Mbda UK Limited
Registered name: MBDA UK LIMITED
Mbda UK Limited made £1.8bn revenue and £190m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Mbda UK Limited’s revenue grew 34% to £1.8bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £190m profit and 6,247 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Hertfordshire; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hertfordshire, East of England
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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) | £1.3bn | £1.8bn |
| Cost of sales | −£709m | −£851m |
| Operating profit | £93.1m | £167m |
| Profit before tax | £161m | £249m |
| Profit after tax | £127m | £190m |
| Profit (best available) | £127m | £190m |
| Employees (average) | 5,588 | 6,247 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 9.6% | 10.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £237k | £283k |
| Profit per employee | £22.8k | £30.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲33.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲49.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £283k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £30.5k
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now 6,247
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Currock Engineering Company LimitedRev. £8.2m · Profit −£4.4m
- Horizon Land LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Horizon Technology Park Management Company 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 £190m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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