Updated 18 October 2026 · from filed accounts

The 25 most profitable UK companies

Hbe Film & TV Holdings UK made the largest profit after tax: £19bn in its latest filed accounts, ahead of British American Tobacco and Barclays.

1
Hbe Film & TV Holdings UK
Uxbridge · Other · FY to Dec 2024
£19bn
Profit after tax
2
British American Tobacco
London · Other · FY to Dec 2025
£7.76bn
Profit after tax
3
Barclays
London · Finance & payments · FY to Dec 2025
£7.21bn
Profit after tax
4
GSK
London · Other · FY to Dec 2025
£6.29bn
Profit after tax
5
Rolls-Royce
London · Other · FY to Dec 2025
£5.84bn
Profit after tax
6
NatWest Group
Finance & payments · FY to Dec 2025
£5.83bn
Profit after tax
7
3i
London · Finance & payments · FY to Mar 2026
£5.29bn
Profit after tax
8
Lloyds Banking Group
Edinburgh · Finance & payments · FY to Dec 2025
£4.76bn
Profit after tax
9
National Grid
London · Other · FY to Mar 2026
£3.24bn
Profit after tax
10
Reckitt
Berkshire · Other · FY to Dec 2025
£3.19bn
Profit after tax
11
Imperial Brands
Bristol · Other · FY to Sept 2025
£2.22bn
Profit after tax
12
BAE Systems
London · Other · FY to Dec 2025
£2.15bn
Profit after tax
13
Relx
Other · FY to Dec 2025
£2.08bn
Profit after tax
14
Anglo American Investments (UK)
London · Other · FY to Dec 2022
£2.01bn
Profit after tax
15
Smiths Group
London · Other · FY to Jul 2026
£1.97bn
Profit after tax
16
Jab Pet Holdings
London · Other · FY to Dec 2023
£1.94bn
Profit after tax
17
Tesco
Welwyn Garden City · Grocery & retail · FY to Feb 2026
£1.79bn
Profit after tax
18
Haleon
Weybridge · Other · FY to Dec 2025
£1.68bn
Profit after tax
19
London Stock Exchange Group
Other · FY to Dec 2025
£1.51bn
Profit after tax
20
SSE
Perth · Other · FY to Mar 2026
£1.41bn
Profit after tax
21
Scottish Power UK
Glasgow · Other · FY to Dec 2023
£1.22bn
Profit after tax
22
Ipek Investment
London · Finance & payments · FY to Dec 2025
£1.2bn
Profit after tax
23
Scottishpower (DCL)
Other · FY to Dec 2025
£1.16bn
Profit after tax
24
Santander UK
London · Finance & payments · FY to Dec 2025
£1.09bn
Profit after tax
25
BT Group
London · Other · FY to Mar 2026
£1.08bn
Profit after tax

How this list is made

From each company's latest accounts filed at Companies House, or its annual report for listed groups: the figures as filed, nothing estimated. Changes compare the two latest filed years. Only companies that report in pounds are ranked; groups that report in dollars or euros aren't converted. Subsidiaries whose figures are part of a listed group's are counted once, in the group. Updated daily as new accounts are filed.

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