GLENCORE COMMODITIES LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-02 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
3,655,000
+851.8% vs 2023
Net assets
443,172,000
+4.2% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
17,758,000
+4.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GLENCORE COMMODITIES LTD 2001-02-14 → present
- IXOMEX LIMITED 1984-02-03 → 2001-02-14
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £31,170,000 | £36,123,000 | |
| Operating profit | £19,182,000 | £22,826,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £16,941,000 | £17,758,000 | |
| Net profit | £19,834,000 | £16,775,000 | |
| Cash | £384,000 | £3,655,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £425,319,000 | £443,172,000 | |
| Net assets | £425,319,000 | £443,172,000 | |
| Equity | £425,319,000 | £443,172,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 61.5% | 63.2% | |
| Net margin | 63.6% | 46.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.5% | 5.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.9% | 63.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.33x | 1.58x | |
| Interest cover | 1.31x | 2.08x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Through the existing trading facilitation agreements, which the Directors expect to continue for the foreseeable future, the Company has access to the Group's committed funding and liquidity lines. The Group's forecasts and projections... indicate it is appropriate for the Company to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUBROVSKA, Kateryna | Secretary | 2024-05-23 | — | — |
| AUSTIN, Gareth | Director | 2025-07-08 | Mar 1980 | British |
| BLOUNT, Warren Michael | Director | 2014-07-18 | Aug 1973 | South African |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOXER, James Michael John | Secretary | — | 2000-03-14 |
| DILWORTH, Eoin | Secretary | 2008-04-01 | 2012-09-20 |
| HINKS, Matthew | Secretary | 2012-09-20 | 2015-09-25 |
| REID, Nicholas James | Secretary | 2015-09-25 | 2024-05-23 |
| SMITH, Colin Richard | Secretary | 2000-03-14 | 2008-08-28 |
| BEARD, Alexander Frank | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2019-06-30 |
| DAUPHIN, Claude | Director | 1991-12-16 | 1992-07-09 |
| DESTRIBATS, Frank Emmanuel | Director | 2001-09-04 | 2007-01-31 |
| DREYFUSS, Daniel Natan | Director | 1993-01-07 | 2001-08-01 |
| FIGEAC, Aurelien Jean Marie Romain | Director | 2021-09-06 | 2026-03-16 |
| GIBSON, Andrew | Director | 2009-01-23 | 2018-03-29 |
| GRIMES, Laurence William | Director | — | 1995-09-13 |
| JONES, Giles Peter | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2009-01-23 |
| MULLERVY, Terence Anthony | Director | 2001-04-30 | 2007-07-31 |
| POSEN, Felix D | Director | — | 1991-12-16 |
| SANNA, Alexander | Director | 2021-09-06 | 2022-12-16 |
| SLOMAN, Ian Stanley | Director | 2009-01-23 | 2015-06-01 |
| TUCKEY, Michael John | Director | 1993-03-29 | 2001-04-30 |
| WEISS, Lawrence Martin | Director | 2001-08-01 | 2008-09-15 |
| WEISS, Manny | Director | 1991-12-16 | 1992-06-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glencore Uk Ltd. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-03-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-03-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-03-15 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-03-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-15 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2022-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-02-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-
Turnover
+15.9%
£31,170,000 £36,123,000
-
Cash
+851.8%
£384,000 £3,655,000
-
Net assets
+4.2%
£425,319,000 £443,172,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+19%
£19,182,000 £22,826,000
-
Profit before tax
+4.8%
£16,941,000 £17,758,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers