Rolls-Royce profits and revenue continue to soar

Rolls-Royce has published yet more stellar results, with profits and revenue soaring during the first half of the year.

The engineering giant, which has its Civil Aerospace and Defence divisions in Derby, posted underlying profit for the first six months of 2025 up 50% to £1.7 billion and revenue of just over £9 billion.

According to the firm, its performance was driven by the Civil Aerospace business and has led to Rolls-Royce upgrading its full-year profit forecast to between £3.1 billion and £3.3 billion.

Tufan Erginbilgic, chief executive of Rolls-Royce, said: “Our multi-year transformation continues to deliver.

“Our actions led to strong first half year results, despite the challenges of the supply chain and tariffs.

“We are continuing to expand the earnings and cash potential of Rolls-Royce.”

Last month, Rolls-Royce made history by seeing its share price surpass £10 for the first time ever.

Mr Erginbilgic said: “We delivered continued strong operational and strategic progress in the first half of 2025.

“In civil aerospace, we achieved significant time on wing milestones and delivered improved aftermarket profitability.

“In Power Systems, where we now see further growth potential, we continued to capture profitable growth across data centres and governmental.

“In addition, Rolls-Royce SMR was selected as the sole provider of the UK’s first small modular reactor programme.

“We expect Rolls-Royce SMR to be profitable and free cash flow positive by 2030.

“A strong start to the year gives us confidence to raise our guidance for 2025.

“We see these targets as a milestone, not a destination, with substantial growth prospects beyond the mid-term.”