STARFLIGHT AVIATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-27 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-23.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
-7.3% vs 2024
Employees
12
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£620K
-27.3% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- STARFLIGHT AVIATION LIMITED 1989-08-11 → present
- STARSHIP AVIATION LIMITED 1989-06-13 → 1989-08-11
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 | £27,940,896 | £29,716,792 | |
| Operating profit | £781,932 | £509,409 | |
| Profit before tax | £852,796 | £619,937 | |
| Net profit | £666,351 | £462,153 | |
| Cash | £3,863,768 | £2,943,015 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,588,539 | £2,400,692 | |
| Net assets | £2,588,539 | £2,400,692 | |
| Equity | £2,588,539 | £2,400,692 | |
| Average employees | 12 | 12 | |
| Wages | £1,238,870 | £1,626,648 |
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 | 2.8% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.2% | 21.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.59x | 1.53x |
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
- Menzies LLP Farnborough
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Directors have reviewed and considered relevant information, including the annual budget and future cash flows in making their assessment. Based on these assessments, and the current resources available, the Directors have concluded that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- STARFLIGHT AVIATION LIMITED · parent
- Starflight Aviation USA, Inc. 100%
Significant events
- “The company reported a pre-tax profit of £619,937 (2024: £852,796). The reduction in the reported pre-tax profits is primarily due to increased overheads for the year under review.”
- “The Board expect that trading conditions in the charter aviation industry to continue to remain difficult and challenging. However, despite these anticipated difficult and challenging trading conditions, the company remains in a strong financial position with net assets of £2,400,692 as at 31 March 2025 (2024: £2,588,539). The Board remain committed to in the business investing for its future expansion and growth”
- “Cooper Parry Group Limited has resigned as auditor and Menzies LLP Farnborough has been appointed in its place.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LICHTIG, Kim | Secretary | — | — | British |
| GIBBON, Andrew Mark | Director | 1996-05-07 | Jul 1946 | British |
| HUGHES, Gerard Thomas, Baron | Director | — | Aug 1943 | British |
| LICHTIG, Kim | Director | 1998-04-03 | Aug 1967 | British |
| PATEL, Girish | Director | 2011-11-03 | Mar 1966 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARIS, Brian Francis | Director | — | 2005-02-18 |
| CURRY, John | Director | 2004-05-27 | 2005-05-13 |
| FARROW, Gary Blair | Director | — | 1998-09-06 |
| GIBBON, Andrew Mark | Director | — | 1993-10-11 |
| HUGHES, Gavin | Director | 2011-11-03 | 2012-08-06 |
| KHALEK, Marwan Abdel | Director | — | 1998-04-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gerard Hughes | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2018-08-07 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+6.4%
£27,940,896 £29,716,792
-
Cash
-23.8%
£3,863,768 £2,943,015
-
Net assets
-7.3%
£2,588,539 £2,400,692
-
Employees
0%
12 12
-
Operating profit
-34.9%
£781,932 £509,409
-
Profit before tax
-27.3%
£852,796 £619,937
-
Wages
+31.3%
£1,238,870 £1,626,648
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