PORTSMOUTH AVIATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2023-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-07 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£19M
-7.1% vs 2022
Net assets
£30M
+6.1% vs 2022
Employees
174
+2.4% vs 2022
Profit before tax
£2M
+11.8% vs 2022
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £40,106,813 | £35,181,739 | |
| Operating profit | £1,205,933 | £1,287,372 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,355,137 | £1,515,633 | |
| Net profit | £1,271,698 | £1,735,344 | |
| Cash | £20,107,761 | £18,677,243 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £29,001,165 | £30,736,509 | |
| Net assets | £28,420,798 | £30,156,142 | |
| Equity | £28,420,798 | £30,156,142 | |
| Average employees | 170 | 174 | |
| Wages | £10,413,286 | £7,800,345 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.2% | 4.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.3% | 31.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.31x | 2.61x | |
| Interest cover | 4.01x | — |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- PORTSMOUTH AVIATION LIMITED · parent
- Ruptureseal UK Limited 100%
- Paqualyte Limited 100%
- Roughneck Excavators Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year a strategic move was made to invest in an overseas joint venture and associate. This expansion will help us with our overall strategy of diversification and development of other markets.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESCOTT, Simon Peter | Director | — | Nov 1966 | British |
| EVANS, David Roger | Director | 2022-02-20 | Oct 1946 | British |
| WEBB, Christopher | Director | 2002-08-05 | Mar 1961 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Andrew John | Secretary | — | 2020-10-12 |
| BOWLES, Oliver Thomas Andrew | Director | 2023-08-07 | 2024-10-31 |
| CRABTREE, Eric Gordon | Director | — | 1995-02-23 |
| DICKSON, Graeme Michael | Director | 1998-02-01 | 2017-10-19 |
| EDMISTON, William Andrew Colquhoun | Director | — | 1992-01-06 |
| ESCOTT, Paul | Director | — | 1998-01-31 |
| ESCOTT, Sydney Percy | Director | — | 1992-06-10 |
| GAMBRILL, Colin James | Director | 1998-03-01 | 2001-09-07 |
| KILLNER, Trevor John | Director | — | 1996-03-06 |
| SOUTHGATE, John Terrence | Director | — | 1998-03-31 |
| TURNER, William Charles Frederick | Director | 1994-08-01 | 2022-07-31 |
| WHITE, Martin Paul | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2012-03-15 |
| WILLIAMS, Roy Franklin | Director | 1995-09-21 | 2001-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth Aviation Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-04 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-09 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
-
Turnover
-12.3%
£40,106,813 £35,181,739
-
Cash
-7.1%
£20,107,761 £18,677,243
-
Net assets
+6.1%
£28,420,798 £30,156,142
-
Employees
+2.4%
170 174
-
Operating profit
+6.8%
£1,205,933 £1,287,372
-
Profit before tax
+11.8%
£1,355,137 £1,515,633
-
Wages
-25.1%
£10,413,286 £7,800,345
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers