McLaren Automotive: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
McLaren Automotive Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Mclaren Automotive Holdings Limited. In the year to December 2024 McLaren Automotive Limited reported turnover of £694m.
- In the year to December 2024, McLaren Automotive had turnover of £694m, up 84.0% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax loss of £135m, losing £19.48 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 2,251 people, with staff costs of £114m.
- McLaren Automotive Limited is controlled by Mclaren Automotive Holdings Limited, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from McLaren Automotive Limited's accounts for the year to December 2024, filed at Companies House on 10 October 2025.
- Registered name
- MCLAREN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
- Company number
- 01967717
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 2 December 1985
- Registered office area
- Guildford
- 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 2024, filed 10 October 2025
What does McLaren Automotive do?
McLaren Automotive designs, builds and sells McLaren supercars from its base in Woking, Surrey, through a network of retailers worldwide, including tailor-made cars from its McLaren Special Operations division. It is separate from McLaren Racing, the Formula 1 team, which belongs to a different company and was not part of the 2025 sale of the car business to CYVN Holdings, an Abu Dhabi investment company. These figures are for McLaren Automotive Limited, owned through McLaren Group Holdings Limited, whose controlling owner on the register is the Abu Dhabi Government.
In brief: supercar maker · designs and builds in Woking · separate from the F1 team · owned from Abu Dhabi
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 6 November 2026. Official website: cars.mclaren.com.
Who owns McLaren Automotive?
The Companies House register records Mclaren Automotive Holdings Limited as the person with significant control of McLaren Automotive Limited, company number 01967717. Mclaren Automotive Holdings Limited is itself company number 10756310.
That places McLaren Automotive 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 McLaren Automotive?
The Companies House register lists 3 current officers for McLaren Automotive Limited.
All 3 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Nicholas Paul Collins | 2 April 2025 |
| Eddy Georges Skaf | 2 April 2025 |
| Ani Maaria Lockwood | 3 August 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did McLaren Automotive file?
McLaren Automotive Limited reported turnover of £694m in the year to December 2024. That was up 84.0% on £377m the year before.
It reported 2,251 employees. The year before it reported 2,187.
It filed a pre-tax loss of £135m for the year, against a pre-tax loss of £843m the year before.
Staff costs came to £114m. That is an average of £51,000 a head. It ended the year with £14m at the bank and net liabilities of £127m.
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £694m | £377m |
| Pre-tax profit | -£135m (filed) | -£843m (filed) |
| Employees | 2,251 | 2,187 |
| Staff costs | £114m | £97m |
| Average staff cost per head | £51,000 | £44,000 |
| Bank and cash | £14m | £7m |
| Net assets | -£127m | £57m |
| Interest paid | £38m | |
| Interest received | £1.9m | |
| Directors' pay | £4m |
Read the accounts to December 2024 (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 McLaren Automotive?
McLaren Automotive Limited has registered 19 charges at Companies House, of which 3 are 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.
All 3 outstanding charges
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| Hsbc UK Bank PLC | 9 April 2025 |
| Hsbc Bank PLC | 9 April 2025 |
| Mubea Carbo Tech Gmbh | 4 May 2020 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How McLaren Automotive compares
Of the 8 British car makers, McLaren Automotive is 8th on turnover, 7th on profit margin and 1st 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 |
| 8th | McLaren Automotive | £694m | −£19.48 |
| + 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.
McLaren Automotive files as McLaren Automotive Limited, whose person with significant control is Mclaren Automotive Holdings Limited, with turnover of £694m in its latest filed year.
Questions about McLaren Automotive
What does McLaren Automotive do?
McLaren Automotive designs, builds and sells McLaren supercars from its base in Woking, Surrey, through a network of retailers worldwide, including tailor-made cars from its McLaren Special Operations division. It is separate from McLaren Racing, the Formula 1 team, which belongs to a different company and was not part of the 2025 sale of the car business to CYVN Holdings, an Abu Dhabi investment company. These figures are for McLaren Automotive Limited, owned through McLaren Group Holdings Limited, whose controlling owner on the register is the Abu Dhabi Government.
Is McLaren Automotive bigger than Aston Martin?
No, by turnover. McLaren Automotive reported £694m in its latest accounts, against £1,258m at Aston Martin. Our Aston Martin v McLaren page compares the two on profit, margin, growth and staff. Aston Martin v McLaren →
How does McLaren Automotive compare with its rivals?
By turnover, McLaren Automotive is 8th 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 McLaren Automotive?
The Companies House register records Mclaren Automotive Holdings Limited as the person with significant control of McLaren Automotive Limited.
How much does McLaren Automotive make?
McLaren Automotive Limited reported turnover of £694m in the year to December 2024. It filed a pre-tax loss of £135m.
How many people work at McLaren Automotive?
McLaren Automotive Limited reported 2,251 employees in the year to December 2024.
Who runs McLaren Automotive?
The Companies House register lists 3 current officers for McLaren Automotive Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from McLaren Automotive Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 01967717, 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, “McLaren Automotive: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/mclaren-automotive/. Figures from Companies House filings for MCLAREN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED (01967717).
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