Murzuq Oil Services Limited
Registered name: MURZUQ OIL SERVICES LIMITED
Part of The Government Of National Unity Of The State Of Libya groupMurzuq Oil Services Limited made £2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
Murzuq Oil Services Limited reported £2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 45 employees. The company is classified under “support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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: “The company's immediate parent company is Mediterranean Oil Services Company, a company incorporated in Libya. The registered office of Mediterranean Oil Services Company is Bashir Sadawi Street, P.O.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £11.7m | £13.7m | £29.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£326k | −£162k | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£326k | −£162k | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 35 | 45 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£12.5k | −£4.6k | £45k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲34.6% | ▲28.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £29m | £14.7m | £37.3m |
| Net assets | −£1.7m | £13.1m | £15.1m |
| Fixed assets | £98.3k | £159k | £145k |
| Current assets | £36.7m | £26.5m | £79.9m |
| Debtors | £5.5m | £6.1m | £36.3m |
| Deferred income | £16.9m | £6.7m | £50.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £45k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £15.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲154%
- Now £37.3m
- Headcount
- ▲29%
- Now 45
- Deferred income
- ▲654%
- Now £50.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £145k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Government Of National Unity Of The State Of Libya (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Murzuq Oil Services 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).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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