BASF METALS LIMITED

1. BASF METALS LIMITED 2012-03-15 → present
2. ENGELHARD METALS LIMITED 1983-02-02 → 2012-03-15
3. FRIMHOLD LIMITED 1982-08-09 → 1983-02-02

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Deloitte LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Directors confirm the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate because there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern. Accordingly, the Company's financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. BASF METALS LIMITED · parent
   1. The Sheffield Smelting Company, Limited 100%

Significant events

• “Between November 2014 and March 2015, a putative class action lawsuit and several additional lawsuits were filed in the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York against BASF Metals Limited along with other defendants, alleging violations of antitrust and commodities laws stemming from the price discovery process for platinum and palladium. On August 28, 2024, a formal settlement was reached and preliminary approval by the Court was granted following which BASF Metals Limited contributed their share of the $20 million settlement. The Court granted final approval of the settlement on January 14, 2025 and the opportunity to appeal (by the plaintiffs and/or any potential class action members) expired on February 17, 2025.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  +8.3%

  £697,554 → £755,374

• Net assets

  -20.6%

  £103,948,851 → £82,535,953

• Employees

  -1.1%

  93 → 92

• Operating profit

  -79.9%

  £67,934,766 → £13,664,196

• Profit before tax

  -93.3%

  £45,668,643 → £3,045,960

• Wages

  -8.1%

  £8,989,622 → £8,261,675

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