CATERPILLAR (U.K.) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-12 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£151K
+22.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£974M
+10.2% vs 2023
Employees
2,568
+5.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£103M
+1.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CATERPILLAR (U.K.) LIMITED 1986-07-21 → present
- CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO.LIMITED 1950-07-27 → 1986-07-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,598,883,000 | £1,331,377,000 | |
| Operating profit | £74,460,000 | £67,522,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £102,215,000 | £103,455,000 | |
| Net profit | £67,563,000 | £98,466,000 | |
| Cash | £123,000 | £151,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £966,529,000 | £1,035,547,000 | |
| Net assets | £883,870,000 | £973,681,000 | |
| Equity | £883,870,000 | £973,681,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,439 | 2,568 | |
| Wages | £127,763,000 | £143,281,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.7% | 5.1% | |
| Net margin | 4.2% | 7.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.7% | 6.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.0% | 20.8% | |
| Current ratio | 4.16x | 4.94x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Considering all the above, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate financial and other resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- CATERPILLAR (U.K.) LIMITED · parent
- Caterpillar Logistics (UK) Limited 100%
- Caterpillar Skinningrove Limited 100%
- Caterpillar Pension Trust Limited 100%
- Caterpillar DC Pension Trust Limited 100%
- Caterpillar (NI) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “2024 saw a reduction in volume from the strong year in 2023. Caterpillar (U.K.) Limited saw a softening demand in 2024 after a peak in results during 2023.”
- “An expected decrease in volume is expected to continue in 2025 with lower demand in North America.”
- “During the year the maximum amount lent was £504,838,000 (2023 - £437,333,000).”
- “The subsidiaries, Bucyrus Europe Holdings Limited and Bucyrus UK Limited are liquidated during 2024.”
- “In 2024 the company recorded 9 injuries (2023-9) and is working on improving this so the company can achieve the zero injury target in the future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARCO, Nicolas | Director | 2025-02-28 | Feb 1979 | French |
| MAW, Jason | Director | 2023-10-01 | Mar 1975 | British |
| WALKER, Robert | Director | 2024-11-30 | Jan 1975 | British |
| WHEELER, Steven David | Director | 2009-03-16 | Aug 1968 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEASON, Johanna Elizabeth | Secretary | 2018-02-01 | 2019-08-29 |
| DICKSON, Tom | Secretary | 2022-04-27 | 2022-12-31 |
| FERGUSON, George Graham | Secretary | — | 1994-06-13 |
| JOHNSTON, Alastair Blakeley | Secretary | 1994-06-13 | 2005-10-20 |
| MORENO PRIETO, Natalia | Secretary | 2023-01-15 | 2026-03-20 |
| NICHOLLS, Janette Margaret | Secretary | 2005-10-20 | 2018-01-31 |
| WAHIWALA, Manohar Singh | Secretary | 2020-05-22 | 2022-04-27 |
| BRINEMAN, Bruce Winston | Director | 2006-06-01 | 2007-11-01 |
| BURROUGHS, Nigel John | Director | 2009-03-16 | 2021-01-31 |
| CANNING, Timothy | Director | 2018-09-04 | 2023-06-28 |
| COOPER, Richard Allen | Director | 2003-08-19 | 2008-12-31 |
| DROOGLEEVER FORTOYN, Robert | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2013-12-01 |
| DUJARDIN, Jacques R | Director | — | 1992-06-01 |
| FERGUSON, George Graham | Director | 1991-12-20 | 1992-06-01 |
| FISCHBACH, Roger | Director | — | 2001-12-14 |
| FISHWICK, Robert John | Director | 2001-01-05 | 2008-10-06 |
| GODELAINE, Silvana Cecconello | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2020-03-01 |
| GUILFORD, Jerome Othello | Director | 2020-03-01 | 2024-11-30 |
| HANDLEY, Philip Leslie James | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2018-09-01 |
| HENRICKS, Gwenne Anne | Director | 2009-12-07 | 2013-03-15 |
| JENKINS, Allan Haydn | Director | 2001-01-05 | 2005-10-10 |
| LEPINE, Eric | Director | 2007-11-01 | 2009-07-31 |
| MEDDOWS-SMITH, Colin James | Director | 1992-02-07 | 2005-03-30 |
| PARSONS, Giles Anthony | Director | 2009-03-16 | 2018-07-31 |
| REYNOLDS, William James Leighton | Director | 2009-03-16 | 2012-05-31 |
| ROSS, Paul Joseph | Director | 2001-01-05 | 2009-08-21 |
| SWAN, Jerry Lynn | Director | 1992-02-07 | 1996-10-29 |
| TATE, Larry Charles | Director | 1999-08-05 | 2003-06-09 |
| UTLEY, Tana Leigh | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2013-10-01 |
| WATERS, James David | Director | 1996-10-29 | 2003-06-09 |
| ZADUCK, Kelly Anne Leman | Director | 2021-01-31 | 2025-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caterpillar Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 234 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-11-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-11-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-01-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-16.7%
£1,598,883,000 £1,331,377,000
-
Cash
+22.8%
£123,000 £151,000
-
Net assets
+10.2%
£883,870,000 £973,681,000
-
Employees
+5.3%
2,439 2,568
-
Operating profit
-9.3%
£74,460,000 £67,522,000
-
Profit before tax
+1.2%
£102,215,000 £103,455,000
-
Wages
+12.1%
£127,763,000 £143,281,000
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