BAE SYSTEMS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED

Active
Company number 01996687Private limited companyIncorporated 1986

Key figures

£4,539,000,000+4.7%
Net assets 2025
+4.7%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
02 bn4 bn6 bn20242025

† BAE SYSTEMS (OPERATIONS) 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 30300

Where the company stands among the 884 active companies whose first SIC code is 30300 (Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery).

Turnover£7,565,000,000
Higher than 97% · median £28,889,000 among 52 that publish turnover
Net assets£4,539,000,000
Higher than 99% · median £1,000
Total assets£2,677,000,000
Higher than 99% · median £28,422
Cash£14,000,000
Higher than 96% · median £58,792
Employees74
Higher than 91% · median 1
Company age40.7 years
Older than 93% · median 3.0 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. BAE SYSTEMS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED£4.5bn
  2. AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED£3.3bn
  3. GKN AEROSPACE HOLDINGS LIMITED£1.3bn
  4. GKN AEROSPACE SERVICES LIMITED£933.1m
  5. MARTIN-BAKER AIRCRAFT COMPANY LIMITED£343.3m
  6. SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER UK LTD£238.6m
  7. AGUSTAWESTLAND LIMITED£174.5m
  8. SAFRAN SEATS GB LIMITED£160.1m
  9. MOOG CONTROLS LIMITED£112.2m
  10. AVIATION MARKETING CONSULTANTS INDUSTRIES LIMITED£100m

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 884. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: BAE SYSTEMS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

BAE SYSTEMS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01996687. It was incorporated on 6 Mar 1986. Its status is active. The registered office is in Camberley (GU16). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery (30300), 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 £7,565,000,000. Profit for the year was £912,000,000. Net assets were £4,539,000,000, up 4.7% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £14,000,000. The company had an average of 74 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 884 active companies whose first SIC code is 30300: By turnover it ranks higher than 97% of the 52 that publish turnover (median £28,889,000). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £1,000). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £28,422). By cash it ranks higher than 96% of them (median £58,792). By number of employees it ranks higher than 91% of them (median 1). It is older than 93% of them (median age 3.0 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 113 public contract award notices from 19 public sector buyers since 2015. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £1.5bn. Its most frequent buyer is Ministry of Defence (70 contracts). 5 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of 32 central government grants worth £4.2m, mainly from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments, furniture and lighting, clocks and watches. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments, furniture and lighting, miscellaneous manufactures. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 25 days to pay suppliers, and 11% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 4.5% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 6 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 19 Jun 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover7,103,000,0007,565,000,000
Profit for the year—912,000,000
Cash at bank and in hand19,000,00014,000,000
Total assets12,057,000,0002,677,000,000
Total liabilities7,723,000,000—
Net assets / total equity4,334,000,0004,539,000,000
Average number of employees6674

