CATERPILLAR (U.K.) LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
† CATERPILLAR (U.K.) LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
Ratios
2025Sector comparison
SIC 25990Where the company stands among the 7,438 active companies whose first SIC code is 25990 (Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c.).
- CATERPILLAR (U.K.) LIMITED£1bn
- DONCASTERS LIMITED£476.3m
- CATERPILLAR SKINNINGROVE LIMITED£286.3m
- ROBERTSHAW CZ LIMITED£174.5m
- SMITH BROTHERS (LEICESTER) LIMITED£154.2m
- CROSS MANUFACTURING COMPANY (1938) LIMITED£101.1m
- MB AEROSPACE NEWTON ABBOT LIMITED£96.3m
- CHROMALLOY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED£83.6m
- ALL METAL SERVICES LIMITED£80.5m
- ESAB GROUP (UK) LIMITED£79.8m
Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 7,438. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: CATERPILLAR (U.K.) LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
CATERPILLAR (U.K.) LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00484783. It was incorporated on 27 Jul 1950. Its status is active. The registered office is in Leicester (LE9). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. (25990), manufacture of lifting and handling equipment (28220), manufacture of machinery for mining (28921), manufacture of earthmoving equipment (28922).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £1,288,766,000. Profit for the year was £85,219,000. Net assets were £1,048,665,000, up 7.7% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £157,000. Total assets were £1,438,666,000 and total liabilities £314,631,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 7,438 active companies whose first SIC code is 25990: By turnover it ranks higher than 99% of the 322 that publish turnover (median £12,137,344). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £85,615). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £228,513). By cash it ranks higher than 61% of them (median £84,858). It is older than 98% of them (median age 14.7 years).
Has it received government grants?
It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £429.2k, from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
What do public registers and reports show?
HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly furniture and lighting, optical, medical and measuring instruments, vehicles. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly plastics, rubber, iron and steel articles. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 59 days to pay suppliers, and 12% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 1% lower than for men.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 12 Feb 2027.
Filed accounts2024–2025
| 2024 † | 2025 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 1,331,377,000 | 1,288,766,000 |
| Profit for the year | 98,466,000 | 85,219,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 151,000 | 157,000 |
| Total assets | 1,229,488,000 | 1,438,666,000 |
| Total liabilities | 194,520,000 | 314,631,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 973,681,000 | 1,048,665,000 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Government grants
2 grantsCATERPILLAR (U.K.) LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2022, together worth £429.2k.
- Electrification of an off-highway vehicleDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £429,177 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
- Disruptive Integrated Electric Transmissions for Industrial Vehicles (DIET)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · −£7 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 59 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 12%
- Standard payment terms
- 30–60 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 9%
- 31 to 60 days 40%
- After 60 days 51%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Dec 2025
- 55
- 14%
- 16%
- 30 Jun 2025
- 57
- 5%
- 32%
- 31 Dec 2024
- 56
- 4%
- 28%
- 30 Jun 2024
- 56
- 5%
- 30%
- 31 Dec 2023
- 55
- 7%
- 27%
- 30 Jun 2023
- 67
- 9%
- 35%
- 31 Dec 2022
- 60
- 6%
- 31%
- Median hourly pay
- women 1% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 4% higher
- Median bonus pay
- women 29% higher
- Employer size
- 1000 to 4999 employees
Earlier years (8)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 2% lower
- women 5% higher
- 2023/24
- women 3.5% lower
- women 1.2% higher
- 2022/23
- women 4.1% higher
- women 8.7% higher
- 2021/22
- women 6.5% higher
- women 8.5% higher
- 2020/21
- women 1.3% higher
- women 4.5% higher
- 2019/20
- women 4% lower
- women 2.3% higher
- 2018/19
- women 1.6% higher
- women 4.2% higher
- 2017/18
- women 4% higher
- women 1.6% higher
A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
Registers and licences
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: furniture and lighting, optical, medical and measuring instruments, vehicles, clocks and watches and toys, games and sports goods.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: plastics, rubber, iron and steel articles, machinery and electrical equipment.
From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
4 events- Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £1.3bn, net assets £1bn
- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £1.3bn, net assets £973.7m
- Caterpillar Uk Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.