Astrazeneca

Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products · Cambridge

AstraZeneca

Astrazeneca PLC

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ActiveLatest figures: 2025Group consolidated34 years on the register

Public limited company registered in Cambridge, classed under “Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products” and 3 other activities.

Headline figures

FY to Dec 2025 · Group consolidated

Turnover

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Profit after tax

$10.2bn

Net assets

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Cash

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Employees

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Retained reserves

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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 within a year
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
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year

5 balance-sheet lines and 4 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 23 September 2026 · USD 387,763,272.75, GBP 50,000 (and 46 more like it since 9 December 2022)
  2. Directors
    Appointment of Wan Ling Martello as a director on 1 September 2026
  3. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Rene Anthony Andrada Haas as a director on 30 April 2026
  4. Filing
    Resolutions (and 17 more like it since 17 May 2023)
  5. Filing
    Auditor's resignation
  6. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2025
  7. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Sabera Nazneen Rahman as a director on 9 April 2026
  8. Filing
    Information not on the register a AD02 was removed on 19/12/2025 as it is no longer considered to form part of the register.
  9. Address
    Register inspection address has been changed (and 1 more like it since 1 December 2022)
  10. Address
    Register(s) moved to registered inspection location (and 2 more like it since 1 December 2022)
  11. Filing
    Notice of Restriction on the Company's Articles
  12. Filing
    Memorandum and Articles of Association (and 1 more like it since 27 May 2023)
  13. 17 earlier
    1. Name
      Second filed SH01 - 25/04/25 Statement of Capital usd 387659483 25/04/25 Statement of Capital gbp 50000
    2. Directors
      Appointment of Matthew Shaun Bowden as a secretary on 1 May 2025
    3. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Adrian Charles Noel Kemp as a secretary on 1 May 2025
    4. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2024
    5. Directors
      Appointment of Karen Elizabeth Knudsen Costello as a director on 11 April 2025
    6. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Andreas Rummelt as a director on 11 April 2025
    7. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Deborah Disanzo Eldracher as a director on 11 April 2025
    8. Directors
      Appointment of Birgit Conix as a director on 1 February 2025
    9. Directors
      Appointment of Rene Anthony Andrada Haas as a director on 1 January 2025
    10. Directors
      Director's details changed for Aradhana Sarin on 22 August 2024
    11. Directors
      Director's details changed for Diana Louise Patricia Layfield on 21 August 2024
    12. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2023
    13. Directors
      Director's details changed for Marcus Wallenberg on 15 September 2023
    14. Directors
      Director's details changed for Marcus Wallenberg on 14 September 2023
    15. Directors
      Appointment of Anna Olive Magdelene Manz as a director on 1 September 2023
    16. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2022
    17. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Leif Valdemar Johansson as a director on 27 April 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 AstraZeneca do?

Public limited company registered in Cambridge, classed under “Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products” and 3 other activities. In its own words: “AstraZeneca is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical business and our innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide.”

›How much turnover does AstraZeneca make?

Answered in the full report

›Is AstraZeneca 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 AstraZeneca?

Answered in the full report

›Where is AstraZeneca based?

Its registered office is 1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0AA, in Cambridge.

›When was AstraZeneca founded?

Astrazeneca PLC was incorporated on 17 June 1992.

›Is AstraZeneca still trading?

The register lists Astrazeneca PLC as active.