AWE PLC
Company number 02763902 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
AWE PLC presents an exceptionally strong credit profile owing to its status as a critical national infrastructure provider under the ultimate ownership of the UK Secretary of State for Defence. While specific financial metrics are unavailable in this data set, the sovereign backing and strategic monopoly of the business effectively eliminate standard commercial default risk. Any credit extended to this entity should be priced and managed as a UK sovereign-risk equivalent.
Overview
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1992-11-06
- Registered office
- Room 20, Building F161.2 Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston, Reading, England, RG7 4PR
- Postcode
- RG7 4PR
- Capital
- 50,001 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-10-17
- Next due by
- 2026-10-31
Nature of business (SIC)
- 32990 Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified
Officers 11 current · 77 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by DEFENCE CONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2021 (period to 2020-12-31).
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gender pay gap
15.2%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- awe.co.uk
- Phone
- 01189814111, 01189824293, 01189850897
The work we do makes a real difference, nationally and locally. It is vitally important work that we’re proud to do.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ATOMIC WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT PLC | 1994-04-01 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| ATOMIC WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT, ALDERMASTON, READING, BERKSHIRE, RG7 4PR | 2017-11-07 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 189 similar companies in RG, trading since 1992
The class of 1992
52%
of the 241 companies in this sector incorporated in 1992 are still active today; 44% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.