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Company description
BAE SYSTEMS SURFACE SHIPS LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 14 March 2007; registered for 19 years; registered office reported in CAMBERLEY, SURREY, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 30110 · Building of ships and floating structures.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 17 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
- BAE SYSTEMS SURFACE SHIPS LIMITED
- Company number
- 06160534
- 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
16 March 2026Next statement due
30 March 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 2.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- 1.9%
- Women receiving bonus
- 93.8%
- Men receiving bonus
- 94.1%
- Women in top quartile
- 18.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 17.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 14.1%
- Women in lower quartile
- 24.7%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 5000 to 19,9993.1% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9991.9% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9994.4% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9995.6% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9995.0% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9995.1% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9993.6% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9998.4% 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
- 30 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 5 days
- Longest standard term
- 61 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- An awardee of the Fair Payment Code. 97% of Small Suppliers have been paid within 30 days.
- Construction retentions
- Reported as used
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
- £543,000,000
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £51,100,000
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £4,300,000
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £69,500,000
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 1.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 61 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Retention circumstances
Generally, it is the usual practice of the company to include the use of retention clauses in most qualifying construction contracts but there may be occasional exceptions based on for example project type, supplier negotiation, and/or commercial considerations.
Generally, the company’s standard percentage rate in retention clauses in qualifying construction contracts is between 3%-5% but there may be exceptions based on for example project type, supplier negotiation, and/or commercial considerations.
Retention release
The process for the release of monies deducted or retained by the company under any retention clause in a qualifying construction contract between the company and its supplier will depend on the terms of each individual contract. However, generally, release of retention monies follows the industry norm; typically 50% of the retention monies is released following certified completion of the works with the remaining 50% released following the valid conclusion of any defects liability period.
Retention release stages
As above
- Retention in all contracts
- No
- Retention in standard terms
- No
- Retention threshold
- Not supplied
- Standard retention rate
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with client
- 100.0%
- Retention compared with payments
- 2.0%
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
The full text of our 2025 Standard Conditions of Purchase can be found at: https://www.baesystems.com/en-uk/what-we-do/suppliers/united-kingdom.
BAE Systems Surface Ships Limited's standard sub-contract payment terms reflect these terms. However, in accordance with our major prime contract obligations, a large proportion of our sub-contracts provide for payment within thirty (30) calendar days calculated from receipt of a valid invoice. - Other payment-term information
It is not precisely known when payments actually credit into a supplier’s bank account (we do not have systems that accurately record this event). Therefore for the production of the disclosed statistics, we have made a reasoned estimation of when payments have cleared into a supplier's bank account.
Where an invoice has been settled through the matching of a credit note, this invoice is not included in the payment statistics. If there is a partial match of a credit note against an invoice, the payment of the remainder of the invoice is included in the payment statistics. - Dispute resolution process
As per our standard conditions of purchase, if a payment dispute arises, then the parties are required to follow a disputed invoicing process and use reasonable endeavours to resolve the dispute amicably. Any disputes that cannot be resolved are subject to arbitration.
Our full dispute resolution process can be found in Clauses 9 and 35 of the 2025 Standard Conditions of Purchase at: https://www.baesystems.com/en-uk/what-we-do/suppliers/united-kingdom
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 13.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- 13.0 average days to pay3.0% outside terms
- 12.0 average days to pay3.0% outside terms
- 12.0 average days to pay2.0% outside terms
- 14.0 average days to pay3.0% outside terms
- 15.0 average days to pay4.0% outside terms
- 15.0 average days to pay4.0% outside terms
- 16.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 16.0 average days to pay6.0% outside terms
- 16.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 16.0 average days to pay7.0% 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
BAE SYSTEMS SURFACE SHIPS LIMITED
LEI 9845005AFFE8062F1A88 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 14 March 2007
- Initial LEI registration
- 28 May 2020
- LEI last updated
- 24 March 2026
- Next renewal
- 20 May 2027
- Managing LOU
- 529900T8BM49AURSDO55
- Other legal names
- BVT SURFACE FLEET LIMITED; BAE SYSTEMS SURFACE FLEET SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- Legal address
- Victory Point, Lyon Way, Frimley, Camberley, GB-SRY, GU16 7EX, GB
- Headquarters address
- Victory Point, Lyon Way, Frimley, Camberley, GB-SRY, GU16 7EX, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
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 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- BAE SYSTEMS SURFACE SHIPS LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- BAE SYSTEMS PLC
- Statement period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Approved
- 25 June 2026
- Sectors
- Defence and aerospace
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
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 26 June 2026
Policies described
Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement 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
Training described
Procurement staff Your suppliers
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Trade unions or worker representative groups Workers within your organisation
Social audits
Audit conducted by your staff
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups
Demonstrated progress
Please refer to pages 4 and 5 of our 2026 UK Modern Slavery Act Statement.
