BENTLEY MOTORS LIMITED
Operating as a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, the company designs and manufactures luxury cars and SUVs under the Bentley brand.
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Cash
£336m
-3.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£692m
+17.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
4,119
-2.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£85m
-54.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,449,100,000 | £2,199,800,000 | £2,122,700,000 | -3.5% | |
| Operating profit | £366,300,000 | £217,000,000 | £117,100,000 | -46% | |
| Profit before tax | £385,000,000 | £186,800,000 | £84,500,000 | -54.8% | |
| Net profit | £295,900,000 | £160,100,000 | £74,200,000 | -53.7% | |
| Cash | £276,600,000 | £348,200,000 | £335,500,000 | -3.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £603,300,000 | £683,600,000 | £892,600,000 | +30.6% | |
| Net assets | £502,800,000 | £589,600,000 | £691,800,000 | +17.3% | |
| Equity | £502,800,000 | £589,600,000 | £691,800,000 | +17.3% | |
| Average employees | 4,117 | 4,213 | 4,119 | -2.2% | |
| Wages | £229,500,000 | £257,200,000 | £247,500,000 | -3.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £5,700,000 | £6,400,000 | £4,300,000 | -32.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £1,366,436 | £3,073,479 | £917,625 | -70.1% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.0% | 9.9% | 5.5% | |
| Net margin | 12.1% | 7.3% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 60.7% | 31.7% | 13.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.6% | 60.4% | 59.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.02x | 1.13x | 1.19x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- BENTLEY MOTORS LIMITED 2002-09-12 → present
- ROLLS-ROYCE & BENTLEY MOTOR CARS LIMITED 1999-07-23 → 2002-09-12
- ROLLS-ROYCE MOTOR CARS LIMITED 1986-09-26 → 1999-07-23
- ROLLS-ROYCE MOTORS LIMITED 1970-10-28 → 1986-09-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst and Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis. The Company has a £1.0 billion revolving credit facility from Volkswagen International Belgium S.A. which includes a fixed notice period of eighteen months in the event of termination.”
Group structure
- BENTLEY MOTORS LIMITED · parent
- Bentley Motors Canada Limited 100%
- Bentley Motors Germany Gmbh 100%
- Bentley Motors FZCO 100%
Significant events
- “In April 2026 Bentley implemented a colleague consultation programme affecting management, agency and non-manufacturing employees. The programme reflects organisational adjustments, and the overall efficiency activities could result in 275 positions being removed from the organisational structure”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 60 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRIDDING, Justine Susan | Secretary | 2019-06-01 | — | — |
| DEWITZ, Axel | Director | 2025-04-01 | Apr 1976 | German |
| DÖLLNER, Gernot, Dr | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jan 1969 | German |
| GEORGES, Christophe | Director | 2024-12-01 | Nov 1966 | French |
| KIESLING, Andreas Johann | Director | 2023-07-19 | Aug 1989 | Austrian |
| LANGE, Karen, Dr. | Director | 2021-09-01 | Oct 1969 | German |
| LEHE, Andreas | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jun 1968 | German |
| PORSCHE, Felix | Director | 2024-01-23 | Feb 1996 | Austrian |
| RABE, Matthias, Dr. | Director | 2020-09-01 | Aug 1962 | German |
| RITTERSBERGER, Juergen | Director | 2021-07-01 | Jul 1972 | German |
| WALLISER, Frank-Steffen Hugo Hermann | Director | 2024-07-01 | Aug 1969 | German |
Show 60 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMITAGE, Andrew Thomas | Secretary | 2005-10-07 | 2019-06-01 |
| COBBAN, Michael Robert Alexander | Secretary | 1995-06-01 | 1997-08-04 |
| COWEN, David John | Secretary | 1997-08-04 | 1998-07-15 |
| HOFFMANN, Jurgen | Secretary | 2004-07-06 | 2009-06-30 |
| MATTHEWS, Charles | Secretary | 1992-06-30 | 1993-04-01 |
| MELCHING, Hans Georg | Secretary | 1998-07-15 | 2004-07-06 |
