WORLD GOLD COUNCIL,AN ASSOCIATION
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Cash
£82M
USD 110,032,000
+24.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£722M
USD 965,589,000
+64.2% vs 2024
Employees
62
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£324M
USD 433,495,000
+244.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £205,158,107 | £334,764,895 | |
| Operating profit | £19,154,519 | £76,972,415 | |
| Profit before tax | £94,139,194 | £324,059,954 | |
| Net profit | £77,737,908 | £279,771,997 | |
| Cash | £65,855,573 | £82,254,616 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £458,285,864 | £761,994,468 | |
| Net assets | £439,635,195 | £721,827,764 | |
| Equity | £439,635,195 | £721,827,764 | |
| Average employees | 62 | 62 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £3,396,875 | £3,908,201 |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.748 per USD (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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+63.2%
£205,158,107 £334,764,895
-
Cash
+24.9%
£65,855,573 £82,254,616
-
Net assets
+64.2%
£439,635,195 £721,827,764
-
Employees
0%
62 62
-
Operating profit
+301.8%
£19,154,519 £76,972,415
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Profit before tax
+244.2%
£94,139,194 £324,059,954
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 | 9.3% | 23.0% | |
| Net margin | 37.9% | 83.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.2% | 10.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.9% | 10.2% | |
| Current ratio | 4.11x | 3.26x | |
| Interest cover | 113.38x | 360.02x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG SA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors of the WGC have assessed, at the time of approving the consolidated financial statements, that there is a reasonable expectation that the WGC has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of approval of these consolidated financial statements.”
Group structure
- WORLD GOLD COUNCIL,AN ASSOCIATION · parent
- World Gold Council China Co Limited (Shanghai WFOE)
- World Gold Council (India) Private Limited
- World Gold Council KK
- Gold Bullion Holdings (Jersey) Limited
- WGC Holdings Limited
- World Gold Council (Singapore) Private Limited
- World Gold Council Middle East FZCO
- WGC (UK) Limited
- WGC (UK) 247 Limited
- WGC (US) Holdings, Inc.
- World Gold Trust Services, LLC
- WGC USA Asset Management Company, LLC
- WGC USA, Inc.
- WGC USA Services Company Inc.
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEYMANN, Terence | Secretary | 2016-09-15 | — | — |
| TAIT, David Simon John | Director | 2019-02-25 | Apr 1962 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS, Jack Albert | Secretary | 1988-02-25 | 1991-03-31 |
| GREENWOOD, Trevor Stephen | Secretary | 1993-03-15 | 2002-05-31 |
| HANRAHAN, Nathalie | Secretary | 2009-12-01 | 2010-08-01 |
| LEE, Robin | Secretary | 2010-02-22 | 2014-12-31 |
| LOWE, James Robert | Secretary | 2004-06-23 | 2009-12-01 |
| MUNCIE, Keith | Secretary | 2010-09-01 | 2016-12-14 |
| POINTET, David Adrian Jackman | Secretary | 2002-05-01 | 2004-06-23 |
| AGNEW, Rudolph Ion Joseph | Director | 1988-02-25 | 1990-06-23 |
| BURTON, James | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2008-12-05 |
| FELL, Fraser Matthews | Director | 1988-02-25 | 1993-06-12 |
| FUKUDA, Haruko | Director | 1999-03-22 | 2002-06-30 |
| GREY, Anthony John | Director | 1988-02-25 | 1989-05-23 |
| GUSH, Edwin Peter | Director | 1988-02-25 | 1990-06-23 |
| HENDRICK, Keith C | Director | 1988-02-25 | 1992-06-22 |
| HOOD, Elliot Mcewen | Director | 1988-02-25 | 1998-10-31 |
| KNOBBS, Clive Graham | Director | 1988-02-25 | 1991-06-30 |
| MAXWELL, Kennedy William | Director | 1988-02-25 | 1995-06-16 |
| MCALEER, Peter | Director | 1988-02-25 | 1989-05-23 |
| MEE, Ann | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2016-06-07 |
| MORGAN, Hugh Matheson | Director | 1988-02-25 | 1993-06-19 |
| MUNK, Peter | Director | 1988-02-25 | 1998-06-19 |
| PARKER, Gordon Rae | Director | 1988-02-25 | 1995-06-16 |
| PLUMBRIDGE, Robin Allan | Director | 1988-02-25 | 1995-06-16 |
| SHISHMANIAN, Aram Edward, Director | Director | 2008-12-05 | 2019-02-25 |
| THOMPSON, Christopher Martin Trevor | Director | 2002-06-29 | 2005-03-22 |
| WILKINS, Gregory Charles | Director | 2008-03-12 | 2009-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-13 OSCC01 Change constitutional documents overseas company with date
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-23 | OSAP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary overseas company with appointment date | |
| 2025-05-13 | OSCC01 | change-of-constitution | Change constitutional documents overseas company with date | |
| 2025-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-14 | OSCH02 | other | Change company details overseas company with change details | |
| 2024-08-14 | OSCH01 | other | Change company details by uk establishment overseas company with change details | |
| 2024-08-14 | OSCH01 | other | Change company details by uk establishment overseas company with change details | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-27 | OSAP01 | officers | Appoint person director overseas company with name appointment date | |
| 2020-10-27 | OSTM01 | officers | Termination person director overseas company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-06 | OSCH01 | other | Change company details by uk establishment overseas company with change details | |
| 2020-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2017-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2017-02-13 | OSTM03 | officers | Termination person authorised overseas company | |
| 2017-02-13 | OSTM03 | officers | Termination person authorised overseas company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.