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FR AVIATION LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 00845310
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1965-04-09
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 51101
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On this basis, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- FR Aviation Services Limited · 100% held · UK · Defence activities
- Draken Leasing Limited · 100% held · UK · Leasing
- FB Heliservices Limited · 100% held · UK · Holding company
- FB Leasing Limited · 100% held · UK · Leasing
- Draken Helicopters Cyprus Limited · 100% held · Cyprus · Provision of manpower
- FB Heliservices Curacao N.V · 100% held · Curacao · Administrative services
- Cobham Helicopter Services Trinidad Limited · 100% held · Trinidad · Non-trading
- FB Heliservices B.V · 100% held · Netherlands · Non-trading
Significant events
- “In December 2023, the Company signed a three-year contract (37 months) to deliver operational readiness training to an international Air Force customer. Training services on this contract commenced in February 2024.”
- “In March 2024, following a competitive procurement process, the Company secured a new seven-year contract providing operational services, with services commencing in July 2024.”
- “In December 2024, the Company signed a four-year contract to continue the delivery of operational readiness training for the UK Government. This contract commenced on 1 January 2025, following the completion of its predecessor contract on 31 December 2024.”
- “In December 2024, the three one-year options on one of the Group's operational readiness training contracts were exercised, extending the contract term to January 2029.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
4 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Nicolas Charles | Director | 2023-12-11 | May 1968 | British |
| HARRISON, Sarah Jane | Director | 2020-10-16 | Jun 1981 | British |
| STOATE, Richard Duncan | Director | 2019-01-10 | Jun 1963 | British |
| TATE, Simon | Director | 2025-01-14 | Jan 1964 | British |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, Paul | Secretary | 2012-07-09 | 2017-04-07 |
| HARRISON, David Robert | Secretary | 2006-08-01 | 2011-05-18 |
| HELLYAR, Stuart | Secretary | 2017-04-07 | 2017-08-04 |
| HUDSON, Jonathan Morris | Secretary | 2011-06-20 | 2012-07-09 |
| PARRY, Michael David | Secretary | 2018-08-06 | 2020-03-31 |
| RICHARDSON, Peter | Secretary | 2002-10-21 | 2006-08-01 |
| RICHARDSON, Peter | Secretary | — | 1997-10-20 |
| WALLIS, Blair | Secretary | 1997-10-20 | 2002-10-21 |
| YOUNG, Philip | Secretary | 2017-08-04 | 2018-08-06 |
| ARMSTRONG, Paul Anthony | Director | 2018-04-27 | 2023-10-31 |
| ARMSTRONG, Paul Anthony | Director | 2012-02-21 | 2017-04-07 |
| BLAKELEY, John | Director | — | 1993-11-30 |
| CHAPMAN, James | Director | 2003-04-11 | 2008-12-31 |
| COBHAM, Michael John, Sir | Director | — | 1995-08-07 |
| COGAN, Michael Eugene | Director | 1996-03-18 | 2004-10-25 |
| DANNING, John | Director | 2001-10-15 | 2009-10-08 |
| FITZ-GERALD, Stephen John | Director | 2001-12-03 | 2010-12-31 |
| FLETCHER, Richard William John | Director | 1999-10-04 | 2002-10-21 |
| FREEMAN, Claud John | Director | 2004-10-25 | 2005-12-01 |
| GRANGER, Christopher Paul | Director | 2005-12-21 | 2006-07-31 |
| HANNAM, Alexander John | Director | 2002-07-29 | 2005-12-21 |
| HARRISON, David Robert | Director | 2005-12-21 | 2011-05-18 |
| HELLYAR, Stuart | Director | 2017-04-07 | 2017-08-04 |
| HUGHES, Charles Anthony | Director | 2009-04-15 | 2011-05-17 |
| IRWIN, Alastair Giles | Director | — | 2002-07-01 |
| JONES, Colin Frederick Joseph | Director | — | 1997-06-30 |
| LEAKER, Michael Andrew | Director | 1992-01-01 | 1997-12-31 |
| LEWIS, Dennis Edward | Director | — | 1996-02-26 |
| LORD HOUGHTON OF RICHMOND, . | Director | 2020-10-16 | 2021-09-01 |
| MORGAN, David Eden | Director | — | 1998-06-30 |
| MYERS, John Richard, Captain | Director | 1992-01-01 | 2002-01-17 |
| NOTTAGE, Peter Wayne | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2011-06-20 |
| NOTTAGE, Peter Wayne | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2018-04-27 |
| PAGE, Gordon Francis De Courcy | Director | 1993-02-21 | 2002-07-01 |
| PARRY, Michael David | Director | 2018-05-21 | 2020-03-31 |
| PARTRIDGE, Simon James | Director | 2023-10-31 | 2025-01-14 |
| PENDLE, Rob | Director | 2013-12-16 | 2014-07-25 |
| RHODES, Richard Holgate Needham | Director | — | 2001-09-30 |
| RICHARDSON, Peter | Director | — | 2005-12-21 |
| ROE, Geoffrey Eric | Director | 1997-07-28 | 2002-06-30 |
| TAYLOR, Desmond Thomas | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2012-02-21 |
| WALLIS, Blair | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2002-10-21 |
| YOUNG, Philip | Director | 2017-08-04 | 2018-08-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draken Uk Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-10-14 | Active |
| Fr Aviation Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-10-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 253 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-05-22 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-05-21 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-05-21 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-05-21 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-05-21 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-01-27 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-01-27 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-06-18 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-12-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-10-31 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2023-06-09 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-01-10 | SH19 | capital | capital statement capital company with date currency figure |
| 2023-01-10 | SH20 | capital | legacy |
| 2023-01-10 | CAP-SS | insolvency | legacy |
| 2023-01-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
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