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

113 contracts

BAE SYSTEMS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED is named as a supplier in 113 public contract award notices from 19 public sector buyers since 2015. The 105 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £1.5bn. 5 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers19
Ministry of Defence
70 contracts · £1.3bn
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
15 contracts · £16.7m
Ministry of Defence, Combat Air, UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) Project Team
4 contracts · £81.1m
Defence Equipment and Support
4 contracts · £11m
Crown Commercial Service
3 contracts · £45k
Latest 100 contracts
  1. Space Technology Solutions‡Crown Commercial Service · shared by 106 suppliers · 85 lots
  2. NERC - Annual Continued Airworthiness services‡UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) · £25,000 · runs until Dec 2026
  3. G Cloud 15‡Government Commercial Agency · shared by 2,282 suppliers, up to £14,000,000,000 in total · runs until Aug 2030
  4. Tactical Communications SystemsGovernment Commercial Agency · shared by 75 suppliers, up to £8,027,000,000 in total · 3 lots · runs until Jun 2029
  5. P2025-223 - Digital Twin Design Centre US DoD High Level Architecture Compliant SoftwareDIGITAL CATAPULT · £36,925 · runs until May 2027
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  1. Post Design Services (PDS) & Repairs for the Mobile Test Facility (MTF) Vehicle‡Defence Equipment and Support · £939,592 · runs until Apr 2027
  2. UK5 - Transparency Notice - SES1A/302 Hawk TMk1 Synthetic Training Facility (HSTF)‡Defence Equipment and Support · £6,400,000 · runs until Mar 2030
  3. Provision of Defence Aviation Confliction Awareness Planning Tool‡Ministry of Defence · £6,324,090 · 2 lots · runs until Feb 2027
  4. 714923453 BBMF Lancaster Aircraft PDS‡Defence Equipment and Support · £3,500,000 · runs until Mar 2029
  5. Support to Dstl Space domain Operational Research MMTD developmentDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £440,000 · runs until Mar 2027
  6. Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7Crown Commercial Service · shared by 1,624 suppliers, up to £11,940,000,000 in total · 3 lots · runs until Jul 2027
  7. 715352466 - Navy Command Baseline ToolsetMinistry of Defence · £1,012,928
  8. RA1162 Support Contract May 25 to Aug 27‡Ministry of Defence · £4,900,000
  9. PS432: CRP MODCloud Service WrapDIGITAL DEFENCE LIMITED · £2,601,735 · runs until Jan 2027
  10. Pyramid TIKAL Stage 4 Support ContractMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £7,000,000
  11. ISAT - Infrastructure Systems MappingMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £39,536
  12. Typhoon Civilian Qualified Flying Instructor Support (CQFIs)‡Ministry of Defence · £2,014,000
  13. 708655450 - MOD NATURAL CAPITAL ASSET REGISTERMinistry of Defence · £464,209
  14. 710917450 - The Supply of the Falcon Training Service (WANT) - Contract Award Notice‡Ministry of Defence · £4,904,844 · runs until Dec 2026
  15. Contract award notice‡Ministry of Defence · £4,904,844
  16. HAS Service Management Wrap (TUPE)Ministry of Defence · £1,159,920
  17. Contract Awarded - Climate Change & Sustainability, Single Ship.Ministry of Defence · £405,876
  18. Awarded Contract-Climate Change & Sustainability, Strategic Decision Making‡Ministry of Defence · £443,222
  19. Trilogi Build+ Software Acquisition for QECMinistry of Defence · £71,872
  20. Project TYR - ASTRID Task 419 - CAN CF‡Ministry of Defence · £3,427,000 · runs until Mar 2027
  21. Contract award notice‡Ministry of Defence · £3,199,877
  22. RM6249 Digital and IT Professional Services (DIPS) Framework - CANMinistry of Defence · shared by 17 suppliers, up to £17 in total · runs until Nov 2027
  23. Future Defence Rail Capability Operational Analysis (OA)MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £57,067
  24. 708527450 - RA1162 Support Contract - CAN‡Ministry of Defence · £3,508,000
  25. UKStratCom Capability Audit SupportMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £413,477
