ANGLO AMERICAN WOODSMITH LIMITED

1. ANGLO AMERICAN WOODSMITH LIMITED 2022-04-06 → present
2. YORK POTASH LTD 2010-05-12 → 2022-04-06

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

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Directors have received confirmation from Anglo American Plc that they will provide adequate financial support to the Company to meet their obligations for a period of at least 12 months from the signing of the company's statutory financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.”

Group structure

1. ANGLO AMERICAN WOODSMITH LIMITED · parent
   1. YPF Limited 100% · England · Dormant
   2. Anglo American Woodsmith MTS Limited 100% · England · Other service activities

Significant events

• “In May 2024, Anglo American announced that it will be slowing the pace of development of the Woodsmith project in the near-term.”
• “Shaft sinking activities continued on the service shaft in order to progress through the key Sherwood sandstone strata - a water - bearing layer of hard rock. Sinking activities on the production shaft were paused in June 2024. The MTS shaft was also paused.”
• “The tunnel reached the final intermediate shaft at Ladycross, where the tunnel boring machine (TBM) underwent a planned maintenance stop, during which time the tunnel and Ladycross shaft were successfully connected. The tunnel has now reached c.29.3 km.”
• “An impairment charge of $1,869.4 million was recognised in 2024 to the carrying value of the asset within 'impairment on non-current assets' following an impairment trigger identified in July 2024.”
• “Signing of Memorandums of Understanding with two major Chinese fertiliser companies in August 2024 to further develop the market for polyhalite in China.”
• “Signing of a new agreement to reinforce our European fertiliser partnership with Cefetra in November 2024.”
• “Entered into a pioneering agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in November 2024 to research the effectiveness of polyhalite on mitigating soil salination.”
• “Following the 31 December 2024, YPF Limited's ownership has been transferred from Anglo American Woodsmith Limited to Anglo American Crop Nutrients Limited.”

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

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

3

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +116.7%

  £444,774 → £963,677

• Cash

  -96.4%

  £20,756,116 → £741,290

• Net assets

  -73.1%

  -£1,774,722,016 → -£3,071,312,083

• Employees

  -5.4%

  316 → 299

• Operating profit

  -3,862.5%

  -£36,174,944 → -£1,433,432,172

• Profit before tax

  -3,364.2%

  -£41,438,102 → -£1,435,507,784

• Wages

  +18.1%

  £32,023,721 → £37,805,782

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