BRISTOW HELICOPTER GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-12 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£0
-100% vs 2023
Net assets
£228M
+7.9% vs 2023
Employees
1
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£15M
+226.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BRISTOW HELICOPTER GROUP LIMITED 1992-01-29 → present
- BRISTOW AVIATION LIMITED 1991-09-26 → 1992-01-29
- DMWSL 088 LIMITED 1991-08-29 → 1991-09-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £2,907,111 | £12,583,861 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,697,763 | £15,338,926 | |
| Net profit | £6,870,552 | £16,701,770 | |
| Cash | £12,416 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £290,944,436 | £309,937,376 | |
| Net assets | £210,798,584 | £227,500,354 | |
| Equity | £210,798,584 | £227,500,354 | |
| Average employees | 1 | 1 | |
| Wages | £604,541 | £850,219 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 1.0% | 4.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.5% | 31.6% | |
| Current ratio | 4.88x | 5.53x | |
| Interest cover | 0.91x | 4.24x |
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
- KPMG 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 at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- BRISTOW HELICOPTER GROUP LIMITED · parent
- United Helicopters Limited 100%
- Kingsmill Insurance Company Limited 100%
- Bristow Aircraft Leasing Limited 100%
- Bristow Staff Pension Scheme Trustees Limited 100%
- Bristow International Aviation (Guernsey) Limited 100%
- Bristow Helicopters Limited 100%
- Bristow Caribbean Limited 100%
- Caledonian Helicopters Limited 100%
- Bristow Helicopters (International) Limited 100%
- Bristow Aircraft Leasing II Ltd 100%
- Bristow Helicopters (Ghana) Limited 100%
- Bristow Southeast Asia Limited 100%
- Bristow Helicopters Australia Pty Ltd 100%
- Bristow Management Services Pty Ltd 100%
- Capiteq Pty Ltd 100%
- Aircrew Logistics Pty Ltd 100%
- Aircraft Logistics Pty Ltd 100%
- Atyrau-Bristow Airways LLP 49%
- Turkmenistan Helicopters Ltd 51%
- Bristow Helicopters (Nigeria) Limited 48%
- Bristow Technical Services Limited 100%
- Bristow Norway AS 49%
- BNAS Holding Company Limited 49%
- Humberside International Airport Limited 82.7%
- Bristow Arabia Aircraft and Maintenance Services 100%
- British International Helicopter Services Limited 100%
- Bristow Guyana Inc. 100%
- Bristow Leasing Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICELI, Fabio Marc Gaspare | Secretary | 2026-01-16 | — | — |
| CORBETT, Alan William George | Director | 2015-05-15 | Sep 1957 | British |
| HAMILTON, Graham Douglas | Director | 2025-03-19 | Jul 1965 | British |
| PARKES, James Richard | Director | 2020-10-01 | Feb 1959 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWELL-RICHARDSON, James Lort | Secretary | 2012-01-06 | 2020-10-31 |
| MACFARLANE, Christopher George | Secretary | 2020-10-31 | 2026-01-16 |
| MAGOWAN, Andrew | Secretary | 2008-10-27 | 2012-01-06 |
| MCINTOSH, Ian Blair | Secretary | — | 2008-10-27 |
| AKIRI, Chet Ozuruke | Director | 2016-06-07 | 2016-06-14 |
| BARRON, Michael John | Director | 1996-11-22 | 1996-11-30 |
| BLAKE, Allan | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2015-11-13 |
| BLAZQUEZ, Pedro | Director | 2005-10-14 | 2009-08-14 |
| BOWDEN, Daniel Clinton | Director | 2017-07-26 | 2018-03-15 |
| BOWDEN, Daniel Clinton | Director | 2015-05-15 | 2015-08-25 |
| BROWN, Allan Cyril | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2005-04-06 |
| BROWN, Colin Michael | Director | 1995-12-05 | 1996-12-11 |
| BRUCE, George Alexander | Director | 2008-02-26 | 2015-12-02 |
| BUCKLEY, Peter Neville | Director | — | 2004-06-24 |
| BURMAN, Richard David | Director | 2004-11-17 | 2012-02-10 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Jonathan Harry | Director | — | 2004-06-24 |
| CHANTER, Keith | Director | 1997-09-12 | 2004-09-01 |
| CLOGGIE, John | Director | 2015-05-15 | 2017-06-30 |
| COLLINS, Bryan | Director | — | 1996-04-30 |
| DENISON, Graeme Philip | Director | 1996-11-25 | 1996-12-03 |
| EBBERSON, Neil Edward | Director | 2023-03-31 | 2025-03-19 |
| HEWITT, Nicholas Stephen | Director | 2004-06-24 | 2005-10-14 |
| HOWELL-RICHARDSON, James Lort | Director | 2018-03-15 | 2020-10-31 |
| IMLACH, Michael Murdoch | Director | 2012-02-10 | 2016-04-18 |
| LAKE OBE, Richard James | Director | 2018-03-27 | 2020-04-23 |
| MACGREGOR, Alan | Director | — | 1994-01-24 |
| MCDONALD GIBSON, Nicholas Charles, Capt | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2005-12-31 |
| MEYER, Michael William | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2006-01-01 |
| MOORE, Duncan James | Director | 2015-05-15 | 2016-02-16 |
| MURRAY, Norman Loch | Director | — | 1996-12-11 |
| NICOL, Michael Peter | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2024-06-28 |
| ONI, Akinbolaji Olaniyi | Director | 2016-07-18 | 2018-03-15 |
| OYELEKE, Oladapo Akinloye | Director | 2015-11-03 | 2018-03-15 |
| PALFRAMAN, Stephen William | Director | — | 1999-05-21 |
| ROLFE, Timothy John | Director | 2015-11-11 | 2020-09-30 |
| SCHMIDT-REPS, Helmuth Werner Jurgen | Director | 1995-07-06 | 1996-12-11 |
| SMITH OF KELVIN, Robert Haldane, Lord | Director | — | 1995-12-05 |
| TONER, William | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2006-07-31 |
| TORBET, Russell John | Director | 2019-09-09 | 2023-03-31 |
| WILLIAMS WYNN, Roger Derek | Director | 2004-06-24 | 2011-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristow Aviation Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 224 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-04-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2022-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-100%
£12,416 £0
-
Net assets
+7.9%
£210,798,584 £227,500,354
-
Employees
0%
1 1
-
Operating profit
+332.9%
£2,907,111 £12,583,861
-
Profit before tax
+226.5%
£4,697,763 £15,338,926
-
Wages
+40.6%
£604,541 £850,219
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