ROME RESOURCES PLC
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Cash
£1.4m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£14m
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
67
highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.3m
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
However, the Directors note that this requirement to raise additional funding gives rise to a material uncertainty as to the Group's and Company's ability to continue to operate as envisaged.
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£881,000 | -£2,326,000 | -£1,359,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£881,000 | -£4,780,000 | -£1,263,000 | — | |
| Net profit | -£881,000 | -£4,780,000 | -£1,263,000 | — | |
| Cash | £53,000 | £4,485,000 | £1,418,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,924,000 | £14,221,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £2,923,000 | £13,347,000 | — | — | |
| Equity | £2,923,000 | £13,967,000 | £14,141,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 44 | 55 | 67 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £27,000 | £1,229,000 | £394,000 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 3 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -30.1% | -16.4% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.2% | 12.9% | — | |
| Current ratio | 0.09x | 4.19x | 3.65x |
Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- ROME RESOURCES PLC 2024-07-25 → present
- ROME MINERALS PLC 2024-07-25 → 2024-07-25
- PATHFINDER MINERALS PLC 2009-12-22 → 2024-07-25
- PATHFINDER PROPERTIES PLC 1991-02-01 → 2009-12-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- UK-adopted International Accounting Standards
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“However, the Directors note that this requirement to raise additional funding gives rise to a material uncertainty as to the Group's and Company's ability to continue to operate as envisaged.”
Group structure
- ROME RESOURCES PLC · parent
- Rome Resources Ltd 100%
- Medidic-RD Congo SARL 71%
- Mont Agoma SARL 51%
- Kalayi Tin SARL 51%
- Rome Mozambique Holdings Limited (Formerly Pathfinder Battery Commodities Ltd) 100%
Significant events
- “Raised approximately £1.6 million in equity funding in the first half of 2026”
- “Executed non-binding term sheets to potentially acquire further interests in the existing Bisie North licences”
- “Completion of a further 3,250m drilling programme at the Bisie North Project”
- “Broader Kalayi intercepts from 2026 drilling has verified geological model”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SILVERTREE PARTNERS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2023-11-17 | — | — |
| BARRETT, Paul Anthony | Director | 2023-08-16 | May 1958 | British |
| ECKHOF, Klaus Peter | Director | 2024-11-04 | Apr 1958 | German |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZOUZ, Jeffrey | Secretary | 2004-01-27 | 2004-02-06 |
| DIMENT, Peter Charles Michael | Secretary | — | 1993-09-01 |
| EASBY, Robert Philip | Secretary | 2016-03-29 | 2019-01-31 |
| ELLIOTT, Enrique | Secretary | 2009-03-11 | 2009-12-21 |
| GEMAL, Benjamin Alroy | Secretary | 2004-02-06 | 2009-03-11 |
| MALING, Daniel | Secretary | 2019-06-10 | 2020-12-31 |
| NORMAND, James Patrick | Secretary | 2009-12-21 | 2016-03-10 |
| ROONEY, June Kay | Nominee Secretary | 1993-09-01 | 1997-10-01 |
| SERGEANT, Blair Edward | Secretary | 2019-02-13 | 2019-05-06 |
| TAYLOR, David Harvey | Secretary | 2020-12-31 | 2023-11-17 |
| BADGER HAKIM SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-03-18 | 2004-01-27 |
| JOHNSON FRY SECRETARIES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 1997-10-01 | 1998-03-18 |
| AZOUZ, Edward | Director | 2004-01-27 | 2009-12-21 |
| AZOUZ, Jeffrey | Director | 2004-01-27 | 2009-12-21 |
| BACCHUS, Malcolm Graham | Director | 2000-08-04 | 2004-01-27 |
| BALDWIN, Timothy Edward | Director | 2011-02-09 | 2011-06-14 |
| BELLINGHAM, Henry Campbell, Sir | Director | 2014-02-18 | 2020-07-02 |
| DAVIES, John Guy, Doctor | Director | 2004-01-27 | 2009-12-21 |
| DAWKINS, Simon Patrick | Director | 2000-08-04 | 2002-04-15 |
| DE CANDOLE, Mark Andrew Vully | Director | — | 2000-08-04 |
| DICKIE, Gordon John | Director | 2011-02-09 | 2011-09-16 |
| EASBY, Robert Philip | Director | 2016-03-29 | 2018-08-10 |
| EDMONDS, Dennis Vernon | Director | 2019-08-02 | 2023-08-16 |
| EDMONDS, Mark Ronald | Director | 2009-12-21 | 2011-02-09 |
| ETIENVRE, Edouard Andre Denis Francois | Director | 2024-06-27 | 2025-12-11 |
| FARRELL, Simon James | Director | 2018-08-10 | 2019-07-23 |
| GASSON, Mark Richard | Director | 2021-05-25 | 2025-11-14 |
| GREEN, Marc Jason | Director | 1997-02-14 | 2003-09-10 |
| HEGGIE, George Annan | Director | — | 2004-01-27 |
| LEAVER, Christopher, Sir | Director | 1997-02-14 | 2002-03-25 |
| LEE, Gerard Alan | Director | 2004-02-06 | 2010-06-15 |
| LIPIEN, Wlodzimierz Artur Victor, Mr. | Director | 2006-11-28 | 2009-12-21 |
| MATHENZ, Marc Kay | Director | 2024-07-26 | 2025-12-11 |
| MCKEON, John Philip | Director | 2011-02-09 | 2015-10-07 |
| NORMAND, James Patrick | Director | 2009-12-21 | 2016-03-10 |
| O'CONNOR, Claire Antonette | Director | 2002-02-04 | 2004-01-27 |
| PARRY, John Richard | Director | 2002-03-25 | 2004-01-27 |
| RICHARDSON BROWN, Scott James | Director | 2018-08-10 | 2019-06-03 |
| SUMMERS, Jonathan William | Director | 2021-03-17 | 2022-06-30 |
| TAYLOR, John Edward | Director | 2019-06-03 | 2021-03-17 |
| TAYLOR, Peter Wilson | Director | 2020-07-03 | 2023-06-22 |
| TREW, Nicholas Simon | Director | 2009-12-21 | 2018-08-20 |
| TSHITEMBU, Serge Nawej | Director | 2024-07-26 | 2025-09-01 |
| VELOSO, Jacinto Soares, Major General | Director | 2011-06-16 | 2011-11-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 473 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-08-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-27 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-08-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 6
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 4
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.