Website & contact details
- Website
Less Common Metals Limited
- Incorporated
- 24 February 1992 (34 years)
- Industry
- Other non-ferrous metal production (24450)
- Directors
- William Robert Steele Jr.
- Owned by
- Accounts type
- Full
- Region
- North West
- Address
- Unit 2 Hooton ParkNorth RoadEllesmere PortCH65 1BL
Filing status
- Accounts due
- 31 December 2026
- Last accounts
- 31 December 2024
- Conf. stmt due
- 10 March 2027
- Last conf. stmt
- 24 February 2026
Charges
- Total
- 9
- Outstanding
- 0
- Part satisfied
- 0
- Satisfied
- 9
Officers 2 active
Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.
American
Born December 1952 (73)
Steele Jr, William Robert
Director · Appointed 17 November 2025
American
Born March 1966 (60)
Officer history (38 former)
1 October 2026
Resigned Williams Humpton, Barbara as Director
18 August 2026
Resigned Styles, Stuart as Secretary
29 July 2026
29 July 2026
29 July 2026
Resigned Kronenfeld, David as Director
29 July 2026
Resigned Riley, Aaron as Director
5 June 2026
Resigned Thompson, Mark as Director
17 November 2025
Resigned Jegadeesan, Muthurajan as Director
17 November 2025
Resigned Vaikundarajan, Subramanian as Director
17 November 2025
Appointed Williams Humpton, Barbara as Director
17 November 2025
Appointed Steele Jr, William Robert as Director
17 November 2025
Appointed Kronenfeld, David as Director
19 December 2024
Resigned Hannay, Diana as Secretary
19 December 2024
Appointed Styles, Stuart as Secretary
24 November 2023
Appointed Riley, Aaron as Director
8 November 2023
Resigned Slot, Albert as Director
12 October 2023
Appointed Hannay, Diana as Secretary
12 October 2023
Resigned Laing, Bridget Anne as Secretary
9 December 2022
Appointed Slot, Albert as Director
8 September 2022
30 April 2022
Resigned Hall, Christopher William as Director
1 March 2022
Appointed Thompson, Mark as Director
22 December 2015
Resigned Bonehill, Bridget Anne as Director
11 December 2015
Appointed Bonehill, Bridget Anne as Director
11 December 2015
Appointed Vaikundarajan, Subramanian as Director
11 December 2015
Appointed Jegadeesan, Muthurajan as Director
11 December 2015
11 December 2015
Appointed Laing, Bridget Anne as Secretary
11 December 2015
Appointed Hall, Christopher William as Director
3 July 2015
Resigned Quinn, Robert Joseph as Director
3 July 2015
28 April 2015
Appointed Quinn, Robert Joseph as Director
20 April 2015
Resigned Murphy, David William Arthur as Director
4 October 2013
22 February 2013
22 February 2013
22 February 2013
22 February 2013
22 November 2012
1 December 2011
1 November 2011
1 November 2011
Appointed Murphy, David William Arthur as Director
10 December 2010
10 December 2010
27 June 2008
27 June 2008
27 June 2008
27 June 2008
27 August 2004
16 August 2004
Resigned Eastwood, Janet as Secretary
20 December 2002
Appointed Eastwood, Janet as Secretary
20 December 2002
1 November 2002
31 October 2002
31 October 2002
1 December 1999
1 December 1999
30 June 1999
30 June 1999
30 June 1999
Resigned Leadbeater, Susan Elizabeth as Secretary
27 May 1997
1 March 1997
1 March 1997
Appointed Leadbeater, Susan Elizabeth as Secretary
19 January 1996
19 January 1996
Resigned Ivory, Patrick as Director
19 January 1996
19 January 1996
19 January 1996
19 January 1996
31 May 1995
Resigned Holmes, William Brian as Director
19 June 1992
20 March 1992
20 March 1992
Appointed Holmes, William Brian as Director
20 March 1992
Appointed Ivory, Patrick as Director
20 March 1992
20 March 1992
24 February 1992
24 February 1992
Ownership 1 active
People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register
Corporate entity · Notified 6 April 2016
Owns 75–100% of shares
Holds 75–100% of voting rights
Right to appoint and remove directors
Private Limited Company
Reg. no. 06619924
Former controllers (1)
24 February 2017
Ceased Grant Hadyn Smith — Owns 25–50% of shares
Financials
Balance sheet as at 31 December 2024 · full accounts
- Net Assets
- £5,936,311
- Cash
- £337,340
- Profit Before Tax
- (£1,188,540)
- Debt Ratio
- 31%
- Current Ratio
- 2.6x
- Return on Equity
- -19%
Trend
Net Assets
Balance sheet detail
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed Assets | £2,883,470 | £3,300,546 | £3,357,643 | £3,183,907 | £3,222,430 | £2,959,874 |
| Current Assets | £5,773,402 | £7,769,742 | £9,555,371 | £8,756,731 | £7,623,500 | £7,492,999 |
| Debtors | £3,330,121 | £4,618,423 | £5,673,974 | £5,735,799 | £4,585,191 | £3,813,779 |
| Cash | £337,340 | £477,555 | £899,873 | £837,247 | £1,374,762 | £1,289,043 |
| Creditors (< 1 year) | £2,260,288 | £2,711,917 | £3,938,242 | £2,845,785 | £1,833,860 | £2,754,534 |
| Creditors (> 1 year) | £0 | £827,513 | £907,364 | £840,031 | £864,844 | |
| Net Current Assets | £3,513,114 | £5,057,825 | £5,617,129 | £5,910,946 | £5,789,640 | £4,738,465 |
| Net Assets | £5,936,311 | £7,070,585 | £7,607,135 | £7,836,392 | £7,728,796 | £7,279,909 |
| Shareholder Funds | £5,936,311 | £7,070,585 | £7,607,135 | £7,836,392 | £7,728,796 | £7,279,909 |
| Turnover | £12,972,279 | £20,752,256 | ||||
| Cost of Sales | £9,768,928 | £16,513,975 | ||||
| Gross Profit | £3,203,351 | £4,238,281 | ||||
| Admin Expenses | £3,407,120 | £2,900,769 | £3,552,795 | |||
| Staff Costs | £1,894,964 | £2,009,086 | £2,298,631 | |||
| Operating Profit | (£460,971) | |||||
| Profit Before Tax | (£1,188,540) | (£576,342) | (£229,257) | |||
| Tax | (£54,266) | (£39,792) | £0 | |||
| Profit for Period | (£1,134,274) | (£536,550) | (£229,257) | |||
Filings 222
| Date | Description | Made Up To | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | Termination of appointment of a director | |||
| 19 August 2026 | Termination of appointment of a secretary | |||
| 30 July 2026 | Termination of appointment of a director | |||
| 30 July 2026 | Termination of appointment of a director | |||
| 30 July 2026 | Termination of appointment of a director |
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