MINMETALS (U.K) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-05 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-21
Watchouts
Cash
34,586,772
+5.9% vs 2024
Net assets
57,056,648
+6.7% vs 2024
Employees
10
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
2,683,203
-82% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,034,608,019 | £999,653,232 | |
| Operating profit | £11,371,785 | £3,257,585 | |
| Profit before tax | £14,931,046 | £2,683,203 | |
| Net profit | £11,666,631 | £2,084,417 | |
| Cash | £32,664,001 | £34,586,772 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £57,696,920 | £61,760,724 | |
| Net assets | £53,482,869 | £57,056,648 | |
| Equity | £53,482,869 | £57,056,648 | |
| Average employees | 10 | 10 | |
| Wages | £2,055,048 | £1,841,876 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.1% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.7% | 5.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.5% | 87.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.29x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | 3.00x | 0.69x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- MINMETALS (U.K) LIMITED · parent
- Minmetals Iron & Steel UK Ltd. 100%
Significant events
- “The Group's turnover has decreased from $1,034,608,019 in 2024 to $999,653,232 in 2025, mainly due to the. reduction in copper cathode trading business in 2025.”
- “There was profit after tax of $2,084,417 (2024: $11,666,631), the decline in profit was mainly due to the copper cathode market price remained stable in 2025 compared to 2024.”
- “The Group's financial position as per the balance sheet shows net assets of $57,056,648 (2024: $53,482,869) as at the end of the year.”
- “The Directors expect the general level of activity to remain consistent with 2025 in the forthcoming year. The Group will maintain its operations in the areas of its current principal activity and further expand our mineral business in the worldwide market.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YUAN, Jing Xiang | Secretary | 2017-02-02 | — | — |
| LI, Wanquan | Director | 2022-07-01 | Feb 1970 | Chinese |
| SUN, Han, Mr. | Director | 2024-08-13 | Dec 1981 | Chinese |
| ZHAO, Yong | Director | 2023-08-01 | Jul 1969 | Chinese |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHU, Jun | Secretary | 1995-07-10 | 1996-03-08 |
| GONG, Yanqing | Secretary | 2003-02-27 | 2006-01-20 |
| HAN, Gang | Secretary | 2001-01-05 | 2003-02-27 |
| LI, Wanquan | Secretary | 2006-01-20 | 2017-02-02 |
| LI, Wanquan | Secretary | 2000-11-07 | 2001-01-05 |
| LIN, Fu | Secretary | 1995-02-15 | 1995-07-10 |
| SEEROMBEN, Paramananda | Secretary | 1996-03-08 | 2000-11-07 |
| YANG, Shuren | Secretary | — | 1993-11-15 |
| ZHOU, Weili | Secretary | 1993-11-15 | 1995-02-15 |
| CHENG, Youge | Director | 2000-10-16 | 2014-09-01 |
| DONG, Mingyang | Director | 2019-06-17 | 2024-08-13 |
| GONG, Yanqing | Director | 1998-07-22 | 2006-01-20 |
| GU, Liangmin | Director | 2016-05-02 | 2022-07-01 |
| GUO, Lisheng | Director | 1997-02-04 | 2001-01-05 |
| HAN, Gang | Director | 2001-01-05 | 2003-06-02 |
| LI, Fangzheng | Director | — | 1997-11-10 |
| LI, Wanquan | Director | 2008-11-05 | 2017-02-02 |
| LIN, Fu | Director | 1993-02-19 | 1997-07-18 |
| LIU, Lijun | Director | 1997-11-10 | 2000-10-16 |
| SUN, Han, Mr. | Director | 2017-11-03 | 2019-06-17 |
| WANG, Jin, Mr. | Director | 2014-08-21 | 2020-12-01 |
| WU, Cheng | Director | — | 1993-02-19 |
| YU, Xiao | Director | — | 1992-01-03 |
| ZHANG, Qi Jun | Director | — | 1993-09-20 |
| ZHAO, Chunming | Director | 1994-03-01 | 1996-03-29 |
| ZHAO, Yong | Director | 2006-01-20 | 2008-11-03 |
| ZHOU, Wei Li | Director | — | 1995-02-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Han Sun | Individual | Appoints directors | 2024-08-13 | Active |
| Mr Yong Zhao | Individual | Appoints directors | 2023-08-01 | Active |
| Mr Wanquan Li | Individual | Appoints directors | 2022-07-01 | Active |
| Mr Mingyang Dong | Individual | Appoints directors | 2019-06-17 | Ceased 2024-08-13 |
| China Minmetals H.K. (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-11-07 | Ceased 2023-08-09 |
| China Minmetals H.K. (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-08-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 192 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-18 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
-3.4%
£1,034,608,019 £999,653,232
-
Cash
+5.9%
£32,664,001 £34,586,772
-
Net assets
+6.7%
£53,482,869 £57,056,648
-
Employees
0%
10 10
-
Operating profit
-71.4%
£11,371,785 £3,257,585
-
Profit before tax
-82%
£14,931,046 £2,683,203
-
Wages
-10.4%
£2,055,048 £1,841,876
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