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AIR BUSINESS LIMITED

#01977067 · Active · Incorporated 1986-01-14 (40y 6m) · Last filing 2026-07-04 (this month)
Industrials · SIC 53202 · H Transportation & Storage · Full accounts
Accounts due 2026-09-30 (in 3 months) · Confirmation due 2026-07-01 Overdue · 1 watchout

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Cash

£2.9M

-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

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £74,249,178£67,274,979 -9.4%
Operating profit £2,000,098£1,534,709 -23.3%
Profit before tax £1,635,785£1,049,351 -35.9%
Net profit £1,237,681£776,620 -37.3%
Cash £3,703,361£2,936,516 -20.7%
Total assets less current liabilities £16,501,544£14,315,062 -13.3%
Net assets £16,501,544£14,315,062 -13.3%
Equity £16,501,544£14,315,062 -13.3%
Average employees 331320 -3.3%
Wages £13,018,707£12,468,431 -4.2%
Directors' remuneration £321,933£308,772 -4.1%

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
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 2.42x2.17x
Interest cover 5.11x2.92x

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

  1. AIR BUSINESS LIMITED 1995-07-25 → present
  2. AIR BUSINESS (UK) LIMITED 1986-03-26 → 1995-07-25
  3. 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

  1. AIR BUSINESS LIMITED · parent
    1. ALIO Limited 100% · United Kingdom · mailing company

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 PDF
2026-01-16 PSC01 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-07-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-06-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-03-05 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-03-05 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-10-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-06-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-10-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-07-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-10-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-06-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-11-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-07-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-11-10 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2020-10-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-07-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2019-10-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-08-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2019-07-22 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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