CARGILL PLC
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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
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 755 | 736 | |
| 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
-
Turnover
-9.4%
£1,163,311,000 £1,053,692,000
-
Cash
+247.1%
£17,000 £59,000
-
Net assets
-0.8%
£679,224,000 £674,013,000
-
Employees
-2.5%
755 736
-
Operating profit
-113.2%
£40,378,000 -£5,324,000
-
Profit before tax
-67%
£23,650,000 £7,812,000
-
Wages
-0.6%
£53,093,000 £52,774,000
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1.15x | 1.15x | |
| 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
- CARGILL PLC 1990-11-01 → present
- CARGILL UK LIMITED 1983-09-30 → 1990-11-01
- CARGILL ALBION LIMITED 1983-01-05 → 1983-09-30
- CARGILL-ALBION LIMITED 1978-12-31 → 1983-01-05
- 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
- CARGILL PLC · parent
- Cargill Cotton Limited 100%
- Cargill Pension Trustees Limited 100%
- Cargill West Africa S.A. 90%
- Konspol Holding Sp. z.o.o. 100%
- Provimi Limited 100%
- Sun Valley Foods Limited 100%
Significant events
- “After the reporting date, an agreement on a loan to a participating interest entity had its maturity date extended.”
- “Global workforce restructuring activities continued after the reporting date. In October 2025, Cargill, Incorporated, announced the continuation of its Cargill 2030 strategy.”
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 | |
| 2026-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-05-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.