# British American Tobacco P.L.C. (03407696)

> Accounts, ratios and register details for UK company 03407696, from Companies House filings, by companydig. Interactive version: https://companydig.co.uk/company/03407696

- **Status:** active
- **Company type:** plc
- **Incorporated:** 1997-07-23
- **Registered office:** Globe House, 4 Temple Place, London, WC2R 2PG
- **Industry (SIC):** 70100 Activities of head offices
- **Previous names:** MEASUREPROFIT PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
- **Accounts on record:** 31 years (1997–2025)

Figures in GBP units (not thousands), last 10 years. Costs and liabilities are positive amounts; tax is positive for a charge and negative for a credit; losses are negative. Latest year source: scanned PDF read by OCR; check against the filing.

## Profit and loss

| Line item | 2016-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
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| Revenue / turnover | 43,104,000,000 | 0 | 7,752,000,000 | 8,474,000,000 | 25,877,000,000 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Operating profit | – | 0 | -1,827,000,000 | 9,313,000,000 | 9,016,000,000 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Profit before tax | 5,855,000,000 | 104,000,000 | 7,723,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 7,912,000,000 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tax charge / (credit) | 1,333,000,000 | 4,522,000,000 | 1,000,000 | -6,208,000,000 | 2,063,000,000 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Profit after tax | 4,522,000,000 | -4,418,000,000 | 7,722,000,000 | 6,210,000,000 | 5,849,000,000 | – | – | – | – | – |

## Balance sheet

| Line item | 2016-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
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| Total fixed / non-current assets | 27,414,000,000 | 127,072,000,000 | 133,687,000,000 | 127,731,000,000 | 124,078,000,000 | 124,558,000,000 | 138,137,000,000 | 104,530,000,000 | 104,605,000,000 | 96,606,000,000 |
| Current assets | 12,359,000,000 | 13,966,000,000 | 12,655,000,000 | 141,005,000,000 | 13,612,000,000 | 12,807,000,000 | 15,409,000,000 | 14,186,000,000 | 14,294,000,000 | 12,684,000,000 |
| Cash at bank | 2,204,000,000 | 3,291,000,000 | 2,602,000,000 | 2,526,000,000 | 3,139,000,000 | 2,809,000,000 | 3,446,000,000 | 4,659,000,000 | 5,297,000,000 | 3,827,000,000 |
| Creditors < 1 year (current liabilities) | 11,856,000,000 | 15,544,000,000 | 16,329,000,000 | 141,005,000,000 | 15,478,000,000 | 15,144,000,000 | 17,853,000,000 | 15,673,000,000 | 18,743,000,000 | 14,524,000,000 |
| Net current assets | 503,000,000 | -1,578,000,000 | -3,674,000,000 | 0 | -1,866,000,000 | -2,337,000,000 | -2,444,000,000 | -1,487,000,000 | -4,449,000,000 | -1,840,000,000 |
| Net assets | 8,406,000,000 | 61,026,000,000 | 65,688,000,000 | 64,160,000,000 | 62,955,000,000 | 67,401,000,000 | 75,710,000,000 | 52,934,000,000 | 49,995,000,000 | 48,145,000,000 |
| Total equity | 8,406,000,000 | 61,026,000,000 | 65,688,000,000 | 64,160,000,000 | 62,955,000,000 | 67,401,000,000 | 75,710,000,000 | 52,934,000,000 | 49,995,000,000 | 48,145,000,000 |

## Cash flow

| Line item | 2016-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
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| Net cash from operating activities | 5,347,000,000 | 12,000,000 | 79,000,000 | -3,000,000 | 790,000,000 | – | – | 10,394,000,000 | 10,125,000,000 | – |
| Net cash from investing activities | -18,544,000,000 | -63,000,000 | -11,016,000,000 | 3,175,000,000 | 783,000,000 | – | – | -705,000,000 | 1,375,000,000 | – |
| Net cash from financing activities | 14,759,000,000 | -7,397,000,000 | 14,602,000,000 | -3,172,000,000 | -7,897,000,000 | – | – | -8,878,000,000 | -10,632,000,000 | 1,121,000,000 |
| Free cash flow | 5,347,000,000 | 12,000,000 | 79,000,000 | -3,000,000 | 790,000,000 | – | – | 10,394,000,000 | 10,125,000,000 | – |

## Ratios

| Ratio | 2016-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
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| Revenue growth | – | -100.0% | – | 9.3% | 205.4% | – | – | – | – | – |
| Operating margin | – | – | -23.6% | 109.9% | 34.8% | – | – | – | – | – |
| Net margin | 10.5% | – | 99.6% | 73.3% | 22.6% | – | – | – | – | – |
| Return on equity | 67.3% | -12.7% | 12.2% | 9.6% | 9.2% | – | – | – | – | – |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | – | 0.0% | -3.0% | 12.1% | 11.0% | – | – | – | – | – |
| Current ratio | 1.04× | 0.90× | 0.78× | 1.00× | 0.88× | 0.85× | 0.86× | 0.91× | 0.76× | 0.87× |
| Effective tax rate | 22.8% | 4348.1% | 0.0% | -310400.0% | 26.1% | – | – | – | – | – |

## More

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