AIR BUSINESS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-01 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-20.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£14M
-13.3% vs 2023
Employees
320
-3.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-35.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £74,249,178 | £67,274,979 | |
| Operating profit | £2,000,098 | £1,534,709 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,635,785 | £1,049,351 | |
| Net profit | £1,237,681 | £776,620 | |
| Cash | £3,703,361 | £2,936,516 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,501,544 | £14,315,062 | |
| Net assets | £16,501,544 | £14,315,062 | |
| Equity | £16,501,544 | £14,315,062 | |
| Average employees | 331 | 320 | |
| Wages | £13,018,707 | £12,468,431 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £321,933 | £308,772 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-9.4%
£74,249,178 £67,274,979
-
Cash
-20.7%
£3,703,361 £2,936,516
-
Net assets
-13.3%
£16,501,544 £14,315,062
-
Employees
-3.3%
331 320
-
Operating profit
-23.3%
£2,000,098 £1,534,709
-
Profit before tax
-35.9%
£1,635,785 £1,049,351
-
Wages
-4.2%
£13,018,707 £12,468,431
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.1% | 10.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.0% | 54.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.42x | 2.17x | |
| Interest cover | 5.11x | 2.92x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- AIR BUSINESS LIMITED 1995-07-25 → present
- AIR BUSINESS (UK) LIMITED 1986-03-26 → 1995-07-25
- MAKEFRESH LIMITED 1986-01-14 → 1986-03-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte Ireland LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered all relevant factors the Directors are confident that, for a period of at least 12 months from the signing of these accounts, the company will be able to meet all its liabilities as they become due.”
Group structure
- AIR BUSINESS LIMITED · parent
- ALIO Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IONS, Philip John | Secretary | 2003-12-09 | — | British |
| IONS, Philip John | Director | 2025-03-03 | Apr 1963 | British |
| MAGUIRE, Gina | Director | 2025-03-03 | Dec 1968 | Irish |
| MCGRANE, Cyril Gerrard | Director | 2019-07-15 | Feb 1962 | Irish |
| NASH, Eleanor | Director | 2020-10-27 | Jul 1973 | Irish |
| QUINN, Peter | Director | 2011-05-13 | Jan 1959 | Irish |
| SHERMAN, Adam Peter | Director | 2004-04-01 | Jan 1965 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERNANDES, Donna | Secretary | — | 2003-12-09 |
| BEAL, Martin Brian | Director | 1997-01-13 | 1997-02-04 |
| BYRNE, Ronan Patrick | Director | 2002-07-05 | 2004-11-03 |
| HARRINGTON, Declan | Director | 2007-05-01 | 2011-02-28 |
| HARRIS, Lesley Ann | Director | 1998-03-24 | 2003-12-23 |
| KICKHAM, Derek | Director | 2004-10-15 | 2007-02-01 |
| KNIGHT, Patrick Laurence | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2019-05-31 |
| MCCORMICK, Brian Patrick | Director | 2002-07-05 | 2019-01-10 |
| NEWCOMBE, Norman | Director | 2002-07-05 | 2004-12-20 |
| QUINN, Damian | Director | 2007-05-01 | 2019-02-21 |
| ROWLAND, Julian Manfred | Director | — | 2004-04-08 |
| ROWLAND, Paul Gabriel | Director | — | 2004-04-07 |
| TANKARD, Anthony | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2000-01-16 |
| THOMPSON, Derek Peter William | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2001-09-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Peter Joseph Quinn | Individual | Significant influence | 2026-01-16 | Active |
| Mr Adam Peter Sherman | Individual | Significant influence | 2026-01-16 | Active |
| An Post | Corporate entity | Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-06-06 | Active |
| An Post (Ni) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 170 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-16 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-16 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name 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.