FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS (UK) LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-28 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-75.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£14M
+23.1% vs 2023
Employees
86
+1.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£4M
-134% vs 2023
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 | £50,709,740 | £37,958,278 | |
| Operating profit | £12,738,979 | -£4,276,652 | |
| Profit before tax | £12,683,644 | -£4,311,182 | |
| Net profit | £8,755,528 | -£2,873,029 | |
| Cash | £9,122,203 | £2,275,111 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £11,367,099 | £13,990,635 | |
| Equity | £11,367,099 | £13,990,635 | |
| Average employees | 85 | 86 | |
| Wages | £16,828,487 | £18,080,236 |
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 | 25.1% | -11.3% | |
| Net margin | 17.3% | -7.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.7% | 37.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.14x | 2.08x | |
| Interest cover | 230.22x | -123.85x |
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
- UK-adopted international accounting standards
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, having reviewed the future plans and projections for the business, believe that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS (UK) LTD · parent
- First Quantum Minerals Australia Holdings Pty Ltd 100%
- First Quantum Minerals Global Pty Ltd 100%
- First Quantum Minerals Support Pty Ltd 100%
- First Quantum Minerals Technical Pty Ltd 100%
- First Quantum Minerals Exploration Africa Ltd 100%
- First Quantum Minerals Zambia Global Services Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMBER, Sarah Elizabeth Highton | Director | 2017-06-12 | Aug 1970 | British |
| MAC WILLIAM, Ryan Leslie | Director | 2022-01-01 | Dec 1984 | South African |
| SILVESTRO, David Anthony | Director | 2016-12-13 | Jun 1973 | Italian |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOANNOU, Tiana Jenine | Director | 2013-09-17 | 2016-12-13 |
| LEMON, Christopher | Director | 2010-01-19 | 2010-01-19 |
| LEMON, Christopher | Director | 2010-01-19 | 2017-06-12 |
| NEWALL, Geoffrey Clive | Director | 2010-01-19 | 2022-01-01 |
| PASCALL, Philip | Director | 2010-01-19 | 2013-09-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 64 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-11-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change 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
-
Turnover
-25.1%
£50,709,740 £37,958,278
-
Cash
-75.1%
£9,122,203 £2,275,111
-
Net assets
+23.1%
£11,367,099 £13,990,635
-
Employees
+1.2%
85 86
-
Operating profit
-133.6%
£12,738,979 -£4,276,652
-
Profit before tax
-134%
£12,683,644 -£4,311,182
-
Wages
+7.4%
£16,828,487 £18,080,236
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