BENTLEY MOTORS LIMITED

Active
Company number 00992897Private limited companyIncorporated 1970

Key figures

£691,800,000
Net assets 2025

† BENTLEY MOTORS 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

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 29100

Where the company stands among the 1,060 active companies whose first SIC code is 29100 (Manufacture of motor vehicles).

Turnover£2,122,700,000
Higher than 95% · median £64,318,979 among 42 that publish turnover
Net assets£691,800,000
Higher than 99% · median £987
Total assets£1,695,800,000
Higher than 99% · median £38,170
Cash£335,500,000
Higher than 99% · median £17,098
Employees4,119
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age56.0 years
Older than 99% · median 5.3 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. BENTLEY MOTORS LIMITED£691.8m
  2. ASTON MARTIN LAGONDA GLOBAL HOLDINGS PLC£329.2m
  3. LEYLAND TRUCKS LIMITED£318.5m
  4. OPTARE PLC£276.3m
  5. IBC VEHICLES LIMITED£212.4m
  6. ROLLS-ROYCE MOTOR CARS LIMITED£202m
  7. TESLA MOTORS LIMITED£124.2m
  8. MERCEDES AMG HIGH PERFORMANCE POWERTRAINS LIMITED£123.2m
  9. FORSEVEN LIMITED£122.9m
  10. PACCAR TRUCKS U.K. LTD£73.2m

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 1,060. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: BENTLEY MOTORS LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

BENTLEY MOTORS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00992897. It was incorporated on 28 Oct 1970. Its status is active. The registered office is in Cheshire (CW1). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of motor vehicles (29100).

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 £2,122,700,000. Profit for the year was £74,200,000. Net assets were £691,800,000. Cash at bank and in hand was £335,500,000. Total assets were £1,695,800,000 and total liabilities £916,100,000. The company had an average of 4,119 employees.

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 1,060 active companies whose first SIC code is 29100: By turnover it ranks higher than 95% of the 42 that publish turnover (median £64,318,979). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £987). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £38,170). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £17,098). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 99% of them (median age 5.3 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 4 central government grants worth £235.3k, mainly from Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly furniture and lighting, optical, medical and measuring instruments, clocks and watches. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly furniture and lighting, toys, games and sports goods, miscellaneous manufactures. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 47 days to pay suppliers, and 24% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 2.1% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 7 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 1 of 4 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 10 Jun 2027.

Filed accounts2025
2025 †
Turnover2,122,700,000
Profit for the year74,200,000
Cash at bank and in hand335,500,000
Total assets1,695,800,000
Total liabilities916,100,000
Net assets / total equity691,800,000
Average number of employees4,119

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

4 grants

BENTLEY MOTORS LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 4 central government grants since 2019, together worth £235.3k.

Funders
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
3 grants · £118.1k
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 grant · £117.2k
Grants
  1. RECOVAS - Recycling of EV Cells from Obsolete Vehicles At ScaleDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £117,170 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  2. RECOVAS - Recycling of EV Cells from Obsolete Vehicles At ScaleDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £66,090 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme
  3. RECOVAS - Recycling of EV Cells from Obsolete Vehicles At ScaleDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £23,743 · UKRI-APC-Scheme
  4. RaRE Rare-Earth Recycling for E-MachinesDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £28,295 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme

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

Payment practices1 Jul 2021 – 31 Dec 2021
Average time taken to pay invoices
47 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
24%
Standard payment terms
30–60 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 37%
  • 31 to 60 days 53%
  • After 60 days 10%
Earlier periods (6)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
30 Jun 2021
50
38%
30%
31 Dec 2020
49
35%
26%
30 Jun 2020
54
25%
36%
31 Dec 2019
49
29%
22%
30 Jun 2019
56
26%
27%
31 Dec 2018
52
28%
22%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 2.1% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 5.6% lower
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter24% womenLower middle18% womenUpper middle22% womenUpper pay quarter16% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 2.7% higher
women 4.4% lower
2023/24
women 0.2% lower
women 6.3% lower
2022/23
women 3.6% lower
women 6.4% lower
2021/22
women 2.9% lower
women 6.3% lower
2020/21
women 2.5% lower
women 6.6% lower
2019/20
women 4.7% lower
women 9.1% lower
2018/19
women 5.8% lower
women 8.7% lower
2017/18
women 6% lower
women 12.5% lower

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

Modern slavery statements7
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
Earlier years (4)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK

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

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Routes
Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

International trade‡

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, clocks and watches, toys, games and sports goods and vehicles.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: furniture and lighting, toys, games and sports goods, miscellaneous manufactures, optical, medical and measuring instruments and vehicles.

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

3 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £2.1bn, net assets £691.8m, 4,119 employees
  2. Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft registered as a person with significant control
  3. 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.