BEZANT RESOURCES PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-04-27
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£88K
-84.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
-14.7% vs 2023
Employees
5
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
+83.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Insolvency history on file
Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-04-27.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
We draw attention to the Going Concern section of the Accounting Policies of the Group financial statements (note 1.1) concerning the Group's and Company's ability to continue as a going concern...These conditions, along with other matters discussed in the Principal Accounting Policies indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the Group's and Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- BEZANT RESOURCES PLC 2007-07-09 → present
- TANZANIA GOLD PLC 2006-09-27 → 2007-07-09
- VOSS NET PLC 1994-09-19 → 2006-09-27
- YIELDBID PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1994-04-13 → 1994-09-19
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£1,046,000 | -£778,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,106,000 | -£1,015,000 | |
| Net profit | -£6,106,000 | -£1,015,000 | |
| Cash | £560,000 | £88,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,975,000 | £5,099,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,975,000 | £5,099,000 | |
| Equity | £5,975,000 | £5,099,000 | |
| Average employees | 5 | 5 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -17.5% | -15.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.6% | 19.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.91x | 0.12x | |
| Interest cover | -5.94x | -9.72x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- UHY Hacker Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw attention to the Going Concern section of the Accounting Policies of the Group financial statements (note 1.1) concerning the Group's and Company's ability to continue as a going concern...These conditions, along with other matters discussed in the Principal Accounting Policies indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the Group's and Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- BEZANT RESOURCES PLC · parent
- Tanzania Gold Limited 100%
- Virgo Resources Limited 100%
- Hope Copper Gold Investments Ltd 100%
- KPZ International Limited 30%
- Hope Namibia Copper Gold Holdings Ltd 100%
- Namibia NZLM Holdings Ltd 100%
- Kalengwa Processing Zone Limited 30%
- Anglo Tanzania Gold Limited 100%
- Eureka Mining & Exploration SA 100%
- Puna Metals SA 100%
- Hepburn Resources Pty Ltd 100%
- Hope and Gorob Mining Pty Ltd 70%
- Hope Namibia Exploration Pty Ltd 80%
- Metrock Resources Pty Ltd 100%
- Coastal Resources Pty Ltd 100%
- Coastal Minerals Proprietary Limited 100%
- Cypress Sources Proprietary Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 24 December 2024 the Company announced a fundraising of £560,000 at 0.02 pence per Ordinary Share (the "Fundraising Price") and the issue of shares to settle accrued fees of £194,616 at 0.03 pence per Ordinary Share (the "Accrued Fees Price") (the "Fee Conversion"). Both the Fundraising and the Fee Conversion detailed below closed after the year end.”
- “On 6 February 2025 the Company announced that IDM International Limited ("IDM") through which the Company holds its interest in the Mankayan Copper Gold project in the Philippines ("Mankayan Project") has announced a proposed merger with ASX listed Blackstone Minerals Ltd ("Blackstone")("IDM Merger”) and that on 5 February 2025 Bezant converted its AUD137,500 IDM Convertible Loan Note (plus accrued interest) and received 752,143 IDM shares and 343,750 options to acquire IDM shares at AUD0.40 expiring on 5 February 2029 ("IDM Loan Note Conversion"). On 27 June 2025 the Company announced the IDM Merger has been completed. IDM Shareholders received 7.4 Blackstone shares for every 1 (one) IDM share they held with fractional entitlements rounded down and the Company has been issued 139,365,650 Blackstone shares and 2,543,750 options to acquire Blackstone shares at AUD0.06 expiring on 1 November 2026 for its IDM shares and IDM options.”
- “On 27 February 2025 the Company announced that by an agreement dated 26 February 2025 it had agreed with Sanderson Capital Partners Limited ("Sanderson Capital" or the "Lender") to extend the repayment date for the £700,000 drawn down under the unsecured convertible loan funding facility entered into with Sanderson Capital on 22 November 2021 (the "Facility") (the "Agreement") to 31 July 2026 and that the £700,000 drawn down is now convertible by the Lender at the fixed price of 0.025 pence per share (the "New Conversion Price").”
- “On 19 May 2025 the Company announced the issuing 167,809,490 new Ordinary Shares to settle a total of £44,940 of consultancy fees.”
- “On 21 May 2025 the Company announced the completion of the share purchase agreement for the sale of Puna Metals S.A. ("Puna") which holds the 12 licences comprising the Eureka Project located in the Republic of Argentina ("Eureka Project") to Ajax Resources Plc ("Ajax") (LSE: AJAX) for US$170,000.”
