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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

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30

Metric Trend 2024-06-302025-06-30
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

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 2024-06-302025-06-30
Return on capital employed -1.1%-0.2%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 0.0%0.1%
Current ratio 3.41x6.47x

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

  1. UNIVERSAL COAL LIMITED 2022-12-20 → present
  2. UNIVERSAL COAL PLC 2008-09-01 → 2022-12-20
  3. SOUTH CHINA RESOURCES PLC 2005-02-21 → 2008-09-01
  4. VIETNAM MINING CORPORATION PLC 2004-08-09 → 2005-02-21
  5. 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

  1. UNIVERSAL COAL LIMITED · parent
    1. Universal Coal and Energy Holdings South Africa Proprietary Limited 100% · South Africa · Mining and energy holding company
    2. DMCC 100% · Dubai
    3. Universal Coal Development I (Pty) Ltd 70.5% · South Africa · Mining
    4. Universal Coal Development VII (Pty) Ltd 50% · South Africa · Mining
    5. Twin Cities Trading 374 (Pty) Ltd 74% · South Africa · Mining
    6. Episolve (Pty) Ltd 74% · South Africa · Mining
    7. Epsimax (Pty) Ltd 74% · South Africa · Mining
    8. Bold Moves 1765 (Pty) Ltd 74% · South Africa · Mining
    9. Universal Coal Power Generation (Pty) Ltd 100% · South Africa · Mining

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

No persons with significant control on record.

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 PDF
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 PDF
2024-08-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-04-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full
2024-03-25 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-03-25 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-08-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
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 PDF
2022-08-12 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-08-12 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-07-19 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-05-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

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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