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Company description
GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 7 May 1985; registered for 41 years; registered office reported in LONDON, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 84220 · Defence activities.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 7 trade marks, 15 procurement records. 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
- GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
- Company number
- 01911653
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 4 total · 3 outstanding · 1 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 2025Next accounts due
30 September 2027Last statement made up to
13 July 2026Next statement due
27 July 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- -1.9%
- Mean bonus gap
- 7.4%
- Women receiving bonus
- 88.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 91.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 14.7%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 23.7%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 15.4%
- Women in lower quartile
- 21.7%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 49997.8% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9997.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499911.2% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499913.4% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499920.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499922.1% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499921.7% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499923.1% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 23 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 30 days
- Longest standard term
- 60 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- Prompt Payment Code
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £57,602,552
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £55,686,597
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £41,421,769
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £11,940,886
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 34.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 7.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
N/A
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
30 days from date of invoice
- Other payment-term information
N/A
- Dispute resolution process
Invoice and payment queries are initially dealt with by our Accounts Payable Team. Each member of the team are responsible for a group of suppliers and will be up-to-date on the current status of their individual accounts. If there are complex issues preventing the approval of an account, it will be transferred to either our Supply Chain, Commercial and/or our Legal Department to assist with resolution.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 51.0 average days to pay76.0% outside terms
- 44.0 average days to pay51.0% outside terms
- 46.0 average days to pay67.0% outside terms
- 39.0 average days to pay44.0% outside terms
- 61.0 average days to pay68.0% outside terms
- 61.0 average days to pay68.0% outside terms
- 71.0 average days to pay70.0% outside terms
- 65.0 average days to pay67.0% outside terms
- 38.0 average days to pay43.0% outside terms
- 39.0 average days to pay42.0% outside terms
- 38.0 average days to pay49.0% 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.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
LEI 549300WA4GUU1603LK57 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 7 May 1985
- Initial LEI registration
- 4 December 2012
- LEI last updated
- 6 February 2026
- Next renewal
- 14 February 2027
- Managing LOU
- 529900T8BM49AURSDO55
- Other legal names
- COMPUTING DEVICES COMPANY LIMITED; COMPUTING DEVICES HOLDINGS LIMITED
- Legal address
- 47 Red Lion Street, London, GB-LND, WC1R 4PF, GB
- Headquarters address
- 47 Red Lion Street, London, GB-LND, WC1R 4PF, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS DIRECTLY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 549300WA4GUU1603LK57 to LEI 9C1X8XOOTYY2FNYTVH06
- Initial registration
- 7 December 2024
- Last updated
- 6 February 2026
- Next renewal
- 14 February 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- REGULATORY_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2023-01-01T00:00:00+00:00; End: 2023-12-31T00:00:00+00:00; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 1985-05-07T00:00:00+00:00; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD; Start: 2024-12-07T00:00:00+00:00; Type: DOCUMENT_FILING_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: OTHER_ACCOUNTING_STANDARD
- Validation reference
- https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053324000007/gd-20231231.htm
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 549300WA4GUU1603LK57 to LEI 9C1X8XOOTYY2FNYTVH06
- Initial registration
- 7 December 2024
- Last updated
- 6 February 2026
- Next renewal
- 14 February 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- REGULATORY_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2023-01-01T00:00:00+00:00; End: 2023-12-31T00:00:00+00:00; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 1985-05-07T00:00:00+00:00; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD; Start: 2024-12-07T00:00:00+00:00; Type: DOCUMENT_FILING_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: OTHER_ACCOUNTING_STANDARD
- Validation reference
- https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053324000007/gd-20231231.htm
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.
