AWE PLC
Company number 02763902 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
AWE PLC operates as a unique, state-owned strategic asset within the UK defence manufacturing sector, holding a monopoly on nuclear warhead production and maintenance. Its financial structure and performance metrics diverge significantly from commercial manufacturing norms, as it functions primarily on a sovereign capability mandate rather than profit maximisation. The company is heavily influenced by geopolitical dynamics, transatlantic defence agreements, and long-term nuclear modernisation programmes rather than typical market competition.
Overview
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1992-11-06
- Registered office
- Room 20, Building F161.2 Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston, Reading, England, RG7 4PR
- Postcode
- RG7 4PR
- Capital
- 50,001 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-10-17
- Next due by
- 2026-10-31
Nature of business (SIC)
- 32990 Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified
Officers 12 current · 77 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by DEFENCE CONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2021 (period to 2020-12-31).
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gender pay gap
15.2%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- awe.co.uk
- Phone
- 01189814111, 01189824293, 01189850897
The work we do makes a real difference, nationally and locally. It is vitally important work that we’re proud to do.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ATOMIC WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT PLC | 1994-04-01 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| ATOMIC WEAPONS ESTABLISHMENT, ALDERMASTON, READING, BERKSHIRE, RG7 4PR | 2017-11-07 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 188 similar companies in RG, trading since 1992
The class of 1992
52%
of the 241 companies in this sector incorporated in 1992 are still active today; 44% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.