Nissan Sunderland chiefs respond after Nissan UK accounts reveal £888m loss
Nissan Sunderland chiefs have responded to the UK arm of the car manufacturing giant’s accounts which showed its UK operations made an £888m pre-tax loss last year (2025).
Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK Ltd’s latest accounts, published this month (January 2025), also showed turnover dropped from £7.357bn in 2024 to £6.629bn in 2025, a decrease of £728m.
According to the account summary statment, £656m of the loss is due to an impairment charge on the value of Nissan’s fixed assets such as machinery which had become less valuable.
The accounts also show that the volume of cars coming off the Sunderland manufacturing plant’s production line fell from 325,000 in 2024 to 276,000 in 2025.
Explaining the reason for the drop the accounts stated: “The decrease in volumes year on year is largely due to reductions seen in product demand as well as LEAF end of production in February 2024, with new LEAF model production commencing in December 2025.”
Responding to the accounts, Nissan chiefs said they have begun to implement the company’s global recovery strategy and still planned to launch two new electric models.
A Nissan spokesperson said: “In 2025 Nissan launched two new electric vehicles in Europe, the new Nissan Micra and Nissan LEAF, as well as introducing the third-generation e-POWER technology on the Nissan Qashqai.
“In the coming fiscal year Nissan will continue actions under the Re:Nissan plan, including the addition of a further two new EVs, including a new A-segment vehicle and a new EV Juke.”
The accounts confirmed on November 20, 2025, the company received a £900m cash injection from its parent company Nissan Holdings UK Ltd.
The accounts stated: “This transaction was undertaken to strengthen the company’s balance sheet, returning it to a positive net asset position.”
In June (2025) Nissan Sunderland confirmed it was looking to reduce its workforce by around 250 employees.
A spokesperson at the time confirmed the move was part of the company’s global streamlining announced earlier the same year to reduce its international workforce by around 19,000 employees.
In May (2025) Nissan announced it would be reducing its number of global plants from 17 to 10 by 2027.
In February (2025) Nissan Sunderland confirmed one of the plant’s late shifts would no longer operate, but that it would not lead to job losses as workers were moved to another shift.
The accounts are for the financial year ending March 31 2025.