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NATS LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 03155567
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1996-01-31
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 51101
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- EY LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have formed a judgement that taking into account the financial resources available to the company and the financial position and prospects of the subsidiaries, it has adequate resources to continue to operate until at least 30 June 2026 (the formal going concern position adopted by the Directors) and have therefore adopted the going concern basis in the preparation of the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.”
Subsidiaries
- NATS (En Route) plc · 100% held · England and Wales · En route air traffic
- NATS (Services) Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Airport air traffic services
- NATS Solutions Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Airport and airfield air traffic services
- NATSNav Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Satellite based navigation
- National Air Traffic Services Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- NATS Services (Asia Pacific) Pte. Limited · 100% held · Singapore · Airport and ATM consultancy
- NATS (Services) Canada Inc · 100% held · Canada · Digital airport air traffic services
- NATS Services DMCC · 100% held · UAE · ATM consultancy
- NATS Services (Hong Kong) Limited · 100% held · Hong Kong · Airport and ATM consultancy
- NATS Services (India) LLP · 100% held · India · Airport and ATM consultancy
- NATS Services LLC (in liquidation) · 70% held · Oman · ATM consultancy
- NATS (USA) Inc. · 100% held · USA · Engineering and ATM consultancy
- Searidge Technologies Inc · 100% held · Canada · Digital airport air traffic services
- Aquila Air Traffic Management Services Limited · 50% held · England and Wales · Asset provision and ATM services to UK MOD
- European Satellite Services Provider SAS · 17% held · France · Satellite based navigation
Significant events
- “At completion of the Public Private Partnership transaction on 26 July 2001, transfer schemes hived down the operating assets and liabilities of NATS Limited to NERL and NATS Services.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
3 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHURCHILL-COLEMAN, Richard Paul | Secretary | 2008-04-01 | — | British |
| FRANKLIN, Gary Adam | Director | 2026-01-01 | Oct 1981 | British |
| ROLFE, Martin John | Director | 2012-03-29 | Aug 1972 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRITTON, Rupert John | Secretary | 1996-01-31 | 1996-04-01 |
| PICTON, Andrew Julian Howard | Secretary | 1996-04-01 | 2015-07-01 |
| ARGENT, Malcolm, Mr. | Director | 1996-04-01 | 1998-08-13 |
| BARRON, Paul Stuart | Director | 2004-06-18 | 2010-03-31 |
| BORTHWICK, Alistair John | Director | 2019-10-03 | 2025-12-31 |
| BRITTON, Rupert John | Director | 1996-02-01 | 1996-04-01 |
| CHISHOLM, Colin Denis King | Director | 2000-02-16 | 2005-04-01 |
| DAY, Rosemary | Director | 1997-07-23 | 2001-07-25 |
| DEAKIN, Richard Simon | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2015-05-18 |
| DEVANEY, John Francis | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2014-08-31 |
| EVERITT, Richard Leslie | Director | 2001-07-26 | 2004-06-18 |
| FIELD, Malcolm, Sir | Director | 1998-08-14 | 1999-04-30 |
| FOTHERBY, Nigel Terence Chell | Director | 1999-10-20 | 2019-06-30 |
| GIBSON SMITH, Christopher Shaw, Dr | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2005-08-31 |
| HALL, Ian Robert | Director | 2006-02-23 | 2011-03-24 |
| HARVEY, John David | Director | 1997-07-23 | 2001-07-25 |
| HERRON, Anthony Gavin | Director | 1996-10-07 | 2000-10-06 |
| HOSKINS, Lawrence Anthony | Director | 2006-02-23 | 2010-04-30 |
| HUMPHREYS, Barry Keith | Director | 2004-07-20 | 2008-11-27 |
| JENNER, Timothy Ivo, Air Vice Marshal | Director | 1996-04-01 | 1998-08-03 |
| JOHNSON, Peter Graham, Dr | Director | 1996-04-01 | 1999-10-20 |
| LYNCH, Roderick Robertson | Director | 1996-04-01 | 1999-06-11 |
| MAIZEY, Drusilla | Director | 2001-07-26 | 2002-09-24 |
| MASON, Catherine Lois | Director | 2014-05-29 | 2016-03-31 |
| MCBEATH, Andrew David | Director | 1997-07-23 | 1998-10-05 |
| MCLAUCHLAN, Derek | Director | 1996-04-01 | 1997-06-30 |
| MCNULTY, Robert William Roy, Sir | Director | 1999-05-01 | 2001-07-25 |
| MILLS, Ian Philip | Director | 2008-02-28 | 2011-09-22 |
| MOTTURE, Frederick Anthony Michael | Director | 1996-04-01 | 1998-10-05 |
| REID, Paul William | Director | 2012-05-31 | 2013-12-06 |
| SEMPLE, William Kerr | Director | 1996-01-31 | 2001-07-23 |
| STIRRUP, Graham Eric, Air Marshal | Director | 1998-08-04 | 2001-07-25 |
| STURT, Richard Harry Brooke | Director | 1996-04-01 | 1996-12-02 |
| TURNER, Nigel Owen | Director | 2001-07-26 | 2003-12-10 |
| WILLIAMS, Daniel Keith | Director | 1996-04-01 | 1997-06-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Keith Charles | Director | 1997-07-23 | 1998-10-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nats Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-02-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 176 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-07-18 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-08-05 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-08-04 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-07-22 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-05-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2022-05-16 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | withdrawal of a person with significant control statement |
| 2022-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-07-30 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2021-07-06 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2021-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-11-02 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2020-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2019-12-20 | CH03 | officers | change person secretary company with change date |
| 2019-10-09 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
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