Earlier linked statements (1)
- BAE SYSTEMS SURFACE SHIPS LIMITED31 December 2023
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.
07 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
BAE Systems Surface Ships Limited
Registration Z1387149
- Registered from
- 2 July 2008
- Current end date
- 1 July 2027
- Trading names
- BVT SURFACE FLEET
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
08 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
TTHC/0017 CONTRACTS FINDER AWARDED CONTRACT
Ministry of Defence · ocds-b5fd17-dbf15a45-025c-4f79-ac93-1b4ab9b2bb56
- Supplier named in award
- BAE Systems Surface Ships LTD.
- Award value
- £135,254,245.71
- Contract period
- 1 July 2026 – 30 June 2029
- Published
- 30 July 2026
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 50600000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-dbf15a45-025c-4f79-ac93-1b4ab9b2bb56-2026-07-30T17:59:42+01:00
NJORD Call-Off Competition 1 - NTD, STX, BUC, BRZ - Contract Award Notice
Ministry of Defence · ocds-b5fd17-cf902b59-7cd7-4e5d-bbbc-3121eb063076
- Supplier named in award
- BAE Systems Surface Ships Limited
- Award value
- £95,000,000
- Contract period
- 9 March 2026 – 31 March 2034
- Published
- 24 March 2026
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 35723000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-cf902b59-7cd7-4e5d-bbbc-3121eb063076-2026-03-24T17:28:45Z
710022461-1 - MSS/109 Lot 1 - Lifejackets, Buoyancy Aids and Flotation Devices - Civilian
Ministry of Defence · ocds-b5fd17-bca0260d-cccb-41b5-96bd-483e83136f2f
- Supplier named in award
- BAE Systems Surface Ships Limited
- Award value
- £7,001,799.92
- Contract period
- 30 January 2025 – 29 January 2032
- Published
- 25 February 2025
- Procedure
- Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 39525300
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-bca0260d-cccb-41b5-96bd-483e83136f2f-2025-02-25T13:00:59Z
RECODE - In Service Support for Combat Management Systems (CMS), Shared Infrastructure (SI) and Networks - Contract Awarded
Ministry of Defence · ocds-b5fd17-357d474f-6c7a-4da8-b0de-cd02d0410780
- Supplier named in award
- BAE Systems Surface Ships Limited
- Award value
- £285,275,277
- Contract period
- 1 October 2024 – 30 September 2032
- Published
- 27 September 2024
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 72500000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-357d474f-6c7a-4da8-b0de-cd02d0410780-2024-09-27T09:36:08+01:00
708753450 - Sonar 2117 In Service Support (ERMC)
Ministry of Defence · ocds-b5fd17-b73fd8e2-89c8-430d-bb41-846538c543f0
- Supplier named in award
- BAE Systems Maritime Naval Ships
- Award value
- £946,713
- Contract period
- 1 October 2024 – 30 September 2027
- Published
- 12 May 2025
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 38113000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-b73fd8e2-89c8-430d-bb41-846538c543f0-2025-05-12T11:25:57+01:00
Provision of Annual Flexible Hose Assemblies Surveys and Examinations
Ministry of Defence · ocds-b5fd17-c8ad2031-a0d9-4f0b-acae-d2934fbe4c0c
- Supplier named in award
- BAE Systems Surface Ships Limited
- Award value
- £47,182.72
- Contract period
- 17 February 2023 – 17 February 2027
- Published
- 17 February 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 44165100
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-c8ad2031-a0d9-4f0b-acae-d2934fbe4c0c-2023-02-17T10:00:53Z
703708451 - The Provision of a Land Training Test and Reference Capability (LTT&RC)
Ministry of Defence · ocds-b5fd17-15da0eed-f406-406e-ae4a-4589bf613e7d
- Supplier named in award
- BAE SYSTEMS SURFACE SHIPS LIMITED
- Award value
- £4,631,553
- Contract period
- 1 February 2023 – 28 February 2026
- Published
- 31 January 2023
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 80600000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-15da0eed-f406-406e-ae4a-4589bf613e7d-2023-01-31T20:51:03Z
SDRA Upgrade
UK Hydrographic Office · ocds-b5fd17-17034b64-c6ee-4f81-809a-112840b6dd27
- Supplier named in award
- BAE Systems Surface Ships Limited
- Award value
- £217,973
- Contract period
- 1 February 2023 – 1 December 2023
- Published
- 24 January 2023
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 72000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-17034b64-c6ee-4f81-809a-112840b6dd27-2023-01-24T10:50:19Z
Delivery of Platform Support to Maintain the Capability of MOD Boats - Royal Navy (RN) / Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA)
