MCLAREN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-21 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-07
Watchouts
Cash
£14M
+111.2% vs 2023
Net assets
-£127M
-320.9% vs 2023
Employees
2,251
+2.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£135M
+84% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
These conditions, along with the other matters explained in note 3.4 to the financial statements, indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- MCLAREN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED 2005-09-29 → present
- MCLAREN CARS LIMITED 1989-06-14 → 2005-09-29
- TAG MCLAREN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED 1985-12-02 → 1989-06-14
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £377,059,000 | £693,954,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£751,438,000 | -£99,117,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£843,304,000 | -£135,206,000 | |
| Net profit | -£923,936,000 | -£176,869,000 | |
| Cash | £6,565,000 | £13,868,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £101,754,000 | -£62,766,000 | |
| Net assets | £57,443,000 | -£126,894,000 | |
| Equity | £57,443,000 | -£126,894,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,187 | 2,251 | |
| Wages | £132,625,000 | £152,868,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -199.3% | -14.3% | |
| Net margin | -245.0% | -25.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -738.5% | 157.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 93.4% | 113.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.40x | 0.27x | |
| Interest cover | -8.09x | -2.61x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“These conditions, along with the other matters explained in note 3.4 to the financial statements, indicate the existence of a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- MCLAREN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED · parent
- McLaren Automotive Events Limited 100%
- Hypercar Solutions Group Limited
- KW Special Projects Limited
- McLaren Automotive Inc. 100%
- McLaren Automotive Asia Pte Limited 100%
- McLaren Automotive Distribution (Shanghai) Company Limited 100%
- McLaren Automotive Europe S.L.U. 100%
Significant events
- “On 22 March 2024 it was announced that the ultimate UK parent of the Company, McLaren Group Limited (with its subsidiaries "the Group"), had completed its capital reorganisation process, resulting in long-term strategic investor Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company B.S.C. (c)”
- “On 6 October 2024 the Company revealed the McLaren W1, the ground-breaking successor to two of the greatest supercars of all time - the McLaren F1 and McLaren P1™™.”
- “In February 2024 the new Artura Spider was revealed as McLaren's first ever high-performance hybrid convertible.”
- “In December 2023, the new GTS was revealed as the replacement for the GT, providing supercar driving dynamics alongside daily usability and comfort. Deliveries of the GTS commenced in mid-2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCLINTOCK, Helen | Secretary | 2025-04-02 | — | — |
| COLLINS, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2025-04-02 | Dec 1974 | British |
| MCLINTOCK, Helen | Director | 2025-04-02 | Mar 1972 | British |
| SKAF, Eddy Georges | Director | 2025-04-02 | Jan 1974 | Lebanese |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLMAN, Robert James | Secretary | — | 2004-09-01 |
| MURNANE, Timothy Nicholas | Secretary | 2022-06-20 | 2025-04-02 |
| MURNANE, Timothy Nicholas | Secretary | 2004-09-01 | 2016-01-01 |
| NIC AOIDH, Ruth Louise | Secretary | 2016-01-01 | 2022-06-20 |
| AGUIRRE, Roberto | Director | 2016-05-03 | 2018-08-01 |
| AL KOOHEJI, Mahmood Hashem Ahmed | Director | 2013-01-21 | 2018-08-01 |
| AL SAIE, Hisham Saleh Ahmed | Director | 2012-01-18 | 2018-08-01 |
| ALKHALIFA, Mohammed Bin Essa Bin Mohammed, Shaikh | Director | 2009-12-11 | 2018-08-01 |
| ALZAIN, Talal Ali | Director | 2009-12-11 | 2013-01-06 |
| BARTRAM, Derek Peter | Director | 1994-02-01 | 2005-02-24 |
| BROWN, Stephen Creighton | Director | — | 1997-02-01 |
| BUDDIN, Paul Anthony | Director | 2018-07-31 | 2021-05-04 |
| CHAN, Lay Hoon | Director | 2011-08-18 | 2018-08-01 |
| DENNIS, Ronald, Sir | Director | — | 2017-07-20 |
| FERRY, Catherine Elizabeth | Director | 2021-05-04 | 2023-05-31 |
| FLEWITT, Michael Robert | Director | 2013-04-30 | 2021-11-30 |
| HAZELL, Jeffrey Charles | Director | 1997-10-15 | 1999-09-13 |
| ILLMAN, Robert James | Director | — | 2004-10-31 |
| LEITERS, Michael Hugo, Dr. | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2025-04-24 |
| LIM, Eng Hock Peter | Director | 2011-08-18 | 2018-08-01 |
| MOLYNEUX, Richard John | Director | 2014-03-20 | 2015-12-31 |
| MURNANE, Timothy Nicholas | Director | 2022-04-06 | 2025-04-02 |
| MURRAY, Ian Gordon, Professor | Director | — | 2004-12-16 |
| MYERS, Andrew William | Director | 2004-10-31 | 2014-03-20 |
| OJJEH, Abdulaziz | Director | 2013-12-19 | 2014-06-06 |
| OJJEH, Abdulaziz | Director | — | 2009-12-11 |
| OJJEH, Mansour Akram | Director | 2014-06-06 | 2018-08-01 |
| OJJEH, Mansour Akram | Director | 2009-12-11 | 2013-12-19 |
| PERROTT, John Michael | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2002-10-31 |
| SCHOEPF, Hans Joachim | Director | 2000-01-19 | 2005-07-11 |
| SHERIFF, Antony Michael | Director | 2003-03-10 | 2013-02-12 |
| TENNANT, Brian | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2004-05-31 |
| THOMAS, Anneliese Linda | Director | 2023-05-31 | 2025-06-02 |
| VITOUX, Daniel Pierre-Alain | Director | — | 2009-12-11 |
| WAELEND, Derek Alfred | Director | 1994-02-01 | 2000-04-20 |
| WALMSLEY, Andrew | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2003-01-24 |
| WEBER, Thomas, Dr | Director | 2005-04-12 | 2009-11-10 |
| WHITMARSH, Martin Richard | Director | 2010-02-12 | 2014-07-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mclaren Automotive Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-07-20 | Active |
| The Government Of The Kingdom Of Bahrain | Legal person | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-firm | 2016-05-29 | Ceased 2017-07-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 257 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
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
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Turnover
+84%
£377,059,000 £693,954,000
-
Cash
+111.2%
£6,565,000 £13,868,000
-
Net assets
-320.9%
£57,443,000 -£126,894,000
-
Employees
+2.9%
2,187 2,251
-
Operating profit
+86.8%
-£751,438,000 -£99,117,000
-
Profit before tax
+84%
-£843,304,000 -£135,206,000
-
Wages
+15.3%
£132,625,000 £152,868,000
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