BAE SYSTEMS (MILITARY AIR) OVERSEAS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-19 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-14.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-15.6% vs 2023
Employees
60
+53.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£756K
-47.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- BAE SYSTEMS (MILITARY AIR) OVERSEAS LIMITED 2012-01-06 → present
- BAE SYSTEMS (GERMANY) LIMITED 2000-02-23 → 2012-01-06
- BRITISH AEROSPACE (GERMANY) LIMITED 1995-02-24 → 2000-02-23
- BRITISH AEROSPACE PENSION FUNDS CIF TRUSTEES LIMITED 1995-01-13 → 1995-02-24
- BAECAM LIMITED 1991-04-18 → 1995-01-13
- PROFITOPTION LIMITED 1990-11-30 → 1991-04-18
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,574,000 | £11,388,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,442,000 | £741,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,452,000 | £756,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,369,000 | £612,000 | |
| Cash | £1,447,000 | £1,235,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,109,000 | £3,454,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,940,000 | £3,325,000 | |
| Equity | £3,940,000 | £3,325,000 | |
| Average employees | 39 | 60 | |
| Wages | £4,070,000 | £6,095,000 |
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 | 10.6% | 6.5% | |
| Net margin | 10.1% | 5.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 35.1% | 21.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 88.6% | 87.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.01x | 0.83x | |
| Interest cover | 721.00x | 123.50x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis, not withstanding net current liabilities of £3,971k. The Company is dependent for its working capital on funds provided to it by BAE Systems plc, the Company's ultimate parent. BAE Systems plc has indicated that, for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, it will continue to make available funds as are needed by the Company to meet its liabilities as they fall due and in particular will not seek repayment of amounts currently made available. The directors consider that this should enable the Company to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future by meeting its liabilities as they fall due for payment.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAE SYSTEMS CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-07-24 | — | — |
| GREGSON, Lorraine Mary | Director | 2023-12-13 | Aug 1968 | British |
| HUSSEY, Richard Anthony | Director | 2023-12-13 | Mar 1979 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Anthony | Secretary | 2024-06-01 | 2025-07-24 |
| FLETCHER, Thomas Andrew | Secretary | — | 1994-08-09 |
| GOODGE, Linda Susan | Secretary | 1996-02-09 | 2013-08-09 |
| JONES, Stephen Andrew | Secretary | 1994-08-09 | 1996-02-09 |
| PARKES, David Stanley | Secretary | 2005-10-31 | 2024-05-31 |
| ARMSTRONG, David Iain | Director | 2018-03-02 | 2019-04-16 |
| BARNES, Richard Nigel | Director | — | 1992-05-31 |
| BAXTER, Anthony Harry | Director | — | 1993-11-01 |
| BOARDMAN, Christopher George | Director | 2007-07-06 | 2018-03-02 |
| DOUGHTY, Geoffrey Walter | Director | 2001-05-09 | 2007-07-06 |
| ENTWISTLE, Brian Curwell | Director | — | 1994-08-09 |
| GARDNER, David, Professor | Director | 1995-03-28 | 1998-11-02 |
| GARDNER, David | Director | — | 1994-08-09 |
| HARRIS, Peter John | Director | — | 1994-05-31 |
| HASLAM, Robert | Director | 1998-11-02 | 2001-05-09 |
| HENWOOD, Stephen Hugh | Director | 1992-12-01 | 1994-08-09 |
| IMMS, Robin John | Director | 2013-02-28 | 2014-06-26 |
| KANE, Mark | Director | 2013-02-28 | 2014-10-16 |
| OLIVER, Robert Anthony | Director | 2007-07-06 | 2013-02-28 |
| PARKES, David Stanley | Director | 1994-08-09 | 1995-03-28 |
| TAYLOR, Martin | Director | 2014-10-17 | 2016-12-08 |
| THOMPSON, Andrea Jayne | Director | 2019-04-16 | 2023-12-13 |
| TIMMS, Stephen Edward | Director | 2013-02-28 | 2018-03-05 |
| WESTCOTT, Myles St John | Director | 2014-07-28 | 2018-03-02 |
| WILSON, Peter John Sidney | Director | 1995-03-28 | 2007-07-06 |
| WINDRIDGE, Susan Doreen | Director | 1994-08-09 | 1995-03-28 |
| WOOD, Simon Daniel | Director | 2016-12-19 | 2023-12-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bae Systems (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-05 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-06-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-11 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-12-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-16.1%
£13,574,000 £11,388,000
-
Cash
-14.7%
£1,447,000 £1,235,000
-
Net assets
-15.6%
£3,940,000 £3,325,000
-
Employees
+53.8%
39 60
-
Operating profit
-48.6%
£1,442,000 £741,000
-
Profit before tax
-47.9%
£1,452,000 £756,000
-
Wages
+49.8%
£4,070,000 £6,095,000
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