CATERPILLAR (NI) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Cash
£138K
+527.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£211M
+10.9% vs 2023
Employees
915
-2.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£27M
+47.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CATERPILLAR (NI) LIMITED 2013-01-28 → present
- FG WILSON (ENGINEERING) LIMITED 2009-07-30 → 2013-01-28
- F. G. WILSON (ENGINEERING) LIMITED 1966-04-22 → 2009-07-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £542,568,000 | £487,518,000 | |
| Operating profit | £17,579,000 | £23,992,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £18,385,000 | £27,040,000 | |
| Net profit | £13,824,000 | £20,624,000 | |
| Cash | £22,000 | £138,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £191,250,000 | £211,425,000 | |
| Net assets | £189,993,000 | £210,773,000 | |
| Equity | £189,993,000 | £210,773,000 | |
| Average employees | 937 | 915 | |
| Wages | £41,122,000 | £40,702,000 |
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% | 4.9% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.2% | 11.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.6% | 27.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.36x | 3.43x | |
| Interest cover | 6.06x | 12.34x |
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.”
Significant events
- “The restructure that saw changes to the company estate footprint has been completed and no further reconfigurations are anticipated.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUIGG, Catherine | Secretary | 2026-03-10 | — | — |
| ANDERSON, Darren William, Mr. | Director | 2021-07-19 | Jan 1974 | British |
| BAIN, Duncan | Director | 2022-02-07 | Oct 1970 | British |
| HEANEY, Gerard | Director | 2024-07-01 | Feb 1982 | British |
| HENRY, Barbara | Director | 2025-07-01 | Sep 1974 | Northern Irish |
| KENNEDY, Roger Wilbur | Director | 2026-01-01 | Jun 1970 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DICKSON, Thomas Gerard | Secretary | 2015-05-20 | 2023-04-24 |
| MCAULEY, Andrea Ruth | Secretary | 2008-01-18 | 2015-05-20 |
| NICHOLLS, Janette Margaret | Secretary | — | 2008-01-18 |
| QUIGG, Catherine | Secretary | 2023-04-24 | 2024-01-27 |
| STEWART, Lisa Sarah Mary | Secretary | 2024-01-27 | 2026-03-10 |
| ANTONIS, Michael Joseph | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
| BATES, William | Director | 2018-04-30 | 2020-09-07 |
| BONAZZA, Jean-Claude, Mr. | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2018-04-30 |
| BROWN, Ann, Ms. | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| CREIGHTON, Paul | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2020-09-16 |
| FEENEY, Edward K. | Director | — | 1999-04-01 |
| FRAZIER, Lindsay Scott | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2010-11-12 |
| KENNEDY, Robert | Director | — | 2017-07-01 |
| KOVAL, Robert Alan | Director | 2012-12-10 | 2015-02-04 |
| LAW, Andrew | Director | 2024-02-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| LYTTLE, Patricia Ann | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2025-06-30 |
| MCALLISTER, Anthony | Director | 2011-07-06 | 2014-12-18 |
| MCCARTAN, Paul | Director | 2021-03-12 | 2022-02-07 |
| MCCLURE, Mark, Mr. | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2021-10-13 |
| MCDANIEL, Thomas W. | Director | — | 2002-04-08 |
| MCDOUGALL, Neil Stuart | Director | 2014-12-18 | 2016-05-01 |
| MCILVEEN, Samuel James | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| MCKINTY, Stephen John | Director | 2015-02-04 | 2016-05-01 |
| MOORE, Ignatius Patrick | Director | — | 2011-03-31 |
| NARAYANAN, Sridhar | Director | 2021-03-12 | 2024-02-01 |
| NITTO, Richard | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2000-11-01 |
| ORCOTT, Ronald Glynn | Director | — | 1999-06-15 |
| PIGOTT, Ashley John | Director | — | 1952-10-08 |
| REILLY, Helen | Director | 2021-11-03 | 2024-07-01 |
| STARKS, Paul Anderson | Director | 2010-11-12 | 2013-10-01 |
| SWEENEY, Mark Eugene | Director | 2002-04-08 | 2012-12-10 |
| TAYLOR, Cathy, Ms. | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2018-10-01 |
| WILSON, Brian John | Director | — | 2008-05-01 |
| WOLFENBARGER, Jennifer Ann | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2016-05-01 |
| WROBLEWSKI, Paul Edward | Director | 1999-06-26 | 2000-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caterpillar Skinningrove Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-09-09 | Active |
| Caterpillar (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-09-07 | Ceased 2016-09-09 |
| Caterpillar Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-09-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 306 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
-10.1%
£542,568,000 £487,518,000
-
Cash
+527.3%
£22,000 £138,000
-
Net assets
+10.9%
£189,993,000 £210,773,000
-
Employees
-2.3%
937 915
-
Operating profit
+36.5%
£17,579,000 £23,992,000
-
Profit before tax
+47.1%
£18,385,000 £27,040,000
-
Wages
-1%
£41,122,000 £40,702,000
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