Precious 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
524
Active companies
344
Formed in latest 12 months
68
Median active-company age
3.4 years
Revenue known
3
Importers
32
Exporters
23
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 524 |
| Active companies | 344 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 68 |
| Importers | 32 |
| Exporters | 23 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 3 known, 341 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025-12 | 5 | 4 |
| 2026-01 | 5 | 4 |
| 2026-02 | 10 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 10 | 6 |
| 2026-04 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026-05 | 7 | 6 |
| 2026-06 | 5 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 4 | 5 |
| 2026-08 | 1 | 4 |
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 | 344 |
| Dissolved | 176 |
| Liquidation | 3 |
| In Administration | 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 - East | 44 |
| Inner London - West | 42 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 32 |
| Greater Manchester | 25 |
| West Midlands | 19 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 12 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 12 |
| Outer London - South | 12 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 11 |
| West Yorkshire | 11 |
Geography coverage: 337 known, 7 unknown (98.0%).
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 | 120 |
| 1m-15m | 19 |
| 15m-54m | 4 |
| 54m+ | 9 |
Revenue-range coverage: 152 known, 192 unknown (44.2%).
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 | 70 |
| Small | 65 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 9 |
| Holding | 2 |
| Dormant | 75 |
Company-size coverage: 222 known, 122 unknown (64.5%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 58 |
| 1–9 | 78 |
| 10–49 | 7 |
| 50–249 | 1 |
| 250+ | 1 |
Employee coverage: 145 known, 199 unknown (42.2%).
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 | 67 |
| 1–3 years | 94 |
| 3–5 years | 40 |
| 5–10 years | 69 |
| 10–20 years | 32 |
| 20+ years | 42 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 344 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 |
|---|---|
| 24410 | 344 |
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 | 13 |
| Exporter only | 4 |
| Both | 19 |
| Neither | 308 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71 — Jewelry, precious stones, and metals | 23 | £17,382,502,054 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 16 | £5,301,866,253 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 14 | £5,860,684,988 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 9 | £1,409,746,931 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 69 — Ceramic products | 7 | £42,567,653 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 7 | £56,897,928 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 7 | £648,250,456 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 74 — Copper and copper products | 7 | £126,327,953 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 6 | £101,854,266 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 6 | £21,494,522 | 2016-05-01 – 2025-04-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71 — Jewelry, precious stones, and metals | 18 | £21,389,903,745 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 10 | £2,208,230,799 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 10 | £1,460,757,993 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 7 | £257,065,608 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 7 | £46,548,773 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 74 — Copper and copper products | 6 | £244,016,534 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 4 | £29,854,920 | 2019-08-01 – 2024-10-01 |
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 4 | £20,486,235 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 75 — Nickel and nickel products | 4 | £226,043,161 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 4 | £17,756,069 | 2017-04-01 – 2026-03-01 |
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 | 16 | 307 | 37 | 89.2% |
| Holding company | 0 | 307 | 37 | 89.2% |
| Solo founder | 205 | 307 | 37 | 89.2% |
| Ecommerce | 4 | 22 | 322 | 6.4% |
| Website | 26 | 28 | 316 | 8.1% |
| 23 | 28 | 316 | 8.1% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Baird & Co. Limited | £375,385,044 |
| Select Alloys & Materials Limited | £21,155,136 |
| Bonnie Alba Bullion Ltd. | £0 |
Revenue coverage: 3 known, 341 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 |
|---|---|
| Other products n.e.c. | 9,155 |
| Metal structures | 5,176 |
| Machined products | 3,055 |
| Metal doors & windows | 1,811 |
| Treated & coated products | 1,269 |
| Tools | 1,008 |
| Tubes, pipes, hollow profiles, fittings | 797 |
| Iron, steel, ferro-alloys | 795 |
| Forged, pressed, stamped products | 494 |
| Locks and hinges | 366 |
| Fasteners | 357 |
| Wire products, chain & spring | 339 |
| Chrome, manganese, nickel & their wire | 313 |
| Tanks & reservoirs | 276 |
| Central heating radiators and boilers | 230 |
| Aluminium products | 225 |
| Non-ferrous castings | 225 |
| Steel castings | 196 |
| Light metal castings | 167 |
| Rolled/pressed/ribbed sheets, sandwich panels | 153 |
| Other | 829 |
SIC classification
SIC 24410 — Precious metals production
Includes
production of basic precious metals: production and refining of unwrought or wrought precious metals: gold, silver, platinum etc. from ore and scrap, production of precious metal alloys, production of precious metal semi-products, production of silver rolled onto base metals, production of gold rolled onto base metals or silver, production of platinum and platinum group metals rolled onto gold, silver or base metals, manufacture of wire of these metals by drawing, manufacture of precious metal foil laminates
Excludes
casting of non-ferrous metals, see ##24.53, ##24.54, manufacture of precious metal jewellery, see ##32.12