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Company description
THE LONDON METAL EXCHANGE is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Unlimited Company”. Incorporated on 6 May 1987; registered for 39 years; registered office reported in LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. Its primary declared activity is 66120 · Security and commodity contracts dealing activities.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 30 trade marks. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- THE LONDON METAL EXCHANGE
- Company number
- 02128666
- Company type
- Private Unlimited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 0 total · 0 outstanding · 0 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2025Next accounts due
Not suppliedLast statement made up to
6 July 2026Next statement due
20 July 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 6.3%
- Mean bonus gap
- 13.7%
- Women receiving bonus
- 81.6%
- Men receiving bonus
- 88.3%
- Women in top quartile
- 28.1%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 28.9%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 28.1%
- Women in lower quartile
- 53.3%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 250 to 49914.7% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49919.6% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49917.5% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49922.3% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49923.8% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49925.5% median hourly gap
- Less than 25027.5% median hourly gap
- Less than 25029.9% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 22 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 30 days
- Longest standard term
- Not supplied
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £53,837,519
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £4,739,258
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £770,880
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £10,571,267
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 7.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Our most frequently used payment terms for qualifying contracts require payment within 30 days
- Dispute resolution process
Our policy is to make payment in accordance with the terms of any contract in place. In the event of a dispute, the person or department responsible for the contract will seek to resolve any dispute with the supplier. If that is unsuccessful, the dispute resolution process set out in the contract will be followed.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 19.0 average days to pay15.0% outside terms
- 20.0 average days to pay22.0% outside terms
- 18.0 average days to pay16.0% outside terms
- 17.0 average days to pay14.0% outside terms
- 18.0 average days to pay14.0% outside terms
- 22.0 average days to pay24.0% outside terms
- 20.0 average days to pay27.0% outside terms
- 22.0 average days to pay25.0% outside terms
- 21.0 average days to pay16.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay25.0% outside terms
- 27.0 average days to pay40.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
THE LONDON METAL EXCHANGE
LEI 213800NB8G5VRT1DXC91 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- 57V7
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 6 May 1987
- Initial LEI registration
- 30 June 2015
- LEI last updated
- 18 May 2026
- Next renewal
- 30 June 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- 10 FINSBURY SQUARE, LONDON, GB-LND, EC2A 1AJ, GB
- Headquarters address
- 10 FINSBURY SQUARE, LONDON, GB-LND, EC2A 1AJ, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS DIRECTLY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 213800NB8G5VRT1DXC91 to LEI 213800YTVSXYQN17BW16
- Initial registration
- 30 June 2015
- Last updated
- 18 May 2026
- Next renewal
- 30 June 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2024-12-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02128666/filing-history/MzQ2NTYwMjM1M2FkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 213800NB8G5VRT1DXC91 to LEI 213800YTVSXYQN17BW16
- Initial registration
- 30 June 2015
- Last updated
- 18 May 2026
- Next renewal
- 30 June 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2024-12-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: OTHER_ACCOUNTING_STANDARD
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02128666/filing-history/MzQ2NTYwMjM1M2FkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- THE LONDON METAL EXCHANGE
- Group submission
- No
- Statement period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Approved
- 15 April 2026
- Sectors
- Financial, insurance and real estate activities
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £100 million to £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 9 June 2026
Earlier linked statements (1)
- THE LONDON METAL EXCHANGE31 December 2024
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
LMEprecious
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 9,35,36,38
- Filed / designated
- 8 August 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 August 2026
LMEshield
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 36,38,39
- Filed / designated
- 5 October 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 October 2025
LME BULLION
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 6,9,14,16,35,36,38,39,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 6 March 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 March 2025
LMEwire
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 9,16,35,36,38,41
- Filed / designated
- 4 December 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 December 2023
LME CLEAR
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 9,16,35,36,38,39,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 21 December 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 December 2021
LMEsmart
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 9,16,35,36
- Filed / designated
- 5 September 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 September 2018
LMElive
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 9,36,38
- Filed / designated
- 5 November 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 November 2027
LMElive anywhere
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 38
- Filed / designated
- 2 November 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 November 2027
LMElive
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 9,36,38
- Filed / designated
- 27 September 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 September 2027
LMEmini
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 6,9,16,35,36,38,39,41
- Filed / designated
- 3 August 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 August 2026
SWORD
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 38
- Filed / designated
- 1 February 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 February 2026
THE RINGSIDER
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 16,35,36,41
- Filed / designated
- 5 January 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 January 2026
LONDON MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 35,36
- Filed / designated
- 23 June 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 June 2025
Figurative mark
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 9,16,35,36,42
- Filed / designated
- 21 June 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 June 2021
LME SELECT
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 9,16,35,36,42
- Filed / designated
- 25 August 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 August 2020
LMEX
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 9,16,36,42
- Filed / designated
- 20 April 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 April 2019
SWORD
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 36,39
- Filed / designated
- 15 June 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 June 2018
LONDON METAL EXCHANGE
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 6,35,36,38,39,41
- Filed / designated
- 10 August 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 August 2020
LME
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 6,35,36,38,39,41
- Filed / designated
- 10 August 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 August 2020
Figurative mark
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 6,35,36,38,39,41
- Filed / designated
- 9 August 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 August 2020
LMEmercury
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 9,16,35,36,38,39,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 22 September 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 September 2024
LMEDirect
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 6,9,16,17,35,36,38,39,41
- Filed / designated
- 2 March 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 March 2017
LMEmiNY
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 6,9,16,35,36,38,39,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 29 September 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 September 2016
LME midi
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 6,9,16,35,36,38,39,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 28 September 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 September 2016
LONDON METAL EXCHANGE
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 6
- Filed / designated
- 10 August 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 August 2010
LONDON METAL EXCHANGE
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 10 August 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 August 2010
LONDON METAL EXCHANGE
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 36
- Filed / designated
- 10 August 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 August 2010
LONDON METAL EXCHANGE
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 38
- Filed / designated
- 10 August 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 August 2010
LONDON METAL EXCHANGE
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 39
- Filed / designated
- 10 August 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 August 2010
LME
Owner The London Metal Exchange · classes 6
- Filed / designated
- 10 August 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 August 2010
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Lme Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 04081219
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
08 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
09 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
10 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
12 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
14 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
15 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
16 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.