McLaren Automotive Limited
Registered name: MCLAREN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
Part of Abu Dhabi Government groupMcLaren Automotive Limited made £694m revenue and a £177m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
McLaren Automotive Limited’s revenue was £694m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £177m. The company is classified under “manufacture of motor vehicles” and is based in Woking; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Woking
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1985
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £559m | £694m |
| Cost of sales | −£644m | −£553m |
| Gross profit | −£85.3m | — |
| Operating profit | −£245m | −£99.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£327m | −£135m |
| Profit after tax | −£349m | −£177m |
| Profit (best available) | −£349m | −£177m |
| Employees (average) | 2,334 | — |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −62.5% | −25.5% |
| Gross margin | −15.3% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £239k | — |
| Profit per employee | −£150k | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −25.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Abu Dhabi Government (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- McLaren Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- McLaren Automotive Holdings Limited75–100%
- McLaren Automotive Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Hypercar Solutions Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McLaren Automotive Events LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Propulsion Technologies LimitedRev. £14.9m · Profit −£1.8m
- McLaren Finance PLCFigures not disclosed
- McLaren Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£177m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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