JLR: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC has no person with significant control recorded on the Companies House register. In the year to March 2026 it reported turnover of £22,911m.
- In the year to March 2026, JLR had turnover of £22,911m.
- It made a pre-tax loss of £308m, losing £1.34 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 42,850 people, with staff costs of £3,314m.
- These figures are from Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC's group accounts for the year to March 2026, filed at Companies House on 7 September 2026.
- Registered name
- JAGUAR LAND ROVER AUTOMOTIVE PLC
- Company number
- 06477691
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 18 January 2008
- Registered office area
- Coventry
- Industry code on the register
- 70100: Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
- Accounts
- Group accounts, covering the companies it owns
- Accounts type
- Full group accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to March 2026, filed 7 September 2026
What does JLR do?
JLR is a British car maker that designs, builds and sells Range Rover, Defender, Discovery and Jaguar vehicles, with its headquarters in Coventry. It builds cars in the UK at plants including Solihull and Halewood, makes electric drive units and batteries in Wolverhampton, and also has a plant at Nitra in Slovakia. These figures are for Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC, the parent of the JLR group, and cover the whole group; it is owned through TML Holdings Pte. Ltd. of Singapore by Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited of India.
In brief: car maker · Range Rover, Defender, Discovery and Jaguar · UK and overseas plants · owned by Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 6 November 2026. Official website: jlr.com.
Who owns JLR?
Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC, company number 06477691, has no person with significant control recorded on the register. The full record is linked below.
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 JLR?
The Companies House register lists 8 current officers for Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC.
All 8 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Natarajan Chandrasekaran | 24 February 2017 |
| Pathamadai Balaji | 7 December 2017 |
| Hanne Birgitte Breinbjerg Sorensen | 15 August 2018 |
| Charles Edward Nichols | 24 January 2022 |
| Abdulla Al-Noor Gulamali Ramji | 24 January 2022 |
| David Alexander Reddoch Berry | 30 September 2022 |
| Richard John Molyneux | 1 March 2026 |
| Vedika Bhandarkar | 1 October 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did JLR file?
Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC reported turnover of £22,911m in the year to March 2026.
It reported 42,850 employees.
It filed a pre-tax loss of £308m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £1,057m the year before.
Staff costs came to £3,314m. That is an average of £77,000 a head. It ended the year with £2,750m at the bank and net assets of £8,064m. It paid dividends of £448m.
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,911m | n/d |
| Pre-tax profit | -£308m (filed) | £1,057m (filed) |
| Employees | 42,850 | n/d |
| Staff costs | £3,314m | |
| Average staff cost per head | £77,000 | |
| Bank and cash | £2,750m | n/d |
| Net assets | £8,064m | £2,787m |
| Dividends paid | £448m | £387m |
| Interest paid | £178m | |
| Interest received | £99m | |
| Directors' pay | £7m |
Read the accounts to March 2026 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets · Group accounts
How JLR compares
Of the 8 British car makers, JLR is 1st on turnover and 5th on profit margin. 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 |
| 2nd | Nissan UK | £6,629m | −£13.40 |
| + 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.
JLR files as Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC, with turnover of £22,911m in its latest filed year.
Questions about JLR
What does JLR do?
JLR is a British car maker that designs, builds and sells Range Rover, Defender, Discovery and Jaguar vehicles, with its headquarters in Coventry. It builds cars in the UK at plants including Solihull and Halewood, makes electric drive units and batteries in Wolverhampton, and also has a plant at Nitra in Slovakia. These figures are for Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC, the parent of the JLR group, and cover the whole group; it is owned through TML Holdings Pte. Ltd. of Singapore by Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited of India.
Is JLR bigger than Aston Martin?
Yes, by turnover. JLR reported £22,911m in its latest accounts, against £1,258m at Aston Martin. Our JLR v Aston Martin page compares the two on profit, margin, growth and staff. JLR v Aston Martin →
How does JLR compare with its rivals?
By turnover, JLR is 1st of the 8 companies in our battle of the British car makers, ahead of Nissan UK. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the British car makers →
Who owns JLR?
Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC has no person with significant control recorded at Companies House.
How much does JLR make?
Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC reported turnover of £22,911m in the year to March 2026. It filed a pre-tax loss of £308m.
How many people work at JLR?
Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC reported 42,850 employees in the year to March 2026.
Who runs JLR?
The Companies House register lists 8 current officers for Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC's filings at Companies House, company number 06477691, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are group accounts: they include the companies it owns.
- 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, “JLR: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/jlr/. Figures from Companies House filings for JAGUAR LAND ROVER AUTOMOTIVE PLC (06477691).
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