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LONDON CITY AIRPORT LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 01963361
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1985-11-22
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 51101
Accounts
Pending extraction
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the going concern period... The Group's financial forecasts... shows sufficient headroom in cash and liquidity even under a 'severe but plausible downside' scenario...”
Significant events
- “The airport delivered 4.6% year on year growth in passenger traffic in 2024, seeing 3.6m passengers pass through the airport in the year, resulting in a 77% growth in operating profit to £11.7m (2023: £6.6m).”
- “During the year the airport achieved planning permission from the Secretaries of State to both increase the annual passenger cap from 6.5m to 9m passenger and allow 3 extra flights during the first 30 mins of operation.”
- “As at 18 June 2025, Macquarie Asset Management acquired 25% of London City Airport from Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan.”
- “The 2021 £190m private placement funding included links to ESG measures... All of the targets included have been achieved until the loan was repaid in September 2025.”
- “A planned refinancing was completed in September 2025, where the group's debt was restructured.”
- “In January 2025, London City Airport submitted an application to the CAA to commence a process to approve the A320neo operation at the airport.”
- “In April 2024 our shareholders have increased their equity stake in the business by injecting £130m equity into the Group to allow a partial deleveraging and the lender group have agreed an amendment of the leverage covenant measures...”
- “Government announced on 19th August 2024 that it approved the increase of the annual passenger cap to 9.0m per annum.”
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
2 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLIFFE, Andrew James | Director | 2026-03-31 | Dec 1972 | British |
| SONARIWO, Kemi Maria | Director | 2026-01-20 | Jun 1983 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURROWS, Patrick James | Secretary | 2013-09-18 | 2017-06-16 |
| BURROWS, Patrick James | Secretary | 2011-08-16 | 2012-08-01 |
| BUSHILL, Joanna | Secretary | 2012-08-01 | 2013-09-18 |
| COLMAN, Adrian Maxwell | Secretary | 2010-04-01 | 2011-04-20 |
| HIGGINS, Ben John | Secretary | 2011-04-20 | 2011-08-16 |
| MOSES, Philip David | Secretary | 2017-06-16 | 2018-01-04 |
| STAMP, Christopher David | Secretary | 1994-07-28 | 1995-01-19 |
| THOMSON, David Graham | Secretary | — | 2010-04-01 |
| THOMSON, David Graham | Secretary | — | 1995-03-01 |
| ALLAN, Wilma Mary | Director | 2018-01-29 | 2025-09-30 |
| BECK, Edgar Philip, Sir | Director | — | 1995-06-12 |
| BURROWS, Patrick James | Director | 2011-08-16 | 2017-06-16 |
| CHARNOCK, William Terence | Director | — | 1996-08-31 |
| COLLIER, Declan | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2017-11-09 |
| DESMOND, Dermot Fachna | Director | 1995-10-27 | 2006-11-30 |
| FITZGERALD, Alison Marie | Director | 2024-01-11 | 2026-03-31 |
| GOLDSTONE, David Joseph | Director | — | 1994-07-20 |
| GOODING, Richard Ernest | Director | 1996-08-01 | 2012-04-02 |
| HORNE, Jonathan Ashley | Director | 1995-03-01 | 1997-08-31 |
| KOWALISHIN, James John | Director | 2006-11-30 | 2008-10-14 |
| MACSHARRY, Raymond | Director | 1996-01-25 | 2006-11-30 |
| MARSHALL, John Roger | Director | 1995-02-01 | 1995-10-19 |
| MARSHALL, John Roger | Director | 1992-10-06 | 1994-07-20 |
| MCGHEE, Michael John | Director | 2006-11-30 | 2008-12-10 |
| MOSES, Philip David | Director | 2017-06-16 | 2018-01-04 |
| NOORANI, Mehrdad | Director | 2008-10-14 | 2008-12-10 |
| SAINSBURY, Roger Norman | Director | — | 1995-10-27 |
| SINCLAIR, Robert Gary | Director | 2017-11-09 | 2024-01-26 |
| SUD, Shiv Bandhu | Director | 2025-10-01 | 2026-01-20 |
| THOMSON, David Graham | Director | 1995-03-01 | 2010-07-30 |
| WALSH, Michael Patrick | Director | 1995-10-27 | 2006-11-30 |
| WOODBURN, William Alan | Director | 2008-10-14 | 2008-12-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alberto Rozza | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-01-09 | Ceased 2023-09-25 |
| Mr Naser Fsaa Alaujan | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-10-07 | Ceased 2023-09-25 |
| Mr Eric Philippe Marianne Machiels | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-02-26 | Ceased 2023-09-25 |
| Mr Dmitry Yashnikov | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-02-26 | Ceased 2022-12-08 |
| Mr Adam James Harbora | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-08-16 | Ceased 2023-02-24 |
| Mr Prateek Maheshwari | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-07-01 | Ceased 2023-09-25 |
| Mr Kevin Johan Patrick Alexander Sonneveld | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-06-24 | Ceased 2020-06-30 |
| Mr Luke Erik Bugeja | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-02-07 | Ceased 2020-02-26 |
| Mr Robert David Holden | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-11-20 | Ceased 2023-11-30 |
| Mr Gregory Stuart Pestrak | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-09-14 | Ceased 2023-09-25 |
| Mr David Mark Stanton | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-04-25 | Ceased 2023-09-25 |
| Mrs Wilma Mary Allan | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-01-29 | Ceased 2023-09-25 |
| Mr Alexander Ross Clemmow | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-01-25 | Ceased 2023-09-25 |
| Mr Robert Gary Sinclair | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-11-09 | Ceased 2024-01-26 |
| Mr Melvyn Ewell | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-04-19 | Ceased 2023-09-25 |
| Mr David Gareth Fison | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-01-09 | Ceased 2020-12-31 |
| Mr James Alexander Adam | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-09-25 |
| Mr Hakim Drissi | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-04-30 |
| Mr Philippe Anastase Busslinger | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-25 |
| Mr Kevin Benjamin Roseke | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-08-21 |
| Mr Benjamin Hawkins | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-16 |
| Mr Luke Erik Bugeja | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-16 |
| Mr Thomas Albert Meyer-Mallorie | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-05-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 267 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2026-04-09 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2026-01-21 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2026-01-21 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-10-08 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-10-08 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-09-08 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-09-08 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-09-04 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-08-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2025-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-04-10 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control statement |
| 2024-04-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2024-04-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2024-04-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2024-04-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
Credit score
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Activity Score
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