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NATS (SERVICES) LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 04129270
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2000-12-21
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 51101
Accounts
Pending extraction
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 assessed that the company has adequate resources to continue to operate for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements, and have therefore adopted the going concern basis in the preparation of the financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- 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 DMCC · 100% held · UAE · ATM consultancy
- NATS Services (Hong Kong) Limited · 100% held · Hong Kong · Airport and ATM consultancy
- NATS (USA) Inc. · 100% held · USA · Engineering and ATM consultancy
- NATS (Services) Canada Inc. · 100% held · Canada · Digital airport air traffic services
Significant events
- “For the year to March 2025, traffic grew by 3% from the prior year to 1.7m movements (2024: 1.6m movements) at the UK Airports for which we provide an ATC service.”
- “We have been actively engaged several trials within the UK Research and Innovation's Future Flight Challenge programme aimed at accelerating the integration, at scale, of drones and eVTOLs into existing UK and international operations.”
- “Project CAELUS brought together 16 consortium partners to deliver the UK's first national drone network equipped to transport essential medical supplies to both urban and rural communities across Scotland.”
- “This year we secured forward orders worth £267m from new contracts and renewals.”
- “Our agreement with Birmingham Airport on a 10-year contract to provide ATC and engineering services.”
- “Belfast City and Bristol airports agreed to renew their contracts.”
- “Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) agreed an extension to our commitment to provide world class controllers to Hong Kong International Airport until 2029.”
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 · 23 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 | 2015-05-18 | Aug 1972 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PICTON, Andrew Julian Howard | Secretary | 2001-02-01 | 2015-07-01 |
| SISEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-12-21 | 2001-02-01 |
| ADAMS, Guy Anthony | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| BARRON, Paul Stuart | Director | 2004-06-18 | 2010-03-31 |
| BERNSTEIN, Daniel Lipman | Director | 2001-10-30 | 2007-12-31 |
| BORTHWICK, Alistair John | Director | 2019-10-03 | 2025-12-31 |
| CHISHOLM, Colin Denis King | Director | 2001-02-01 | 2005-04-01 |
| 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 |
| FOTHERBY, Nigel Terence Chell | Director | 2001-07-26 | 2019-06-30 |
| GIBSON SMITH, Christopher Shaw, Dr | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2005-08-31 |
| HALL, Ian Robert | Director | 2006-02-23 | 2008-10-01 |
| HOSKINS, Lawrence Anthony | Director | 2006-02-23 | 2010-04-30 |
| HUMPHREYS, Barry Keith | Director | 2004-07-20 | 2008-11-27 |
| HUMPHREYS, Barry Keith | Director | 2001-07-26 | 2001-11-26 |
| MAIZEY, Drusilla | Director | 2001-07-26 | 2002-09-24 |
| MASON, Catherine Lois | Director | 2014-05-29 | 2016-03-31 |
| REID, Paul William | Director | 2010-05-27 | 2013-12-06 |
| STEVENS, Derek Maurice | Director | 2004-02-24 | 2008-09-30 |
| TURNER, Nigel Owen | Director | 2001-07-26 | 2003-12-10 |
| LOVITING LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-12-21 | 2001-02-01 |
| SERJEANTS' INN NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-12-21 | 2001-02-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nats Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-02-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-09 | 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 |
| 2025-03-31 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-08-05 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2023-12-05 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2023-08-04 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-06-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2022-06-08 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | withdrawal of a person with significant control statement |
| 2022-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-07-30 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2020-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-11-02 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2020-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2019-12-20 | CH03 | officers | change person secretary company with change date |
Credit score
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Activity Score
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