Bentley: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Bentley Motors Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft. In the year to December 2025 Bentley Motors Limited reported turnover of £2,123m.
- In the year to December 2025, Bentley had turnover of £2,123m, down 3.5% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £85m, keeping £3.98 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 4,119 people, with staff costs of £319m.
- Bentley Motors Limited is controlled by Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from Bentley Motors Limited's accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 28 September 2026.
- Registered name
- BENTLEY MOTORS LIMITED
- Company number
- 00992897
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 28 October 1970
- Registered office area
- Crewe
- Industry code on the register
- 29100: Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2025, filed 28 September 2026
What does Bentley do?
Bentley Motors designs, engineers and builds Bentley luxury cars, including the Continental GT, Flying Spur and Bentayga, at its factory and headquarters in Crewe, Cheshire. It sells its cars and parts to retailers around the world, some through its own overseas sales companies, and carries its own design and development costs, so its turnover comes from selling the cars it makes. These figures are for Bentley Motors Limited, part of the Volkswagen Group: its direct parent is Volkswagen Finance Luxembourg S.A. and its ultimate parent is Volkswagen AG.
In brief: luxury car maker · designs and builds in Crewe · sells to retailers worldwide · owned by Volkswagen AG
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 6 November 2026. Official website: bentleymotors.com.
Who owns Bentley?
The Companies House register records Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft as the person with significant control of Bentley Motors Limited, company number 00992897. Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft is itself company number HRB 1004.
That places Bentley Motors Limited inside a larger group. The accounts on this page are the company's own, not the wider group's.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Bentley?
The Companies House register lists 11 current officers for Bentley Motors Limited.
All 11 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Justine Susan Pridding | 1 June 2019 |
| Dr. Matthias Rabe | 1 September 2020 |
| Juergen Rittersberger | 1 July 2021 |
| Dr. Karen Lange | 1 September 2021 |
| Andreas Johann Kiesling | 19 July 2023 |
| Dr Gernot Döllner | 1 September 2023 |
| Andreas Lehe | 1 September 2023 |
| Felix Porsche | 23 January 2024 |
| Frank-Steffen Hugo Hermann Walliser | 1 July 2024 |
| Christophe Georges | 1 December 2024 |
| Axel Dewitz | 1 April 2025 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Bentley file?
Bentley Motors Limited reported turnover of £2,123m in the year to December 2025. That was down 3.5% on £2,200m the year before.
It reported 4,119 employees. The year before it reported 4,213.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £85m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £187m the year before.
Staff costs came to £319m. That is an average of £77,000 a head. It ended the year with £336m at the bank and net assets of £692m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,123m | £2,200m |
| Pre-tax profit | £85m (filed) | £187m (filed) |
| Employees | 4,119 | 4,213 |
| Staff costs | £319m | £320m |
| Average staff cost per head | £77,000 | £76,000 |
| Bank and cash | £336m | £348m |
| Net assets | £692m | £590m |
| Interest paid | £1.0m | |
| Interest received | £20m | |
| Directors' pay | £4m |
Read the accounts to December 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets
Are there any charges against Bentley?
Bentley Motors Limited has registered 4 charges at Companies House, of which 1 is still outstanding. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
The outstanding charge
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| Rolls-Royce & Bentley Pension Fund Trustee Limited as Trustee of the Rolls-Royce & Bentley Pension Fund | 21 December 2022 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How Bentley compares
Of the 8 British car makers, Bentley is 4th on turnover, 3rd on profit margin and 4th on growth. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £12.47.
| Rank | British car makers | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | JLR | £22,911m | −£1.34 |
| 4th | Bentley | £2,123m | £3.98 |
| + 6 more British car makers ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
Bentley files as Bentley Motors Limited, whose person with significant control is Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, with turnover of £2,123m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Bentley
What does Bentley do?
Bentley Motors designs, engineers and builds Bentley luxury cars, including the Continental GT, Flying Spur and Bentayga, at its factory and headquarters in Crewe, Cheshire. It sells its cars and parts to retailers around the world, some through its own overseas sales companies, and carries its own design and development costs, so its turnover comes from selling the cars it makes. These figures are for Bentley Motors Limited, part of the Volkswagen Group: its direct parent is Volkswagen Finance Luxembourg S.A. and its ultimate parent is Volkswagen AG.
Is Bentley bigger than Rolls-Royce Motor Cars?
Yes, by turnover. Bentley reported £2,123m in its latest accounts, against £914m at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. Our Bentley v Rolls-Royce page compares the two on profit, margin, growth and staff. Bentley v Rolls-Royce →
How does Bentley compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Bentley is 4th of the 8 companies in our battle of the British car makers, behind JLR. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the British car makers →
Who owns Bentley?
The Companies House register records Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft as the person with significant control of Bentley Motors Limited.
How much does Bentley make?
Bentley Motors Limited reported turnover of £2,123m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £85m.
How many people work at Bentley?
Bentley Motors Limited reported 4,119 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs Bentley?
The Companies House register lists 11 current officers for Bentley Motors Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Bentley Motors Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 00992897, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are single company accounts: they cover this company alone, not any wider group.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Bentley: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/bentley/. Figures from Companies House filings for BENTLEY MOTORS LIMITED (00992897).
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