  26. Support to Mission Planning Environment (MPE) Trials - Transparency‡Ministry of Defence · £2,545,000
  27. ASTRID 329Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · £133,580
  28. DSTL0000019251Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · £178,487
  29. 3508000‡Ministry of Defence
  30. ALIS UK Lightning Integration - Contract Award - Transparency‡Ministry of Defence · £17,556,000 · runs until Mar 2027
  31. Stratospheric Air Platform - data capture/assessment & bespoke flight trials developmentDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £1,653,250
  32. AWARDED CONTRACT - WargamingMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £165,346
  33. ASTRID Task 250 - Virtue Ethics Part 2‡Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · £145,501
  34. ALIS UK Lightning Integration‡Ministry of Defence · £18,000,000
  35. ASTRID Task 240 - Climatic Change implications for Force Development‡Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · £30,183
  36. 705813451 - Expansion of the Strategic Choices Tool (SCT) SoftwareMinistry of Defence · £255,861
  37. Neuromorphic Computing at Edge‡Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · £726,151
  38. HS 1.052 Human Augmentation Sandpit - Proposals A B C and DDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £502,557
  39. FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES ONLY - Research to Refine and Scope Implementation for RF30‡Ministry of Defence · £1,174,977
  40. 705398450 Strategic Prioritisation Tooling support (Tasks 198 & 199)Ministry of Defence · £1,745,463
  41. £2,500,000.00‡Ministry of Defence · £2,500,000
  42. Provision a Qualified Simulator Flying Instructor - TRANSPARENCY‡Ministry of Defence · £254,155
  43. Provision of Synthetic Flying Hours - Transparency‡Ministry of Defence · £221,270
  44. Hawk T1 Aircrew Ground and Synthetic Training Service‡Ministry of Defence · £18,500,000
  45. Typhoon platform data to Support MELPMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £13,500
  46. 704777454 - TRANSPARENCY‡Ministry of Defence · £1,019,491
  47. AST/Offensive CEMA Targets of Interest StudyDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £249,254
  48. HS 2.011 Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) Feasibility StudyDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £168,529
  49. 704030450 - TRANSPARENCY NOTICE‡Ministry of Defence · £1,639,000
  50. 704030450-Hawk TMk2A Release to Service‡Ministry of Defence - RAF High Wycombe, Air Commercial · £1,639,000
  51. DSTL's ASTRID Framework Call-Off - Creating Decision Advantage - Environmental Assessment‡Ministry of Defence · £190,220
  52. Engineering Service Support of Naval Compass Stabiliser Mark 1 (NCS1)‡Ministry of Defence · £2,683,482
  53. Hawk Integrated Support Solution‡Ministry of Defence · £591,095,759
  54. Modification of the FAAM Atmospheric Research Aircraft (ARA) via Mid Life Upgrade.‡University of Leeds · £30,000,000
  55. Hawk Future Support Solution‡Ministry of Defence · £560,000,000
  56. Aircrew Training Facility at RAF Leeming‡Ministry of Defence - RAF High Wycombe Air Commercial · £7,600,000
  57. Equipment Support & Logistic Operational Analysis of the Deep Recce Strike Brigade Combat Team (DRS BCT)MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £82,842
  58. C-130J Core Map And Storage System (CoMPASS)‡Ministry of Defence · £55,620
  59. Astrid task 092 - VSM DevelopmentDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £174,988
  60. AST062/Software and Wargaming SupportDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £12,000,000
  61. Contract for the delivery of the Falcon Training Service/WANT‡MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £4,650,000
  62. Operational Analysis to Inform Development of a Future Material Distribution Land Strategy for ArmyDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £86,724
  63. ASTRID Task 075 - Understanding Sub ThresholdDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £109,041
  64. Understanding Overseas AudiencesDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £60,751
