AERCO LIMITED
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Cash
£58k
-18.1% vs 2025
Net assets
£4.1m
+16.9% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
62
-1.6% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£1.7m
+89% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,537,393 | £13,749,292 | £16,731,594 | £18,463,294 | £23,556,158 | +27.6% | |
| Operating profit | £219,641 | £1,059,482 | £834,000 | £911,751 | £1,700,241 | +86.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £204,981 | £1,049,159 | £810,948 | £895,374 | £1,692,044 | +89% | |
| Net profit | £137,750 | £851,333 | £623,448 | £667,374 | £1,267,044 | +89.9% | |
| Cash | £13,382 | £492,646 | £150,229 | £70,244 | £57,538 | -18.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £3,015,656 | £3,729,239 | £3,501,354 | £3,545,280 | £4,144,950 | +16.9% | |
| Equity | £3,015,656 | £3,729,239 | £3,501,354 | £3,545,280 | £4,144,950 | +16.9% | |
| Average employees | 50 | 41 | 57 | 63 | 62 | -1.6% | |
| Wages | £1,655,873 | £1,636,656 | £2,057,650 | £2,255,533 | £2,651,132 | +17.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £238,165 | £164,417 | £159,266 | £173,993 | £233,307 | +34.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £NaN | £7,670 | £7,927 | £24,805 | +212.9% |
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 7.7% | 5.0% | 4.9% | 7.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 6.2% | 3.7% | 3.6% | 5.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.63x | 1.59x | 1.64x | |
| Interest cover | 14.98x | — | 36.18x | 55.67x | — |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- AERCO LIMITED 1998-11-25 → present
- AVIATION ELECTRICAL AND RADIO COMPANY LIMITED 1956-09-28 → 1998-11-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these assessments and having regard to the resources available to the entity, the directors have concluded that there is no material uncertainty and that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AYRES, Fiona Georgina | Director | 2012-07-01 | Jul 1957 | British |
| LAUGHTON, Harry Charles | Director | 2014-03-26 | Aug 1991 | British |
| LAUGHTON, Robert | Director | 1993-08-01 | Sep 1950 | British |
| SILVA, Helene Rebecca | Director | 2025-12-18 | Nov 1967 | British |
| STILL, Nicola Anne | Director | 2010-03-31 | Dec 1974 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAUGHTON, Robert | Secretary | 1998-06-30 | 2002-10-15 |
| WARD, Paul Derek | Secretary | — | 1998-06-30 |
| WHITE, Paul Leslie James | Secretary | 2002-10-15 | 2021-06-30 |
| BANDY, Paul | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2019-08-30 |
| GRIFFITHS, Michael John | Director | 1995-04-03 | 1999-05-31 |
| HORTON, John Philip | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2021-02-28 |
| LAUGHTON, William Benjamin | Director | — | 2013-09-08 |
| STEPHENS, Anthony John | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2021-02-28 |
| WARD, Paul Derek | Director | — | 1998-06-30 |
| WHITE, Paul Leslie James | Director | 2010-03-31 | 2021-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerco (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.