SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS SERVICES UK LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-19 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£12M
+41.6% vs 2023
Employees
252
+2.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
-14.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS SERVICES UK LTD 2016-07-05 → present
- MESSIER SERVICES LIMITED 1998-05-05 → 2016-07-05
- TRUSHELFCO (NO.2333) LIMITED 1998-03-17 → 1998-05-05
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 | £65,665,000 | £71,513,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,795,000 | £5,372,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,651,000 | £4,828,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,240,000 | £3,327,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,533,000 | £10,772,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,500,000 | £12,038,000 | |
| Equity | £8,500,000 | £12,038,000 | |
| Average employees | 245 | 252 | |
| Wages | £9,943,000 | £11,297,000 |
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 | 8.8% | 7.5% | |
| Net margin | 6.5% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 76.9% | 49.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 76.2% | 74.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.83x | 0.78x | |
| Interest cover | 12.79x | 7.31x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have received a letter from the Group Chief Financial Officer of Safran in March 2025 confirming their intention to provide the company all necessary financial support to allow the company to continue its normal operations as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date of this report. Accordingly, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Significant events
- “The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and the resulting sanctions imposed have impacted the global economy. As a result of the sanctions imposed the company has lost contracted revenue from Russian customers and the cancellation of the Russian SJ100 program for landing gear servicing.”
- “The company is aware of the 'Virgin Media v NTL Pension Trustees Ltd, and others' case and that there is a potential for it to have an impact on the company's UK pension scheme. The case affects defined benefit schemes that provided contracted-out benefits before 06 April 2016.”
- “In addition, on 05 June 2025 the DWP issued a statement confirming that the Government will introduce legislation to give affected pension schemes the ability to retrospectively obtain written actuarial confirmation that historic benefit changes met the necessary standards.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEVONS, Andrew Glenn | Secretary | 2014-09-23 | — | — |
| BASSET-CHERCOT, Geoffroy | Director | 2024-12-02 | Apr 1984 | French |
| CHIARELLI, Bruno | Director | 2011-03-22 | Jun 1962 | French |
| DEVONS, Andrew Glenn | Director | 2024-12-02 | Aug 1968 | British |
| DOHERTY, John Alan | Director | 2010-03-10 | Oct 1962 | British |
| KINDER, Arren James | Director | 2022-04-01 | Jun 1978 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Stephen Christopher | Secretary | 2003-03-12 | 2013-09-13 |
| JENKINS, Paul Richard | Secretary | 2013-09-09 | 2014-09-23 |
| SMITH, Neil | Secretary | 1998-06-26 | 2003-01-31 |
| TRUSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-03-17 | 1998-06-30 |
| BERKOUICCHI, Joel Pierre | Director | 2008-02-08 | 2011-03-04 |
| BLACKBURN, Alexander Peter Howard | Director | 1998-04-24 | 1998-05-07 |
| BOUCTOT, Gilles | Director | 2004-04-27 | 2008-02-01 |
| BURGE, Darren John | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2018-06-15 |
| CATTE, Philippe | Director | 2008-03-31 | 2019-07-01 |
| CATTE, Philippe | Director | 2008-03-31 | 2008-03-31 |
| CLIFFORD, Paul Douglas | Director | 2008-02-18 | 2013-05-03 |
| COMMINGES, Philippe Maurice | Director | 2010-03-10 | 2022-04-01 |
| COOPER, Stephen Christopher | Director | 2013-04-04 | 2013-09-13 |
| DE CHAISEMARTIN, Georges | Director | 2002-03-15 | 2004-04-27 |
| DECKERS, Peter Louis Robert | Director | 1998-04-24 | 1998-05-07 |
| EVANS, Graham Mark | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2019-01-31 |
| GOSSET, Benoit Guy Henry | Director | 1998-09-03 | 2004-04-27 |
| GRAINGER, Robert John | Director | 1998-05-07 | 2001-08-20 |
| GRUAZ, Daniel | Director | 2001-03-19 | 2004-04-27 |
| HAMON, Eric | Director | 2019-06-26 | 2024-12-02 |
| HURST, Martyn William Melford | Director | 2001-03-19 | 2004-04-27 |
| LASBLEIS, Thierry | Director | 2002-04-10 | 2008-04-04 |
| LE PORTZ, Louis | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2001-03-19 |
| LECLERE, Yves | Director | 1998-05-07 | 2002-04-10 |
| LEPONT, Jacques Frederic Pierre | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2019-06-26 |
| MAITAM, Remy Jean | Director | 2004-04-27 | 2008-02-18 |
| MALBEC, Sophie Lucienne Gisele | Director | 2013-12-12 | 2019-07-01 |
| MALBEC, Sophie Lucienne Gisele | Director | 2010-03-10 | 2013-05-03 |
| PARIS, Dominique | Director | 1998-09-03 | 2000-01-31 |
| RICE, Timothy Julian | Director | 2001-08-20 | 2008-10-10 |
| ROLLIN, Stephane Thomas | Director | 2018-09-03 | 2022-04-01 |
| ROSSI, Philippe George Raymond | Director | 2022-05-16 | 2026-04-24 |
| ROWE, Drusilla Charlotte Jane | Nominee Director | 1998-03-17 | 1998-04-24 |
| SKINNER, Christopher Grant | Director | 2004-04-27 | 2008-02-18 |
| VAN PARYS, Bruno | Director | 1998-05-07 | 2002-03-15 |
| WHITE, Arthur Thomas | Director | 1998-06-26 | 2000-12-31 |
| WILSON, Christopher George | Director | 2018-06-15 | 2020-12-31 |
| WOODFORD, Nigel Robert | Director | 2020-12-31 | 2024-12-02 |
| WOODFORD, Nigel Robert | Director | 2010-03-10 | 2019-07-01 |
| ZUERCHER, Eleanor Jane | Nominee Director | 1998-03-17 | 1998-04-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safran Sa | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-12-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
+8.9%
£65,665,000 £71,513,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+41.6%
£8,500,000 £12,038,000
-
Employees
+2.9%
245 252
-
Operating profit
-7.3%
£5,795,000 £5,372,000
-
Profit before tax
-14.6%
£5,651,000 £4,828,000
-
Wages
+13.6%
£9,943,000 £11,297,000
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