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BP P.L.C.

A supplier-focused reading of the public record: filing discipline, liquidity, charges, and governance signals that matter before you pay.

Company number
00102498
Incorporated
14 April 1909
Status meaning
Record currently orderly
Entity snapshot

1 St James's Square, London, SW1Y 4PD

Why this report matters

Filing discipline is currently reasonable from the public record.

Sources used
Supabase cache
Companies House mirror
Regulator records
Payment Practices Reporting
Decision frame
Proceed with controls

This company may still be workable, but the combination of score drivers means you should control how much cash goes out before performance is proven. Some official checks could not be refreshed cleanly, so absence of a matched warning should be read with slightly more caution.

Case type
Managed-risk case
Confidence
Moderated confidence
Filing posture
Filings broadly current
Official records
2 adverse official records...
Immediate posture
Use staged payments or milestones rather than a large upfront payment.

This is workable, but the reasons for caution are material enough that process and payment structure should do some of the risk control.

Main reasons
Enforcement or insolvency historyIncomplete source verification
Hard official records
Payment Practices Reporting shows the company usually pays suppliers in about 19 days.
Other regulator-linked records exist in cache and add formal context beyond the accounts.
Pattern-based judgement
Financial health: Disclosure is limited, so the score leans more heavily on filing discipline, directors, charges, and official records.
Trading history: The company has been trading for about 116 years. Young companies are not automatically unsafe, but they leave you with less evidence of how they behave under pressure.
Trading history: Accounts appear to be up to date, which is a useful trust signal.
What remains uncertain
Detailed accounts are limited, so the judgement leans more on filing behaviour, directors, charges, and official records.
Short-term liquidity cannot be verified cleanly from the available accounts.
Sector benchmark coverage is limited, so the score relies more on the company’s own record than peer context.
Vettit score
Supplier Trust Score

A practical judgement layer over the public record, not a hidden credit file.

Moderate risk
60
Moderate risk
0 to 100 scale
Set the caution level.
Check the strongest drivers.
Treat missing disclosure as uncertainty.
Low risk 80+Moderate 60-79Elevated 40-59High risk under 40
Score drivers
Where the judgement is coming from

Each dimension contributes differently to the total score. Start with the strongest driver, then use the rest to see whether the risk is concentrated or broad.

Most influential dimension
Trading history is doing the most work here

The company has been trading for about 116 years. Young companies are not automatically unsafe, but they leave you with less evidence of how they behave under pressure.

Financial health
Weight 30%
59/100
30% of score
Profit trend is not fully visible in the latest structured accounts.
Trading history
Weight 25%
85/100
25% of score
The company has been trading for about 116 years. Young companies are not automatically unsafe, but they leave you with less evidence of how they behave under pressure.
Director track record
Weight 20%
58/100
20% of score
Average active director tenure is about 0.0 years. Stable leadership usually reduces delivery risk.
Debt and charges
Weight 15%
69/100
15% of score
No outstanding registered charges were found.
Sector risk
Weight 10%
55/100
10% of score
Sector margin benchmark is unavailable, so this factor is neutral.
Recommended action
Proceed with controls

This company may still be workable, but the combination of score drivers means you should control how much cash goes out before performance is proven.

2 adverse official records surfaced across enforcement, governance, insolvency, or regulator overlays.
Moderated confidence: Some official checks could not be refreshed cleanly, so absence of a matched warning should be read with slightly more caution.
Recommended next steps
1Use staged payments or milestones rather than a large upfront payment.
2Ask who will actually deliver and supervise the work.
3Check whether the legal entity on the quote matches the one with the cleaner filing record.
4Recheck the case before making a high-confidence decision if the unavailable source coverage is important to your situation.
Key concerns
Enforcement or insolvency historyIncomplete source verification
Reassuring signs
Long trading historyConsistent filing discipline
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Red flags
Signals that justify more caution
Enforcement or insolvency history
high

Official enforcement or insolvency records require manual review before paying in full.

Why this matters: Public red flags are useful only if they change behaviour: smaller exposure, tighter terms, deeper diligence, or a decision to walk away.
Incomplete source verification
medium

Some relevant official sources could not be refreshed cleanly, so Vettit trims confidence slightly rather than treating cached silence as reassurance.

Why this matters: Public red flags are useful only if they change behaviour: smaller exposure, tighter terms, deeper diligence, or a decision to walk away.
Positive signals
Signals that strengthen confidence
Long trading history
strong

The company has been trading for more than a decade, which lowers basic execution risk.

Why this matters: Positive signals do not remove risk alone, but they can reduce uncertainty when they align with filing discipline and resilience.
Consistent filing discipline
strong

Recent filing history looks on time, which supports trust in the basics.

Why this matters: Positive signals do not remove risk alone, but they can reduce uncertainty when they align with filing discipline and resilience.
Filing discipline
Accounts and statutory filing status

A company that struggles to keep its statutory record current deserves more caution than one that files consistently.

Filings broadly current
What matters most here
The statutory record currently looks broadly orderly.

Filing discipline is currently reasonable from the public record.

Last accounts made up to
31 December 2024
Next accounts due
30 June 2026
Confirmation statement
Due 19 May 2026
Company status
Active
Accounts type
group
Trust and freshness
What the report is built from, and how current it is
Partial evidence base
Freshly checked
Report generated on
11 March 2026
Data last updated
8 March 2026
Financials through
Profile-only
Completeness
48%
Freshness framing: The main report inputs were refreshed within the normal cache window.
Public-data product, not a credit bureau. Vettit distinguishes fresh checks, cached evidence, and background refresh activity rather than flattening them into one state.
Payment behaviour
Official supplier-payment record

This uses official UK payment-practices reporting where the business is in scope. It is one of the clearest public signals for the client-payment lens.

Checked 11 March 2026
Average time to pay
19 days
Paid within 30 days
73%
Paid late
5%
Typical terms
30 days
Source framing: Payment Practices Reporting mainly applies to larger businesses in scope of the regime. No record here does not mean a company is a prompt payer or a slow payer; it often means the regime does not apply.
Financial view
Latest usable financial snapshot

When disclosure is thin, Vettit leans more heavily on filings, governance, and official records instead of pretending the financial picture is complete.

Limited financial disclosure
Financial takeaway
Limited financial disclosure means this section is directional rather than definitive.

Use the financial snapshot as supporting context and lean harder on filings, governance, and official records.

Revenue
Not available
N/A
Operating margin
Not available
Net assets
Not available
Cash
Not available
Current ratio
Not available
Debt to equity
Not available
Limited financial visibility

This is common for micro, dormant, or smaller entities. Treat the score as more dependent on filings and governance than on deep financial analysis.

Accounts framing: Latest filing type appears to be group. This helps explain why some companies support ratio analysis well while others need more behavioural interpretation.
Source coverage
How complete today’s official checks were

Some official checks could not be refreshed cleanly, so absence of a matched warning should be read with slightly more caution.

Moderated confidence
Freshly checked: The main report inputs were refreshed within the normal cache window.
The Gazette
Unavailable

The Gazette could not be checked cleanly right now.

Payment Practices Reporting
Fresh

Official payment-behaviour data was checked successfully.

Companies House mirror
Fresh

Core company profile was loaded from cache.

Fair Payment Code
No record found

No Fair Payment Code award was matched for this company.

Disqualified directors register
No record found

Current directors were checked and no high-confidence disqualification match was found.

Structured accounts
No record found

No structured account rows are available in cache for this company.

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