06 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Provision of DIMP Requirement
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · ocds-b5fd17-17c4c12d-882a-43f5-9539-ce2eaeb8edc8
- Supplier named in award
- General Dynamics UK Limited
- Award value
- £39,600
- Contract period
- 1 April 2026 – 31 March 2029
- Published
- 6 March 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 72000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-17c4c12d-882a-43f5-9539-ce2eaeb8edc8-2026-03-06T06:55:23Z
Foxhound Technical Demonstrator
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · ocds-b5fd17-cbce4eae-0be1-4906-a3c2-57763a75d5b2
- Supplier named in award
- GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS UK
- Award value
- £19,800,000
- Contract period
- 31 August 2024 – 31 August 2026
- Published
- 15 July 2024
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 35410000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-cbce4eae-0be1-4906-a3c2-57763a75d5b2-2024-07-15T11:58:16+01:00
Provision of PED 2 to P-8A
Ministry of Defence · ocds-b5fd17-23da8f9d-6201-4e13-ab1f-89960d1db3a7
- Supplier named in award
- General Dynamics UK Limited
- Award value
- £3,224,465
- Contract period
- 21 June 2024 – 20 June 2027
- Published
- 7 August 2024
- Procedure
- Other - Restricted (non-OJEU)
- Main CPV
- 48132000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-23da8f9d-6201-4e13-ab1f-89960d1db3a7-2024-08-07T16:43:28+01:00
Provision of Defence Information Management Portal
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · ocds-b5fd17-6439a1c4-e170-439c-9346-2ed46d285b36
- Supplier named in award
- General Dynamics UK Limited
- Award value
- £13,200
- Contract period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Published
- 10 April 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 72000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-6439a1c4-e170-439c-9346-2ed46d285b36-2024-04-10T14:10:03+01:00
Foxhound Command Variant
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · ocds-b5fd17-ecbaaf27-b1b2-42b8-bdc3-ab9df039bdc5
- Supplier named in award
- General Dynamics Land Systems UK
- Award value
- £19,760,000
- Contract period
- 31 January 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Published
- 18 December 2023
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 35412500
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-ecbaaf27-b1b2-42b8-bdc3-ab9df039bdc5-2023-12-18T11:45:20Z
Foxhound Command Variant
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · ocds-b5fd17-ecbaaf27-b1b2-42b8-bdc3-ab9df039bdc5
- Supplier named in award
- GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
- Award value
- £9,985,029.60
- Contract period
- 18 December 2023 – 31 March 2025
- Published
- 18 December 2023
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 35412500
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-ecbaaf27-b1b2-42b8-bdc3-ab9df039bdc5-2023-12-18T11:45:20Z
** For Transparency Purposes Only ** G-Cloud 13 Framework Agreement Call-Off
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · ocds-b5fd17-dcc0e4ac-0add-4b63-921f-7d4ecfc1410f
- Supplier named in award
- GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
- Award value
- £13,200
- Contract period
- 21 February 2023 – 31 December 2023
- Published
- 22 February 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 48600000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-dcc0e4ac-0add-4b63-921f-7d4ecfc1410f-2023-02-22T09:55:41Z
ACC6035317 - AI Assisted Dynamic Coordinated Effect Delivery within Cooperative Missile Network
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · ocds-b5fd17-3413cb19-66a1-403a-af34-4a8f17a56b3c
- Supplier named in award
- General Dynamics UK Ltd
- Award value
- £199,113
- Contract period
- 12 December 2022 – 30 June 2023
- Published
- 28 December 2022
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 73000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-3413cb19-66a1-403a-af34-4a8f17a56b3c-2022-12-28T11:57:56Z
CESTIUS Phase 1
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · ocds-b5fd17-845eabe1-802f-4564-be52-18802d3c1123
- Supplier named in award
- GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
- Award value
- £440,734
- Contract period
- 29 April 2021 – 8 April 2022
- Published
- 6 May 2021
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 72231000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-845eabe1-802f-4564-be52-18802d3c1123-2021-05-06T15:30:21+01:00
Bluefin 9 Sonar Trial
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · ocds-b5fd17-3aa33c08-f121-4ea2-acaf-55f6a88643fd
- Supplier named in award
- GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
- Award value
- £100,000
- Contract period
- 16 October 2019 – 31 December 2019
- Published
- 16 October 2019
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 73436000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-3aa33c08-f121-4ea2-acaf-55f6a88643fd-2019-10-16T13:22:05+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
SCIDM
Owner General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 18 July 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 July 2021
SOFT MAP
Owner General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 30 June 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 June 2020
ACTIPOL
Owner General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 14 June 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 June 2010
ACTIVATION IKM
Owner General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited · classes 9,38,42
- Filed / designated
- 14 June 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 June 2010
Figurative mark
Owner General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited · classes 9,38,42
- Filed / designated
- 14 June 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 June 2010
ACTIVATION IKM INFORMATION KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Owner General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited · classes 9,38,42
- Filed / designated
- 14 June 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 June 2010
ActiPol
Owner General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 14 June 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 June 2010
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.
07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
General Dynamics Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- United Kingdom
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom (England And Wales)
- Legal form
- Company Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 00565542
- 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.
08 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.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
09 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.
10 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.
11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
PURCHASE OF 6X VIDS-210/LS CABLES
Ministry of Defence · updated 11 September 2026
- Tender value
- £14,818.08
- Awards
- 1
Tactical Communications Systems
Government Commercial Agency · updated 9 September 2026
- Tender value
- £8,027,000,000
- Awards
- 3
Connectivity Assurance Testing for the Ajax Programme
Defence Equipment and Support · updated 6 May 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 2
UK5 - Transparency Notice
Defence Equipment and Support · updated 14 November 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
UK5 - Transparency Notice
Defence Equipment and Support · updated 3 November 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
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.
12 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.
13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
14 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
5 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.
15 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Detected change
Accounts due date: 2026-09-30 → 2027-09-30
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
16 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
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.