SAVANNAH RESOURCES PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-21 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-07
Watchouts
Cash
£17M
+15.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£51M
+29.9% vs 2024
Employees
39
+44.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£4M
+10.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
We draw attention to Note 1 to the financial statements which indicates that the Group and Parent Company require additional funding for which there are currently no binding agreements in place and therefore there is no certainty that it will be secured within the necessary timescale. As stated in Note 1, these events or conditions, along with other matters as set forth in Note 1, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Group and Parent Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,933,610 | £1,726,897 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,688,197 | -£4,181,487 | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,425,601 | -£3,960,890 | |
| Net profit | -£4,243,742 | -£4,062,487 | |
| Cash | £14,847,386 | £17,170,029 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £39,191,532 | £53,782,656 | |
| Net assets | £39,191,532 | £50,910,195 | |
| Equity | £39,191,532 | £50,910,195 | |
| Average employees | 27 | 39 | |
| Wages | £1,356,035 | £2,193,862 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,346,724 | £1,025,922 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
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Turnover
-10.7%
£1,933,610 £1,726,897
-
Cash
+15.6%
£14,847,386 £17,170,029
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Net assets
+29.9%
£39,191,532 £50,910,195
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Employees
+44.4%
27 39
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Operating profit
+10.8%
-£4,688,197 -£4,181,487
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Profit before tax
+10.5%
-£4,425,601 -£3,960,890
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Wages
+61.8%
£1,356,035 £2,193,862
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -242.5% | -242.1% | |
| Net margin | -219.5% | -235.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -12.0% | -7.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.3% | 10.6% | |
| Current ratio | 5.16x | 5.60x | |
| Interest cover | -1642.10x | -442.34x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- SAVANNAH RESOURCES PLC 2013-09-27 → present
- AFRICAN MINING & EXPLORATION PLC 2010-08-26 → 2013-09-27
- AFRICAN MINING & EXPLORATION LIMITED 2010-07-08 → 2010-08-26
- AFRICAN MINING AND EXPLORATION LIMITED 2010-07-07 → 2010-07-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw attention to Note 1 to the financial statements which indicates that the Group and Parent Company require additional funding for which there are currently no binding agreements in place and therefore there is no certainty that it will be secured within the necessary timescale. As stated in Note 1, these events or conditions, along with other matters as set forth in Note 1, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Group and Parent Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- SAVANNAH RESOURCES PLC · parent
- Savannah Advisory Services Limited 100%
- AME East Africa Limited 100%
- Matilda Minerais Limitada 100%
- Clean Mining & Exploration Limited 100%
- Savannah Resources Portugal B.V. 100%
- Savannah Lithium Unipessoal Limitada 100%
- Savannah Matinal – Mining, Unipessoal Limitada 100%
Significant events
- “The Company is now wholly focused on the Barroso Lithium Project in Portugal (the “Project”, the “BLP”).”
- “The award of a non-reimbursable State Grant for up to EUR110m, as part of a significant wider financing for domestic lithium battery chain developments, has been the very significant highlight.”
- “The Project is expected to complete the Project’s Definitive Feasibility Study (“DFS”) and compliance phase of the environmental licence (“RECAPE”) during 2026 and to reach a Final Investment Decision on the Project by year end/Q1 2027.”
- “A 40% increase in tonnage and a 41% increase in contained lithium compared to the previous estimate due to JORC Resource increase.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCGARTY, Christopher Michael | Secretary | 2017-04-26 | — | — |
| TRAYNOR, Dominic | Secretary | 2018-04-12 | — | British |
| ANTHON, Richard Stacy | Director | 2024-06-25 | Jan 1959 | Australian |
| CONNOR, Michael Gerard | Director | 2024-08-19 | Sep 1981 | American |
| DA SILVEIRA, Diogo António Rodrigues | Director | 2022-11-10 | Dec 1960 | Portuguese |
| GRIFFIN, Bruce John | Director | 2023-09-12 | Jun 1968 | British,New Zealander |
| PINTO, Paulo Jose Matos Oliveria | Director | 2025-10-07 | Oct 1969 | Portuguese |
| PROENCA, Emanuel Damaso Rodrigues Brinquete | Director | 2024-04-15 | Jun 1984 | Portuguese |
| SULAIMAN, Mohamed Sadiq Jawad | Director | 2023-09-12 | Nov 1973 | Omani |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RONALDSON, Stephen Frank | Secretary | 2010-07-07 | 2018-04-12 |
| ARCHER, David Stuart | Director | 2013-05-21 | 2022-07-06 |
| CANNON-BROOKES, Charles | Director | 2013-02-06 | 2015-08-07 |
| CHIKOHORA, Douglas Dakarai | Director | 2010-10-22 | 2013-02-06 |
| CHURCHHOUSE, Martyn John | Director | 2010-08-26 | 2011-06-16 |
| FERGUSON, Dale John | Director | 2013-10-02 | 2025-10-07 |
| HARRISON, Clive Fiske | Director | 2013-02-06 | 2013-05-21 |
| JACOBI, Mary Jo | Director | 2022-04-07 | 2024-06-25 |
| JOHNSON, Michael Stephen, Professor | Director | 2013-02-06 | 2015-02-25 |
| JOHNSON, Michael Stephen, Professor | Director | 2010-08-03 | 2010-10-22 |
| JONES, Mark Christopher | Director | 2010-08-26 | 2013-09-30 |
| KING, Matthew James Wyatt | Director | 2015-02-25 | 2024-06-25 |
| LEAHY, James Gerald | Director | 2018-11-26 | 2024-06-25 |
| OKE, Stephen Douglas | Director | 2010-10-22 | 2013-02-06 |
| PATEL, Manesh Narendrakumar | Director | 2010-07-07 | 2010-10-22 |
| SHENOY, Manohar Pundalik | Director | 2016-07-12 | 2023-09-18 |
| SULTAN, Imad Kamal Abdul Redha | Director | 2016-07-12 | 2023-09-12 |
| SULTAN, Maqbool Ali | Director | 2016-07-12 | 2022-04-07 |
| SULTAN, Murtadha Ahmed | Director | 2016-07-12 | 2022-04-07 |
| WILLIAMS, Roger Alyn | Director | 2011-03-08 | 2013-02-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Hussain Jaad Mohd Ali Abdulrasool | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2017-10-11 | Ceased 2019-07-15 |
| Mr Maqbool Ali Sultan | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2017-10-11 | Ceased 2018-07-05 |
| Mr Imad Kamal Abdul Redha Sultan | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2017-10-11 | Ceased 2018-07-05 |
| Mr Murtadha Ahmed Sultan | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2017-10-11 | Ceased 2018-07-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 187 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-10 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.