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RIO TINTO FINANCE PLC
Profile
- Company number
- 00358901
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1940-01-19
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 64999
- Hubs
- UK Fintech
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP, Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have determined that there are no foreseeable circumstances which would indicate that the Company could not continue to operate as a going concern for at least twelve months from the issuance of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In March 2025, the Company funded the acquisition of Arcadium Lithium plc for $6.7 billion through a bridge facility of $7 billion from a syndicate of banks. In the same month, the Company entered into eight internal bond agreements with Rio Tinto Finance (USA) Plc with a total nominal amount of $9 billion. The proceeds from the bond issuance were used to settle the $7 billion bridge facility.”
- “In March 2025, the Company issued internal commercial papers with Rio Tinto Finance (USA) Plc amounting to $600 million. In April 2025, $300 million commercial papers matured and another $300 million was issued. In May 2025, $100 million commercial papers matured and another $100 million was issued.”
- “In May 2025, the Company increased the 5-year term loan facility to Rio Tinto International Holdings Limited by $3 billion to $6.2 billion.”
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People
5 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIO TINTO SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-05-05 | — | — |
| COX, Matthew | Director | 2021-01-15 | Jan 1977 | British |
| HODGES, Andrew William | Director | 2023-10-01 | Jun 1967 | British |
| KIDDLE, John Patrick | Director | 2019-04-19 | Oct 1972 | British |
| NIOTAKIS, David | Director | 2024-06-26 | Dec 1976 | Australian |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALDRIDGE, Gemma Jane Constance | Secretary | 2012-05-16 | 2014-12-12 |
| BELL, Keith Charles | Secretary | 1998-01-31 | 1998-02-18 |
| DAY, Helen Christine | Secretary | 2014-12-12 | 2017-05-05 |
| DOWDING, Roger Peter | Secretary | 1998-02-18 | 2010-03-31 |
| LLOYD-DAVIS, Glynne Christian | Secretary | — | 1998-01-30 |
| WESTLEY, Adam David Christopher | Secretary | 2010-11-02 | 2013-08-09 |
| WHYTE, Matthew John | Secretary | 2010-04-01 | 2012-05-16 |
| ALLEN, Steven Patrick | Director | 2017-10-25 | 2023-10-01 |
| ANDREWES, Mark Damien | Director | 2013-07-24 | 2017-05-02 |
| BOSSICK, Michael Philip | Director | 2017-05-02 | 2019-04-19 |
| BOSSICK, Michael Philip | Director | 2013-05-20 | 2013-07-24 |
| BULL, Christopher Robert Howard | Director | — | 2002-05-24 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Peter Lloyd | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2021-01-15 |
| ELLIOTT, Guy Robert | Director | 2002-05-24 | 2013-04-08 |
| EVANS, Eleanor Bronwen | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2016-08-19 |
| HAMES, Victoria Elizabeth | Director | 2016-10-31 | 2017-09-30 |
| HEDLEY, Paul Ian, Mr. | Director | 2017-05-02 | 2019-06-07 |
| JUGGINS, Janine Claire | Director | 2012-07-02 | 2013-04-05 |
| LARSEN, Daniel Shane | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| LENON, Christopher | Director | 1993-07-20 | 2008-12-08 |
| LIGHTERNESS, Thomas John | Director | — | 1993-12-21 |
| MARTINS ALEXANDRE, Abel | Director | 2019-06-07 | 2021-03-17 |
| MATHEWS, Benedict John Spurway | Director | 2012-03-07 | 2013-05-03 |
| MCADAM, Stephen Frederick | Director | 1993-10-29 | 2001-05-21 |
| MERTON, Michael Ralph | Director | 2001-05-22 | 2005-12-31 |
| QUELLMANN, Ulf | Director | 2008-04-25 | 2016-08-22 |
| RATNAGE, Ian Clay | Director | 1993-10-29 | 2008-04-25 |
| STAINTON, Douglas Carter | Director | — | 1993-03-19 |
| WALKER, Pamela Sandra | Director | — | 2011-04-01 |
| WOLSTENHOLME, David | Director | — | 1993-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Tinto International Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 212 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-11 | AAMD | accounts | accounts amended with accounts type full |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-06-17 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-07-03 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-10-03 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-10-03 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-06-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-07-04 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-07-13 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2021-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-03-23 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2021-01-25 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2021-01-25 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2020-09-15 | AUD | auditors | auditors resignation company |
| 2020-07-10 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2020-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
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