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Company description
LESS COMMON METALS LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 24 February 1992; registered for 34 years; registered office reported in ELLESMERE PORT, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 24450 · Other non-ferrous metal production.
In its latest electronically filed accounts for the period ended 31 December 2024, it reported profit after tax −£1,134,274, net assets £5,936,311, average employees 0. This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records. 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
- LESS COMMON METALS LIMITED
- Company number
- 02690088
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 9 total · 0 outstanding · 9 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 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
24 February 2026Next statement due
10 March 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Profit before tax
- −£1,188,540
- Profit after tax
- −£1,134,274
- Fixed assets
- £2,883,470
- Net assets
- £5,936,311
- Current assets
- £5,773,402
- Current liabilities
- £2,260,288
- Total assets less current liabilities
- £6,396,584
- Cash at bank
- £337,340
- Equity
- £5,936,311
Figures are taken from company-filed iXBRL/XBRL. Coverage is limited to electronic filings in the imported Companies House batch. Missing figures do not mean zero, and values have not been audited by BritDB.
04 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
LESS COMMON METALS LIMITED
Registration Z7667883
- Registered from
- 27 February 2003
- Current end date
- 26 February 2027
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
05 Environmental regulation
Environment Agency records
LESS COMMON METALS LIMITED
EPR/RP3233CZ · CH65 1BL
- Permit or record holder
- LESS COMMON METALS LIMITED
- Record date
- 25 January 2012
- Local authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Regulated site or public record address
- Unit 2 Hooton Park, LESS COMMON METALS LTD, Less Common Metals Ltd EPR/RP3233CZ, North Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 1BL
- Activity
- Organic Chemicals; Nitrogen Containing Compounds Eg Amines - 4.1 A(1) a) (iv)|Non-Ferrous Metals; Melting And Making Alloys >4 T/Day Lead/Cadmuim Or 20 T/D Others And All Furnaces Etc <5T - 2.2 A(2) A)|Non-Ferrous Metals; Melting With Capacity <4T/D Lead/Cadmium Or <20T/D Others (Unless >50 Percent Tin) - 2.2 B A)
- Grid reference
- SJ3789079130
- Easting
- 337890.000
- Northing
- 379130.000
- All populated source fields
- Permission Number: EPR/RP3233CZ; Name: LESS COMMON METALS LIMITED; Activity Type Description: Organic Chemicals; Nitrogen Containing Compounds Eg Amines - 4.1 A(1) a) (iv)|Non-Ferrous Metals; Melting And Making Alloys >4 T/Day Lead/Cadmuim Or 20 T/D Others And All Furnaces Etc <5T - 2.2 A(2) A)|Non-Ferrous Metals; Melting With Capacity <4T/D Lead/Cadmium Or <20T/D Others (Unless >50 Percent Tin) - 2.2 B A); Document URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ch65-1bl-less-common-metals-limited-environmental-permit-issued-eprrp3233czv006; Site Address: Unit 2 Hooton Park, LESS COMMON METALS LTD, Less Common Metals Ltd EPR/RP3233CZ, North Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 1BL; Site Postcode: CH65 1BL; Site Grid Reference: SJ3789079130; Easting: 337890; Northing: 379130; Local Authority: Cheshire West and Chester; Permission Date: 2012-01-25
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06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Lcmg Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- United Kingdom
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 1985
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 06619924
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
Mr Grant Hadyn Smith
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Nationality
- Australian
- Country of residence
- Australia
- Notified
- 24 February 2017
- Ceased
- 24 February 2017
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07 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.
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08 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.
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09 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.
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10 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
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11 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
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12 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
13 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.
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14 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
15 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Company-filed electronic accounts and extracted headline financial facts.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Candidate permit and enforcement associations based on a unique exact holder-name and postcode match.
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.
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Financial regulation and licences.
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