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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-06-19 (in 1mo)

Last made up 2025-06-05

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£105M

+15.1% vs 2023

Employees

1,366

+16.5% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£35M

+21% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. BAE SYSTEMS GLOBAL COMBAT SYSTEMS MUNITIONS LIMITED 2010-06-01 → present
  2. BAE SYSTEMS LAND SYSTEMS (MUNITIONS & ORDNANCE) LIMITED 2005-01-05 → 2010-06-01

Accounts

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

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £279,524,000£369,958,000
Operating profit £26,053,000£32,628,000
Profit before tax £28,803,000£34,839,000
Net profit £24,335,000£28,314,000
Cash
Total assets less current liabilities £206,764,000£208,961,000
Net assets £90,974,000£104,756,000
Equity £90,974,000£104,756,000
Average employees 1,1731,366
Wages £56,393,000£63,954,000

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 9.3%8.8%
Net margin 8.7%7.7%
Return on capital employed 12.6%15.6%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 80.2%82.1%
Current ratio 0.76x0.71x
Interest cover 6.07x7.77x

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
Deloitte LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis, notwithstanding net current liabilities of £110,071k. The Company is dependent for its working capital on funds provided to it by BAE Systems plc, the Company's ultimate parent. BAE Systems plc has indicated that, for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, it will continue to make available funds as are needed by the Company to meet its liabilities as they fall due and in particular will not seek repayment of amounts currently made available. The directors consider that this should enable the Company to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future by meeting its liabilities as they fall due for payment.”

Group structure

  1. BAE SYSTEMS GLOBAL COMBAT SYSTEMS MUNITIONS LIMITED · parent
    1. Royal Ordnance (Crown Service) Pension Scheme Trustees Limited 100% · England, United Kingdom
    2. Royal Ordnance Senior Staff Pension Scheme Trustees Limited 100% · England, United Kingdom
    3. International Military Sales Limited 100% · England, United Kingdom
    4. CTA International SAS 50% · France

Significant events

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

People

3 active · 40 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BAE SYSTEMS CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2025-08-07
JAMIESON, Scott William Director 2025-11-20 Mar 1975 British
PEAGRAM, Rebecca Margaret Director 2025-11-20 Sep 1969 British
Show 40 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
CLARKE, Anthony Secretary 2024-06-01 2025-08-07
JARMAN, Patrick Edmund Secretary 1998-04-02 1999-10-08
MAXWELL, Ian Henry Secretary 1996-07-09 1998-04-17
PARKES, David Stanley Secretary 1999-10-08 2024-05-31
STARLING, Christopher Secretary 1996-07-09
ALLOTT, David Leonard Director 2008-05-30 2011-09-12
ANDERSON, John Richard Director 2000-03-16 2006-08-11
ANDERTON, Ian Director 2013-02-04 2015-04-13
BASSET, Bryan Ronald Director 1997-08-27
BILLINGHAM, Nigel Anthony Director 2004-07-30 2005-01-04
BLAKEMORE, Charles Anthony Director 2011-09-12 2013-02-04
CLAPHAM, David John Director 2013-02-04 2016-04-01
CLARKE, Michael Andrew Director 2020-10-01 2025-11-20
COLLINS, Adam Robert Director 2017-06-15 2020-08-21
CROOKALL, Jonathan Mark Director 1998-08-06 1999-02-26
CURTIS, Roger Keith Director 1996-10-24
DAVIES, Andrew Oswell Bede Director 2005-01-04 2008-05-30
ETHELL, Donald Director 1992-11-30
FLOWER, Barry Sterling Director 1998-03-31
FOGG, Stephen Director 2015-04-13 2015-11-10
FRASER, Alan William Gray Director 1993-05-26 2000-03-16
GRANT, Jonathan Paul Director 2003-11-21 2007-11-26
GREEN, Malcolm Frederick, Dr Director 1998-09-09 2000-03-16
HAINSWORTH, Keith Alan Director 2002-07-31 2003-11-21
HASLAM, Norman Director 1995-03-03
HENWOOD, Stephen Hugh Director 1997-01-02 2000-03-16
HODGSON, Stephen Director 1999-10-18 2000-03-16
IERLAND, Brian William Director 2007-11-26 2011-08-08
KENYON, Peter Director 1992-10-30
LEE, Philip John Director 1994-09-13 1999-12-31
MILLER, Matthew Stephen Director 2016-02-24 2017-06-15
MILLS, Shaun Michael Director 1998-08-10 2003-01-31
MORGAN, Terence Keith, Sir Director 1994-08-18 1996-12-31
OSBALDESTIN, Jennifer Blair Director 2015-11-10 2020-04-06
PARRY, Michael David Director 1994-08-18
PLANT, Glynn Edward Patrick Director 2020-04-06 2025-11-20
RICHARDSON, Clive Robert Director 1999-11-16 2004-07-30
SPARKES, Christopher Neil James Director 2011-08-08 2013-02-04
TRUMAN, Trevor Director 1998-08-06
WESTON, John Pix Director 2000-03-16

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Bae Systems (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 240 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-12-10 ANNOTATION miscellaneous Legacy
2025-12-10 ANNOTATION miscellaneous Legacy
2025-11-28 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-11-24 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-11-20 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-11-20 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-08-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-08-07 AP04 officers Appoint corporate secretary company with name date PDF
2025-08-07 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-08-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-06-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-06-04 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2024-06-04 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2023-12-12 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-12-12 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-12-11 CH03 officers Change person secretary company with change date PDF
2023-12-05 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2023-12-04 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-08-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
10

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
3

last 12 months

Officers resigned
3

last 12 months

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

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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