Aerospace & defence
BAE Systems is a defence, aerospace and security group. Its parent is BAE Systems plc, with its head office in London. [1][3]
01 / Behind the name
Publicly listed · London Stock Exchange [1]
The UK economic-impact report separates the company’s own corporation tax from employee taxes and estimated taxes supported through its supply chain and wider economic activity. Those wider totals are not corporation tax paid by BAE Systems. [2][1][4]
02 / On the map
Headquarters, incorporation and tax residence describe different things. A headquarters address does not tell you where all of a company’s tax is paid.
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Investors not yet verified
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03 / The figures, with context
The latest verified UK cash figure is an approximate 2024 amount from the company-published economic-impact report. The newer 2025 period remains a separately labelled research gap.
BAE Systems group · UK
Period ending 31 Dec 2025
An equivalent 2025 UK cash figure has not yet been verified. The 2025 tax strategy sets out governance principles; it does not provide a replacement amount. [5][1]
BAE Systems · UK operations
Period ending 31 Dec 2024
The company-published Oxford Economics report says the company paid nearly £130m in UK corporation tax in 2024. Retains the report’s approximation and original year; excludes supply-chain and induced tax estimates. [2]
These figures have different scopes. They should not be added together or used as a like-for-like tax ranking.
Understand the measures04 / Check our working
Primary sources used in this profile. Company disclosures are attributed to the company; inclusion is not an independent audit.
BAE Systems · 2025 group reporting and shareholder information
Accessed 27 Sept 2026Oxford Economics / BAE Systems · Printed p.21, section 2.3.1: direct UK taxes in 2024; corporation tax nearly £130m
Accessed 27 Sept 2026BAE Systems · Head office: Stirling Square, 6 Carlton Gardens, London
Accessed 27 Sept 2026Companies House · Company type, registration and previous British Aerospace names
Accessed 27 Sept 2026BAE Systems · Group tax principles for the year ended 31 December 2025
Accessed 27 Sept 2026Companies House · Legal name, company number, domestic company type and incorporation. UK registration does not establish headquarters or tax residence; a constituent jurisdiction is not inferred from a registered-office address.
Accessed 30 Sept 2026