FLY BY NITE CONFERENCES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-29 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-15
Watchouts
Cash
£72K
+4,927.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
+2.9% vs 2024
Employees
232
+6.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
-46.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Insolvency history on file
Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FLY BY NITE CONFERENCES LIMITED 1993-10-29 → present
- PALL MALL INDUSTRIES LIMITED 1989-05-15 → 1993-10-29
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-02-28 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £37,073,861 | £37,424,938 | |
| Operating profit | — | £5,126,633 | £2,587,995 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £5,912,968 | £3,145,733 | |
| Net profit | — | £4,363,553 | £2,519,830 | |
| Cash | — | £1,439 | £72,345 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £25,090,846 | £26,597,398 | |
| Net assets | — | £18,043,911 | £18,563,741 | |
| Equity | £15,680,358 | £18,043,911 | £18,563,741 | |
| Average employees | — | 217 | 232 | |
| Wages | — | £9,473,156 | £11,825,590 |
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 | 2023-02-28 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 13.8% | 6.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 11.8% | 6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 20.4% | 9.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 49.9% | 49.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.93x | 1.98x | |
| Interest cover | — | 18.87x | 4.54x |
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
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The company continues to invest having spent over £4.7M on new trucks and trailers in the year.”
- “The principal risk to the operation of the business continues to be the prospect of another pandemic like Covid 19 and any resulting lockdown measures put in place.”
- “There is uncertainty regarding future major tours and performances across Europe this may be subject to geopolitical events which may affect artists desire to perform in certain locations.”
- “There are also risks associated with the operational challenges resulting from Brexit and the proposed Employment Rights Act.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COPE, Jeremy Albert | Director | 2022-03-22 | Aug 1960 | British |
| KENKRE, Mark Andrew | Director | 2022-03-22 | May 1978 | British |
| SEWARDS, Joanne | Director | 2024-09-10 | Feb 1979 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COUMBE, David | Secretary | 2000-04-03 | 2024-05-17 |
| LEUNG, Robert Chirk Wing | Secretary | — | 1993-10-31 |
| SWIRE, Robert | Secretary | 1993-10-20 | 2000-04-03 |
| COUMBE, David Sidney | Director | 1993-10-20 | 2024-05-17 |
| DUTTON, Richard Stuart | Director | — | 1993-10-19 |
| LEUNG, Robert Chirk Wing | Director | — | 1993-10-20 |
| REED, Carl Andrew | Director | 2004-05-03 | 2022-03-21 |
| REED, Sharon Lisa | Director | 2004-05-03 | 2022-03-21 |
| SWIRE, Robert | Director | 1994-03-25 | 2004-04-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fly By Nite Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-06-18 | Active |
| Mr David Sidney Coumbe | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-06-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2023-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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 2025-02-28 vs 2024-02-29
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Turnover
+0.9%
£37,073,861 £37,424,938
-
Cash
+4,927.4%
£1,439 £72,345
-
Net assets
+2.9%
£18,043,911 £18,563,741
-
Employees
+6.9%
217 232
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Operating profit
-49.5%
£5,126,633 £2,587,995
-
Profit before tax
-46.8%
£5,912,968 £3,145,733
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Wages
+24.8%
£9,473,156 £11,825,590
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