SAFRAN NACELLES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-16 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
696
+15.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£23M
+50.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- SAFRAN NACELLES LIMITED 2016-07-21 → present
- AIRCELLE LIMITED 2005-05-24 → 2016-07-21
- HUREL-HISPANO UK LIMITED 2001-05-14 → 2005-05-24
- HUREL DUBOIS UK LIMITED 1989-04-26 → 2001-05-14
- FRONTHELM LIMITED 1989-02-08 → 1989-04-26
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £160,811,000 | £185,301,000 | |
| Operating profit | £16,456,000 | £23,305,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £15,581,000 | £23,421,000 | |
| Net profit | £11,602,000 | £17,334,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | — | — | |
| Average employees | 603 | 696 | |
| Wages | £23,931,000 | £26,754,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.2% | 12.6% | |
| Net margin | 7.2% | 9.4% | |
| Interest cover | 18.59x | 34.73x |
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 LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis. At the balance sheet date, the company closing cash position was negative £4,267k (2023: positive £16,558k). The company's immediate parent company, Safran Nacelles S.A, has provided written confirmation of its intention to continue its support of the cash pooling arrangement following the date of approving the 2024 financial statements for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Consequently, the directors believe that the company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully and the company expects to generate positive operating cash.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events since the balance sheet date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 55 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARBUTT, Sara | Secretary | 2020-01-16 | — | — |
| BARDSLEY, Nicola | Director | 2024-11-11 | Oct 1974 | British |
| CARO, Vincent | Director | 2020-09-10 | Sep 1970 | French |
| GROSSTEPHAN, Nicola | Director | 2020-03-09 | May 1978 | British |
| NIZAN, Aude | Director | 2023-10-01 | Apr 1982 | French |
| STARR, Kathryn | Director | 2021-03-25 | Apr 1983 | English |
| THOMAS, Patrick | Director | 2021-03-01 | Apr 1968 | French |
Show 55 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FITTON, Graham | Secretary | 2000-02-17 | 2005-05-12 |
| FOY, Victoria | Secretary | 2013-05-23 | 2018-04-13 |
| HOOD, Alan Malcolm | Secretary | 2006-05-24 | 2012-11-02 |
| LAUBREAUX, Marc | Secretary | 2005-05-12 | 2005-08-01 |
| MYERS, Neil David | Secretary | 2005-08-01 | 2006-04-21 |
| NERENHAUSEN, Jean Pierre | Secretary | — | 2000-02-17 |
| STANLEY, Claire | Secretary | 2018-04-13 | 2020-01-31 |
| ALARY, Jean-Paul | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2018-02-13 |
| ALARY, Jean-Paul | Director | 2007-05-17 | 2010-01-26 |
| AVANZI, Francis Paul | Director | 1998-04-11 | 2000-12-15 |
| BACHELET, Eric Jean Emilien | Director | 2003-11-04 | 2005-08-01 |
| BONNET, Yves Eugene Marie | Director | 2000-12-15 | 2001-07-27 |
| BOUCTOT, Gilles | Director | 2000-02-17 | 2003-11-03 |
| BRUSSON, Jean-Pierre | Director | — | 2000-02-17 |
| CUEILLE, Stephane | Director | 2013-05-06 | 2014-12-31 |
| DE VIARIS, Diego | Director | 2010-10-21 | 2015-02-02 |
| DUBOIS, Jacques | Director | — | 1998-04-11 |
| FABRE, Gil-Eric | Director | 2023-11-01 | 2026-04-01 |
| FITTON, Graham | Director | 1999-02-26 | 2005-05-12 |
| FOURNIER, Frederic | Director | — | 1996-02-25 |
| FOY, Victoria | Director | 2012-09-03 | 2018-04-13 |
| GAUVAIN, Francis | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2017-09-01 |
| GOSSET, Benoit | Director | 2005-06-27 | 2007-05-17 |
| GOUBET, Cedric | Director | 2018-02-13 | 2020-09-10 |
| GUERZEDER, Francois | Director | 2008-09-10 | 2017-01-27 |
| HALE, Cedric | Director | 2017-11-16 | 2023-09-30 |
| HALLAS, Simon | Director | 2017-01-19 | 2020-02-28 |
| HARKIN, Ann Geraldine | Director | 2004-09-08 | 2007-02-21 |
| HOOD, Alan Malcolm | Director | 2007-02-21 | 2013-01-02 |
| HOOD, Alan Malcolm | Director | 2006-05-24 | 2006-07-25 |
| HUGHES, Thomas | Director | — | 2003-09-03 |
| HUGUENY, Bertrand | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2023-11-01 |
| JARLOT, Francois | Director | 2007-02-21 | 2008-09-10 |
| JORANT, Pierre | Director | 2015-02-24 | 2016-07-01 |
| KNAPP, Christian | Director | 2001-07-27 | 2004-11-15 |
| LABATUT, Danielle | Director | 2001-07-27 | 2006-01-02 |
| LARDY, Pascal | Director | 2005-05-13 | 2007-02-21 |
| LAUBREAUX, Marc | Director | 2005-06-27 | 2008-09-10 |
| LAUGHTON, Jonathan David George | Director | 2000-02-17 | 2004-07-15 |
| MANZON, Eric | Director | 2020-05-11 | 2021-03-01 |
| MASCRE, Vincent | Director | 2008-09-10 | 2010-10-21 |
| MOOTS, Peter David | Director | 1993-09-28 | 2000-02-17 |
| MORESSEE, Philip Georges Raoul | Director | 2013-12-20 | 2016-07-01 |
| NERENHAUSEN, Jean Pierre | Director | — | 2001-07-27 |
| PIERRE, Lescure | Director | 2004-11-23 | 2005-06-22 |
| PLUMB, Christopher Henry | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2016-11-16 |
| POILVET, Gilles | Director | 2010-01-21 | 2020-05-11 |
| RIGALLE, Michael | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2021-03-31 |
| ROBINSON, Charlotte | Director | 2020-01-16 | 2020-03-09 |
| STANLEY, Claire | Director | 2016-11-25 | 2020-01-31 |
| SYX, Pierre | Director | 2006-06-01 | 2010-10-21 |
| TAREL, Francois Henri | Director | 2010-10-21 | 2015-11-01 |
| WEBSTER, Desmond Joseph | Director | 1996-04-03 | 1999-02-26 |
| WHITE, Andrew John | Director | 2006-05-17 | 2011-12-01 |
| WORMLEIGHTON, Thomas | Director | 2020-04-16 | 2024-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safran Nacelles Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Safran S.A. | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 239 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+15.2%
£160,811,000 £185,301,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
+15.4%
603 696
-
Operating profit
+41.6%
£16,456,000 £23,305,000
-
Profit before tax
+50.3%
£15,581,000 £23,421,000
-
Wages
+11.8%
£23,931,000 £26,754,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers