Who owns UK companies in Operation of gravel and sand pits; mining of clays and kaolin?

133 of the 366 companies registered under SIC 08120 (Operation of gravel and sand pits; mining of clays and kaolin) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 324 individual shareholders and 131 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 23% file full, group or medium-sized accounts, a sign of larger businesses, compared with 8.2% of all UK companies — about 3 times the national rate.
• 8.3% have a trust, fund or pension scheme among their shareholders, compared with 1.8% of all UK companies — about 5 times the national rate.
• 47% are majority-owned by another company (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 22% of all UK companies — about twice the national rate.
• The median company is 25.4 years old, against 8.5 years across all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 32 companies in this industry that have a single class of shares and state the number of shares allotted, where a holding's share of the company can be read directly from the filing. A dash means fewer than 30 companies, too few to report.

Company size and age

The median company in this industry was incorporated 25.4 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Other mining and quarrying n.e.c. SIC 08990 · 290 companies · 43% majority-owned by a company
• Quarrying of ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slate SIC 08110 · 167 companies · 58% majority-owned by a company
• Mining of chemical and fertilizer minerals SIC 08910 · 19 companies
• Extraction of salt SIC 08930 · 11 companies
• Extraction of peat SIC 08920 · 4 companies

Corporate shareholders in this industry

All 102 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 08120, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 20 of them hold shares in more than one company in this industry. Trusts and individuals are not named.

About this data

Figures come from the shareholder lists in each company's most recent Companies House confirmation statement (form CS01) that contained one, filed between 26 February 2021 and 18 May 2026. They are as filed and are not restated for later share transfers. Shares held in treasury are excluded. Shareholders are classed as individuals, companies, non-UK entities, trusts or nominees from the names as filed.

Every company's own shareholder register, officers, filings and accounts are available through the OpenRegistry API and MCP server, live from Companies House.