BRISTOW HELICOPTERS (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-24 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-10-10

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

182,942

-29.7% vs 2023

Net assets

-16,542,329

+38.6% vs 2023

Employees

—

Average over period

Profit before tax

12,653,112

+1,404% vs 2023

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

BRISTOW HELICOPTERS (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£50,042,679	£40,624,972
Operating profit	£1,517,545	£13,660,076
Profit before tax	-£970,300	£12,653,112
Net profit	-£3,671,476	£10,399,696
Cash	£260,347	£182,942
Total assets less current liabilities	£77,516,367	£99,542,490
Net assets	-£26,942,025	-£16,542,329
Equity	-£26,942,025	-£16,542,329
Average employees	—	—
Wages	—	—

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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	3.0%	33.6%
Net margin	-7.3%	25.6%
Return on capital employed	2.0%	13.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	118.9%	109.0%
Current ratio	2.19x	2.19x
Interest cover	0.40x	2.31x

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: KPMG LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“Based on continuing financial support from Bristow Group, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. As set out in note 1 to the financial statements, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

BRISTOW HELICOPTERS (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED · parent
1. Bristow Helicopters (Ghana) Limited 90% · Ghana · Provide helicopter services
2. Bristow Arabia Aircraft and Maintenance Services 50% · Saudi Arabia · Provide helicopter services

Significant events

“After the year end, Bristow Helicopters (Ghana) Limited, a subsidiary of the Company was dissolved in August 2025.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 36 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
OLUBAJO, Ahmed Tolulope	Secretary	2020-10-31	—	—
CORBETT, Alan William George	Director	2014-11-28	Sep 1957	British
OLUBAJO, Ahmed Tolulope	Director	2020-10-31	Jun 1977	British
OYELEKE, Oladapo Akinloye	Director	2015-11-03	Jul 1962	British

Show 36 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
HOWELL-RICHARDSON, James Lort	Secretary	2012-01-06	2020-10-31
MAGOWAN, Andrew	Secretary	2008-10-27	2012-01-06
MCINTOSH, Ian Blair	Secretary	—	2008-10-27
AKEL, Kareem Jeremy	Director	2010-03-15	2014-11-28
AKIRI, Chet Ozuruke	Director	2016-06-07	2016-06-14
BARRY, Lionel Stuart	Director	—	1994-11-28
BLAKE, Allan	Director	2015-05-18	2015-11-13
BLAZQUEZ, Pedro	Director	2005-10-14	2009-08-14
BOWDEN, Daniel Clinton	Director	2017-07-26	2018-03-15
BOWDEN, Daniel Clinton	Director	2015-05-18	2015-08-25
BROWN, Allan Cyril	Director	2000-02-29	2005-04-06
BRUCE, George Alexander	Director	2008-02-26	2015-12-02
BURMAN, Richard David	Director	2004-11-17	2012-02-10
CHANTER, Keith	Director	1997-09-12	2004-09-01
CLOGGIE, John	Director	2010-01-11	2017-06-30
COLLINS, Bryan	Director	—	1996-04-30
FOLLIS, Robin John Carlile, Captain	Director	1998-02-06	2000-02-29
FRY, Christopher William Russell	Director	—	2000-12-02
GASTON-PARRY, Keith Hamilton Richard	Director	—	1999-04-30
GLIDDON, Paul Alexander	Director	2005-04-06	2007-07-15
HOLDER, Danny James	Director	2006-05-03	2008-05-31
IMLACH, Michael Murdoch	Director	2012-02-10	2016-04-18
IMLACH, Michael Murdoch	Director	2008-05-31	2010-04-21
LAYTON, Fred, Captain	Director	2004-03-15	2005-10-11
MCINTOSH, Ian Blair	Director	—	2003-10-23
MITCHELL, Philip	Director	2008-02-28	2010-01-11
MOORE, Duncan James	Director	2012-11-21	2016-02-16
NICOL, Michael Peter	Director	2018-03-15	2024-06-28
NORRIS, Michael John	Director	—	1998-02-06
ONI, Akinbolaji Olaniyi	Director	2016-08-09	2018-03-15
ONI, Akinbolaji Olaniyi, Captain	Director	2010-04-21	2015-05-18
PALFRAMAN, Stephen William	Director	—	1999-05-21
ROLFE, Timothy John	Director	2015-11-11	2020-09-30
STEWART, Ian Addison	Director	2007-01-18	2007-11-16
STRIPLING, Jonathan Keith	Director	2011-01-31	2013-08-27
WILLIAMS WYNN, Roger Derek	Director	2004-07-01	2011-01-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Bristow Aviation Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Active
United Helicopters Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 230 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-12-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-10-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-05-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-10-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-07-12	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-01-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary
2024-01-19	GUARANTEE2	other	Legacy
2024-01-03	PARENT_ACC	accounts	Legacy
2024-01-03	AGREEMENT2	other	Legacy
2023-10-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-01-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-12-09	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company current shortened	PDF
2022-10-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-12-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-10-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-02-26	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2021-02-26	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2021-02-25	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2021-02-25	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2021-02-25	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

-18.8%

£50,042,679 £40,624,972
Cash

-29.7%

£260,347 £182,942
Net assets

+38.6%

-£26,942,025 -£16,542,329
Employees

—

Not reported
Operating profit

+800.1%

£1,517,545 £13,660,076
Profit before tax

+1,404%

-£970,300 £12,653,112

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

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