Non-ferrous metals
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
653
Active companies
425
Formed in latest 12 months
54
Median active-company age
6.0 years
Revenue known
4
Importers
6
Exporters
2
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 653 |
| Active companies | 425 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 54 |
| Importers | 6 |
| Exporters | 2 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 4 known, 421 unknown (0.9%).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 7 | 7 |
| 2026-01 | 7 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 6 | 10 |
| 2026-04 | 8 | 5 |
| 2026-05 | 9 | 4 |
| 2026-06 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026-07 | 1 | 11 |
| 2026-08 | 3 | 7 |
| 2026-09 | 2 | 10 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-09.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values. Companies House Active records with dormant accounts are shown as Dormant; the remaining Companies House Active records are shown as Active. Blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 316 |
| Dissolved | 218 |
| Dormant | 109 |
| Liquidation | 8 |
| In Administration | 1 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Inner London - West | 143 |
| Inner London - East | 47 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 28 |
| West Midlands | 15 |
| Outer London - South | 14 |
| South East Wales | 14 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 13 |
| Greater Manchester | 11 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 10 |
| Essex | 9 |
Geography coverage: 422 known, 3 unknown (99.3%).
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 | 128 |
| 1m-15m | 46 |
| 15m-54m | 8 |
| 54m+ | 25 |
Revenue-range coverage: 207 known, 218 unknown (48.7%).
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 | 81 |
| Small | 81 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 29 |
| Holding | 32 |
| Dormant | 109 |
Company-size coverage: 333 known, 92 unknown (78.4%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 80 |
| 1–9 | 75 |
| 10–49 | 6 |
| 50–249 | 1 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 163 known, 262 unknown (38.4%).
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 | 54 |
| 1–3 years | 80 |
| 3–5 years | 45 |
| 5–10 years | 118 |
| 10–20 years | 71 |
| 20+ years | 57 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 425 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 |
|---|---|
| Directly assigned to this segment | 425 |
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 | 5 |
| Exporter only | 1 |
| Both | 1 |
| Neither | 418 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 4 | £1,112,007,687 | 2019-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 3 | £100,968,069 | 2025-04-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 3 | £525,085,349 | 2020-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 3 | £192,724,587 | 2022-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 2 | £160,336,598 | 2026-02-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 2 | £176,448,396 | 2023-03-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 28 — Inorganic Chemicals | 1 | £260,666 | 2024-08-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 29 — Organic Chemicals | 1 | £6,977,583 | 2022-01-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 1 | £38,261,049 | 2022-07-01 – 2025-03-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 1 | £19,480,426 | 2025-07-01 – 2025-07-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 2 | £4,431,074 | 2022-09-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 1 | £25,963 | 2020-06-01 – 2020-06-01 |
| 40 — Rubber and rubber products | 1 | £682,662 | 2026-03-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 1 | £905,700 | 2020-04-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 1 | £1,252,259 | 2022-09-01 – 2022-09-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 1 | £69,560,016 | 2026-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 1 | £4,183,802 | 2024-12-01 – 2024-12-01 |
| 86 — Railway and tramway vehicles and parts | 1 | £6,885,993 | 2026-01-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 1 | £6,713,496 | 2025-06-01 – 2025-06-01 |
| 97 — Art and Antiques | 1 | £49,738,701 | 2018-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
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 | 13 | 275 | 150 | 64.7% |
| Holding company | 1 | 275 | 150 | 64.7% |
| Solo founder | 148 | 275 | 150 | 64.7% |
| Ecommerce | 1 | 3 | 422 | 0.7% |
| Website | 4 | 4 | 421 | 0.9% |
| 4 | 4 | 421 | 0.9% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Starlight Gold International Ltd | £38,775,672 |
| Rolling Trade Ltd. | £410,117 |
| Panda Resources Limited | £0 |
| Copper Bay Limited | £0 |
Revenue coverage: 4 known, 421 unknown (0.9%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Exploration, draining, other support | 1,064 |
| Other (not elsewhere classified) | 942 |
| Chemical and fertilizer minerals | 488 |
| Ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slate | 468 |
| Gravel, sand, clay, kaolin | 352 |
| Iron ores | 85 |
| Coal | 77 |
| Salt | 29 |
| Peat | 14 |
| Lignite | 13 |
| Uranium / thorium ores | 13 |
SIC classification
SIC 07290 — Mining of other non-ferrous metal ores
Includes
mining and preparation of ores chiefly valued for non-ferrous metal content such as:, aluminium (bauxite), copper, lead, zinc, tin, manganese, chrome, nickel, cobalt, molybdenum, tantalum, vanadium etc., precious metals: gold, silver, platinum
Excludes
mining and preparation of uranium and thorium ores, see ##07.21, production of aluminium oxide, see ##24.42, production of mattes of copper or of nickel, see ##24.44, ##24.45