GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED

Active
Company number 01911653Private limited companyIncorporated 1985

Key figures

£432,129,000+17.1%
Net assets 2025
+17.1%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
0200 m400 m600 m20242025

† GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM 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 84220

Where the company stands among the 419 active companies whose first SIC code is 84220 (Defence activities).

Net assets£432,129,000
Higher than 99% · median £17,698
Total assets£1,068,237,000
Higher than 99% · median £49,012
Cash£31,000
Lower than 61% · median £49,778
Employees1,150
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age41.5 years
Older than 98% · median 4.4 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED£432.1m
  2. RAYTHEON SYSTEMS LIMITED£304m
  3. BAE SYSTEMS (DEFENCE SYSTEMS) LIMITED£150.3m
  4. TKMS ATLAS UK LIMITED£80.3m
  5. BABCOCK LAND LIMITED£66.2m
  6. BOEING DEFENCE UK LIMITED£61.4m
  7. BAE SYSTEMS (LAND AND SEA SYSTEMS) LIMITED£21.4m
  8. INZPIRE LIMITED£17.4m
  9. BAE SYSTEMS (OMAN) LIMITED£11.2m
  10. ADVANCED JET TRAINING LIMITED£8.4m

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 419. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01911653. It was incorporated on 7 May 1985. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (WC1R). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is defence activities (84220).

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 £404,570,000. Profit for the year was £11,972,000. Net assets were £432,129,000, up 17.1% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £31,000. Total assets were £1,068,237,000 and total liabilities £622,426,000. The company had an average of 1,150 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 419 active companies whose first SIC code is 84220: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £17,698). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £49,012). By cash it ranks lower than 61% of them (median £49,778). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 98% of them (median age 4.4 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 19 public contract award notices from 6 public sector buyers since 2017. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £1.1bn. Its most frequent buyer is Ministry of Defence (11 contracts). 2 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £264.3k, mainly from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

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). In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 43 days to pay suppliers, and 52% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 0.4% higher than for men.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 3 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 27 Jul 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover348,163,000404,570,000
Profit for the year-10,157,00011,972,000
Cash at bank and in hand55,00031,000
Total assets1,086,580,0001,068,237,000
Total liabilities702,897,000622,426,000
Net assets / total equity369,077,000432,129,000
Average number of employees1,0261,150

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.

Public contracts

19 contracts

GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED is named as a supplier in 19 public contract award notices from 6 public sector buyers since 2017. The 16 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £1.1bn. 2 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers6
Ministry of Defence
11 contracts · £206.9m
Defence Equipment and Support
3 contracts · £838m
Government Commercial Agency
2 contracts
Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Special Projects Communication and Force Protection (SPCFP)
1 contract · £2.6m
Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Special Project Communications and Force Protection
1 contract · £2.6m
Contracts
  1. PURCHASE OF 6X VIDS-210/LS CABLESMinistry of Defence · £14,818 · runs until Mar 2027
  2. G Cloud 15‡Government Commercial Agency · shared by 2,744 suppliers, up to £14,000,000,000 in total · runs until Aug 2030
  3. Tactical Communications SystemsGovernment Commercial Agency · shared by 75 suppliers, up to £8,027,000,000 in total · 3 lots · runs until Jun 2029
  4. Connectivity Assurance Testing for the Ajax ProgrammeDefence Equipment and Support · £4,638,714 · 2 lots · runs until Mar 2028
  5. Provision of DIMP RequirementMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £39,600 · runs until Mar 2029
Show 14 more
  1. UK5 - Transparency NoticeDefence Equipment and Support · £833,333,333 · runs until Mar 2033
  2. UK5 - Transparency NoticeDefence Equipment and Support · £1,250,000,000 · runs until Mar 2033
  3. 709284450 - Design Services Contract 2‡Ministry of Defence · £153,500,000 · runs until Mar 2030
  4. Foxhound Technical DemonstratorMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £19,800,000
  5. JSENS/00196 H21 Cabling‡Ministry of Defence · £12,400
  6. Provision of PED 2 to P-8AMinistry of Defence · £3,224,465 · runs until Jun 2027
  7. Provision of Defence Information Management PortalMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £13,200
  8. Foxhound Command VariantMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £29,745,030 · 2 lots
  9. ** For Transparency Purposes Only ** G-Cloud 13 Framework Agreement Call-OffMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £13,200
  10. ACC6035317 - AI Assisted Dynamic Coordinated Effect Delivery within Cooperative Missile NetworkDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £199,113
  11. CESTIUS Phase 1MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £440,734
  12. Bluefin 9 Sonar TrialMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £100,000
  13. In Service Support of LIVINGSTONE System (Ground Based ISTAR)‡Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Special Projects Communication and Force Protection (SPCFP) · £2,635,000
  14. In Service Support of LIVINGSTONE System (Ground Based ISTAR)‡Ministry of Defence, ISTAR, Special Project Communications and Force Protection · £2,596,000

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

2 grants

GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2019, together worth £264.3k.

Funders
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 grant · £212k
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
1 grant · £52.3k
Grants
  1. High-Integrity, Complex, Large, Software and Electronic Systems HICLASSDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £211,964 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  2. High-Integrity, Complex, Large, Software and Electronic Systems HICLASSDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £52,297 · 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 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
43 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
52%
Standard payment terms
30–60 days
  • Within 30 days 54%
  • 31 to 60 days 34%
  • After 60 days 12%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
51
36%
76%
30 Jun 2025
44
46%
51%
31 Dec 2024
46
50%
67%
30 Jun 2024
39
70%
44%
31 Dec 2023
61
43%
68%
30 Jun 2023
61
42%
68%
31 Dec 2022
71
40%
70%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 0.4% higher
Mean hourly pay
women 5.5% lower
Median bonus pay
women 1.9% higher
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter21.7% womenLower middle15.4% womenUpper middle23.7% womenUpper pay quarter14.7% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 7.8% lower
women 8.1% lower
2023/24
women 7.6% lower
women 9.9% lower
2022/23
women 11.2% lower
women 12.2% lower
2021/22
women 13.4% lower
women 14.7% lower
2020/21
women 20% lower
women 19.5% lower
2019/20
women 22.1% lower
women 22.3% lower
2018/19
women 21.7% lower
women 22.4% lower
2017/18
women 23.1% lower
women 23.9% 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

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.

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

4 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £404.6m, net assets £432.1m, 1,150 employees
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £348.2m, net assets £369.1m, 1,026 employees
  3. General Dynamics Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. 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.