Rolls-Royce Motor Cars: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Bmw (Uk) Holdings Limited. In the year to December 2025 Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited reported turnover of £914m.
- In the year to December 2025, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars had turnover of £914m, down 6.6% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £114m, keeping £12.47 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 1,980 people, with staff costs of £143m.
- Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited is controlled by Bmw (Uk) Holdings Limited, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited's accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 17 July 2026.
- Registered name
- ROLLS-ROYCE MOTOR CARS LIMITED
- Company number
- 03522604
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 5 March 1998
- 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 2025, filed 17 July 2026
What does Rolls-Royce Motor Cars do?
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars hand-builds Rolls-Royce cars, including the Phantom, Ghost, Cullinan and Spectre, at the Home of Rolls-Royce in Goodwood, West Sussex, and owns the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars trademarks. It sells almost all its cars first to one BMW Group sales company, which sells them to dealers worldwide, at prices the accounts describe as arm's length, and it is also paid a brand royalty by that company. These figures are for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited, owned by BMW AG through BMW (UK) Holdings Limited; it is not connected to Rolls-Royce plc, the aero-engine maker.
In brief: luxury car maker · hand-built at Goodwood · sells through a BMW Group sales company · not Rolls-Royce plc
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 6 November 2026. Official website: rolls-roycemotorcars.com.
Who owns Rolls-Royce Motor Cars?
The Companies House register records Bmw (Uk) Holdings Limited as the person with significant control of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited, company number 03522604. Bmw (Uk) Holdings Limited is itself company number 01213133.
That places Rolls-Royce Motor Cars 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 Rolls-Royce Motor Cars?
The Companies House register lists 5 current officers for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited.
All 5 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Lord Charles Henry Gordon Lennox His Grace The 11th Duke Of Richmond And Gordon | 1 October 2005 |
| William Edwin Johnson | 11 December 2018 |
| Jochen Johannes Goller | 1 November 2023 |
| Christopher Mark Brownridge | 1 December 2023 |
| Dr Werner Lulay | 1 August 2024 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Rolls-Royce Motor Cars file?
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited reported turnover of £914m in the year to December 2025. That was down 6.6% on £979m the year before.
It reported 1,980 employees. The year before it reported 1,934.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £114m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £135m the year before.
Staff costs came to £143m. That is an average of £72,000 a head. It ended the year with £0.7m at the bank and net assets of £202m. It paid dividends of £93m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £914m | £979m |
| Pre-tax profit | £114m (filed) | £135m (filed) |
| Employees | 1,980 | 1,934 |
| Staff costs | £143m | £136m |
| Average staff cost per head | £72,000 | £70,000 |
| Bank and cash | £0.7m | £0.6m |
| Net assets | £202m | £213m |
| Dividends paid | £93m | £96m |
| Interest paid | £0.9m | |
| Interest received | £7m | |
| Directors' pay | £1.1m |
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
How Rolls-Royce Motor Cars compares
Of the 8 British car makers, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is 7th on turnover, 1st on profit margin and 5th on growth.
| Rank | British car makers | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | JLR | £22,911m | −£1.34 |
| 7th | Rolls-Royce Motor Cars | £914m | £12.47 |
| + 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.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars files as Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited, whose person with significant control is Bmw (Uk) Holdings Limited, with turnover of £914m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
What does Rolls-Royce Motor Cars do?
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars hand-builds Rolls-Royce cars, including the Phantom, Ghost, Cullinan and Spectre, at the Home of Rolls-Royce in Goodwood, West Sussex, and owns the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars trademarks. It sells almost all its cars first to one BMW Group sales company, which sells them to dealers worldwide, at prices the accounts describe as arm's length, and it is also paid a brand royalty by that company. These figures are for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited, owned by BMW AG through BMW (UK) Holdings Limited; it is not connected to Rolls-Royce plc, the aero-engine maker.
Is Rolls-Royce Motor Cars bigger than Bentley?
No, by turnover. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars reported £914m in its latest accounts, against £2,123m at Bentley. Our Bentley v Rolls-Royce page compares the two on profit, margin, growth and staff. Bentley v Rolls-Royce →
How does Rolls-Royce Motor Cars compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is 7th 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 Rolls-Royce Motor Cars?
The Companies House register records Bmw (Uk) Holdings Limited as the person with significant control of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited.
How much does Rolls-Royce Motor Cars make?
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited reported turnover of £914m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £114m.
How many people work at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars?
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited reported 1,980 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs Rolls-Royce Motor Cars?
The Companies House register lists 5 current officers for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 03522604, 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, “Rolls-Royce Motor Cars: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/rolls-royce-motor-cars/. Figures from Companies House filings for ROLLS-ROYCE MOTOR CARS LIMITED (03522604).
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