  65. 701755452-ADEWS/107: PDS & ISS for the Air Defence Training Simulator (ADSIM) at the Defence College of Air and Space Operations‡Ministry of Defence · £1,167,000
  66. LWC Force Optimisation and Experimentation‡Ministry of Defence · £2,800,000
  67. TIKAL Stage 3‡Ministry of Defence
  68. ASTRID Task 065 - Customer Driven Support Network - Phase 2Defence Equipment and Support · £187,814
  69. CAN - ELT‡Ministry of Defence · £942,404
  70. Future Combat Air System Acquisition Programme‡Ministry of Defence · £1,400,000,000
  71. DMS-NG V&V Exercise‡Ministry of Defence · £105,162
  72. JSENS/00154 - In-Service Support For The Ground Based Air Defence Battlefield Information System Application (GBAD BISA)‡Defence Equipment & Support · £2,574,259
  73. External Assistance to COPPERSKIN ProjectMinistry of Defence · £688,885
  74. ASTRID HUB - MWC Ops Analysis SupportMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £7,500,000
  75. Provision of One Mobile Test Facility (MTF)MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £1,436,523
  76. Hawk T Mk2 In-Service-Support contract Extension‡Ministry of Defence, Combat Air, UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) Project Team · £42,000,000
  77. The provision of Post design Services for Hawk T Mk1/1a & Hawk T Mk2 aircraft.‡Ministry of Defence, Combat Air, UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) Project Team · £7,000,000
  78. The provision of In Service Support for Hawk T Mk1/1a aircraft‡Ministry of Defence, Combat Air, UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) Project Team · £20,000,000
  79. Collective Training Transformation Programme Training Training Measurement & Evaluation - Phase 2MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £251,544
  80. Catalyze Consulting Support for NC in ABC 21, 22 and 23 Mid-year SubmissionsMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £569,932
  81. The provision of in service support for Hawk T Mk2 aircraft‡Ministry of Defence, Combat Air, UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) Project Team · £12,100,000
  82. LWC S&T Land Wargaming DevelopmentMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £1,200,000
  83. FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES ONLY - using FATS5 Filter 27 Provision for a Defence Aviation Conflict Awareness Planning ToolMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £5,881,545
  84. Agile C2: Form and Function Analysis of Field Army C2 StructuresMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £475,128
  85. Spectrum Emissions and Counter Surveillance Control MeasuresMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £543,633
  86. Complex Terrain Recovery for STRIKE and the DivisionMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £96,468
  87. Support to Navy Command CSR 19 Strategic PrioritisationMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £233,097
  88. ARRC HQ Signature Modelling Scoping StudyMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £59,210
  89. 700004461 Merlin Mission Support System CAGE Software Licence Agreement‡Ministry of Defence, Helicopters, Merlin Project Team · £1,792,000 · runs until Dec 2030
  90. ASC Task 268 - Support to the Ship Building Programme Strategy 2MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £108,290
  91. For Transparency purposes only, this contract has been awarded via FATS5 - The Provision of a Pre-Defence Aviation Collision Avoidance Planning Tool (DACAPT) I…‡MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £2,431,671
  92. Merlin Mission Support System Cage Software Licence‡Ministry of Defence, Helicopters, Merlin Project Team · £1,792,000 · runs until Dec 2040
  93. The provision of Corrosion Sensors on Rotary Wing Aircraft ProjectDEFENCE RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT · £61,107
  94. Sustainable Provision of Independent Expertise to Support Command Prioritisation ActivitiesMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £202,413
  95. Core Map Preparation & Storage System (CoMPASS)‡MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £136,776

