Cargill PLC
Registered name: CARGILL PLC
Part of Cargill UK Holdings Limited groupCargill PLC made £1.1bn revenue and £5.8m profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Cargill PLC’s revenue fell 9% to £1.1bn in the year to 31 May 2025, with £5.8m profit and 736 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of oils and fats” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.4bn | £1.2bn | £1.1bn |
| Cost of sales | −£1.5bn | −£1.1bn | −£1.1bn |
| Gross profit | −£72.4m | £51m | −£7.4m |
| Operating profit | −£107m | £40.4m | −£5.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£94.9m | £23.6m | £7.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£74.5m | £47.2m | £5.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£74.5m | £47.2m | £5.8m |
| Employees (average) | 735 | 755 | 736 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −5.3% | 4.1% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | −5.2% | 4.4% | −0.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Profit per employee | −£101k | £62.5k | £7.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17.1% | ▼9.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼87.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.7% | ▼2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −0.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 736
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cargill UK Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cargill PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Cargill Cotton LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cargill Pension Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Provimi LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sun Valley Foods LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Cargill Global Trading (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £5.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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