MBDA UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-25 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£52M
-20.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£316M
+4.7% vs 2023
Employees
5,588
+15.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£161M
-4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- MBDA UK LIMITED 2002-01-02 → present
- MATRA BAE DYNAMICS (UK) LIMITED 1996-10-29 → 2002-01-02
- MATRA BAE DYNAMICS UK 1996-10-24 → 1996-10-29
- BRATHWELL 1996-01-11 → 1996-10-24
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 | £1,491,700,000 | £1,322,000,000 | |
| Operating profit | £124,400,000 | £93,100,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £168,000,000 | £161,300,000 | |
| Net profit | £137,500,000 | £127,300,000 | |
| Cash | £65,400,000 | £51,800,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £404,500,000 | £446,600,000 | |
| Net assets | £301,500,000 | £315,600,000 | |
| Equity | £301,500,000 | £315,600,000 | |
| Average employees | 4,854 | 5,588 | |
| Wages | £304,500,000 | £371,100,000 |
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 | 8.3% | 7.0% | |
| Net margin | 9.2% | 9.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.8% | 20.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 90.0% | 93.2% | |
| Current ratio | 5.05x | 7.14x | |
| Interest cover | 47.85x | 19.40x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making detailed enquiries, the Board of Directors is confident that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and accordingly continues to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. The basis of preparation set out on Note 1 to the financial statements provides further detail on the Directors' assessment of going concern.”
Group structure
- MBDA UK LIMITED · parent
- UKAMS Limited 100%
- Horizon Land Limited 100%
- MBDA Inc. 100%
- Horizon Technology Park Management Company Limited 97%
- Logistics North MC Limited 4%
- Aquark Technologies Limited 2.5%
- Currock Engineering Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2024, the Company signed a long term agreement with the UK MOD.”
- “In October 2024 the Company secured a further contract worth approximately £5bn with Poland for the supply of ground based air defence missiles and associated systems.”
- “During the course of the year the Company acquired the share capital of one of its suppliers, Currock Engineering Company Ltd, in order to ensure its ongoing financial viability.”
- “MBDA UK is implementing its ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Sustainability and Social Value Strategy, which in 2024 worked towards a commitment to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.”
- “In 2024, MBDA purchased 86% of its electricity from a renewable energy contract, backed by Renewable Energy Guarantee of Origin Certificates (REGOs).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOCK, Giles Jonathan | Secretary | 2021-02-01 | — | — |
| ALLAM, Christopher James | Director | 2018-01-08 | Apr 1967 | British |
| ALLIBONE, James | Director | 2019-07-08 | Apr 1973 | British |
| BOLS, Peter Heinrich Charles | Director | 2012-09-03 | Sep 1965 | British |
| BÉRANGER, Eric Eugène Albert | Director | 2019-06-01 | Feb 1963 | French |
| MARIANI, Lorenzo | Director | 2025-04-01 | May 1965 | Italian |
| WEST, Iain David | Director | 2012-04-11 | Aug 1970 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, Colin Evelyn Ian | Secretary | 1996-10-23 | 2005-01-04 |
| EVANS, Christopher Nigel | Secretary | 2005-01-04 | 2021-01-31 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-01-11 | 1996-01-11 |
| LEGIBUS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1996-09-23 | 1996-10-23 |
| LEGIBUS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1996-01-11 | 1996-09-23 |
| ARMSTRONG, David Iain | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| BOUVIER, Antoine | Director | 2007-06-12 | 2019-05-31 |
| BREGIER, Fabrice Roger Daniel | Director | 1998-03-18 | 2003-01-30 |
| BURGESS, Simon George Fendal | Director | 1996-09-23 | 1996-10-23 |
| CADUDAL, Jean-Claude | Director | 1996-10-23 | 1996-10-31 |
| CURTIS, Roger Keith | Director | 1998-03-30 | 2001-10-11 |
| DI BARTOLOMEO, Pasquale | Director | 2016-12-09 | 2020-09-01 |
| DI DONATO, Mario | Director | 2001-12-18 | 2007-12-31 |
| FLOWER, Barry Sterling | Director | 2007-06-02 | 2007-12-31 |
| FORGEARD, Noel | Director | 1996-10-31 | 1998-02-27 |
| GARDEN, Keith Murray | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2019-06-13 |
| GARWOOD, Alan Douglas | Director | 1998-10-01 | 2002-09-20 |
| GRIFFITHS, Guy Rhodri | Director | 1999-04-15 | 2007-06-02 |
| HAWKSWORTH, Roger William | Director | 1996-10-31 | 1998-11-03 |
| HEWITSON, David | Director | 1996-10-31 | 1999-04-15 |
| HILTON, Andrew | Director | 2007-01-02 | 2011-12-02 |
| JEWELL, Christopher Adrian | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2006-11-24 |
| LAHOUD, Marwan | Director | 2003-01-30 | 2007-06-11 |
| MARIANI, Lorenzo | Director | 2020-11-20 | 2023-05-31 |
| PERFETTI, Antonio | Director | 2012-04-11 | 2016-12-09 |
| RICAUD, Pierre Henri | Director | 1996-10-23 | 1996-10-31 |
| SELLIER, Pierre | Director | 1996-10-28 | 1996-10-31 |
| SNIDER, Giuseppe, Signor | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2012-04-11 |
| SOCCODATO, Giovanni | Director | 2023-09-15 | 2025-03-31 |
| SUTTON-MATTOCKS, Richard George | Director | 1996-09-23 | 1996-10-23 |
| WADEY, Stephen John | Director | 2003-03-01 | 2015-03-31 |
| WHITEHEAD, Julian Bruce | Director | 2001-10-11 | 2012-07-01 |
| COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-01-11 | 1996-01-11 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-01-11 | 1996-01-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mbda Sas | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-01-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 192 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-23 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-01-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-02-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-02-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
-
Turnover
-11.4%
£1,491,700,000 £1,322,000,000
-
Cash
-20.8%
£65,400,000 £51,800,000
-
Net assets
+4.7%
£301,500,000 £315,600,000
-
Employees
+15.1%
4,854 5,588
-
Operating profit
-25.2%
£124,400,000 £93,100,000
-
Profit before tax
-4%
£168,000,000 £161,300,000
-
Wages
+21.9%
£304,500,000 £371,100,000
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