SHELL AIRCRAFT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-19 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
1,602,000
+5.6% vs 2023
Net assets
64,741,000
+259.5% vs 2023
Employees
72
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
0
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £72,832,000 | £74,227,000 | |
| Operating profit | £10,073,000 | £7,292,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £0 | £0 | |
| Net profit | -£686,000 | £1,733,000 | |
| Cash | £1,517,000 | £1,602,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £143,237,000 | £189,570,000 | |
| Net assets | £18,008,000 | £64,741,000 | |
| Equity | £18,008,000 | £64,741,000 | |
| Average employees | 72 | 72 | |
| Wages | £15,938,000 | £17,172,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.8% | 9.8% | |
| Net margin | -0.9% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.0% | 3.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 92.7% | 68.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.67x | 3.13x | |
| Interest cover | 0.80x | 0.74x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have considered the potential risks and uncertainties relating to ongoing geo-political events and its related economic impact on the Company's business, credit, market, and liquidity position. Based on the above, together with the Directors knowledge and experience of the market, the Directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PECTEN SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-11-01 | — | — |
| BAJAH, Samuel Temituoyo | Director | 2025-01-27 | Dec 1975 | Nigerian |
| BOUMANS, Mark | Director | 2022-11-15 | Jul 1978 | Dutch |
| EVERS, Simon | Director | 2024-07-01 | Jul 1978 | Canadian |
| SAVIDAN, Curtis | Director | 2025-12-01 | Jul 1974 | Canadian |
| VAN ARKEL, Hans Peter | Director | 2024-10-25 | May 1969 | Dutch |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORIARTY, Christopher Timothy Dion | Secretary | — | 1993-12-24 |
| RAIVADERA, Dipa | Secretary | 1997-03-21 | 1997-11-26 |
| WEST, Gordon John | Secretary | 1993-12-24 | 1997-03-21 |
| SHELL CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1997-11-26 | 2022-11-01 |
| BROWNE, Richard William Harkness, Captain | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| BURDGE, Huw Edward James | Director | 2024-07-01 | 2024-10-25 |
| CLARK, Samuel Eric | Director | 1994-06-21 | 2004-12-31 |
| CRAMP, Tony | Director | 2014-05-22 | 2025-12-01 |
| FISHER, Stephen Michael, Captain | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2011-04-01 |
| FISHER, Stephen Michael | Director | 1996-11-01 | 1998-03-16 |
| GLASS, Michael Rae | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2007-06-08 |
| HADFIELD, Peter David Seton | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1997-06-30 |
| HOFMEISTER, John Daniel | Director | 1997-12-22 | 2005-03-01 |
| HOLLINGSBEE, Howard Clive | Director | 1993-05-10 | 1996-02-02 |
| HUMPHRIES, Brian Martin | Director | — | 2004-10-01 |
| JANSEN, Desire Marie Ludovicus, Mr. | Director | 2019-02-05 | 2025-01-01 |
| KNIGHT, Christopher Jeremy | Director | 1996-04-11 | 1997-08-31 |
| LEITHNER, David Dieter | Director | 2020-07-06 | 2022-03-18 |
| MADDEN, David Philip | Director | — | 1993-02-28 |
| MCGRATH, Ian Alexander | Director | — | 1995-01-31 |
| MEDVED, Stanley | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| MITCHELL, Hugh Sydney | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| MOODY STUART, Mark, Sir | Director | — | 1994-06-30 |
| PHILLIPS, Jonathan Charles Hugo | Director | 2012-08-31 | 2020-06-30 |
| RICHARD, Desmond Marcel | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| SHEFFIELD, Robert Earl | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2012-06-01 |
| SKINNER, Paul David | Director | 1995-02-01 | 1996-04-09 |
| SPRAGUE, Robert Monroe | Director | 1994-07-01 | 1996-12-20 |
| STEVENS, Mark Christopher | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2016-05-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shell Overseas Investments B.V. | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2017-06-26 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-28 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-11-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+1.9%
£72,832,000 £74,227,000
-
Cash
+5.6%
£1,517,000 £1,602,000
-
Net assets
+259.5%
£18,008,000 £64,741,000
-
Employees
0%
72 72
-
Operating profit
-27.6%
£10,073,000 £7,292,000
-
Wages
+7.7%
£15,938,000 £17,172,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers