BAE SYSTEMS PLC
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Overview
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1979-12-31
- Registered office
- 6 Carlton Gardens, London, SW1Y 5AD
- Postcode
- SW1Y 5AD
- Capital
- 86,686,002 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-09-29
- Next due by
- 2026-10-13
Nature of business (SIC)
- 25400 Manufacture of weapons and ammunition
- 29100 Manufacture of motor vehicles
- 30110 Building of ships and floating structures
- 30300 Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
Officers 16 current · 58 resigned
Group structure 43 subsidiaries
Showing 12 of 43.
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 4
£15,905,068 total awarded value where published.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).
Patents 3,833
Patent publications naming BAE SYSTEMS plc as applicant.
Showing the 5 most recent — all 3,833 on Espacenet.
Patent data from the European Patent Office (Open Patent Services).
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee (Temporary Worker (A rating)), Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Government Authorised Exchange (Temporary Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-12-31) — 6 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5682726 (Tier 3), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
6.7%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- baesystemsplc.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 7423169656
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BRITISH AEROSPACE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 2000-05-05 |
| BRITISH AEROSPACE LIMITED | 1981-12-31 |
Previous registered addresses 8
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| WARWICK HOUSE,PO BOX 87, FARNBOROUGH AEROSPACE CENTRE, FARNBOROUGH,HANTS, GU14 6YU | 2001-08-31 |
| RWICK HOUSE,PO BOX 87, FARNBOROUGH AEROSPACE CENTRE, FARNBOROUGH,HANTS, GU14 6YU | 2001-08-31 |
| STRAND, LONDON, WC2N 5JT | 1992-08-28 |
| 11 STRAND, LONDON, WC2N 5JT | 1992-08-28 |
| 100 PALL MALL, LONDON SW1Y 5HR | 1986-08-04 |
| 0 PALL MALL, LONDON SW1Y 5HR | 1986-08-04 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED | 1980-12-29 |
| REGISTERED OFFICE CHANGED | 1980-12-29 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 74 similar companies in SW — measured against the wider sector, trading since 1979
The class of 1979
49%
of the 8,388 companies incorporated in 1979 are still active today; 43% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 24 titles
- Freehold
- 18
- Leasehold
- 6
- Most recent registration
- 2023-08-15
- Where
- Lancashire (8), South Gloucestershire (4), Greater London (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY897143 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2023-08-15 | — |
| GR467232 | South Gloucestershire | Freehold | 2022-08-18 | — |
| NGL975729 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2017-12-21 | — |
| NGL973981 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2017-10-25 | — |
| NGL973982 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2017-10-25 | — |
| HP763598 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2013-08-30 | — |
| GR352422 | South Gloucestershire | Freehold | 2011-03-01 | — |
| LAN113603 | Lancashire | Freehold | 2011-01-25 | — |
| LAN34712 | Lancashire | Freehold | 2006-06-29 | — |
| GR264518 | South Gloucestershire | Freehold | 2003-09-05 | — |
| HP378778 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 1995-09-22 | — |
| LA530317 | Lancashire | Freehold | 1994-08-17 | — |
| LA560503 | Lancashire | Freehold | 1989-12-07 | — |
| LA507781 | Lancashire | Freehold | 1989-10-23 | — |
| AV133146 | South Gloucestershire | Freehold | 1987-01-20 | — |
| DN156014 | City Of Plymouth | Freehold | 1984-02-01 | — |
| LA450987 | Lancashire | Freehold | 1980-09-15 | — |
| BL22814 | City Of Bristol | Freehold | 1979-06-12 | — |
| NT102940 | Nottinghamshire | Freehold | 1979-04-18 | — |
| GM178106 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 1979-04-11 | — |
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