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Cash

£560k

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£6m

Equity attributable

Employees

5

Average over period

Profit before tax

-£6.1m

Period ending 2023-12-31

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover
Operating profit -£1,046,000
Profit before tax -£6,106,000
Net profit -£6,106,000
Cash £560,000
Total assets less current liabilities £5,975,000
Net assets £5,975,000
Equity £5,975,000
Average employees 5
Wages
Directors' remuneration £158,881

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 . Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-12-31
Return on capital employed -17.5%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 12.6%
Current ratio 0.91x
Interest cover -5.94x

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 3 times since incorporation

  1. BEZANT RESOURCES PLC 2007-07-09 → present
  2. TANZANIA GOLD PLC 2006-09-27 → 2007-07-09
  3. VOSS NET PLC 1994-09-19 → 2006-09-27
  4. YIELDBID PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1994-04-13 → 1994-09-19

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
UK adopted International Accounting Standards
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
UHY Hacker Young
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Material uncertainty disclosed

“There is a material uncertainty related to the conditions as disclosed in Note 1.1 that may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern and therefore the Group may be unable to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business.”

Group structure

  1. BEZANT RESOURCES PLC · parent
    1. Tanzania Gold Limited 100% · Ireland · Holding Company
    2. Virgo Resources Limited 100% · Australia · Holding Company
    3. Hope Copper Gold Investments Ltd 100% · BVI · Holding Company
    4. KPZ International Limited 30% · BVI · Holding Company
    5. Hope Namibia Copper Gold Holdings Ltd 100% · BVI · Holding Company
    6. Anglo Tanzania Gold Limited 100% · England · Holding Company
    7. Hepburn Resources Pty Ltd 100% · Australia · Gold and copper exploration
    8. Hope and Gorob Mining Pty Ltd 70% · Namibia · Gold and copper exploration
    9. Hope Namibia Exploration Pty Ltd 80% · Namibia · Gold and copper exploration
    10. Metrock Resources Pty Ltd 100% · Australia · Holding Company
    11. Coastal Resources Pty Ltd 100% · Australia · Gold and copper exploration
    12. Coastal Minerals Proprietary Limited 100% · Botswana · Gold and copper exploration
    13. Cypress Sources Proprietary Limited 100% · Botswana · Gold and copper exploration
    14. Namibia NZLM Holdings Ltd 100% · BVI · Holding Company
    15. Kalengwa Processing Zone Limited 30% · Zambia · Gold and copper exploration
    16. Tsoaxaub Metals (Proprietary) Limited 90% · Namibia · Mining company

Significant events

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

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 378 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-07-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-07-29 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2026-07-29 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2026-07-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-07-09 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2026-05-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2026-05-19 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2026-05-19 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2026-05-19 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2026-05-19 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2026-05-18 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2026-05-15 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2026-05-15 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2026-05-15 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2026-05-15 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
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 PDF
2025-02-10 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-02-10 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-02-10 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
14

last 12 months

Capital events
13

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.

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