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Company · Salisbury

Desire Petroleum Limited

Extraction of crude petroleum

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 20

  1. Stewart Macdonald 2016-2022 Director View profile
  2. Fiona Margaret Macaulay 2016-2017 Director View profile
  3. Stephen Lawrey Phipps 2013-2015 Director View profile
  4. Timothy Paul Bushell 2013-2016 Director View profile
  5. Timothy Stephen Jones 2013-2016 Director View profile
  6. Graeme Thomson 2011-2013 Director View profile
  7. Kenneth Thomas Black 2011-2013 Director View profile
  8. Robert Lyons 2008-2013 Director View profile
  9. Edward Anthony Wisniewski 2005-2013 Director View profile
  10. Andrew Guy Windham 2005-2013 Director View profile
  11. Dr David Huw Quick 1999-2005 Director View profile
  12. Walter Ian Logan Forrest 1999-2005 Director View profile
  13. Dr Ian Gordon Duncan 1998-2013 Director View profile
  14. Anna Ruth Neve 1997-2013 Director View profile
  15. Dr Alan John Martin 1997-2005 Director View profile
  16. Sir Rex Masterman Hunt 1996-1999 Director View profile
  17. Darwin Lewis Clifton 1996-2009 Director View profile
  18. Dr Colin Barry Phipps 1996-2008 Director View profile
  19. Serina Vera Emanuela Bierer 2013-2015 Secretary View profile
  20. Dawn Alison Harford 1996-1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Extraction of crude petroleum
Incorporated
06/03/1996
Registered office
Salisbury

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Desire Petroleum Limited is controlled by Rockhopper Exploration PLC
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Rockhopper Exploration PLC.

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Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

2 directors on the board

6.1y median 6.1y
average tenure
10.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Mining 14

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
03168611
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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