AGCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-28 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-14
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+43.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£146M
+0.6% vs 2023
Employees
429
-1.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£11M
-65.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- AGCO LIMITED 1997-04-23 → present
- MASSEY FERGUSON LIMITED 1996-04-24 → 1997-04-23
- MASSEY FERGUSON (UNITED KINGDOM) LIMITED 1992-09-14 → 1996-04-24
- MASSEY-FERGUSON (UNITED KINGDOM) LIMITED 1952-06-24 → 1992-09-14
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 | £515,857,000 | £389,658,000 | |
| Operating profit | £16,733,000 | £22,138,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £33,151,000 | £11,498,000 | |
| Net profit | £28,715,000 | £4,136,000 | |
| Cash | £706,000 | £1,016,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £173,711,000 | £192,482,000 | |
| Net assets | £144,733,000 | £145,571,000 | |
| Equity | £144,733,000 | £145,571,000 | |
| Average employees | 436 | 429 | |
| Wages | £28,516,000 | £25,924,000 |
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 | 3.2% | 5.7% | |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.6% | 11.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 67.0% | 61.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.61x | 1.95x | |
| Interest cover | 0.78x | 1.02x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed the effects and impact of the current economic environment on the Company's operations, financial resources and in particular, the going concern assumption. As of 31 December 2024, the Company has made total comprehensive income of £838,000 (2023: £18,361,000) and has net assets of £145,571,000 (2023: £144,733,000). The directors have prepared monthly cash flow forecasts for both a base case and a severe case. In both scenarios, the Company is projected to remain in a net asset position and to have sufficient working capital to continue trading and meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. In addition to its operational cashflow, the Company has access to a group cash pooling agreement with AIG to address potential cash shortfalls.”
Group structure
- AGCO LIMITED · parent
- Massey Ferguson Staff Pension Trust Limited 100%
- AGCO Ireland Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 31 March 2025, AGCO Manufacturing Limited declared and paid a dividend in specie of £164,436,779 to its sole shareholder, AGCO International Limited. This non-cash dividend consisted of the transfer of the company's shareholdings in AGCO Limited, Massey Ferguson Pensions Trust Limited, and Farmec S.r.l.”
- “In 2024 a correction was made relating to affiliate dividend income from an affiliate which reduced income by £15,897,000.”
- “On 3 January 2024, a consolidation of shares happened to reduce number of shares from 222,639,134 ordinary shares of £0.6788 each to 151,135,779 ordinary shares of £1 each.”
- “The directors have established a new evergreen multi-currency cash pooling agreement effective 1 January 2024 with a total credit limit of £30,000,000 and €15,000,000 to support any working capital funding requirements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STOCKEN, Kathryn | Secretary | 2022-10-01 | — | — |
| FROST, Adam Charles | Director | 2015-11-11 | Aug 1980 | British |
| PARKER, Louisa | Director | 2025-03-01 | Nov 1980 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATKIN, Roger Neil | Secretary | 2000-04-19 | 2014-01-23 |
| LUPTON, Charles Stephen Douglas | Secretary | — | 2006-08-10 |
| MCGEEVER-CATTELL, Claire Margaret | Secretary | 2015-11-18 | 2022-10-01 |
| PARKIN, Jeremy Basil | Secretary | 1992-10-30 | 1999-08-31 |
| RAY, Joanne Mary | Secretary | 2014-01-23 | 2014-12-19 |
| BATKIN, Roger Neil | Director | 2006-08-10 | 2014-01-23 |
| CHAUVIN, Dominique-Jean Marie | Director | 1993-11-24 | 1995-09-30 |
| FRANKLIN, David Ivor | Director | — | 1998-01-09 |
| HAYDEN, Declan Francis | Director | 2014-12-08 | 2019-06-30 |
| HEFFORD, Colin Rex | Director | 1998-10-06 | 2011-09-02 |
| HUNTER, John | Director | 1998-02-06 | 1998-10-05 |
| LUPTON, Charles Stephen Douglas | Director | — | 2006-08-10 |
| MARKWELL, Richard William | Director | 2006-01-23 | 2012-02-28 |
| MCGEEVER-CATTELL, Claire Margaret | Director | 2019-05-31 | 2022-10-01 |
| PERKINS, Chris | Director | 1994-06-24 | 1996-03-19 |
| RAY, Joanne Mary | Director | 2014-02-03 | 2014-12-19 |
| RICHARD, Jean Paul | Director | — | 1993-11-16 |
| SHANNON, Patrick Scott | Director | 1996-01-31 | 1998-02-06 |
| SHARMAN, Martin Leslie | Director | 2022-10-01 | 2025-03-01 |
| SHARMAN, Martin Leslie | Director | 2012-02-08 | 2015-11-11 |
| SWORD, John David | Director | — | 1993-05-31 |
| VERHAGEN, Adri | Director | 1999-09-02 | 2002-01-15 |
| WILKINSON, Paul | Director | — | 1994-06-21 |
| WOOD, Stephen Harry | Director | 2002-01-15 | 2006-01-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agco International Limited | Legal person | Shares 75–100% | 2025-02-28 | Active |
| Agco Manufacturing Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-02-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 216 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-27 | PSC03 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-14 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares consolidation | |
| 2023-12-21 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2023-12-21 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2023-12-21 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2023-12-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
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Turnover
-24.5%
£515,857,000 £389,658,000
-
Cash
+43.9%
£706,000 £1,016,000
-
Net assets
+0.6%
£144,733,000 £145,571,000
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Employees
-1.6%
436 429
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Operating profit
+32.3%
£16,733,000 £22,138,000
-
Profit before tax
-65.3%
£33,151,000 £11,498,000
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Wages
-9.1%
£28,516,000 £25,924,000
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