B.a.t (U.K. And Export) Limited
Manufacture of tobacco products · London
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 1929Private Limited Company
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Company accounts
Net assets
£222,842,000
Cash
£15,000
Turnover
—
Profit / loss
£46,927,000
Current assets
£99,187,000
Creditors < 1 year
£632,000
Equity
£222,842,000
Average employees
0
Balance-sheet trend
GBP · companyFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
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| Reported figures | 2025-12-31Company · AI-read | 2024-12-31Company · AI-read |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net assets | £222,842,000 | £175,915,000 |
| Equity | £222,842,000 | £175,915,000 |
| Share capital | £1,000,000 | £1,000,000 |
| Retained earnings | £221,842,000 | £174,915,000 |
| Assets | ||
| Fixed assets | £129,364,000 | £129,364,000 |
| Investments | £129,364,000 | £129,364,000 |
| Current assets | £99,187,000 | £46,551,000 |
| Cash at bank | £15,000 | £3,802,000 |
| Debtors | £99,172,000 | £42,749,000 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors within one year | £632,000 | — |
| Provisions | £5,077,000 | — |
| Net current assets | £93,478,000 | £46,551,000 |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Operating profit | −£6,342,000 | −£30,000 |
| Interest receivable | £2,350,000 | £5,473,000 |
| Profit before tax | £46,874,000 | £60,065,000 |
| Tax | £53,000 | −£53,000 |
| Profit / loss | £46,927,000 | £60,012,000 |
| Dividends | — | £135,000,000 |
| Operating costs | ||
| Audit fees | £4,100,000 | — |
| Research & development | £0 | — |
| People & pay | ||
| Average employees | 0 | — |
| Staff costs | £0 | — |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | — |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Clean (unmodified)
- Immediate parent
- British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
- Ultimate parent
- British American Tobacco p.l.c.
- Ultimate controlling party
- British American Tobacco p.l.c.
- Accounts
- FRS 101
- Approved
- 2026-09-11, signed by Anthony Michael Hardy Cohn
Share classes (2)
- 1,000,000 Ordinary shares of £1.00
- 1,000,000 Ordinary shares of £1.00
Contingent liabilities (1)
- In late December 2023, the Company received a request for arbitration proceedings from a customer/distributor in the Middle East, seeking damages in the range of US$117.7 million (approximately £87.5 million) to US$119.8 million (approximately £89.1 million). The claimants amended their claim and now seek damages and claims in the range of US$120.9 million (approximately £89.9 million) to US$125.2 million (approximately £93.1 million). The final merits hearing took place in the first quarter of 2026. The tribunal’s decision is pending.
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
0 outstanding chargesNo charges available in our records.