FIRST CLASS METALS PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-09 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-26
Watchouts
Cash
£221K
+57% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-19.6% vs 2023
Employees
4
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
+13.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Group's reliance on a successful fundraising presents a material uncertainty that may cast doubt on the Group's ability to continue to operate as planned and to pay its liabilities as they fall due for a period not less than twelve months from the date of this report.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£1,461,347 | -£1,333,368 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,578,929 | -£1,359,957 | |
| Net profit | -£1,578,929 | -£1,359,957 | |
| Cash | £140,802 | £221,071 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,331,417 | £2,712,930 | |
| Net assets | £3,096,576 | £2,489,822 | |
| Equity | £3,096,576 | £2,489,822 | |
| Average employees | 4 | 4 | |
| Wages | £266,725 | £200,414 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £459,860 | £373,502 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
+57%
£140,802 £221,071
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Net assets
-19.6%
£3,096,576 £2,489,822
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Employees
0%
4 4
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Operating profit
+8.8%
-£1,461,347 -£1,333,368
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Profit before tax
+13.9%
-£1,578,929 -£1,359,957
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Wages
-24.9%
£266,725 £200,414
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -43.9% | -49.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.1% | 37.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.95x | 0.25x | |
| Interest cover | -11.85x | -49.82x |
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
- FIRST CLASS METALS PLC 2022-02-28 → present
- FIRST CLASS METALS LIMITED 2021-01-26 → 2022-02-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Royce Peeling Green Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Group's reliance on a successful fundraising presents a material uncertainty that may cast doubt on the Group's ability to continue to operate as planned and to pay its liabilities as they fall due for a period not less than twelve months from the date of this report.”
Group structure
- FIRST CLASS METALS PLC · parent
- First Class Metals Canada Inc. 100%
Significant events
- “On 25 February 2025, The Seventy Ninth Group Limited completed an equity injection of approximately £548,000 and full repayment of all outstanding Company debt. under the strategic investment agreement announced on the 18 December 2024.”
- “Acquisition of the Kerrs Gold Project with a historic NI43-101 resource.”
- “In June 2024, FCM completed the sale of the McKellar and Enable properties for £270,000 in cash to the UK-based Seventy Ninth Group Limited ("79TH Group").”
- “In March 2024 FCM and Broken Rock Resources Inc. entered into an option – buyout agreement, in respect to the Quinlan property.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MURICKEN, Siddharth | Secretary | 2022-12-15 | — | — |
| BAMBER, Marc Turlough | Director | 2022-07-29 | Jun 1964 | British |
| KNOWLES, James Peter | Director | 2021-01-26 | Aug 1974 | British |
| SALE, Marc James | Director | 2025-09-02 | Nov 1959 | British |
| WILLIAMSON, Andrew Grant, Mr. | Director | 2023-10-15 | Oct 1967 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| VARMA, Danesh | Secretary | 2022-02-28 | 2022-12-15 |
| BODI, Ayub | Director | 2021-01-26 | 2024-02-02 |
| SALE, Marc James | Director | 2022-06-16 | 2025-03-03 |
| VARMA, Danesh Kumar | Director | 2022-07-29 | 2023-10-15 |
| WEBSTER, David Gary, Mr. | Director | 2025-03-03 | 2025-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Metal Resources Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2022-01-27 | Ceased 2023-06-30 |
| Mr Ayub Bodi | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2021-01-26 | Ceased 2022-01-27 |
| Mr James Peter Knowles | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2021-01-26 | Ceased 2022-01-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 101 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-28 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-03-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 8
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.