BABCOCK AEROSPACE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-01 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-0.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£59M
+44.2% vs 2024
Employees
1,588
-2.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£24M
+103% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BABCOCK AEROSPACE LIMITED 2010-07-09 → present
- VT AEROSPACE LIMITED 1999-12-15 → 2010-07-09
- TAK2000 LIMITED 1999-12-03 → 1999-12-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £108,629,000 | £116,244,000 | |
| Operating profit | £10,733,000 | £20,788,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,887,000 | £24,126,000 | |
| Net profit | £11,845,000 | £18,218,000 | |
| Cash | £1,021,000 | £1,012,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £42,226,000 | £60,438,000 | |
| Net assets | £41,185,000 | £59,403,000 | |
| Equity | £41,185,000 | £59,403,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,636 | 1,588 | |
| Wages | £50,530,000 | £52,539,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.9% | 17.9% | |
| Net margin | 10.9% | 15.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.4% | 34.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.1% | 41.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.55x | 1.81x | |
| Interest cover | 20.76x | 483.44x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Following review, the Directors have concluded that the Company has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. The Directors have not identified any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt upon the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BABCOCK CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-02-25 | — | — |
| ABBOTT, Matthew Thomas | Director | 2024-11-14 | Mar 1978 | British |
| BORRETT, Nicholas James William | Director | 2015-12-01 | Feb 1967 | British |
| EDWARDS, Paul Lloyd | Director | 2025-06-11 | Jul 1977 | British |
| MORTON, Thomas Oliver | Director | 2026-01-15 | Feb 1988 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BORRETT, Nicholas James William | Secretary | 2012-07-27 | 2013-02-25 |
| DAWES, Peter Graham | Secretary | 1999-12-15 | 2005-05-03 |
| JOWETT, Matthew Paul | Secretary | 2005-05-03 | 2010-07-09 |
| TAKHAR, Gurjinder Singh | Secretary | 1999-12-03 | 1999-12-15 |
| TELLER, Valerie Francine Anne | Secretary | 2010-07-09 | 2012-07-27 |
| BARKER, Chloe | Director | 2023-09-28 | 2025-12-16 |
| BELMORE, Hayley Louise | Director | 2022-04-04 | 2023-09-28 |
| BUTLER, Kate Ellen | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2019-04-30 |
| CAMERON, George Winston | Director | 2000-09-07 | 2002-10-18 |
| COLE, Catherine Helena | Director | 2024-06-10 | 2025-06-11 |
| CORNFIELD, Kenneth Leslie | Director | 2012-07-31 | 2016-04-01 |
| CRAIG, Phillip James | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2023-02-15 |
| CUNDY, Christopher John | Director | 2008-03-28 | 2010-07-09 |
| CUNDY, Christopher John | Director | 1999-12-15 | 2007-12-13 |
| DAVIES, John Richard | Director | 2007-03-31 | 2015-12-01 |
| DOHERTY, Shaun, Dr | Director | 2022-05-31 | 2023-02-13 |
| DUNGATE, Albert Norman | Director | 2012-10-24 | 2015-12-01 |
| GARVEY, Kevin John | Director | 2020-01-13 | 2022-09-12 |
| HARDY, Roger Andrew | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| HARRISON, Philip James | Director | 2007-12-13 | 2010-07-09 |
| HAYZEN-SMITH, Karen Veronica | Director | 2016-11-14 | 2020-01-13 |
| HEATHCOCK, Andrew Edward | Director | 1999-12-03 | 1999-12-15 |
| JOWETT, Matthew Paul | Director | 2008-03-28 | 2010-07-09 |
| LESTER, Paul John | Director | 2008-03-28 | 2010-07-09 |
| MARTINELLI, Franco | Director | 2010-07-09 | 2015-12-01 |
| MCINTOSH, Peter John | Director | 2008-03-28 | 2009-07-30 |
| MISELL, Neal Gregory | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2022-09-12 |
| PARRY, Michael | Director | 2012-10-24 | 2015-12-01 |
| STOATE, Richard Duncan | Director | 2012-07-31 | 2018-03-31 |
| TAME, William | Director | 2010-07-09 | 2012-10-24 |
| TARRANT, Simon Edward | Director | 2002-10-18 | 2007-03-31 |
| TAYLOR, Richard Hewitt | Director | 2012-07-31 | 2016-07-13 |
| URQUHART, Iain Stuart | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2022-05-31 |
| WARD, Stephen | Director | 2019-06-13 | 2024-06-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock Defence & Security Holdings Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+7%
£108,629,000 £116,244,000
-
Cash
-0.9%
£1,021,000 £1,012,000
-
Net assets
+44.2%
£41,185,000 £59,403,000
-
Employees
-2.9%
1,636 1,588
-
Operating profit
+93.7%
£10,733,000 £20,788,000
-
Profit before tax
+103%
£11,887,000 £24,126,000
-
Wages
+4%
£50,530,000 £52,539,000
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