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Company description
B.A.T (U.K. AND EXPORT) LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 24 May 1929; registered for 97 years; registered office reported in LONDON. Its primary declared activity is 12000 · Manufacture of tobacco products.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 6 trade marks. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- B.A.T (U.K. AND EXPORT) LIMITED
- Company number
- 00239762
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 0 total · 0 outstanding · 0 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
1 July 2026Next statement due
15 July 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 July 2021 – 31 December 2021
- Filed
- 23 January 2022
- Shortest standard term
- 0 days
- Longest standard term
- 120 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-1
- Financial period started
- Not supplied
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £0
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 47.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 120 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
W030 - 30 days after month end (due at the end of next month).
Some contracts contain a fortnightly payment run clause that states Suppliers accept that BAT’s payment processing centres operate a fortnightly payment run system and that, if the due date for payment of the Valid Invoice falls after the fortnightly payment run day in the relevant week, the Valid Invoice will be paid on the following fortnightly payment run day. This clause is agreed with Suppliers as part of the contract negotiation process before it is implemented. - Dispute resolution process
If suppliers have any queries related to invoices and payments they can contact fsd_uk@bat.com, which acts as an information center.
FSD UK will provide details such as status of invoices, date of payments and statement of account reconciliations.
Earlier payment reports (7 shown)
- 43.0 average days to pay13.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay18.0% outside terms
- 35.0 average days to pay21.0% outside terms
- 31.0 average days to pay31.0% outside terms
- 34.0 average days to pay28.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay21.0% outside terms
- 30.0 average days to pay22.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
04 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
B.A.T (U.K. AND EXPORT) LIMITED
LEI 213800QBB5FT1WMREA08 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 24 May 1929
- Initial LEI registration
- 4 February 2014
- LEI last updated
- 19 January 2026
- Next renewal
- 9 March 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- GLOBE HOUSE, 1 WATER STREET, LONDON, GB-LND, WC2R 3LA, GB
- Headquarters address
- GLOBE HOUSE, 1 WATER STREET, LONDON, GB-LND, WC2R 3LA, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS DIRECTLY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 213800QBB5FT1WMREA08 to LEI 213800FKA5MF17RJKT63
- Related legal entity
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. →
- Initial registration
- 4 February 2014
- Last updated
- 19 January 2026
- Next renewal
- 9 March 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2024-12-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2018-02-21T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReports/PDF/LSE_BATS_2024.pdf
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 213800QBB5FT1WMREA08 to LEI 213800FKA5MF17RJKT63
- Related legal entity
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C. →
- Initial registration
- 4 February 2014
- Last updated
- 19 January 2026
- Next renewal
- 9 March 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2024-12-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2018-02-21T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReports/PDF/LSE_BATS_2024.pdf
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
05 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- B.A.T (U.K. AND EXPORT) LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C.
- Statement period
- 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2020
- Approved
- 15 February 2021
- Sectors
- Durable consumer goods, including electronics and appliances, home furnishings and other accessories
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- Over £500 million
- Years producing statements
- 1 to 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 1 April 2021
Policies described
Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Other
Training described
Your whole organisation Other
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Professional auditors Workers within your organisation Workers within your supply chain Businesses in your industry or sector
Social audits
Audit conducted by your staff Third party audit arranged by your organisation Announced audit
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups
Other monitoring
Risk assessments, farm visits and monitoring, and human rights impact assessments (HRIAs) aligned to the UN Guiding Principles
Demonstrated progress
We use key performance indicators (KPIs) outlined in the statement. These KPIs, alongside monitoring of strategic plans and emerging risks and best practice, are regularly reviewed at senior level through our governance framework and committees. We have also set ourselves clear next steps for continuous improvement and longer-term ambitions for 2025.
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
DUAL FILTER ALBANY KINGS.
Owner B.A.T (U.K. and Export) Limited · classes 34
- Filed / designated
- 2 May 1963
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 May 2018
ALBANY
Owner B.A.T (U.K. and Export) Limited · classes 34
- Filed / designated
- 7 March 1991
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 March 2008
ALBANY
Owner B.A.T (U.K. and Export) Limited · classes 34
- Filed / designated
- 24 November 1971
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 November 2006
ALBANY
Owner B.A.T (U.K. and Export) Limited · classes 34
- Filed / designated
- 27 November 1959
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 November 2004
F.L. SMITH ALBANY
Owner B.A.T. (U.K. and Export) Limited · classes 34
- Filed / designated
- 24 February 1948
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 February 2007
F.L.Smith
Owner B.A.T (U.K. and Export) Limited · classes 34
- Filed / designated
- 16 April 1903
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 April 2011
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England And Wales
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 074974
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
07 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
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08 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
09 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
10 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
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These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
11 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
12 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
13 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
14 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
15 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.