Rio Tinto

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Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto PLC

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ActiveLatest figures: 2025Group consolidated64 years on the register

Public limited company registered in London, classed under “Activities of head offices”.

Headline figures

FY to Dec 2025 · Group consolidated

Turnover

For subscribers

Profit after tax

$10.2bn

Net assets

For subscribers

Cash

For subscribers

Employees

For subscribers

Retained reserves

For subscribers

What the numbers say

3 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
US$202320242025
Profit after tax$10.2bn
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves

Every figure for all 3 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · €

Balance sheet202320242025
Current assets
of which cash
Creditors due after a year
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets

4 balance-sheet lines and 2 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-18

  1. Shares
    Statement of capital following an allotment of shares on 11 September 2026 · GBP 125,605,105.5 (and 50 more like it since 21 February 2024)
  2. Shares
    Sale or transfer of treasury shares. Treasury capital: · GBP 573,785.07 (and 20 more like it since 23 February 2024)
  3. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Matthew John Whyte as a secretary on 18 May 2026
  4. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Andrew William Hodges as a secretary on 18 May 2026
  5. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2025
  6. Directors
    Director's details changed for Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz on 1 June 2023
  7. Directors
    Director's details changed for James Calvin O'rourke on 1 May 2024
  8. Directors
    Director's details changed for Diano Sebastiano Dalla Valle on 1 June 2023
  9. Directors
    Director's details changed for Dr. Ngaire Tui Woods on 1 September 2020
  10. Directors
    Director's details changed for Benjamin Sana Wyatt on 1 August 2025
  11. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Martina Merz as a director on 23 October 2025
  12. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Simon Peter Henry as a director on 23 October 2025
  13. 14 earlier
    1. Directors
      Director's details changed for Dean Dalla Valle on 1 June 2023
    2. Directors
      Director's details changed for Simon Callas Trott on 25 August 2025
    3. Directors
      Appointment of Simon Callas Trott as a director on 25 August 2025
    4. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Jakob Stausholm as a director on 25 August 2025
    5. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Kaisa Helena Hietala as a director on 1 May 2025
    6. Directors
      Termination of appointment of William Samuel Hugh Laidlaw as a director on 1 May 2025
    7. Filing
      Resolutions (and 1 more like it since 12 April 2024)
    8. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2024
    9. Directors
      Appointment of Sharon Thorne as a director on 1 July 2024
    10. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr Peter Lloyd Cunningham on 31 October 2021
    11. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Simon Vincent Mckeon as a director on 2 May 2024
    12. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2023
    13. Directors
      Appointment of Martina Merz as a director on 1 February 2024
    14. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Megan Elizabeth Clark as a director on 15 December 2023

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does Rio Tinto do?

Public limited company registered in London, classed under “Activities of head offices”. In its own words: “Rio Tinto is a leading global mining group that focuses on finding, mining and processing the Earth’s mineral resources. Discover more about Rio Tinto”

›How much turnover does Rio Tinto make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Rio Tinto profitable?

Yes: it made a profit after tax of $10.2bn in the year to 31 December 2025, its latest filed accounts.

›Who runs and owns Rio Tinto?

Its directors are Matthew John Whyte, Dominic Stephen Barton, Peter Lloyd Cunningham, Diano Sebastiano Dalla Valle, Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz and 6 more. Its owners are shown to subscribers.

›Where is Rio Tinto based?

Its registered office is 6 St James'S Square, London, SW1Y 4AD, in London.

›When was Rio Tinto founded?

Rio Tinto PLC was incorporated on 30 March 1962.

›Is Rio Tinto still trading?

The register lists Rio Tinto PLC as active.

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