SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                   FORM 12b-25

                                               Commission File Number 001-12396


                           NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING


(Check One):   [_] Form 10-K    [_] Form 11-K    [_] Form 20-F    [x] Form 10-Q
               [_] Form N-SAR

          For Period Ended:  June 30, 2005

     [_]  Transition Report on Form 10-K

     [_]  Transition Report on Form 20-F

     [_]  Transition Report on Form 11-K

     [_]  Transition Report on Form 10-Q

     [_]  Transition Report on Form N-SAR

          For the Transition Period Ended:______________________________________

     Read attached  instruction  sheet before  preparing  form.  Please print or
type.

     Nothing in this form shall be  construed to imply that the  Commission  has
verified any information contained herein.

     If the  notification  relates  to a portion of the  filing  checked  above,
identify the item(s) to which the notification relates: ________________________


                                     PART I
                             REGISTRANT INFORMATION


                               THE BEARD COMPANY
                            Full name of registrant


                           Former name if applicable

                          Enterprise Plaza, Suite 320
                                  5600 N. May
           Address of principal executive office (Street and number)

                         Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112
                            City, state and zip code


                                    PART II
                             RULE 12b-25(b) AND (c)

     If the subject  report could not be filed  without  unreasonable  effort or
expense  and  the  registrant  seeks  relief  pursuant  to Rule  12b-25(b),  the
following should be completed. (Check box if appropriate.)

     |    (a)  The reasons  described in  reasonable  detail in Part III of this
     |         form  could  not be  eliminated  without  unreasonable  effort or
     |         expense;
     |
     |    (b)  The subject annual report,  semi-annual report, transition report
     |         on Form 10-K,  20-F,  11-K or Form N-SAR, or portion thereof will
[x]  |         be filed  on or  before  the  15th  calendar  day  following  the
     |         prescribed  due  date;  or  the  subject   quarterly   report  or
     |         transition  report on Form 10-Q, or portion thereof will be filed
     |         on or before the fifth  calendar day following the prescribed due
     |         date; and
     |
     |    (c)  The  accountant's  statement  or other  exhibit  required by Rule
     |         12b-25(c) has been attached if applicable.


                                    PART III
                                   NARRATIVE

     State below in reasonable  detail why the Form 10-K, 11-K, 20-F 10-Q, N-SAR
or the  transition  report  portion  thereof  could  not  be  filed  within  the
prescribed time period. (Attach extra sheets if needed.)

     The Beard Company (the  "Company") is in the process of finalizing  certain
disclosures  in the footnotes to the  consolidated  financial  statements.  This
process  has been  delayed  as a result of an illness in the family of the chief
accounting  officer.  More time is  necessary  to prepare  complete and accurate
footnotes to the financial statements.

     The issues  involved  could not be  resolved  in time to meet the  required
filing deadline.

                                    PART IV
                               OTHER INFORMATION

(1)  Name  and  telephone  number  of  person  to  contact  in  regard  to  this
     notification

     Herb Mee, Jr.
     President - Chief
     Financial Officer                               405         842-2333
        (Name)                                   (Area Code) (Telephone Number)

(2)  Have all other periodic  reports  required under Section 13 or 15(d) of the
     Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30 of the Investment Company Act
     of 1940 during the preceding 12 months or for such shorter  period that the
     registrant was required to file such report(s) been filed? If the answer is
     no, identify report(s).
                                                                 [x] Yes  [_] No

(3)  Is it anticipated that any significant change in results of operations from
     the corresponding  period for the last fiscal year will be reflected by the
     earnings  statements  to be  included  in the  subject  report  or  portion
     thereof?
                                                                 [x] Yes  [_] No

     If so: attach an explanation of the anticipated  change,  both  narratively
and  quantitatively,  and, if  appropriate,  state the reasons why a  reasonable
estimate of the results cannot be made.

     The Company  anticipates there will be a significant  change in the results
of  operations  from the six months  ended June 30, 2004 to the six months ended
June 30, 2005. The Company presently  anticipates that its results of operations
for the six months ended June 30, 2005 will reflect a loss of $750,000  compared
to earnings of $2,000,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2004.

     THE BEARD COMPANY has caused this  notification  to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


Date  August 16, 2005              By:
                                        Herb Mee, Jr.
                                        President - Chief Financial Officer