UNITED MINING SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£5m
USD 6,762,177
+30.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£17m
USD 22,865,343
+13.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
638
+5.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.7m
USD 7,648,804
+22% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials 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 | £51,235,868 | £47,761,732 | £50,936,539 | +6.6% | |
| Operating profit | £4,315,320 | £4,389,708 | £3,075,086 | -29.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,128,236 | £4,652,244 | £5,676,292 | +22% | |
| Net profit | £3,466,771 | £3,798,995 | £4,527,546 | +19.2% | |
| Cash | £3,474,264 | £3,852,546 | £5,018,313 | +30.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,229,137 | £14,938,179 | £16,968,715 | +13.6% | |
| Net assets | £11,229,137 | £14,938,179 | £16,968,715 | +13.6% | |
| Equity | £11,229,137 | £14,938,179 | £16,968,715 | +13.6% | |
| Average employees | 629 | 604 | 638 | +5.6% | |
| Wages | £26,963,124 | £30,543,493 | £30,869,980 | +1.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £261,230 | £643,833 | £671,009 | +4.2% | |
| Highest paid director | £91,116 | £272,139 | £270,199 | -0.7% |
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 | 8.4% | 9.2% | 6.0% | |
| Net margin | 6.8% | 8.0% | 8.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 38.4% | 29.4% | 18.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 58.2% | 39.8% | 30.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.04x | 1.51x | 2.21x | |
| Interest cover | 20.23x | 26.17x | 32.78x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- UNITED MINING SERVICES LIMITED 2024-04-23 → present
- UNDERGROUND MINING SERVICES LIMITED 2015-01-28 → 2024-04-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- 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 Group's or the Parent 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.”
Group structure
- UNITED MINING SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- United Mining Services Projects Limited 100%
- United Mining Services SA (Pty) Ltd 100%
- United Mining Services Projects SA (PTY) Ltd 75%
- UMS Shaft Sinkers (Pty) Ltd 75%
- UMS Construction (Pty) Ltd 100%
- METS SA Operations (Pty) Ltd 100%
- Shaft Sinkers Mining (Pty) Ltd 100%
- UMS 1Worx (Pty) Ltd 51%
- UMS Botswana Proprietary Limited 100%
- Underground Mining Services NA 100%
- United Mining Services Chile SpA 100%
- UMS Desenvolvimiento Mineral LTDA 100%
- United Mining Services Construction Limited 100%
- UMS Mining Services Zambia Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE FREY, Pieter Andries | Director | 2023-07-31 | Aug 1971 | South African |
| GLOVER, Digby John | Director | 2023-07-31 | Feb 1971 | South African |
| HALLER, Alexander Zachary | Director | 2015-01-28 | Apr 1979 | British |
| HALLER, Robin Zachary | Director | 2015-01-28 | Apr 1979 | British |
| MACNAB, Murray Usher | Director | 2023-07-31 | Dec 1961 | South African |
| PATTENDEN, Clifford Michael | Director | 2023-07-31 | Nov 1962 | British |
| TOWNSHEND, Nigel John | Director | 2023-07-31 | Apr 1956 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josephine Haller | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 71 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-01-26 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-01-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-01-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-01-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-04-23 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-26 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-01-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-15 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2026-01-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-15 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-01-14 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2026-01-14 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2026-01-14 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2026-01-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-23 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 6
- 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.