DUNWOODY AIRLINE SERVICES LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-06-21 (in 1mo)

Last made up 2025-06-07

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£8M

-19% vs 2024

Net assets

£11M

-5.8% vs 2024

Employees

189

-1% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£4M

-53.1% vs 2024

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Industrials median

DUNWOODY AIRLINE SERVICES LIMITED·Industrials median · n=2875

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	£34,480,458	£27,146,483
Operating profit	£8,253,288	£3,833,870
Profit before tax	£8,223,242	£3,853,504
Net profit	£6,024,536	£2,814,836
Cash	£9,457,817	£7,662,942
Total assets less current liabilities	£11,860,385	£11,813,989
Net assets	£11,832,076	£11,150,268
Equity	£11,832,076	£11,150,268
Average employees	191	189
Wages	£9,543,761	£8,129,547

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	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Operating margin	23.9%	14.1%
Net margin	17.5%	10.4%
Return on capital employed	69.6%	32.5%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	28.9%	27.9%
Current ratio	3.32x	4.07x
Interest cover	274.69x	247.01x

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: Consolidated group
Auditor: Cooper Parry Group Limited
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis as the directors are satisfied that the group has the resources to continue in business for the foreseeable future (which has been taken as 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements).”

Group structure

DUNWOODY AIRLINE SERVICES LIMITED · parent
1. Dunwoody USA LLC 100% · USA · Airline cargo handler and general sales agent

Significant events

“Financial performance for the 12 month period ended 31 March 2025 was negative in relation to previous 15 month ended 31 March 2024, the turnover down 21% as well as profit before tax was down by 53%. Export volumes were down by 7% and import volumes were down 5% year on year.”
“Additional cost challenges lead to a decrease in profitability. Gross margin increased slightly at 72.7% (2024: 71.8%) but operating margin decreasing at 14.1% (2024: 23.9%).”

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

People

5 active · 34 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BATTEN, John Andrew	Director	2017-06-26	Aug 1960	British
BEALE, Christopher Campbell	Director	2025-03-10	Nov 1960	British
CRITCHLEY, Jennifer Ann	Director	2026-01-20	Mar 1989	Irish
PETERSEN, Etienne Yule	Director	2022-09-23	Dec 1977	British
SALLIS, Jennifer	Director	2026-01-20	Jun 1983	British

Show 34 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BAILEY, Katie Louise	Secretary	2020-10-12	2022-07-31
GREENHALGH, Steven	Secretary	2008-03-27	2020-10-12
JACKSON, Malcolm	Secretary	2005-08-17	2008-03-27
WITCOMB, Barrie	Secretary	—	2005-08-17
ADAM, Emma Alexandra	Director	2022-05-23	2026-01-20
BAYLISS, John Edwin	Director	2003-07-10	2003-09-30
BAYLISS, John Edwin	Director	—	1993-10-19
BIJAOUI, Olivier Philippe Auguste	Director	2013-12-09	2016-09-28
BULLMAN, Bryan	Director	1993-04-01	2005-03-22
CARMODY, Paul Leonard	Director	2019-09-25	2025-03-10
CARSON, Adam Frazer	Director	2010-09-16	2013-04-24
CLARKE, John Alan	Director	—	1993-10-19
DAWSON, Michael Charles	Director	2003-07-10	2005-09-21
DAWSON, Michael	Director	—	1993-10-19
GIRDWOOD, Lewis Ian	Director	2017-06-26	2019-03-29
GREENHALGH, Steven	Director	2008-03-27	2020-10-12
GUNNING, Stephen William Lawrence	Director	2013-12-09	2016-04-18
HAUN, Elizabeth Ann	Director	2019-05-28	2021-11-15
IZZARD, Rachel Claire	Director	2013-12-09	2016-04-18
JACKSON, Malcolm	Director	—	2008-03-27
KOTECHA, Rupen Premji	Director	2005-09-26	2008-03-27
LYALL, Martin	Director	2019-02-26	2022-01-31
MCCLELLAND, Lynn Fiona	Director	2017-11-14	2019-02-26
NICHOL, Sarah Katherine	Director	2016-04-18	2017-06-26
NOTHMAN, Anthony David	Director	2016-04-18	2017-11-14
NOTHMAN, Anthony David	Director	2003-07-10	2006-05-31
PEARSE, Francis Patrick	Director	2003-05-01	2007-05-17
ROBERTS, Patrick Ian	Director	2008-03-27	2019-02-26
SAGOO, Randeep Singh	Director	2020-10-12	2022-09-26
SHEPHERD, William David	Director	2006-05-31	2007-10-17
SMITH, Peter Simon	Director	2004-09-13	2008-03-27
SNELL, Anthony David	Director	2022-05-23	2026-01-20
STEWART, Michael Ian	Director	2003-07-10	2008-03-27
TEMPEST, Warren	Director	2008-07-08	2010-09-16

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Worldwide Flight Services Ltd	Corporate entity	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Active
British Airways Plc	Corporate entity	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 204 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-02-12	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2026-02-12	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-02-09	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-02-03	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-12-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2025-08-27	DISS40	gazette	Gazette filings brought up to date
2025-08-26	GAZ1	gazette	Gazette notice compulsory
2025-08-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-08-19	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2025-05-23	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-05-23	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-12-31	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-06-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-12-07	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company current extended	PDF
2023-09-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-06-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-03-09	DISS40	gazette	Gazette filings brought up to date
2023-03-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-03-07	GAZ1	gazette	Gazette notice compulsory
2023-01-18	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 11
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 2
Officers resigned: 2

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

Turnover

-21.3%

£34,480,458 £27,146,483
Cash

-19%

£9,457,817 £7,662,942
Net assets

-5.8%

£11,832,076 £11,150,268
Employees

-1%

191 189
Operating profit

-53.5%

£8,253,288 £3,833,870
Profit before tax

-53.1%

£8,223,242 £3,853,504
Wages

-14.8%

£9,543,761 £8,129,547

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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