Rolls-Royce PLC
Registered name: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
Part of Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC groupRolls-Royce PLC made £21.2bn revenue and £5.8bn profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Rolls-Royce PLC’s revenue grew 12% to £21.2bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £5.8bn profit and 42,600 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of steam generators, except central heating hot water boilers” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 55 yrs · since 1971
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.9bn | £21.2bn |
| Cost of sales | −£14.7bn | −£15bn |
| Gross profit | £4.2bn | £6.2bn |
| Operating profit | £2.9bn | £4.5bn |
| Profit before tax | £2.2bn | £6.9bn |
| Profit after tax | £2.5bn | £5.8bn |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5bn | £5.8bn |
| Employees (average) | 42,400 | 42,600 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 13.1% | 27.5% |
| Gross margin | 22.3% | 29.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £446k | £498k |
| Profit per employee | £58.6k | £137k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲134.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 27.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £498k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £137k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲0%
- Now 42,600
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Rolls-Royce Holdings PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Rolls-Royce PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (20)
- Bristol Siddeley Engines LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Rolls-Royce Aero Engine Services LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Rolls-Royce Commercial Aero Engines LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Rolls-Royce Controls and Data Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Rolls-Royce General Partner LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Rolls-Royce Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rolls-Royce Industries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rolls-Royce International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rolls-Royce Leasing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rolls-Royce Military Aero Engines LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Rolls-Royce Power Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rolls-Royce Retirement Savings Trust LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rolls-Royce SMR LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rolls-Royce Submarines LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rolls-Royce Total Care Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rolls-Royce UK Pension Fund Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sharing in Growth UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vinters LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Yocova Private LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Rolls-Royce Overseas Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rolls-Royce US Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £5.8bn), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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