| SMITH, John Douglas | Secretary | — | 1992-06-30 |
| WHATMORE, Stephen Nicholas | Secretary | 1993-04-01 | 1995-06-05 |
| ADELT, Bruno, Doctor | Director | 2003-04-09 | 2004-06-21 |
| BEVINS, Nicholas | Director | 1993-07-22 | 1997-01-01 |
| BLUME, Oliver Ingo, Dr | Director | 2016-08-17 | 2021-02-28 |
| BOSCH, Peter | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2023-05-31 |
| BUCHELHOFER, Robert, Doctor | Director | 1998-07-03 | 2003-04-08 |
| CLARKE, Philip John | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1998-07-03 |
| COBBAN, Michael Robert Alexander | Director | 1995-06-05 | 1997-08-04 |
| COLLIER, Ian Lewis | Director | 1997-09-01 | 1997-12-15 |
| COWEN, David John | Director | 1997-08-04 | 1998-07-15 |
| CRAFT, Christopher Noel | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2021-04-30 |
| DICKSON, Douglas Gavin | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2011-06-30 |
| DUERHEIMER, Wolfgang | Director | 2014-06-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| DUERHEIMER, Wolfgang | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2012-09-01 |
| DUESMANN, Markus | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| EICHHORN, Ulrich, Dr | Director | 2003-03-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| FAVEY, Alain Marcel Jean | Director | 2021-05-01 | 2023-05-31 |
| FONTAINE, Astrid Angelika, Dr | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| FRECH, Rolf | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| GASKELL, Christine Ann | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2012-10-01 |
| GOTT, Anthony David | Director | 1997-12-15 | 2001-11-05 |
| HACKENBERG, Ulrich | Director | 1999-05-01 | 2000-09-01 |
| HALL, William Lascelles | Director | 1997-09-01 | 1998-12-31 |
| HALLMARK, Adrian Michael | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2024-03-21 |
| HALLMARK, Adrian Michael | Director | 1999-05-01 | 2005-10-31 |
| HEAD, Roger Burgess | Director | — | 1995-06-05 |
| HOFFMANN, Jurgen | Director | 2004-07-06 | 2010-04-19 |
| JOHN, Andrew Lloyd | Director | 1994-03-15 | 1998-07-03 |
| LAFRENTZ, Jan-Henrik | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| LAFRENTZ, Jan-Henrik | Director | 2010-04-19 | 2014-08-31 |
| MCCULLOUGH, Stuart John | Director | 2006-04-04 | 2010-09-01 |
| MELCHING, Hans Georg | Director | 1998-07-15 | 2004-07-06 |
| MESCHKE, Lutz Wolfgang | Director | 2016-08-17 | 2021-02-28 |
| MORRIS, Graham John | Director | 1997-03-10 | 1998-12-31 |
| MULL, Joerg, Dr | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2019-09-30 |
| OFFERMANN, Christian Andreas, Dr | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| PAEFGEN, Franz Josef, Dr | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2011-02-01 |
| PIECH, Ferdinand Karl, Doctor | Director | 1998-07-03 | 2002-03-01 |
| PISCHETSRIEDER, Bernd | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| POTSCH, Hans Dieter | Director | 2004-06-21 | 2015-10-05 |
| REINHART, Ariane, Dr | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2014-09-30 |
| ROGAIT, Marlies | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| ROSE, Kevin John | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2016-10-31 |
| ROTHENPIELER, Hans-Joachim | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2003-02-28 |
| SANDERS, Keith Michael | Director | 1997-09-01 | 1999-04-30 |
| SCHREIBER, Wolfgang, Dr | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2014-05-31 |
| STEWART, Alasdair Moray | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2012-04-30 |
| STRAUGHAN, Michael Keith | Director | 2011-02-07 | 2017-08-31 |
| TIETZ, Werner Julius, Dr | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| WARD, Peter Terry | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| WINTERKORN, Martin, Prof | Director | 2007-02-26 | 2015-11-06 |
| WOODWARK, Christopher John Stuart | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1997-03-10 |
| YOUNG, John Forrest | Director | 1997-09-01 | 1998-04-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 273 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.