VALARIS PLC

Company number 07023598 ·

Liquidation

The annual accounts for this company are overdue.

The confirmation statement for this company is overdue.

Executive summary

VALARIS PLC represents a case study in the extreme cyclicality and capital intensity of the offshore drilling sector, where even the largest global operators proved vulnerable to the prolonged downturn in dayrates and utilisation following the 2014 oil price collapse and exacerbated by COVID-19. The company's 2019 formation through the Ensco-Rowan merger created scale advantages but also amplified balance sheet stress at precisely the wrong point in the cycle. Its current liquidation status and filing delinquencies reflect the cross-jurisdictional complexity of restructuring a global drilling group through US Chapter 11 proceedings, rather than operational cessation — the wider Valaris group continues to trade post-restructuring with a deleveraged balance sheet more typical of sector norms.

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Overview

Company type
Public Limited Company
Incorporated
2009-09-18
Registered office
Suite 3, Avery House, 69 North Street, Brighton, BN41 1DH
Postcode
BN41 1DH
Capital
46,071,952 USD
Accounts category
Group

Accounts

Last made up to
2019-12-31
Next due by
2021-06-30 Overdue
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2020-09-18
Next due by
2021-10-02 Overdue
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 9100 Support activities for petroleum and natural gas mining

Officers 0 current · 44 resigned

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Group structure 6 subsidiaries

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
ENSCO ROWAN PLC2019-07-30
ENSCO PLC2019-04-11
ENSCO INTERNATIONAL PLC2010-03-31
ENSCO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED2009-12-18
ENSCO UK (NO. 1) LIMITED2009-09-25

Previous registered addresses 2

AddressChanged on
6 CHESTERFIELD GARDENS, 3RD FLOOR, LONDON, W1J 5BQ, UNITED KINGDOM2019-12-06
100 NEW BRIDGE STREET, LONDON, EC4V 6JA2010-03-02

The class of 2009

20%

of the 238 companies in this sector incorporated in 2009 are still active today; 78% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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