- “On 25 June 2025 the Company announced the issue by the Ministry of Mines and Energy of the formal mining certificate for Mining Licence ML 246 which is valid until 31 March 2040 to Hope and Gorob Mining (Pty) Ltd which is 70% owned by Bezant.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLARDICE, Michael Graham | Secretary | 2023-06-01 | — | — |
| BIRD, Colin | Director | 2018-03-02 | Nov 1943 | British |
| KIRBY, Evan | Director | 2008-12-04 | Mar 1951 | Australian,British |
| SAMTANI, Raju | Director | 2020-10-26 | Dec 1968 | British |
| SIAPNO, Ronnie Bongon | Director | 2007-10-25 | Jan 1964 | Filipino |
| SLOWEY, Edward Patrick | Director | 2020-10-26 | Nov 1950 | Irish |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUCE, Martha Blanche Waymark | Secretary | 2002-04-08 | 2004-01-23 |
| BURNS, Robert | Secretary | 1999-11-29 | 2002-04-08 |
| PALFREEMAN, Kevin Creedon | Secretary | 1994-08-31 | 1995-12-05 |
| PRESCOTT, Gerard Martin | Secretary | 1999-02-12 | 1999-11-29 |
| SHARMA, Sandeep | Secretary | 1995-12-05 | 1998-04-16 |
| WAVING, Keith John | Secretary | 1998-04-16 | 1998-11-18 |
| DYE & DURHAM SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-02-07 | 2023-05-31 |
| INTERNATIONAL REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-12-12 | 2006-11-03 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-04-13 | 1994-08-31 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-11-21 | 2023-02-07 |
| BERGBRANT, Arne | Director | 1994-08-31 | 1998-04-02 |
| BERGBRANT, Gosta Karl Erik | Director | 1994-09-23 | 1998-04-02 |
| BURCHNALL, Mark Langley | Director | 2006-09-27 | 2008-12-04 |
| BURNS, Robert | Director | 2000-01-26 | 2002-01-31 |
| CARTER, Roger Spencer James | Director | 1998-11-18 | 2000-06-22 |
| CHAMBERS, Denis Edward | Director | 2004-12-03 | 2006-09-27 |
| DOUGHTY, Robert Paul | Director | 1998-04-02 | 1998-08-27 |
| GILBERT, Jeremy Andrew | Director | 1999-10-14 | 2004-02-12 |
| GUINAN, Edward Joseph | Director | 1997-07-23 | 1998-11-18 |
| HELLMAN, Thomas Chrystie | Director | 2004-02-12 | 2004-12-08 |
| HOPKINS, David Anthony | Director | 2006-09-27 | 2007-10-25 |
| KERR, Alistair | Director | 1998-04-02 | 1999-04-21 |
| KNIFTON, Leo Ernest Vaughan | Director | 2003-11-24 | 2004-12-08 |
| NEALON, Edward Francis Gerrard | Director | 2014-09-02 | 2018-03-02 |
| NEALON, Gerard Anthony | Director | 2004-12-02 | 2013-09-27 |
| O'CONNELL, Bernard Joseph | Director | 2000-06-22 | 2003-12-12 |
| OLISA, Kenneth Aphunezi, Sir | Director | 1994-09-23 | 1997-07-23 |
| OLIVIER, Bernard, Dr | Director | 2007-04-26 | 2018-01-12 |
| PALFREEMAN, Kevin Creedon | Director | 1994-08-31 | 1995-12-05 |
| READ, Laurence Thomas Martin | Director | 2012-10-15 | 2020-06-26 |
| SHARMA, Sandeep Kumar | Director | 1994-09-23 | 1998-05-06 |
| SINCLAIR POULTON, Clive | Director | 2006-09-27 | 2008-02-11 |
| STURGESS, Melissa Josephine | Director | 2006-09-29 | 2007-10-25 |
| TONKS, Martin John | Director | 1998-11-18 | 1999-09-20 |
| WAVING, Keith John | Director | 1998-01-08 | 1998-11-18 |
| WELLER, William Nigel Valentine | Director | 2003-11-24 | 2006-05-22 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-04-13 | 1994-08-31 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-04-13 | 1994-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 364 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-08-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-08-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-02-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-02-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-08-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-14 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-08-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-06-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-06-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 7
- 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
—
Not reported
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Cash
-84.3%
£560,000 £88,000
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Net assets
-14.7%
£5,975,000 £5,099,000
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Employees
0%
5 5
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Operating profit
+25.6%
-£1,046,000 -£778,000
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Profit before tax
+83.4%
-£6,106,000 -£1,015,000
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