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

32 grants

BAE SYSTEMS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 32 central government grants since 2018, together worth £4.2m.

Funders
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
20 grants · £3m
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
11 grants · £1.2m
Department for Education
1 grant · £37k
Grants
  1. (INTERPOSE-UK) Advanced INTegratEd ciRcuit interPOsers for SEmiconductor packaging in UKDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £57,414 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme
  2. Continuous Melting and Atomisation of Titanium AlloysDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £18,955 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme
  3. Continuous Melting and Atomisation of Titanium AlloysDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £12,068 · UKRI-ATI-Scheme
  4. Large-scale Additive Manufacturing for Defence & Aerospace (LAMDA)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £625,066 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  5. INtelligent TrustEd SuppLy ChaIn (INTELI)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £47,140 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
Show 27 more
  1. Smart Connected Shop FloorDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £89,983 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
  2. Flexible Nacelle Manufacturing Strategy (FLEXCELLE)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £32,825 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  3. High-Integrity, Complex, Large, Software and Electronic Systems HICLASSDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £211,964 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  4. Additive Quality Assurance AQuADepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £71,008 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  5. COLIBRI Collaboration Across Business BoundariesDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £218,523 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  6. ButterflyDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £35,668 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
  7. Connected Model Based Enterprise Environment (Connected MBEE)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £56,326 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
  8. Digitally enabled ultrasonic assisted robotic machining demonstrator RoboMadeDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · −£1,466 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  9. Breakthrough Aerospace Material - BAMDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · −£1,199 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  10. ButterflyDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £100,138 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme
  11. Connected Model Based Enterprise Environment (Connected MBEE)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £33,453 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme
  12. Feasibility study - to explore Net Carbon Zero vessel solutions on the ThamesDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £23,912 · UKRI - Innovate - Scheme 21/22
  13. INtelligent TrustEd SuppLy ChaIn (INTELI)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £67,109 · UKRI - Innovate - Scheme 21/22
  14. INtelligent TrustEd SuppLy ChaIn (INTELI)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £10,965 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme
  15. Large-scale Additive Manufacturing for Defence & Aerospace (LAMDA)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £502,314 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 20-21
  16. Large-scale Additive Manufacturing for Defence & Aerospace (LAMDA)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £651,193 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme
  17. Large-scale Additive Manufacturing for Defence & Aerospace (LAMDA)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £84,286 · UKRI-ATI-Scheme
  18. Additive Quality Assurance AQuADepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £180,572 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 20-21
  19. COLIBRI - Collaboration Across Business BoundariesDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £142,370 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 20-21
  20. Smart Connected Shop FloorDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £158,842 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 20-21
  21. COLIBRI Collaboration Across Business BoundariesDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £84,401 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme
  22. High-Integrity, Complex, Large, Software and Electronic Systems – HICLASSDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £358,699 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 19-20
  23. Ice-phobic and durable coatings for the aerospace and energy sectors (ICELIP)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £35,579 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 19-20
  24. High-Integrity, Complex, Large, Software and Electronic Systems HICLASSDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £52,297 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme
  25. Flexible Nacelle Manufacturing Strategy (FLEXCELLE)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £89,334 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme
  26. ALB - UKRI - TES DigitalDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £92,100 · ALB - Innovate UK - Innovation grants 18-19
  27. ALB - Education and Skills Funding Agency - Apprenticeships 1618 ParticipationDepartment for Education · £37,000

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
25 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
11%
Standard payment terms
0–61 days
  • Within 30 days 68%
  • 31 to 60 days 29%
  • After 60 days 3%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
26
70%
8%
30 Jun 2025
24
69%
8%
31 Dec 2024
24
70%
8%
30 Jun 2024
25
68%
11%
31 Dec 2023
28
66%
9%
30 Jun 2023
26
65%
12%
31 Dec 2022
29
66%
11%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 4.5% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 6.1% lower
Median bonus pay
women 7.5% lower
Employer size
5000 to 19,999 employees
Lower pay quarter28.1% womenLower middle21.9% womenUpper middle21.5% womenUpper pay quarter17.8% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 5.2% lower
women 6.7% lower
2023/24
women 5.1% lower
women 7.1% lower
2022/23
women 7.3% lower
women 7.3% lower
2021/22
women 8.4% lower
women 8.4% lower
2020/21
women 7% lower
women 8.2% lower
2019/20
women 7.9% lower
women 9.6% lower
2018/19
women 8% lower
women 9.6% lower
2017/18
women 7.8% lower
women 9.8% 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 statements6
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (BAE SYSTEMS PLC)
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (BAE SYSTEMS PLC)
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (BAE SYSTEMS MARINE LIMITED)
Earlier years (3)
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (BAE SYSTEMS MARINE LIMITED)
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (BAE SYSTEMS MARINE LIMITED)
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (BAE SYSTEMS MARINE LIMITED)

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

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: optical, medical and measuring instruments, furniture and lighting, clocks and watches, miscellaneous manufactures and electrical equipment.

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

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

4 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £7.6bn, net assets £4.5bn, 74 employees
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £7.1bn, net assets £4.3bn, 66 employees
  3. Bae Systems Enterprises 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.