OSPREY AVIATION SERVICES (UK) LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-19 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£272
-58.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£762K
+23.8% vs 2023
Employees
86
+6.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-09-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£982,828 | £146,191 | |
| Cash | £652 | £272 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £615,524 | £761,715 | |
| Equity | — | £761,715 | |
| Average employees | 81 | 86 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and therefore, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- OSPREY AVIATION SERVICES (UK) LTD · parent
- Irish Helicopters Limited 100%
- PLM Dollar Group Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Increased operations in support of the energy renewables sector and environmental projects, along with multiple contractual commitments relating to UK and Ireland maritime, rail and electricity distribution network infrastructure services (survey, inspection and emergency support), have contributed significantly to the continued growth and strong financial performance.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKWOOD PARTNERS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2014-12-05 | — | — |
| FRANCIS, Jerry Thomas Patrick | Director | 2015-01-20 | Jul 1960 | British |
| KEITH, Jason | Director | 2025-04-03 | Feb 1974 | Scottish |
| MACKENZIE, David Donald | Director | 2025-04-03 | May 1989 | Scottish |
| POWELL, Robin Clive | Director | 2022-01-03 | Oct 1965 | British |
| STRAIN, Shaun | Director | 2020-11-09 | Jan 1960 | British |
| WILLOX, John Fraser Grant | Director | 2022-09-19 | Mar 1967 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORREST, John Eason | Director | 2015-02-11 | 2020-06-05 |
| GARDNER, Mark | Director | 2015-02-11 | 2020-07-03 |
| GAULD, Neil James | Director | 2016-02-17 | 2017-03-31 |
| HILL, Robert | Director | 2015-02-11 | 2021-01-31 |
| KERR, Mark Robert | Director | 2015-02-11 | 2022-01-03 |
| MCCALL, William | Director | 2019-04-18 | 2022-05-24 |
| WILSON, James Lamb | Director | 2015-02-11 | 2016-07-13 |
| WYPER, Alastair Blackwood | Director | 2014-12-05 | 2015-01-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ldc (Managers) Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 109 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-03 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-02-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-58.3%
£652 £272
-
Net assets
+23.8%
£615,524 £761,715
-
Employees
+6.2%
81 86
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers