B.A.T (U.K. AND EXPORT) LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-15 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-07-01

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£4M

+219.2% vs 2023

Net assets

£176M

-29.9% vs 2023

Employees

Average over period

Profit before tax

£60M

-59.7% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

B.A.T (U.K. AND EXPORT) LIMITED 1976-12-31 → present
F.L.SMITH LIMITED 1929-05-24 → 1976-12-31

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median

B.A.T (U.K. AND EXPORT) LIMITED·Consumer Staples median · n=662

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—
Operating profit	-£20,919,000	-£30,000
Profit before tax	£149,225,000	£60,065,000
Net profit	£149,225,000	£60,012,000
Cash	£1,191,000	£3,802,000
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—
Net assets	£250,903,000	£175,915,000
Equity	£250,903,000	£175,915,000
Average employees	0	0
Wages	—	—

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	Trend	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Interest cover		-1743.25x	—

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 101
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: KPMG LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”

Group structure

B.A.T (U.K. AND EXPORT) LIMITED · parent
1. B.A.T Services Limited 99.99% · United Kingdom
2. British American Tobacco (AIT) Limited 100% · United Kingdom
3. Rothmans Exports Limited 100% · United Kingdom
4. Ryservs (No.3) Limited 100% · United Kingdom
5. Tobacco Exporters International Limited 100% · United Kingdom
6. Tobacco Marketing Consultants Limited 100% · United Kingdom
7. Carreras Rothmans Limited 100% · United Kingdom
8. B.A.T. Iraqia Company for Tobacco Trading Limited 100% · Iraq
9. British American Tobacco Benin SA (In Liquidation) 99.99% · Benin
10. British American Tobacco (Mali) sarl 100% · Mali
11. British American Tobacco Middle East W.L.L. 100% · Bahrain
12. British American Tobacco Q LLC 100% · Qatar
13. BAT Saudia for Trading 100% · Saudi Arabia
14. Murray, Sons & Company, Limited 100% · United Kingdom

Significant events

“In late December 2023, the Company received a request for arbitration proceedings from a customer/distributor in the Middle East. The Claimants seek damages in the range of US$117.7 million (approximately £87 million) to US$ 119.8 million (approximately £88 million). In April 2024, British American Tobacco ME DMCC was joined to the arbitration proceedings on request of the Claimants. The Claimants filed their statement of claim in August 2024. The Company and British American Tobacco ME DMCC filed their Statement of Defence in February 2025. The proceedings are continuing.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 92 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
WORLOCK, Christopher	Secretary	2026-04-01	—	—
BOOTH, David Patrick Ian	Director	2013-10-04	Feb 1974	British
COHN, Anthony Michael Hardy	Director	2012-05-11	Nov 1969	British
SALISBURY, Robert	Director	2022-06-20	Sep 1985	British

Show 92 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
ANDERSON, Murray Gilliland Charles	Secretary	1999-09-13	2008-12-16
CLARKE, Peter Lampard	Secretary	1993-04-08	1997-12-30
COOK, Philip Michael	Secretary	1997-12-30	1999-09-13
CORDESCHI, Richard	Secretary	2008-12-16	2012-08-31
CREEGAN, Bridget Mary	Secretary	2012-08-31	2013-05-17
ELLIS, Sallie	Secretary	2013-05-17	2015-09-11
GADSDEN-CHAIBOUB, Leila Primrose	Secretary	2024-11-25	2026-04-01
GUTTRIDGE, Jonathan Michael	Secretary	2019-07-05	2020-01-24
KERR, Sophie Louise Edmonds	Secretary	2015-10-01	2018-01-10
MARTIN, Oliver James	Secretary	2018-01-10	2019-07-05
MCCORMACK, Peter	Secretary	2020-06-12	2020-09-17
MEHTA, Shital	Secretary	2020-09-17	2022-10-13
WALKER, Amanda Louise	Secretary	—	1993-04-08
WORLOCK, Christopher	Secretary	2022-10-13	2024-11-25
ABELMAN, Jerome Bruce	Director	2014-07-10	2015-01-13
ADAMS, Paul Nicholas	Director	1993-04-08	1999-09-13
AHR, Danika	Director	2019-06-01	2021-05-18
ALLEN, Robert Lee	Director	2013-02-07	2016-04-22
ARMSTRONG, Gary Richard	Director	2010-01-01	2011-07-15
BAKKER, Richard Remon	Director	2014-07-10	2017-12-31
BALLESTER, Ignacio Pablo	Director	2010-01-01	2012-02-13
BANKI, Pablo Andres	Director	2019-09-20	2020-03-04
BARRETT, Andrew James	Director	2018-01-29	2021-05-19
BARRETT, Andrew James	Director	2008-06-30	2010-10-15
BARROW, Brian Christopher	Director	2002-01-31	2004-04-20
BELHOMME, Benoit Michel Remy Marie	Director	2010-06-29	2011-10-31
BELHOMME, Benoit Michel Remy Marie	Director	2010-06-26	2010-06-26
BONE, John Francis	Director	—	1993-06-01
BRAMLEY, Barry David	Director	1993-04-08	1996-04-30
BROOKES, Nicholas George	Director	—	1993-04-08
BURRELL, Christopher Michael	Director	2005-01-11	2005-09-30
COPTY, Anthony Emile	Director	2009-02-17	2010-11-02
DALY, John Patrick	Director	2004-03-19	2004-09-30
DAVIES, Kenneth William	Director	2002-04-12	2006-07-07
DAVIS, Norman	Director	1993-04-08	1996-03-31
DIJANOSIC, Mihovil James	Director	2015-07-01	2020-10-23
DOONA, Peter Charles Michael	Director	2021-08-04	2022-05-27
DUARTE, Rodrigo Fernando Busto	Director	2008-01-01	2010-10-15
DUNT, Keith Silvester	Director	1993-04-08	1999-09-13
FARRAR, Antony Thornton	Director	2006-07-04	2007-02-13
HALES, Nicholas	Director	2004-04-20	2007-02-15
HARTLEY, Richard Stuart	Director	1993-04-08	1994-05-16
HERTER, Ulrich Georg Volker	Director	1997-02-24	2001-12-31
JANKOVIC, Goran	Director	2012-03-22	2013-02-07
JEWELL, John Nolan	Director	1999-09-13	2002-01-31
JOHNSTON, Anthony Cameron	Director	1994-05-16	1999-09-13
JOUBERT, Andre Willem	Director	2016-04-22	2019-12-31
KAUSCH, Erwin	Director	1999-09-13	2000-12-20
KOHNHORST, Earl Eugene	Director	1997-02-24	1999-09-13
LAGEWEG, Paul Rutger	Director	2014-07-10	2017-05-31
LORD, John Gavin	Director	—	1997-02-24
LORENZO, Andres Santiago	Director	2018-01-23	2021-02-01
LOWTHER, Richard Mark	Director	2002-01-31	2006-07-31
LUCAS, John David	Director	2006-08-01	2008-11-13
MARROCO, Tadeu Luiz	Director	2010-01-01	2013-02-07
MATTHEWS, Kim Wiggam	Director	2000-05-11	2000-10-16
MATTHIESEN, Stephan	Director	2017-05-31	2019-02-01
MCALLISTER, Christopher John	Director	2006-03-06	2006-07-04
MCCONNELL, Terrence Donald	Director	2007-03-06	2012-03-22
MCCRORY, Paul	Director	2015-01-30	2017-03-16
MOFFAT, John Youngson	Director	2002-04-12	2002-04-26
MUNRO, Alexander Graeme	Director	1999-09-13	2000-05-11
NAPIER, Andrew Alexander	Director	1997-02-24	1997-03-24
OWEN, Keith Thomas	Director	1999-09-13	2002-01-31
PATERSON, Norman John	Director	2004-09-30	2005-10-05
PEREIRA, Antonio Domingos Goncalves	Director	—	1992-12-17
PILBEAM, Richard Henry	Director	1993-04-08	1996-03-31
RASHWAN, Walid Ahmed Foud Ahmed	Director	2005-10-05	2007-12-31
RAWSON, Nigel Gilmour	Director	2006-12-07	2009-12-31
RAYNER, Paul Ashley	Director	2002-01-31	2006-12-07
READ, Graham Albert	Director	2001-01-01	2002-01-31
REMBISZEWSKI, Jimmi	Director	1993-04-08	1999-09-13
RICKHEIT, Markus Christian	Director	2018-01-23	2019-09-30
SALT, David Ernest	Director	1993-04-08	1997-02-24
SALTER, Andrew John	Director	2011-11-14	2014-07-10
SALTER, Donald Neil Fred	Director	2009-03-31	2009-07-31
SENRA, Leonardo Forner	Director	2020-03-09	2021-05-19
SHILOV, Vladimir	Director	2017-05-31	2018-01-01
SIMI, Cesar Augustus	Director	2012-05-11	2014-07-10
SMITH, Justin James	Director	2012-05-11	2017-05-31
SMITH, Simon John Roderick	Director	2002-01-31	2002-04-26
SNOWDEN, Ian Roderick	Director	1999-09-13	2002-01-31
STEVENS, David George	Director	1997-02-24	1999-09-13
STEYN, Charl Erasmus	Director	2009-03-31	2012-03-22
STEYN, Charl Erasmus	Director	2002-06-20	2008-05-01
SUTHERLAND, Stuart Melville	Director	2000-10-16	2002-01-31
TAYLOR, Peter Henry	Director	2002-01-31	2002-07-17
TEZEL, Mustafa Tunc	Director	2013-02-07	2013-10-04
THOMPSON, Andreas Michael	Director	2007-05-03	2008-06-01
TRBONJA, Adin	Director	2017-03-15	2019-05-22
WATTERTON, Donald Stuart	Director	1993-04-08	1995-12-29
ZHENGXUN, Hong	Director	2019-02-01	2021-05-19

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 322 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-02	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2026-04-02	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2025-07-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-07-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-05-12	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2024-11-29	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2024-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-09-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-07-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-10-20	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2022-10-20	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2022-09-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-07-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-06-20	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-05-27	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2021-10-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-08-13	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-06-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-05-28	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 5
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
Officers resigned: 1

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

—

Not reported
Cash

+219.2%

£1,191,000 £3,802,000
Net assets

-29.9%

£250,903,000 £175,915,000
Employees

—

Not reported
Operating profit

+99.9%

-£20,919,000 -£30,000
Profit before tax

-59.7%

£149,225,000 £60,065,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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