AIRBUS OPERATIONS 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
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3B
+34.5% vs 2023
Employees
7,842
+5.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£666M
+23.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED 2009-06-17 → present
- AIRBUS UK LIMITED 1997-12-24 → 2009-06-17
- TRUSHELFCO (NO.2299) LIMITED 1997-11-20 → 1997-12-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,340,000,000 | £4,616,000,000 | |
| Operating profit | £561,000,000 | £708,000,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £540,000,000 | £666,000,000 | |
| Net profit | £437,000,000 | £575,000,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,093,000,000 | £2,757,000,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,018,000,000 | £2,714,000,000 | |
| Equity | £2,018,000,000 | £2,714,000,000 | |
| Average employees | 7,463 | 7,842 | |
| Wages | £408,000,000 | £435,000,000 |
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 | 12.9% | 15.3% | |
| Net margin | 10.1% | 12.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.8% | 25.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.1% | 32.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.48x | 2.09x | |
| Interest cover | 13.05x | 12.42x |
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 financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis which the directors believe to be appropriate for the following reasons.”
Significant events
- “The war in Ukraine has increased the group's exposure to supply chain disruption risk given that part of the titanium used by Airbus is sourced from Russia, both directly and indirectly through the group's suppliers.”
- “The acquisition of industrial assets from Spirit AeroSystems, an agreement entered into in April 2023.”
- “A new 100% owned subsidiary company of Airbus Operations Limited, Airbus Belfast Limited, has been incorporated in order to acquire the trade and assets of the Belfast operations referred to above.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Alison Louise | Secretary | 2017-01-01 | — | — |
| BLANDIN, Jerome | Director | 2024-02-29 | Apr 1978 | British,French |
| HARRISON, John Conacher | Director | 2019-01-01 | Jul 1967 | British |
| LOISELET, Didier | Director | 2024-08-01 | Aug 1967 | French |
| MCKINLAY, Paul Malcolm | Director | 2022-04-29 | Jan 1969 | British |
| PARTRIDGE, Susan Clare | Director | 2024-02-29 | Jan 1971 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Keith | Secretary | 2000-03-10 | 2016-12-31 |
| GOODGE, Linda Susan | Secretary | 1998-05-15 | 2000-03-10 |
| TRUSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-11-20 | 1998-05-15 |
| BARDIN, Christophe | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2024-06-12 |
| BARIL, Thierry | Director | 2007-10-11 | 2016-05-31 |
| BENNETT, Katherine Susan | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2021-06-01 |
| BLACK, Terence Robert William | Director | 1999-02-26 | 2000-12-11 |
| BLANC, Gerard Georges Roger | Director | 2001-07-12 | 2005-11-29 |
| BREGIER, Fabrice Roger Daniel | Director | 2007-02-27 | 2012-06-30 |
| CARROLL, Stuart Paul | Director | 1998-05-15 | 1999-02-26 |
| CHAMPION, Charles | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| CHAMPION, Charles | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2007-01-31 |
| CHASSAGNE, Jean-Pierre | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2019-09-13 |
| COURPRON, Henri | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2007-01-31 |
| EISEN, Kurt Gerhard | Director | 2001-07-12 | 2002-12-31 |
| FORGEARD, Noel | Director | 2001-07-12 | 2005-06-25 |
| GARCIA, Alain Alban | Director | 2001-07-12 | 2007-05-02 |
| GAVIN, Patrick | Director | 2007-05-09 | 2010-03-31 |
| GRAY, Iain Gilmour | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2007-10-31 |
| HAISMAN, Mark | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2019-09-13 |
| HARTMANN, Karl Heinz | Director | 2003-02-01 | 2007-01-31 |
| HIGGS, Trevor John | Director | 2021-04-29 | 2022-02-24 |
| HUMBERT, Gustav Walter, Dr | Director | 2001-07-12 | 2006-07-04 |
| LLOYD, Geoffrey James Rhodri | Director | 2006-06-08 | 2007-07-31 |
| PARKES, David Stanley | Director | 1998-05-15 | 2000-12-11 |
| PILLET, Erik | Director | 2001-07-12 | 2006-03-31 |
| RICHTER, Klaus, Doctor | Director | 2009-11-01 | 2016-03-31 |
| ROWE, Drusilla Charlotte Jane | Nominee Director | 1997-11-20 | 1998-05-15 |
| SPERL, Andreas, Dr | Director | 2001-07-12 | 2006-12-31 |
| STEWART, Robert Mark | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| STREIFF, Christian | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2006-10-09 |
| WHEELER, Robert Henry | Director | 2000-03-10 | 2001-10-12 |
| WILHELM, Harald Emil | Director | 2007-01-31 | 2012-06-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Thomas Charles | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Thomas Charles | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2007-01-31 |
| WILSON, Raymond James | Director | 2000-03-10 | 2003-12-31 |
| ZUERCHER, Eleanor Jane | Nominee Director | 1997-11-20 | 1998-05-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus Se | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-07 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-08-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+6.4%
£4,340,000,000 £4,616,000,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+34.5%
£2,018,000,000 £2,714,000,000
-
Employees
+5.1%
7,463 7,842
-
Operating profit
+26.2%
£561,000,000 £708,000,000
-
Profit before tax
+23.3%
£540,000,000 £666,000,000
-
Wages
+6.6%
£408,000,000 £435,000,000
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