STRATTON METAL RESOURCES LIMITED
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Cash
£16m
USD 21,272,000
+7.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£139m
USD 187,423,000
+2.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
10
+11.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£16m
USD 21,683,000
-0.5% vs 2024
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Our short-form breakdown of STRATTON METAL RESOURCES LIMITED's latest filing
Stratton Metal Resources turns over nearly £300m with just 10 staff. Here is how the UK base metals trader navigated a buyer's market and a bizarre US tariff hit. 📉🚢
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £528,721,551 | £354,885,387 | £293,857,514 | -17.2% | |
| Operating profit | £12,946,162 | £19,377,587 | £17,318,738 | -10.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £7,097,002 | £16,168,418 | £16,091,280 | -0.5% | |
| Net profit | £5,346,100 | £12,118,752 | £12,319,109 | +1.7% | |
| Cash | £13,476,691 | £14,660,140 | £15,786,271 | +7.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £135,962,273 | £139,089,425 | +2.3% | |
| Net assets | £122,113,483 | £135,962,273 | £139,089,425 | +2.3% | |
| Equity | £122,113,483 | £135,962,273 | £139,089,425 | +2.3% | |
| Average employees | 9 | 9 | 10 | +11.1% | |
| Wages | £2,887,302 | £4,953,040 | £4,900,186 | -1.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £593,313 | £2,025,629 | £1,785,529 | -11.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £16,481 | £39,000 | £39,332 | +0.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £568,984 | £1,569,564 | £1,316,512 | -16.1% |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.742 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 2.4% | 5.5% | 5.9% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 3.4% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 14.3% | 12.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 41.0% | 29.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.51x | 2.44x | 3.36x | |
| Interest cover | 2.21x | 4.80x | 8.17x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Trumps tariffs created a lot of fuss, with nickel and cobalt supposedly tariff-free, but the wrong tariff number was used for nickel; consequently, a 10% tariff was payable on all imports apart from those of Canadian origin.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNLEAVY, Keith Spencer Gerard | Director | 2002-10-04 | May 1965 | British |
| TRISTON, John | Director | 2024-03-12 | Aug 1968 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNLEAVY, Keith Spencer Gerard | Secretary | 2002-10-04 | 2004-10-15 |
| MICHALSKA, Monika Wioletta | Secretary | 2003-03-03 | 2008-10-02 |
| L.C.I. SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-10-04 | 2002-10-04 |
| KAUFMAN, Martin Neal | Director | 2002-10-04 | 2003-03-03 |
| L.C.I. DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-10-04 | 2002-10-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Keith Spencer Gerard Dunleavy | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-01-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-01-18 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2026-08-28 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2026-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-11-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation 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.