{"name":"UNIVERSAL COAL LIMITED","company_number":"04482856","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2002-07-11","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"C/O Arch Law Huckletree Bishopsgate, 8 Bishopsgate, London, United Kingdom, EC2N 4BQ","postcode":"EC2N 4BQ","sic_codes":[{"code":8990,"description":"Other mining and quarrying not elsewhere classified"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"UNIVERSAL COAL PLC","changed_on":"2022-12-20"},{"name":"SOUTH CHINA RESOURCES PLC","changed_on":"2008-09-01"},{"name":"VIETNAM MINING CORPORATION PLC","changed_on":"2005-02-21"},{"name":"EAST RAND GOLD RESOURCES PLC","changed_on":"2004-08-09"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"30 June","last_made_up_to":"2025-06-30","next_due":"2027-03-31"},"employees":null,"financials":[],"officers":{"current":9,"resigned":29,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":0,"outstanding":0},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":"http://www.universalcoal.com","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/universal-coal-1","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/universal-coal-1/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/universal-coal-1/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04482856","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/universal-coal-1/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/universal-coal-1/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/universal-coal-1/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/universal-coal-1"}