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GAMA AVIATION PLC
Profile
- Company number
- 07264678
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2010-05-25
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 51102
Accounts
Pending extraction
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are satisfied that the Group has sufficient headroom to ensure that the Group will remain solvent and be able to pay its debts as they fall due during a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- Arovo Software Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Aviation software
- FlyerTech Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Airworthiness management
- Gama Aviation (Asset 2) Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Gama Aviation (Engineering) Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Aviation design and engineering
- Gama Aviation (UK) Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Aviation management
- Gama Group Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Holding company
- Gama Support Services Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Hangar 8 Management Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- International JetClub Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Gama Aviation (Beauport) Limited · 100% held · Jersey · Aviation management
- Gama Aviation (Engineering) Jersey Limited · 100% held · Jersey · Aviation design and engineering and FBO
- Gama Aviation FZC · 49% held · SAIF Free Zone, United Arab Emirates · Aviation management
- Gama Group Mena FZE · 100% held · United Arab Emirates · Holding company
- Gama Holdings FZC · 100% held · United Arab Emirates
- Gama Support Services FZE · 100% held · United Arab Emirates
- Gama Aviation SPV Limited (Pte) · 100% held · United Arab Emirates · Aviation management
- Gama Aviation (Management) Inc · 100% held · Delaware, USA · Non-trading
- Gama Aviation Engineering (HK) Limited · 100% held · Hong Kong · Aviation design and engineering
- Gama Aviation Hutchison Holdco Limited · 100% held · Hong Kong · Holding company
- Gama Aviation (HK) Limited · 100% held · Hong Kong · Aviation management
- Gama Group (Asia) Limited · 100% held · Hong Kong · Holding company
- Gama Gate Aviation (Proprietary) South Africa Limited · 100% held · South Africa · Holder of South African AOC
- Hangar 8 Nigeria Limited · 100% held · Nigeria · Applicant of Nigerian AOC
- Gama Aviation (Cayman) SEZC · 100% held · Cayman Islands · Aviation Management
- FlyerTech Europe Sp. Z o.o. · 100% held · Poland · Airworthiness management
- GB Aviation Holdings LLC · 50% held · Delaware, USA · Joint venture – non-trading
- Gama Aviation Hutchison Technical Service (Beijing) Limited · 100% held · China · Non-trading
- Bond Helicopters Limited · 50% held · England and Wales · Joint venture
- Gama Aviation Holding (Malta) Limited · 49% held · Holding company
- TJS (Malta) Limited · 49% held · Malta · Aviation management
Significant events
- “In January 2024, the Company went live with two new Special Mission contracts in the air ambulance and offshore oil sectors.”
- “On 31 January 2024, the Group completed the acquisition of the trade and assets of Specialist Aviation Services, adding three significant UK air ambulance charity contracts, six managed Leonardo AW169 aircraft and two further national security contracts in the Middle East.”
- “In May 2024, the Company returned £23.9m to shareholders by way of a tender offer, delisted the company from the London Stock Exchange and returned to being a privately owned company.”
- “In November 2024, a new $25m Revolving Credit Facility was secured with Barclays Bank Plc.”
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
5 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR, Mine | Secretary | 2015-01-05 | — | — |
| ABDEL-KHALEK, Marwan | Director | 2015-01-06 | Jul 1960 | British |
| SCHWARZ, Reuwen | Director | 2024-09-12 | Mar 1976 | Austrian |
| WILLIAMSON, Michael Frank | Director | 2022-10-17 | Jul 1957 | British |
| WRIGHT, Stephen Peter | Director | 2015-01-06 | Apr 1957 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADY, Philip | Secretary | 2011-01-13 | 2013-02-28 |
| CALLAN, Kevin Andrew | Secretary | 2013-03-01 | 2015-01-05 |
| PAYNE, Nigel Terence | Secretary | 2010-10-13 | 2011-01-13 |
| BLAY, Keiron Joseph | Director | 2010-07-19 | 2011-10-25 |
| BLOWER, John William | Director | 2010-07-19 | 2011-10-25 |
| BRADY, Philip Dominic | Director | 2011-01-04 | 2013-02-28 |
| BROWN, Peter Richard | Director | 2015-01-05 | 2024-05-31 |
| CALLAN, Kevin Andrew | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2015-02-02 |
| CLARKE, Christopher John David | Director | 2019-04-24 | 2022-06-28 |
| COWHAM, David Francis | Director | 2010-07-19 | 2012-11-27 |
| DRYDEN, Dustin Sean | Director | 2010-05-25 | 2015-09-29 |
| GODLEY, Kevin Michael | Director | 2015-02-02 | 2018-02-01 |
| HANKS, Suzanne Jane | Director | 2010-07-19 | 2010-10-12 |
| HOWELL, Michael William | Director | 2019-04-24 | 2022-06-28 |
| LAW, Murray James | Director | 2012-12-03 | 2014-03-27 |
| MARTIN, Greg Richard | Director | 2013-07-17 | 2015-01-05 |
| MEDLEY, Neil Stephen | Director | 2018-01-03 | 2021-06-29 |
| MOUNT, Stephen George | Director | 2019-06-27 | 2024-05-31 |
| PAYNE, Nigel Terence | Director | 2010-07-19 | 2016-11-04 |
| PEAGRAM, Michael John | Director | 2012-11-28 | 2019-04-30 |
| ROBINS, Ralph, Sir | Director | 2015-01-05 | 2019-04-03 |
| ROLLS, George Henry | Director | 2010-07-19 | 2016-06-03 |
| RUBACK, Daniel David | Director | 2019-12-16 | 2022-04-08 |
| SAVILE, David Christopher Wrey | Director | 2012-02-06 | 2015-01-05 |
| STEEVES, Richard Martin, Dr | Director | 2018-01-03 | 2019-01-31 |
| STICKLAND, David George | Director | 2018-10-17 | 2019-05-31 |
| TO, Simon Chi Keung | Director | 2018-03-02 | 2024-05-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Marwan Khalek | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2024-05-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-06-09 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-01-14 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2025-01-14 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | withdrawal of a person with significant control statement |
| 2024-11-19 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2024-10-15 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-06-07 | SH03 | capital | capital return purchase own shares |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-06-06 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-06-06 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-06-06 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-05-22 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2024-05-15 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type interim |
| 2024-02-28 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2023-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-02-01 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2022-12-02 | AD03 | address | move registers to sail company with new address |
Credit score
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Activity Score
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