BAE Systems

Manufacture of weapons and ammunition · London

BAE Systems

Bae Systems PLC

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ActiveLatest figures: 2025Group consolidated46 years on the register

Public limited company registered in London, classed under “Manufacture of weapons and ammunition” and 3 other activities.

Headline figures

FY to Dec 2025 · Group consolidated

Turnover

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Profit after tax

£2.15bn

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
£202320242025
Profit after tax£2.15bn
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. Directors
    Director's details changed for Mrs Michelle Anne Hinchliffe on 1 September 2026
  2. Directors
    Appointment of Michelle Anne Hinchliffe as a director on 1 September 2026
  3. Shares
    Sale or transfer of treasury shares. Treasury capital: · GBP 3,634,135.8 (and 28 more like it since 9 December 2024)
  4. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2025
  5. Shares
    Purchase of own shares (and 49 more like it since 18 November 2024)
  6. Filing
    Resolutions (and 1 more like it since 16 May 2025)
  7. Directors
    Appointment of Mr John Mark Pettigrew as a director on 23 February 2026
  8. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Elizabeth Pauline Lucy Corley as a director on 30 November 2025
  9. Shares
    Cancellation of shares. Statement of capital on 1 August 2025 · GBP 79,300,687 (and 8 more like it since 18 November 2024)
  10. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2024
  11. Filing
    Memorandum and Articles of Association
  12. Charges
    Satisfaction of charge 46 in full

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 BAE Systems do?

Public limited company registered in London, classed under “Manufacture of weapons and ammunition” and 3 other activities.

›How much turnover does BAE Systems make?

Answered in the full report

›Is BAE Systems profitable?

Yes: it made a profit after tax of £2.15bn in the year to 31 December 2025, its latest filed accounts.

›Who runs and owns BAE Systems?

Answered in the full report

›Where is BAE Systems based?

Its registered office is 6 Carlton Gardens, London, SW1Y 5AD, in London.

›When was BAE Systems founded?

Bae Systems PLC was incorporated on 31 December 1979.

›Is BAE Systems still trading?

The register lists Bae Systems PLC as active.