16 7BP, GB
- Headquarters address
- CHERTSEY ROAD, MIDDLESEX, SUNBURY-ON-THAMES, TW16 7BP, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 54930066OLMECXUIIT95 to LEI 213800LH1BZH3DI6G760
- Related legal entity
- BP P.L.C. →
- Initial registration
- 14 February 2024
- Last updated
- 14 July 2024
- Next renewal
- 14 July 2024
- Validation sources
- ENTITY_SUPPLIED_ONLY
- Validation documents
- OTHER_OFFICIAL_DOCUMENTS
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2022-01-01T00:00:00.000Z; End: 2022-12-31T00:00:00.000Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2013-11-02T00:00:00.000Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Validation reference
- Not supplied
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_LEI
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- BP P.L.C.
- Statement period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Approved
- 28 May 2026
- Sectors
- Mining, metals, chemicals and resources (including oil and gas)
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- Over £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 15 June 2026
Policies described
Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery
Training described
Your whole organisation Your front line staff Human resources Procurement staff Your suppliers
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Professional auditors Workers within your organisation Workers within your supply chain Businesses in your industry or sector
Social audits
Audit conducted by your staff Announced audit
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app
Other monitoring
MS Statement 2025, page 5. We conduct e.g. in-person worker interviews and sample payroll checks, and ask some suppliers to complete self-assessment questionnaires (pre- and/or post- contract),
Actions addressing ILO indicators
Financial remediation, including repayment of recruitment fees Change in policy Change in training
Demonstrated progress
Measures to assess our approach included on page 9 of the MSA Statement 2025 – including supporting metrics.
Reported risks and mitigations
- Risk: Activity risk – identified list of activities that carry higher LRMS risks to help determine where we need to complete further due diligence activity.
- Risk: Country risk – made use of Maplecroft risk indices to identify country risk levels. See MS Statement 2025, page 4.
- Risk: Worker demographic & workforce size – this is used more post contract award when we know what type of workforce will be present. Higher risk factors are low skill levels and/or migrant workforce.
- Group: Migrants Other vulnerable groups
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
UK Additional public registers
Schools, childcare, care and HSE records
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
2 June 2026 · Improvement Notice
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
11 May 2026 · Improvement Notice
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
20 March 2026 · Improvement Notice
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
20 March 2026 · Improvement Notice
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
1 March 2024 · Improvement Notice
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
9 November 2022 · Improvement Notice
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
4 September 2014 · Extractive and utility supply industries
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
13 December 2012 · Extractive and utility supply industries
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07 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
Registration Z7904084
- Registered from
- 19 June 2003
- Current end date
- 18 June 2027
- Trading names
- BP EXPLORATION
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Bp Exploration Company Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- United Kingdom
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Registrar Of Companies, United Kingdom
- Registration number
- Sc000792
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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09 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
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10 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
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11 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
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13 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Activities of head offices
15 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
16 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Organisation enforcement records linked by one unique exact company name.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
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