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Next accounts due

2026-11-30 (in 6mo)

Last filed for 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-02-26 (in 9mo)

Last made up 2026-02-12

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£59K

+247.1% vs 2024

Net assets

£674M

-0.8% vs 2024

Employees

736

-2.5% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£8M

-67% vs 2024

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31

Metric Trend 2024-05-312025-05-31
Turnover £1,163,311,000£1,053,692,000
Operating profit £40,378,000-£5,324,000
Profit before tax £23,650,000£7,812,000
Net profit £47,216,000£5,791,000
Cash £17,000£59,000
Total assets less current liabilities £584,148,000£586,634,000
Net assets £679,224,000£674,013,000
Equity £679,224,000£674,013,000
Average employees 755736
Wages £53,093,000£52,774,000
Directors' remuneration £1,206,000£1,392,000

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2024-05-312025-05-31
Operating margin 3.5%-0.5%
Net margin 4.1%0.5%
Return on capital employed 6.9%-0.9%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 26.6%28.3%
Current ratio 1.15x1.15x
Interest cover 2.54x-0.55x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. 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 4 times since incorporation

  1. CARGILL PLC 1990-11-01 → present
  2. CARGILL UK LIMITED 1983-09-30 → 1990-11-01
  3. CARGILL ALBION LIMITED 1983-01-05 → 1983-09-30
  4. CARGILL-ALBION LIMITED 1978-12-31 → 1983-01-05
  5. FLAWGLEN LIMITED 1978-09-06 → 1978-12-31

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
KPMG LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue to operate as a going concern for the foreseeable future.”

Group structure

  1. CARGILL PLC · parent
    1. Cargill Cotton Limited 100% · UK
    2. Cargill Pension Trustees Limited 100% · UK
    3. Cargill West Africa S.A. 90% · Ivory Coast
    4. Konspol Holding Sp. z.o.o. 100% · Poland
    5. Provimi Limited 100% · UK
    6. Sun Valley Foods Limited 100% · UK

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

6 active · 30 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
TIMEWELL, Michael James Secretary 2025-02-06
COOK, Richard John Director 2026-05-07 Feb 1986 British
KOSAR, Samina Director 2018-12-14 Jan 1970 British
POLLARD, Melanie Ann Director 2013-01-24 Jun 1970 British
SHEPHERD, Claire Margaret Director 2023-05-24 May 1983 British
TIMEWELL, Michael James Director 2017-01-05 Sep 1974 British
Show 30 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
CAMERON, Roderick David Charles Secretary 1998-07-30 1998-09-03
LO'BUE, Dena Michelle Secretary 2016-02-29 2025-02-06
REYNOLDS, John Christopher Secretary 1999-05-04
THURSTON, Robin David Secretary 1999-05-04 2016-02-29
BLANKESTIJN, Adrianus Director 1994-08-22
CONWAY, Paul Damian Director 1998-04-16 2006-11-23
CONWAY, Paul Damian Director 1994-09-05 1996-11-20
D'SOUZA, Jeral Sylvester Director 2000-11-30 2004-05-03
DE BRAAL, Peter Director 2008-09-05 2019-08-31
DE BRAAL, Peter Director 1998-10-31 2006-05-02
DOUGLAS, Martin Richard Director 2010-11-25 2016-05-31
ERICKSON, John Stephen Director 1992-04-01 1994-06-07
HORTON, Elizabeth Esther Director 2013-05-09 2014-10-27
KINGSTON, Paul Jonathan Director 2016-06-07 2025-05-14
MURRAY, Roger Director 1997-03-30
NELSON-SMITH, David Austin Director 1996-03-29
NIELD, Richard Ian Director 2016-02-29 2018-12-20
NIELD, Richard Ian Director 2006-12-22 2013-01-24
OLIVER, Christopher William Director 2007-05-02 2016-11-16
PEYTON, Peter Arthur James Director 1996-03-29 1998-10-31
REYNOLDS, John Christopher Director 1994-06-07 2013-05-09
SECKER, Graham Leonard Director 1996-10-24 2008-04-30
STUDER, Margaret Jack Director 1998-04-16 2007-01-02
SUTHERBY, Angela Mary Director 2007-09-10 2007-09-10
THURSTON, Robin David Director 2003-04-10 2016-02-29
TILLER, Paul John Director 1993-08-18 2000-11-30
URQUIDI NEGRON, Federico Director 2019-06-04 2025-07-31
VEAZEY, William Ward Director 1992-04-01
WARD, Raymond Geoffrey Director 2004-05-03 2006-12-22
EARL OF CARRICK Corporate Director 1992-10-05

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Cargill Uk Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 218 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2024-05-09 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2024-05-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-05-12 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-02-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-12-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-09-24 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-08-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-05-20 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-05-14 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-02-28 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2025-02-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-02-06 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2025-02-06 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2024-12-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-05-16 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2024-05-09 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2024-05-09 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2024-02-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-12-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-05-30 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-02-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-01-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
7

last 12 months

Capital events
1

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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