Open mines
UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.
Company snapshot
What this shows: the size and current activity of this classification, plus recent formations, company age, revenue coverage, and trade participation.
All companies
95
Active companies
55
Formed in latest 12 months
3
Median active-company age
18.9 years
Revenue known
1
Importers
2
Exporters
2
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 95 |
| Active companies | 55 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 3 |
| Importers | 2 |
| Exporters | 2 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 1 known, 54 unknown (1.8%).
Company formations
What this shows: monthly incorporations and dissolutions from 1 January 2024, including companies of every current status.
Latest ten months shown in the chart
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-07 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08 | 0 | 0 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values; blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 55 |
| Dissolved | 36 |
| Liquidation | 4 |
Active companies by UK region
What this shows: active companies with a known ITL2 region. The UK map falls back to a bar chart if map data cannot be loaded.
Top values shown in the chart
| ITL2 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| South East Wales | 9 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 6 |
| Inner London - East | 5 |
| Inner London - West | 5 |
| Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | 5 |
| Mid and South West Wales | 3 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 2 |
| Outer London - South | 2 |
| West Central Scotland | 2 |
| West Midlands | 2 |
Geography coverage: 55 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
Top values shown in the chart
| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 17 |
| 1m-15m | 13 |
| 15m-54m | 1 |
| 54m+ | 5 |
Revenue-range coverage: 36 known, 19 unknown (65.5%).
Company size and employees
What this shows: active companies by published size category and by reported employee count.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 10 |
| Small | 19 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 5 |
| Holding | 2 |
| Dormant | 12 |
Company-size coverage: 49 known, 6 unknown (89.1%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 10 |
| 1–9 | 18 |
| 10–49 | 1 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 30 known, 25 unknown (54.5%).
Active-company age
What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.
Top values shown in the chart
| Age band | Companies |
|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 3 |
| 1–3 years | 5 |
| 3–5 years | 4 |
| 5–10 years | 4 |
| 10–20 years | 15 |
| 20+ years | 24 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 55 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
Classification breakdown
What this shows: active companies across the next taxonomy level; direct assignments are labelled separately. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| 05102 | 55 |
International trade
What this shows: active-company participation in imports and exports, followed by the ten HS2 categories involving the most distinct companies.
Top values shown in the chart
| Trade participation | Companies |
|---|---|
| Importer only | 1 |
| Exporter only | 1 |
| Both | 1 |
| Neither | 52 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 1 | £26,770,607 | 2016-01-01 – 2016-01-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 1 | £157,746,211 | 2023-02-01 – 2023-02-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 — Mineral fuels, oils, and related products | 1 | £6,513,580 | 2021-09-01 – 2021-09-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 1 | £42,985,683 | 2018-04-01 – 2018-04-01 |
Business and digital traits
What this shows: active companies identified with selected ownership, business-model, and online-presence traits.
Values shown in the chart with data coverage
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 0 | 34 | 21 | 61.8% |
| Holding company | 0 | 34 | 21 | 61.8% |
| Solo founder | 12 | 34 | 21 | 61.8% |
| Ecommerce | 0 | 2 | 53 | 3.6% |
| Website | 2 | 2 | 53 | 3.6% |
| 2 | 2 | 53 | 3.6% |
Leading active companies
What this shows: the ten active companies with the highest non-missing revenue, with company number used as the deterministic tie-breaker.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Walters Resources Limited | £40,030,956 |
Revenue coverage: 1 known, 54 unknown (1.8%).
Related classifications
What this shows: sibling classifications ranked by distinct active companies, excluding the current node. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Deep mines | 26 |
SIC classification
SIC 05102 — Open cast coal working
Includes
mining of hard coal: surface mining, cleaning, sizing, grading, pulverising, compressing etc. of coal from surface mining to classify, improve quality or facilitate transport or storage, recovery of hard coal from culm banks
Excludes
lignite mining, see ##05.20, peat digging, see ##08.92, support activities for hard coal mining, see ##09.90, test drilling for coal mining, see ##09.90, coke ovens producing solid fuels, see ##19.10, manufacture of hard coal briquettes, see ##19.20, work performed to develop or prepare properties for coal mining, see ##43.12