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · ocds-b5fd17-ba5010a4-1d1f-440b-a8f9-a14a7118283f
- Supplier named in award
- BAE SYSTEMS SURFACE SHIPS LIMITED
- Award value
- £37,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 October 2019 – 31 March 2026
- Published
- 1 November 2019
- Procedure
- Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 34520000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-ba5010a4-1d1f-440b-a8f9-a14a7118283f-2019-11-01T12:43:20Z
Delivery of Platform Support to Maintain the Capability of MOD Boats - Ministry of Defence Police (MDP)
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · ocds-b5fd17-694cf8b1-51ab-479f-b596-7ea522eb6324
- Supplier named in award
- BAE SYSTEMS SURFACE SHIPS LIMITED
- Award value
- £27,500,000
- Contract period
- 1 October 2019 – 31 March 2026
- Published
- 1 November 2019
- Procedure
- Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 34520000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-694cf8b1-51ab-479f-b596-7ea522eb6324-2019-11-01T12:40:44Z
Delivery of Platform Support to Maintain the Capability of MOD Boats - Army
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · ocds-b5fd17-6ce9963e-79e2-46e8-9997-c010f72aff33
- Supplier named in award
- BAE SYSTEMS SURFACE SHIPS LIMITED
- Award value
- £19,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 October 2019 – 31 March 2026
- Published
- 1 November 2019
- Procedure
- Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 34520000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-6ce9963e-79e2-46e8-9997-c010f72aff33-2019-11-01T12:32:49Z
Delivery of Platform Support to Maintain the Capability of MOD Boats - Royal Marines (RM) Poole
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · ocds-b5fd17-c56ec77d-c15f-4691-9d2c-aefab45c3952
- Supplier named in award
- BAE SYSTEMS SURFACE SHIPS LIMITED
- Award value
- £35,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 October 2019 – 31 March 2026
- Published
- 1 November 2019
- Procedure
- Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 34520000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-c56ec77d-c15f-4691-9d2c-aefab45c3952-2019-11-01T12:20:41Z
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.
09 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Bae Systems Surface Ships (Holdings) 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
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 6135651
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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10 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
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11 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.
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12 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.
13 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
UK5 - Transparency Notice
Defence Equipment and Support · updated 22 May 2026
- Tender value
- £450,000,000
- Awards
- 1
P8 Anti-Submarine Warfare Finish (P8-ASWF) Demonstration and Manufacture
Defence Equipment and Support · updated 20 April 2026
- Tender value
- £9,000,000
- Awards
- 1
RN Fuel Efficiency
Ministry of Defence · updated 11 February 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
NJORD Framework - Contract Award Notice - February 2024
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · updated 14 March 2024
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 6
Project Beehive – USV (Unmanned Surface Vessel) and GCS (Ground Control System) Procurement
Ministry of Defence · updated 10 March 2026
- Tender value
- £10,250,000
- 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.
14 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.
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15 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
16 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.
17 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
- Company name
Previous name: BVT SURFACE FLEET LIMITED
- Company name
Previous name: BAE SYSTEMS SURFACE FLEET SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
18 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.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
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.
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