RYANAIR UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-19 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
11,327,000
+78.9% vs 2024
Employees
343
+8.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
6,882,000
-23.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- RYANAIR UK LIMITED 1995-11-01 → present
- RYAN AIR UK LIMITED 1985-06-27 → 1995-11-01
- DAWNDELL LIMITED 1985-05-30 → 1985-06-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £326,489,000 | £421,753,000 | |
| Operating profit | £12,662,000 | £6,488,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,950,000 | £6,882,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,640,000 | £4,938,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £44,638,000 | £53,121,000 | |
| Net assets | £6,330,000 | £11,327,000 | |
| Equity | £6,330,000 | £11,327,000 | |
| Average employees | 317 | 343 | |
| Wages | £25,683,000 | £35,561,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.4% | 12.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 92.6% | 90.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.72x | 0.79x | |
| Interest cover | 17.99x | 2.64x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors, having made inquiries, believe that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least the next 12 months and that it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, Jonathan Peter | Director | 2024-04-03 | May 1962 | British |
| MILLIKEN, Richard Alexander | Director | 2023-06-15 | Sep 1950 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Glenvil Peter Fryer | Secretary | — | 2015-06-30 |
| BELLEW, Peter Brendan | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2019-09-11 |
| CAWLEY, Michael | Director | 1998-07-24 | 2013-10-31 |
| CLAYTON, Ian | Director | 2024-04-03 | 2025-02-27 |
| MCMAHON, Neal | Director | 2019-11-19 | 2023-06-15 |
| MILLAR, Howard | Director | 1998-07-24 | 2014-12-31 |
| O NEILL, Eugene Pius | Director | — | 1994-11-09 |
| O'CONGHAILE, Diarmuid | Director | 2018-01-08 | 2020-04-10 |
| RYAN, Cathal Martin | Director | — | 1998-07-24 |
| RYAN, Declan Francis | Director | — | 1998-07-24 |
| SORAHAN, Neil | Director | 2014-12-31 | 2024-04-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster Aviation Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2024-04-03 | Active |
| Ryanair Holdings Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-07-26 | Active |
| Ryanair Dac | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-07-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-04-20 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-01 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-04-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-04-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-20 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-04-20 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+29.2%
£326,489,000 £421,753,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+78.9%
£6,330,000 £11,327,000
-
Employees
+8.2%
317 343
-
Operating profit
-48.8%
£12,662,000 £6,488,000
-
Profit before tax
-23.1%
£8,950,000 £6,882,000
-
Wages
+38.5%
£25,683,000 £35,561,000
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