UNITED HELICOPTERS LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£73m
+7.5% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£5.1m
+4,335.1% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£119,617 | £5,065,870 | +4,335.1% | |
| Net profit | -£97,679 | £5,087,281 | +5,308.2% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £70,859,255 | £76,065,826 | +7.3% | |
| Net assets | £67,686,878 | £72,774,159 | +7.5% | |
| Equity | £67,686,878 | £72,774,159 | +7.5% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £0 | £0 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.5% | 4.3% | |
| Interest cover | 0.00x | 0.00x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on continuing financial support of Bristow Group Inc., the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Group structure
- UNITED HELICOPTERS LIMITED · parent
- Bristow Caribbean Limited 100%
- Bristow Helicopters Limited 100%
- Caledonian Helicopters Limited 100%
- Bristow Helicopters (International) Limited 100%
- Bristow Southeast Asia Limited 100%
- Atyrau-Bristow Airways Service Limited 49%
- Turkmenistan Helicopters Limited 51%
- Bristow Helicopters (Nigeria) Limited 48%
- Bristow Technical Services Limited 100%
- Bristow Norway AS 49%
- Bristow Helicopters Australia Pty Ltd 100%
- Capiteq Pty Ltd 100%
- Aircrew Logistics Pty Ltd 100%
- Aircraft Logistics Pty Ltd 100%
- Humberside International Airport Limited 83%
- BNAS Holding Company Limited 49%
- Bristow Arabia Aircraft and Maintenance Services 100%
Significant events
- “During the year Bristow Helicopters (Ghana) Limited, Bristow Guyana Inc., Bristow Management Services Pty Ltd and British International Helicopter Services Limited were dissolved.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMILTON, Jack Andrew | Secretary | 2026-06-25 | — | — |
| CORBETT, Alan William George | Director | 2015-11-03 | Sep 1957 | British |
| RHODES, Matthew | Director | 2020-10-31 | Feb 1975 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWELL-RICHARDSON, James Lort | Secretary | 2012-01-06 | 2020-10-31 |
| MACFARLANE, Christopher George | Secretary | 2020-10-31 | 2026-01-16 |
| MAGOWAN, Andrew | Secretary | 2008-10-27 | 2012-01-06 |
| MCINTOSH, Ian Blair | Secretary | — | 2008-10-27 |
| MICELI, Fabio Marc Gaspare | Secretary | 2026-01-16 | 2026-06-25 |
| BARRY, Lionel Stuart | Director | — | 1994-11-28 |
| BLAZQUEZ, Pedro | Director | 2005-10-14 | 2009-08-14 |
| BROWN, Allan Cyril | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2005-04-06 |
| BRUCE, George Alexander | Director | 2008-02-26 | 2015-12-02 |
| BURMAN, Richard David | Director | 2004-11-17 | 2012-02-10 |
| CHANTER, Keith | Director | 1997-09-12 | 2004-09-01 |
| COLLINS, Bryan | Director | — | 1996-04-30 |
| FOLLIS, Robin John Carlile, Captain | Director | 1998-02-06 | 2000-02-29 |
| FRY, Christopher William Russell | Director | — | 2000-12-02 |
| HEWITT, Nicholas Stephen | Director | 2005-04-06 | 2005-10-14 |
| HOWELL-RICHARDSON, James Lort | Director | 2016-04-28 | 2020-10-31 |
| IMLACH, Michael Murdoch | Director | 2012-02-10 | 2016-04-18 |
| MACGREGOR, Alan | Director | — | 1994-01-24 |
| MCINTOSH, Ian Blair | Director | — | 2004-11-17 |
| NORRIS, Michael John | Director | — | 1998-02-06 |
| PALFRAMAN, Stephen William | Director | — | 1999-05-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristow Helicopter Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Bristow Aviation Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2025-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-19 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-01-19 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2023-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2022-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.