BRITISH EUROPEAN AVIATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-18 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£76K
-36% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
+2.9% vs 2023
Employees
71
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£364K
+209.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BRITISH EUROPEAN AVIATION LIMITED 2015-01-15 → present
- HELICOPTER AIRCRAFT HOLDINGS LIMITED 2010-10-04 → 2015-01-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,833,440 | £10,587,424 | |
| Operating profit | -£161,649 | £595,623 | |
| Profit before tax | -£332,325 | £363,979 | |
| Net profit | -£259,362 | £212,757 | |
| Cash | £118,216 | £75,675 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,460,759 | £10,752,803 | |
| Net assets | £7,258,800 | £7,468,017 | |
| Equity | £7,258,800 | £7,468,017 | |
| Average employees | 71 | 71 | |
| Wages | £677,505 | £677,254 |
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 | -1.1% | 5.6% | |
| Net margin | -1.7% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.5% | 5.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.5% | 54.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.12x | 0.93x | |
| Interest cover | -0.94x | 2.58x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grenfell James Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- BRITISH EUROPEAN AVIATION LIMITED · parent
- Heli Air Limited 100%
- Airways Aero Associations Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A further property deal negotiated in 2024 and signed in Q1 2025 will continue to generate significant capital and income revenue for 2025 through to 2027”
- “The leasehold and investment properties that both Heli Air and AAA operate were revalued in Q1 2025 and showed significant increase in values which will be reflected in the coming years figures”
- “A small area of the lease has been sold post year end for £1.3m, this has previously been valued at £nil.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BONNEY, Stephen Andrew | Secretary | 2010-10-04 | — | — |
| BROWN, Sean James Anderson | Director | 2012-06-29 | Dec 1962 | British |
| BROWNE, Phillippa | Director | 2025-08-12 | Sep 1987 | British |
| HAWES, Nicholas John Stuart | Director | 2015-04-01 | Jan 1963 | British |
| MCCANN, Charles | Director | 2021-01-01 | Sep 1948 | British |
| MICHALAKIS, John | Director | 2012-06-29 | Mar 1962 | Greek,British |
| PACKE, Amy Rose | Director | 2021-12-01 | Sep 1984 | British |
| PACKE, Richard David Raymond | Director | 2015-04-01 | Apr 1983 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTHUR, Simon Mark, The Right Hon The Lord Glenarthur | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| MCCANN, Charles | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2018-06-27 |
| PEEL, Charles Edward Willoughby | Director | 2010-10-04 | 2020-04-30 |
| ROLLS, George Henry | Director | 2016-09-14 | 2020-04-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Sean James Anderson Brown | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Charles Edward Willoughby Peel | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 73 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-12-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-02 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-08-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-08-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-08-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-28.6%
£14,833,440 £10,587,424
-
Cash
-36%
£118,216 £75,675
-
Net assets
+2.9%
£7,258,800 £7,468,017
-
Employees
0%
71 71
-
Operating profit
+468.5%
-£161,649 £595,623
-
Profit before tax
+209.5%
-£332,325 £363,979
-
Wages
0%
£677,505 £677,254
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