UNIVERSAL COAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-08 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£210K
AUD 392,365
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£62M
AUD 115,774,726
-0.2% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£112K
AUD -209,185
-101% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£681,618 | -£110,605 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,158,775 | -£111,732 | |
| Net profit | £11,158,775 | -£111,732 | |
| Cash | — | £209,574 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £61,950,599 | £61,838,867 | |
| Net assets | £61,950,599 | £61,838,867 | |
| Equity | £61,950,599 | £61,838,867 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | £1,069 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £43,398 | £65,431 |
Figures converted to GBP from AUD at 0.534 per AUD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-0.2%
£61,950,599 £61,838,867
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+83.8%
-£681,618 -£110,605
-
Profit before tax
-101%
£11,158,775 -£111,732
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -1.1% | -0.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.0% | 0.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.41x | 6.47x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- UNIVERSAL COAL LIMITED 2022-12-20 → present
- UNIVERSAL COAL PLC 2008-09-01 → 2022-12-20
- SOUTH CHINA RESOURCES PLC 2005-02-21 → 2008-09-01
- VIETNAM MINING CORPORATION PLC 2004-08-09 → 2005-02-21
- EAST RAND GOLD RESOURCES PLC 2002-07-11 → 2004-08-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Edwards Veeder(UK) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which the Directors believe to be appropriate. The Directors of the Company have concluded that the Company remains a going concern as the ultimate holding company, TerraCom Limited (the Group), has confirmed that it will provide the Company with additional financial support to enable it to realise its assets and settle its liabilities in the ordinary course of business for 12 months from the date of approval of these Financial Statements being the going concern period.”
Group structure
- UNIVERSAL COAL LIMITED · parent
- Universal Coal and Energy Holdings South Africa Proprietary Limited 100%
- DMCC 100%
- Universal Coal Development I (Pty) Ltd 70.5%
- Universal Coal Development VII (Pty) Ltd 50%
- Twin Cities Trading 374 (Pty) Ltd 74%
- Episolve (Pty) Ltd 74%
- Epsimax (Pty) Ltd 74%
- Bold Moves 1765 (Pty) Ltd 74%
- Universal Coal Power Generation (Pty) Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARBER, Ben | Secretary | 2014-04-01 | — | — |
| LYONS, Craig | Director | 2020-07-24 | Jun 1970 | South African |
| MCCARTHY, Daniel Gerrard | Director | 2024-03-21 | Sep 1972 | Australian |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOTTOMLEY, John Michael | Secretary | 2011-04-26 | 2014-04-01 |
| DAVEY, Alwyn | Secretary | 2002-07-11 | 2005-03-03 |
| HORGAN, Timothy David | Secretary | 2006-12-04 | 2011-01-31 |
| ROBINSON, Daniel John | Secretary | 2010-08-08 | 2012-07-01 |
| RONALDSON, Stephen Frank | Secretary | 2005-03-03 | 2005-07-20 |
| WALL, Timothy Lawlor | Secretary | 2005-07-20 | 2006-01-17 |
| WOOD, Charles Ainslie | Secretary | 2006-01-17 | 2007-03-12 |
| BARAVALLE, Carlo | Director | 2013-01-07 | 2019-11-29 |
| BONSMA, Hendrik Willem | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2020-04-03 |
| CLAYTON, Alastair Raoul | Director | 2005-02-22 | 2009-12-01 |
| DAVEY, Alwyn | Director | 2002-07-11 | 2005-03-03 |
| EAMES, Mark Richard | Director | 2019-12-11 | 2020-04-03 |
| ENGLEBRECHT, Andries Johannes Marthinus | Director | 2014-10-16 | 2019-05-03 |
| HARBER, Ben | Director | 2022-08-01 | 2024-03-21 |
| HARWOOD, Antony | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2012-04-18 |
| HOPKINS, John David | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2020-01-13 |
| HUNTER, Kent Michael | Director | 2005-03-03 | 2005-06-30 |
| HYDE, David Ancliffe | Director | 2005-03-14 | 2005-06-30 |
| KING, Wallace Macarthur | Director | 2019-12-04 | 2020-07-31 |
| LEITHEAD, Steven Stewart | Director | 2005-06-30 | 2007-03-12 |
| LEWIS, Glen Richard | Director | 2020-04-03 | 2022-04-11 |
| LUMLEY, James Terrance | Director | 2021-06-28 | 2022-08-01 |
| LUVHENGO, Shammy Arewanga | Director | 2010-09-07 | 2020-09-30 |
| MALINS, Jonathan Wyndham | Director | 2002-07-11 | 2005-02-22 |
| MCMAHON, Nathan Bruce | Director | 2005-06-30 | 2009-12-01 |
| NYEMBEZI, Nonkululeko Merina Cheryl | Director | 2014-10-16 | 2019-05-03 |
| RANSLEY, Criag Anthony | Director | 2019-12-04 | 2022-07-08 |
| SANGER, Paul John | Director | 2019-12-11 | 2021-05-31 |
| STEWART, Bruce | Director | 2006-05-22 | 2009-12-01 |
| TWIST, David, Dr | Director | 2013-01-07 | 2019-11-29 |
| TYRWHITT, David Stuart, Dr | Director | 2007-03-28 | 2007-12-21 |
| VAZQUEZ, Mario | Director | 2006-07-19 | 2007-09-28 |
| WALLACE, Craig | Director | 2020-07-24 | 2020-08-22 |
| WEBER, Anton | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2020-04-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 242 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-12-20 CERT10 Certificate re registration public limited company to private
- 2022-12-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-12-20 RR02 Reregistration public to private company
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2025-05-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-12-20 | CERT10 | change-of-name | Certificate re registration public limited company to private | |
| 2022-12-20 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2022-12-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-12-20 | RR02 | change-of-name | Reregistration public to private company | |
| 2022-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.