BLACKROCK WORLD MINING TRUST PLC
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Cash
£14M
-7% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.6B
+63.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£52M
+4.8% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £75,774,000 | £55,134,000 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £71,492,000 | £51,677,000 | £53,378,000 | +3.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £69,117,000 | £49,465,000 | £51,851,000 | +4.8% | |
| Net profit | £64,691,000 | £44,127,000 | £45,867,000 | +3.9% | |
| Cash | £6,269,000 | £14,834,000 | £13,800,000 | -7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,160,536,000 | £1,001,198,000 | £1,600,867,000 | +59.9% | |
| Net assets | £1,160,051,000 | £975,199,000 | £1,598,428,000 | +63.9% | |
| Equity | £1,160,051,000 | £975,199,000 | £1,598,428,000 | +63.9% | |
| Average employees | 1,278 | 1,269 | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £176,739 | £165,813 | £161,454 | -2.6% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 94.3% | 93.7% | — | |
| Net margin | 85.4% | 80.0% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.2% | 5.2% | 3.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.1% | 15.1% | 6.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.14x | 0.16x | 16.25x | |
| Interest cover | 30.10x | 18.22x | — |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BLACKROCK WORLD MINING TRUST PLC 2008-04-25 → present
- MERRILL LYNCH WORLD MINING TRUST PLC 2000-12-29 → 2008-04-25
- MERCURY WORLD MINING TRUST PLC 1993-10-28 → 2000-12-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have concluded that the going concern assumption is appropriate, and they have reasonable expectation that the Company will continue in operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due over the period of their assessment.”
Group structure
- BLACKROCK WORLD MINING TRUST PLC · parent
- BlackRock World Mining Investment Company Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKROCK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-09-29 | — | — |
| ELLIOTT, Guy Robert | Director | 2026-05-22 | Dec 1955 | British |
| GOODYEAR, Charles Waterhouse | Director | 2023-08-24 | Jan 1958 | American |
| SCOTT, Elisabeth Charlotte | Director | 2024-05-09 | Aug 1962 | British |
| SEARS, Marion Jane | Director | 2025-08-27 | Sep 1962 | British |
| VENKATAKRISHNAN, Srinivasan | Director | 2021-08-01 | Mar 1965 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOARDMAN, Lynton David | Secretary | 1993-10-28 | 1993-11-22 |
| MERRILL LYNCH INVESTMENT MANAGERS GROUP SERVICESLIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1993-11-23 | 2006-09-29 |
| BARBY, Ian Christopher Simon | Director | 2003-12-01 | 2016-04-28 |
| BARING, Julian Guy Alexander | Director | 1993-11-23 | 2000-09-05 |
| BARING, Oliver Alexander Guy | Director | 2004-11-04 | 2014-05-08 |
| BOARDMAN, Lynton David | Director | 1993-10-28 | 1993-11-23 |
| BUCHAN, Colin Alexander Mason | Director | 2001-07-25 | 2020-04-30 |
| BUXTON, Andrew Edward | Director | 1994-04-27 | 2005-03-17 |
| CHEYNE, David Watson | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2024-05-09 |
| COCKERILL, Ian David | Director | 2013-11-14 | 2019-05-02 |
| DE SOUSA OLIVEIRA, Manuel Lino Silva | Director | 2020-02-03 | 2021-07-31 |
| EDEY, Russell Philip | Director | 2014-05-08 | 2023-04-18 |
| FLEMING, Adam Richard | Director | 1999-12-08 | 2004-06-17 |
| FRAME, Alistair, Sir | Director | 1993-11-23 | 1993-12-26 |
| LEA, Anthony William | Director | 2005-07-29 | 2016-04-26 |
| LEWIS, Jane Margaret | Director | 2016-04-28 | 2025-05-21 |
| LORD VINSON OF RODDAM DENE, Nigel Vinson, Lord | Director | 1993-11-23 | 2001-03-21 |
| MOSELY, Judith | Director | 2014-08-19 | 2026-05-22 |
| RODITI, Spencer Nicholas | Director | 1993-11-23 | 1999-03-24 |
| SAGE, Gordon Holden | Director | 2001-07-25 | 2012-08-09 |
| SILVA DE SOUSA OLIVEIRA, Manuel Lino | Director | 2020-02-03 | 2021-07-31 |
| SLATER, Richard Ewart Hollis | Director | 1993-10-28 | 1993-11-23 |
| STOPFORD SACKVILLE, Lionel Geoffrey | Director | 1993-11-23 | 2003-03-19 |
| WILMOT-SITWELL, Peter Sacheverell | Director | 1993-11-23 | 2006-03-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 596 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-06-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 16
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.