BABCOCK LAND DEFENCE LIMITED
A subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange-listed Babcock International Group PLC, the company provides defence support services to the Ministry of Defence, including the maintenance of military vehicles, procurement of consumables, and management of military estates.
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Cash
£672k
+528% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£81m
+234.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
2,838
-2.8% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£62m
+82% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £296,024,000 | £371,371,000 | £387,484,000 | +4.3% | |
| Operating profit | £1,382,000 | £34,109,000 | £20,459,000 | -40% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,536,000 | £34,133,000 | £62,134,000 | +82% | |
| Net profit | -£701,000 | £27,075,000 | £56,247,000 | +107.7% | |
| Cash | £573,000 | £107,000 | £672,000 | +528% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£43,183,000 | £26,194,000 | £81,188,000 | +209.9% | |
| Net assets | -£50,430,000 | £24,052,000 | £80,513,000 | +234.7% | |
| Equity | -£50,430,000 | £24,052,000 | £80,513,000 | +234.7% | |
| Average employees | 2,580 | 2,920 | 2,838 | -2.8% | |
| Wages | £101,109,000 | £119,366,000 | £129,253,000 | +8.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,087,000 | £963,000 | £1,446,000 | +50.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £102,000 | £38,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £291,000 | £397,000 | £549,000 | +38.3% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.5% | 9.2% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | -0.2% | 7.3% | 14.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 130.2% | 25.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 137.5% | 85.8% | 62.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.64x | 1.06x | 1.51x | |
| Interest cover | 1.25x | 19.72x | 72.04x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- BABCOCK LAND DEFENCE LIMITED 2020-07-16 → present
- BABCOCK DSG LTD 2015-04-01 → 2020-07-16
- DSG LAND EQUIPMENT SUPPORT LIMITED 2014-11-26 → 2015-04-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Following review, the Directors have concluded that the Company has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months from the date of these financial statements. The Directors have not identified any material uncertainties related to events or conditions”
Group structure
- BABCOCK LAND DEFENCE LIMITED · parent
- Peterhouse GmbH 100%
- Babcock Fire Training (Avonmouth) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the Company received a dividend of £40,046,000 from Peterhouse GmbH (2025: £nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BABCOCK CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-03-31 | — | — |
| ABBOTT, Matthew Thomas | Director | 2024-11-30 | Mar 1978 | British |
| ATKINSON, Louise Catherine | Director | 2026-07-06 | May 1982 | British |
| BEALEY, Matthew Edward | Director | 2026-06-22 | Aug 1980 | British |
| BORRETT, Nicholas James William | Director | 2015-12-01 | Feb 1967 | British |
| HAYWARD, Matthew | Director | 2026-07-06 | Apr 1966 | British |
| MCGAUGHEY, Aimee Louise | Director | 2026-03-12 | Jul 1990 | British |
| ROBINSON, Katie Ann | Director | 2024-03-26 | Feb 1976 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Nicolas Charles | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2018-04-30 |
| ATKINSON, Louise Catherine | Director | 2021-12-09 | 2024-03-26 |
| COHEN, Jonathan David | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2023-12-20 |
| DAVIES, John Richard | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2021-06-28 |
| DAVIES, John Richard | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2015-12-01 |
| DIXON, James Mark | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2020-08-03 |
| DOHERTY, Shaun, Dr | Director | 2022-05-18 | 2024-09-30 |
| EDWARDS, Paul Lloyd | Director | 2023-12-20 | 2026-06-22 |
| ENGLISH, David Roy | Director | 2014-11-26 | 2015-03-31 |
| HARDY, Roger Andrew | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2017-04-01 |
| HAYZEN-SMITH, Karen Veronica | Director | 2016-11-14 | 2017-04-01 |
| LAWTON, Mark David | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2020-10-09 |
| NEWMAN, Tom | Director | 2021-06-29 | 2023-05-24 |
| PEMBERTON, Robert Hartley | Director | 2016-06-08 | 2020-11-23 |
| RAYSON, Joanna Kay | Director | 2023-07-12 | 2026-03-12 |
| SPICER, Christopher John Leo | Director | 2023-07-12 | 2026-06-30 |
| TAYLOR, Richard Hewitt | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2021-10-31 |
| TAYLOR, Richard Hewitt | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2016-07-13 |
| TOLLEY, Carole Anne Bennett | Director | 2015-03-09 | 2015-03-31 |
| URQUHART, Iain Stuart | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2022-05-31 |
| WEST, Steven | Director | 2020-10-09 | 2022-07-01 |
| WHITE, Samuel Michael | Director | 2020-08-03 | 2021-09-30 |
| WILLIAMS, David Peter | Director | 2014-11-26 | 2015-03-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock Land Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 89 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.