ELEMENT SIX (UK) LIMITED.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-13 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-30
Watchouts
Cash
£27K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£32M
0% vs 2023
Employees
158
+3.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£201K
-104.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Accordingly, the going concern assessment of the Company is therefore subject to uncertainties relating to the potential change in ownership of the Company and this gives rise to a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ELEMENT SIX (UK) LIMITED. 2002-10-01 → present
- DIAMONDEUROP(U.K.)LIMITED 1972-04-21 → 2002-10-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £40,716,000 | £37,150,000 | |
| Operating profit | £9,116,000 | £4,338,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,587,000 | -£201,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,116,000 | -£7,000 | |
| Cash | — | £27,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £58,220,000 | £56,357,000 | |
| Net assets | -£32,405,000 | -£32,412,000 | |
| Equity | -£32,405,000 | -£32,412,000 | |
| Average employees | 152 | 158 | |
| Wages | £11,474,000 | £11,016,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.4% | 11.7% | |
| Net margin | 7.7% | -0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.7% | 7.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 148.0% | 147.9% | |
| Current ratio | 4.96x | 4.09x | |
| Interest cover | 1.65x | 0.74x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Accordingly, the going concern assessment of the Company is therefore subject to uncertainties relating to the potential change in ownership of the Company and this gives rise to a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “On 14 May 2024, Anglo American plc announced its intention to divest or demerge De Beers plc as part of a wider strategic review of its portfolio. Therefore, the ultimate parent company will change although the timing is unknown.”
- “Effective 05 April 2025, the United States imposed a minimum 10% tariff on imports from all countries.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE BEERS CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-07-10 | — | — |
| DE KLERK, Jacobus Steyn | Director | 2022-02-07 | May 1969 | South African |
| DUFFY, Siobhan | Director | 2015-02-25 | Oct 1966 | Irish |
| LEATHERS, Erica | Director | 2022-04-13 | May 1974 | Canadian |
| PERKINS, Neil | Director | 2024-04-29 | Oct 1975 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Emma | Director | 2023-11-11 | Aug 1976 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLAIR, Lynsey Ann | Secretary | 2011-05-01 | 2013-08-23 |
| HUNTLEY, Stuart Paul | Secretary | 2016-01-01 | 2018-04-30 |
| MES OT, Andrew | Secretary | — | 1993-01-21 |
| SHAVE, Yvonne | Secretary | 2018-05-01 | 2023-07-06 |
| UPHILL, Keith William | Secretary | 1993-01-21 | 2003-08-01 |
| WILLIAMSON, Craig | Secretary | 2013-08-23 | 2016-01-01 |
| MORLEY & SCOTT CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-08-01 | 2011-05-01 |
| BROOKS, Edward Anthony | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2006-01-01 |
| COADY, Daniel Patrick | Director | 2008-11-21 | 2015-02-25 |
| COE, Steven Edward | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2016-09-30 |
| DE JAGER, Pieter Willem Gideon | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2006-01-01 |
| ESKENAZI, Lucien | Director | — | 1993-01-21 |
| ESKENAZI, Marcel Charles | Director | — | 1993-01-21 |
| GUTHRIE, Andrew John | Director | 2016-07-11 | 2021-10-12 |
| HELBING, Rutger Albert | Director | 2015-02-25 | 2016-03-31 |
| HILDEBRAND, Karl Georg | Director | 2019-03-27 | 2024-02-09 |
| HUNT, Neill William | Director | 2019-03-27 | 2019-12-20 |
| HÜHN, Walter Friedrich | Director | 2009-02-09 | 2023-01-31 |
| JEANDET, Roger Lucien | Director | 1993-01-21 | 2008-11-21 |
| JILLA, Cyrus David | Director | 2010-12-16 | 2013-03-08 |
| MATTHEWS, Victoria | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2023-07-28 |
| PRETORIUS, Pieter Du Randt | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2008-11-21 |
| RICCI, Claude Paul | Director | — | 2001-11-15 |
| SEXTON, Carmel | Director | 2012-09-13 | 2013-03-15 |
| SPOONER, Thomas Aidan, Dr | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2008-11-21 |
| UPHILL, Keith William | Director | — | 2003-05-16 |
| WESTERMANN, Hans Joachim | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2011-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Element Six Abrasives Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-04-03 | Active |
| Anglo American Diamond Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-04-03 |
| Umicore S.A. | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-04-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-05-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-14 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-14 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-14 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-8.8%
£40,716,000 £37,150,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
0%
-£32,405,000 -£32,412,000
-
Employees
+3.9%
152 158
-
Operating profit
-52.4%
£9,116,000 £4,338,000
-
Profit before tax
-104.4%
£4,587,000 -£201,000
-
Wages
-4%
£11,474,000 £11,016,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers