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United Kingdom listed companies.

2,196 publicly traded British companies, organised by sector and exchange. Each company links into its filings history, KPIs and reporting metadata.

Public-company filings in United Kingdom are supervised by Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Reporting follows UK-adopted IAS / IFRS (listed); UK GAAP / FRS 102 (others). Filings are most commonly published in English. Major issuers are listed on FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and FTSE 350. Mixed - calendar, March, and April year-ends common.

The UK listed-company universe - Main Market and AIM

The UK is the deepest equity market in Europe by listed count: roughly 1,800 companies trade on the London Stock Exchange across the regulated Main Market (Premium and Standard segments) and the SME-focused AIM growth segment. The headline indices - FTSE 100, FTSE 250, FTSE 350, FTSE SmallCap, and the AIM-tilted FTSE AIM 100 - segment the universe by free-float market cap and venue.

The FTSE 100 is global by revenue mix: roughly 75% of constituent revenue is earned outside the UK, with energy supermajors (Shell, BP), pharma (AstraZeneca, GSK), financials (HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds, Standard Chartered), consumer staples (Unilever, Reckitt, Diageo), miners (Rio Tinto, Glencore, Anglo American), and tech (Sage, RELX) anchoring the index. The FTSE 250 is more domestically tilted and more diverse, with strong representation in financials, real estate, industrials, and consumer-cyclicals. AIM hosts a long tail of growth-stage issuers in technology, biotech, and natural resources, with lighter listing requirements but full DTR disclosure obligations.

FinancialReports tracks every Main Market and AIM-listed issuer, classified by FRCF / ISIC sector, industry group, and listing segment. Sector composition skews toward Financials (~20%), Energy and Materials (high relative to European peers due to the FTSE 100 mega-caps), Consumer Staples, Healthcare, and Industrials. Each company page surfaces complete filings history, ISINs, multiple ticker / SEDOL codes, dual-listings (most prominently on US exchanges), and IR metadata, refreshed daily.

The UK universe also captures one of the highest IPO and de-listing throughputs in Europe, which the platform handles natively - new admissions appear with their first regulatory announcement already indexed, de-listings preserve the historical archive for backtesting, and segment migrations (AIM-to-Main, Premium-to-Standard) flow through the same ingestion pipeline.

Listed companies
2,196
British issuers tracked
Stock exchanges
3
Aquis Stock Exchange
Country
GB
United Kingdom
Sectors
8
distinct in dataset

Reporting at a glance - United Kingdom

Regulator, indices, accounting, language
Regulator
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Primary indices
FTSE 100FTSE 250FTSE 350FTSE SmallCapFTSE AIM 100
Accounting standards
UK-adopted IAS / IFRS (listed); UK GAAP / FRS 102 (others)
Reporting languages
English
Fiscal year
Mixed - calendar, March, and April year-ends common

Exchanges in United Kingdom

3 venues
Exchange Code Listed companies
Aquis Stock Exchange — 68
London Stock Exchange XLON 1,646
The International Stock Exchange — 9

Featured British companies

Top by filing volume
Company Ticker Sector Industry Filings
BARCLAYS BANK PLC ATMP Financial and insurance activities Monetary intermediation 79,407
Barclays PLC BARC Financial and insurance activities Monetary intermediation 53,965
HSBC Holdings PLC HSBA Financial and insurance activities Monetary intermediation 17,996
F&C Investment Trust PLC FCIT Financial and insurance activities Activities of trusts, funds and similar financial entities 8,601
Standard Chartered PLC STAN Financial and insurance activities Monetary intermediation 8,028
Lloyds Banking Group PLC LLOY Financial and insurance activities Monetary intermediation 7,800
Schroders PLC SDR Financial and insurance activities Other financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding activities 7,716
Templeton Emerging Markets IT PLC TEM Financial and insurance activities Activities of trusts, funds and similar financial entities 7,711
Natwest Group PLC NWG Financial and insurance activities Monetary intermediation 7,480
GlaxoSmithKline PLC GSK Manufacturing Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products 7,095
The Bankers Investment Trust PLC BNKR Financial and insurance activities Activities of trusts, funds and similar financial entities 7,011
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust PLC FGT Financial and insurance activities Activities of trusts, funds and similar financial entities 6,899
Relx PLC REL Telecommunications, computer programming, consultancy, computing infrastructure, and other information service activities Web search portals activities and other information service activities 6,870
Shell PLC SHEL Manufacturing Manufacture of refined petroleum products; manufacture of fossil fuel products 6,631
JPMorgan Indian Investment Trust PLC 3J8 Financial and insurance activities Activities of trusts, funds and similar financial entities 6,320
INVESCO SELECT TRUST PLC IGET Financial and insurance activities Activities of trusts, funds and similar financial entities 6,227
Aviva PLC AV Financial and insurance activities Insurance 5,870
BP PLC BP Mining and quarrying Extraction of crude petroleum 5,805
JPMORGAN EUROPEAN GROWTH & INCOME JEGI Financial and insurance activities Activities of trusts, funds and similar financial entities 5,723
MARTIN CURRIE GLB PORTFOLIO TST PLC MNP Financial and insurance activities Activities of trusts, funds and similar financial entities 5,585
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income PLC JGGI Financial and insurance activities Activities of trusts, funds and similar financial entities 5,487
Blackrock Throgmorton Investment Trust PLC THRG Financial and insurance activities Activities of trusts, funds and similar financial entities 5,319
Murray International Trust PLC MYI Financial and insurance activities Activities of trusts, funds and similar financial entities 5,250
JPMORGAN CLAVERHOUSE IT PLC JCH Financial and insurance activities Activities of trusts, funds and similar financial entities 5,055
Polar Capital Technology Trust PLC PCT Financial and insurance activities Activities of trusts, funds and similar financial entities 5,039

Top sectors

  • Financial and insurance activities 626
  • Manufacturing 366
  • Mining and quarrying 258
  • Telecommunications, computer programming, consultancy, computing infrastructure, and other information service activities 252
  • Professional, scientific and technical activities 114
  • Wholesale and retail trade 112
  • Real estate activities 111
  • Administrative and support service activities 46

Top industries

  • Activities of trusts, funds and similar financial entities 413
  • Mining of non-ferrous metal ores 122
  • Real estate activities with own or leased property 98
  • Computer programming activities 90
  • Extraction of crude petroleum 72
  • Other financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding activities 72
  • Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products 68
  • Activities of holding companies and financing conduits 63

Query United Kingdom companies via API

Same dataset, programmatic access 
# All British listed companies
curl "https://api.financialreports.eu/api/companies/?country=GB" \
    -H "x-api-key: $FR_API_KEY"

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National indices in United Kingdom

3 indices · drill into constituents and filings
FTSE AIM All-Share 591 constituents · All Cap FTSE 250 250 constituents · Next-Largest FTSE 100 100 constituents · Large Cap

Filings activity by year

Last 6 years · British issuers
  • 2026 77,405
  • 2025 154,551
  • 2024 153,168
  • 2023 138,947
  • 2022 140,468
  • 2021 133,218

Reporting languages

Filing-by-filing distribution
  • English 1,459,235
  • French 2,821
  • Korean 550
  • Russian 426
  • Danish 411

Standardized financials

Standardized income statement, balance sheet and cash-flow line items are available for 1,573 British companies — one taxonomy, comparable across markets, every figure traceable to its source filing. Explore standardized financials →

FAQ - United Kingdom

Coverage, formats, integration
How many British listed companies are in the database?
FinancialReports tracks 2,196 publicly traded British companies, organised by sector, industry and exchange listing.
Which exchanges in United Kingdom are covered?
FinancialReports covers 3 exchanges in United Kingdom. Each company page links into its exchange's full company list and trading metadata.
Which British indices does FinancialReports cover?
Major British indices in the dataset include FTSE AIM All-Share, FTSE 250, FTSE 100. Each index has a dedicated page showing constituent companies and their filings history.
How is the British company list kept up to date?
Listings are refreshed daily from regulator and exchange sources. New IPOs and de-listings flow through the same ingestion pipeline that backs the filings index.
Can I export the British company list?
Yes. The /api/companies/?country=GB endpoint returns the full list as JSON; bulk and redistribution licensing is available on paid plans.