UNIVERSAL COAL LIMITED

Company number 04482856 ·

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Executive summary

Universal Coal Limited presents a fundamentally robust financial profile, underpinned by an exceptional £26.1 million share capital that provides a strong buffer against the inherent volatility of the mining sector. The company's recent transition from a PLC to a Private Limited Company in 2022, alongside its London-based legal administrative hub, indicates it now functions primarily as a well-capitalized holding entity for Southern African mining operations. While regulatory compliance is excellent, improving the transparency of ultimate ownership would remove the final minor cloudiness from an otherwise healthy corporate diagnosis.

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2002-07-11
Registered office
C/O Arch Law Huckletree Bishopsgate, 8 Bishopsgate, London, United Kingdom, EC2N 4BQ
Postcode
EC2N 4BQ
Capital
26,123,588 GBP
Accounts category
Full
Charges
0 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-06-30
Next due by
2027-03-31
Financial year end
30 June

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-07-25
Next due by
2027-08-08
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 8990 Other mining and quarrying not elsewhere classified

Officers 9 current · 29 resigned

Appointed 2026-04-09
Company Director Appointed 2021-06-28
MR Craig LYONS Director
Appointed 2020-07-24
MR CRAIG WALLACE Director
DIRECTOR Appointed 2020-07-24
COMPANY DIRECTOR Appointed 2019-12-11

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Contact details

Website
universalcoal.com
Phone
+44 2072644444

Universal Coal is committed to building a sustainable mid-tier coal mining company providing investors with exposure to Southern African coking and thermal coal assets with the potential to develop into projects of regional significance.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
UNIVERSAL COAL PLC2022-12-20
SOUTH CHINA RESOURCES PLC2008-09-01
VIETNAM MINING CORPORATION PLC2005-02-21
EAST RAND GOLD RESOURCES PLC2004-08-09

Previous registered addresses 3

AddressChanged on
ONE AMERICA SQUARE, CROSSWALL, LONDON, EC3N 2SG2016-08-01
1ST FLOOR SUITE 1B PRINCES HOUSE 38 JERMYN STREET, LONDON, SW1Y 6DN2011-05-05
55 SAINT JAMES'S STREET, LONDON, SW1A 1LA2007-05-01

Among its peers

Among the oldest 25%

of 42 similar companies in EC, trading since 2002

606 companies are registered at this postcode →

The class of 2002

40%

of the 122,927 companies incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 58% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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