CHAPMAN FREEBORN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-26 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£160K
-77.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
+746.4% vs 2023
Employees
2
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£21M
-53.3% vs 2023
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-01-01 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £7,128,618 | — | £8,358,275 | — | £9,950,775 | — | £12,980,613 | £10,749,477 | £10,762,913 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£431,570 | — | £2,390,482 | — | -£538,087 | — | £5,557,054 | £672,748 | -£238,952 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £10,235,723 | — | £20,242,243 | — | £28,108,586 | — | £57,030,945 | £44,291,595 | £20,696,917 | |
| Net profit | — | £10,377,177 | — | £20,275,537 | — | £28,133,742 | — | £56,914,046 | £43,920,205 | £19,950,744 | |
| Cash | — | £62,103 | — | £574,298 | — | £615,753 | — | £1,227,825 | £719,653 | £159,988 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £24,461,726 | — | £37,703,969 | — | £14,778,565 | — | £6,319,510 | £2,138,032 | £13,528,949 | |
| Net assets | — | £24,377,636 | — | £37,653,173 | — | £14,752,925 | — | £5,566,971 | £1,487,176 | £12,587,920 | |
| Equity | £19,000,459 | £24,377,636 | £24,377,636 | £37,653,173 | £37,653,173 | £14,752,925 | £14,752,925 | £5,566,971 | £1,487,176 | £12,587,920 | |
| Average employees | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £4,867,256 | £4,884,199 |
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 | 2019-01-01 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -6.1% | — | 28.6% | — | -5.4% | — | 42.8% | 6.3% | -2.2% | |
| Net margin | — | 145.6% | — | 242.6% | — | 282.7% | — | 438.5% | 408.6% | 185.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -1.8% | — | 6.3% | — | -3.6% | — | 87.9% | 31.5% | -1.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.79x | 1.22x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 55.60x | — | -89.88x | — | 25.29x | 0.92x | -0.39x |
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
- Ernst & Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company's business activities, together with the factors likely to affect the future development, performance and position, are set out in the Strategic Report on page 2, together with the financial position of the Company. The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operation existence for the foreseeable future. Therefore, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- CHAPMAN FREEBORN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Chapman Freeborn Airchartering LTD 100%
- Alltrans Management PTY Limited 100%
- Chapman Freeborn Airchartering BV 80%
- Intradco Global Limited 75%
- Chapman Freeborn Airchartering Consulting (Shanghai) Company Limited 100%
- Chapman Freeborn OBC GmbH 100%
- Arcus Air Logistic GmbH 100%
- Chapman Freeborn Airmarketing GmBH 100%
- Arcus OBC GmbH 100%
- Chapman Freeborn Handcarry Limited 100%
- Chapman Freeborn Airchartering Private Limited 100%
- Chapman Freeborn OBC SdeRLdeCV 100%
- Chapman Freeborn Airchartering S.P.Z.O.O. 100%
- Chapman Freeborn Aviation (LLC) 100%
- Chapman Freeborn Airchartering PTE Limited 100%
- Arcus Air Logistic S.R.O. 100%
- Chapman Freeborn Airchartering (South Africa) PTY Limited 100%
- Chapman Freeborn Airchartering SL 100%
- Arcus Air Logistic Iberica S.L.U. 100%
- Chapman Freeborn Havacilik Tasimacilik Ticaret Limited Sirketi 100%
- Intradco Global DMCC 75%
- Chapman Freeborn Aviation Services DMCC 100%
- Intradco Cargo Services Limited 75%
- Chapman Freeborn Airchartering (China) Limited 100%
- Zeusbond Limited 75%
- Chapman Freeborn Airchartering Limited 100%
- Wings 24 Limited 100%
- Intradco Global Inc. 75%
- Chapman Freeborn Airchartering Inc 100%
- CF Couriers LLC 100%
- Chapman Freeborn OBC Inc 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GERASIMOVA, Saska | Director | 2025-10-20 | Sep 1980 | Czech |
| NUNES, Bernardo Fernandes | Director | 2025-09-01 | Oct 1970 | Portuguese |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARRELLY, Anthony Michael | Secretary | 1995-04-05 | 1998-03-31 |
| JOARDER, Peter | Secretary | 2007-12-13 | 2021-02-17 |
| MAZZOCCHETTI, Fabio | Secretary | 2021-02-17 | 2021-07-23 |
| METTERS, Christopher John | Secretary | 1998-03-31 | 2007-12-13 |
| NORMAN, Carol Ann | Secretary | — | 1995-04-05 |
| BATLIWALA, Russi | Director | 2009-04-03 | 2021-02-17 |
| CHAPMAN, Christopher Eric | Director | — | 2013-12-30 |
| ERBACHER, Eric | Director | 2021-02-17 | 2025-09-01 |
| JOARDER, Peter | Director | 2009-04-03 | 2021-02-17 |
| KOJALIENE, Vaida | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2026-01-31 |
| MANNING, Marcus Philip | Director | 2021-02-17 | 2022-03-31 |
| NORMAN, Carol Ann | Director | — | 2013-12-30 |
| OUZOUNIAN, Shahe | Director | 2009-04-03 | 2020-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman Freeborn Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+0.1%
£10,749,477 £10,762,913
-
Cash
-77.8%
£719,653 £159,988
-
Net assets
+746.4%
£1,487,176 £12,587,920
-
Employees
0%
2 2
-
Operating profit
-135.5%
£672,748 -£238,952
-
Profit before tax
-53.3%
£44,291,595 £20,696,917
-
Wages
+0.3%
£4,867,256 £4,884,199
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