RIO TINTO FINANCE PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-01 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
5,848,960,000
-23.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2,006,778,000
+12.8% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
308,439,000
+6,716% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- RIO TINTO FINANCE PLC 1997-06-12 → present
- RTZ FINANCE PLC 1940-01-19 → 1997-06-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,662,000 | £308,439,000 | |
| Net profit | -£25,963,000 | £232,435,000 | |
| Cash | £7,615,469,000 | £5,848,960,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,779,694,000 | £2,006,778,000 | |
| Equity | £1,779,694,000 | £2,006,778,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 93.6% | 92.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.24x | 1.14x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-23.2%
£7,615,469,000 £5,848,960,000
-
Net assets
+12.8%
£1,779,694,000 £2,006,778,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
+6,716%
-£4,662,000 £308,439,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers